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September 26, 2020, 11:25 AM

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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Alphabet settles shareholder lawsuit over its handling of sexual harassment claims, agrees to eliminate mandatory arbitration and limit Google's use of NDAs  —  - Alphabet has reached a settlement with shareholders in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct mishandling and cover-up by executives …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Source code of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online on various file sharing sites this week; Microsoft says it is “investigating the matter”  —  Windows Server 2003 source also included  —  Microsoft's source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online.
Alex Heath / The Information:
Stan Chudnovsky, head of Messenger at Facebook, says Facebook has asked Apple for years to give users an option to make Messenger the default iOS messaging app  —  Facebook executives have sharply ramped up their criticism of Apple in recent months, contesting the iPhone maker's restrictions …
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
Report: longtime Ubisoft veteran and Rayman creator Michel Ancel retired from the game publisher earlier this month while being investigated for toxic behavior  —  Rayman creator, Beyond Good and Evil 2 director, and longtime Ubisoft veteran Michel Ancel retired from the video game publisher earlier …
Sara Castellanos / Wall Street Journal:
CB Insights: cloud computing startups raised almost $3B across 97 deals in Q2 2020, up from 76 deals in Q2 2019, with deal volume reaching a three-year high  —  'It's like digital transformation on steroids': Cloud-computing funding deals reached a three-year high in the second quarter
Mehr Nadeem / Rest of World:
A look at how Iranians are using satellite file-casting app Toosheh to bypass state internet blackouts as the country pushes its national intranet  —  With the threat of another big internet blackout looming, companies are creating workarounds for Iranians using satellite dishes.  —  • LAHORE, PAKISTAN
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Leaked email: Google informed its advertisers on Friday that it will block election ads referencing “the election, or its outcome” after polls close on Nov. 3  —  Google informed its advertisers Friday that it will broadly block election ads after polls close Nov. 3, according to an email obtained by Axios.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31  —  Last month, Facebook introduced support for paid online events — and since many of the businesses offering those events have struggled during …

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