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Amazon unveils Amazon One, a biometric technology that lets shoppers pay using their palm, coming first to two Amazon Go stores in Seattle — Amazon wants shoppers at its stores — and those of other retailers — to pay by palm with Amazon One. Amazon — And, it hopes, at other retailers' stores in the future.
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| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's Bing search app will appear as a download prompt on new Android phones in Germany, UK, and France, after it won slots in a Google auction for rivals — Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search app will appear as a download prompt on new Android phones in Germany, the U.K. and France after it won slots in a Google auction for rivals.
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| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase publishes a “clarification” of its mission, stating it won't take on activism outside of its focus or debate causes or political candidates internally — There have been a lot of difficult events in the world this year: a global pandemic, shelter in place, social unrest …
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| Will Evans / Reveal: |
Investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety, based on data from 150 warehouses between 2016-2019, finds rising injury rates, which Amazon has attempted to hide — Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces Accounts Center, a tool for managing the growing number of settings across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger — Despite being under antitrust investigations in U.S. and E.U., Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that highlights the extent to which its suite of apps now interoperate.
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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Wide-ranging interview with Elon Musk on Neuralink and the future of brain chip implants, his thoughts on AI being an existential threat to humanity, and more — (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — [MUSIC PLAYING] — I'm Kara Swisher and this is Sway. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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| Frank Pallotta / CNN: |
Disney launches GroupWatch on Disney+, letting up to seven people watch in sync; viewers can react using emoji but can't chat — New York (CNN Business)Pandemic lockdowns have given many people the time to binge watch hours of streaming, but not the ability to do so with friends.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rally raises $17M from Porsche Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, and others for its service that lets users list and invest in, but not buy, collectibles — When people ponder the investment opportunity around collectibles, they probably think about things like wine auctions, sales of very expensive … Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Hans Nichols / Axios: |
Biden campaign calls Facebook the “nation's foremost propagator of disinformation about the voting process” as Trump keeps attacking the election's integrity — President Trump has turned to Facebook to amplify doubts about the integrity of mail-in ballots.
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Lenovo debuts foldable ThinkPad X1 Fold with a 13-inch OLED screen, 11th-gen Intel processors, and 8GB RAM, available for pre-order now, starting at $2,499 — Plus, a bunch of ThinkBooks — Lenovo has announced a ThinkPad like no ThinkPad you've ever seen before: the ThinkPad X1 Fold.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU is set to approve Google's Fitbit acquisition — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is set to win EU antitrust approval for its $2.1 billion purchase of fitness tracker maker Fitbit to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market, people familiar with the matter said.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Analysis shows that QAnon supporters' move to hijack #SaveTheChildren in July, following 8chan's disappearance, has substantially increased followers and reach — Last year, QAnon was on the ropes. — The pro-Trump conspiracy theory had been left homeless by the disappearance of 8chan …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a US elections guide in its app, partnering with BallotReady, SignVote, and others to provide info on candidates, how to vote, and more — Though TikTok is in the middle of fighting off the Trump administration's attempt to ban its app in the U.S. over data privacy concerns …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
D-Wave launches Advantage, a cloud service that offers access to 5,000+ qubit quantum computing and a hybrid solver service that can handle 1M variables — D-Wave today launched its next-generation quantum computing platform available via its Leap quantum cloud service.
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TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, HPCwire, and Neowin
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Axis Security, which helps companies stay secure when employees work from home, raises $32M Series B led by Canaan Partners, bringing its total raised to $49M — Axis Security launched last year with the idea of helping customers to enable contractors and third parties to remotely access …
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| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
Vienna-based crypto brokerage Bitpanda raises $52M Series A led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to ~$100M — European crypto brokerage Bitpanda, based in Vienna and founded in 2014, is announcing the completion of a $52 million Series A led by PayPal legend Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Online learning company, Thinkific, which lets anyone list courses and serve them from their own site, raises $22M led by Rhino Ventures — It's been a big year for online learning companies — and it sounds like Thinkific is no exception. The Vancouver-based startup is announcing that it has raised $22 million in new funding.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Smart intercom manufacturer ButterflyMX raises $35M led by Volition Capital, bringing its total raised to $58M+, as its products raise privacy concerns — Smart intercom maker ButterflyMX today raised $35 million in a growth equity round led by Volition Capital that brings its total raised to date to over $58 million.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
French shipping giant CMA CGM says it has been hit by ransomware; the four biggest maritime shipping companies globally have suffered cyberattacks since 2017 — Maritime industry needs to focus more on securing shore-based systems and stop prioritizing the less likely ship-based attacks.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Arm unveils new chip designs for autonomous systems for both automotive and industrial use, with built-in safety that ensures each calculation is double-checked — Chip designer Arm today announced the launch of a new set of solutions for autonomous systems for both automotive and industrial use cases.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Meet adds noise cancellation on Android and iOS for G Suite Enterprise and Enterprise for Education customers, and adds attendance reports for schools — After rolling out to desktops in June, Google Meet can now filter out disruptive sounds, thanks to noise cancellation on Android and iOS.
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| Mike Murphy / Protocol: |
Interviews with small retailers, restaurants, and other SMBs in the US on how they are leveraging tech and e-commerce to see themselves through the pandemic — Imagine your average Tuesday in February. Perhaps you battled through a crowded subway to get to work, bought a coffee …
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| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Judge proposes a jury trial for the Apple vs Epic case, likely to start in July 2021, while seemingly pushing back on some of Epic's key points in the hearing — During Monday's hearing for Epic and Apple's legal battle over the App Store and “Fortnite,” the judge suggested that the public's opinion …
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