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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google unveils Pixel 5 with a 6-inch 90Hz OLED display, ultrawide rear-facing camera instead of zoom lens, 5G, 8GB RAM, and fingerprint sensor on back for $699 — It's October, so despite the weird year we're having, Google is hosting a (virtual) event to show off its latest smartphone, the Pixel 5.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces a new Android feature called Hold for Me, which uses Assistant to monitor held phone calls and notify the user when taken off hold — Google has been pushing forward the capabilities of what a smartphone can do when it comes to one of the device's most basic — if these days often overlooked — features: phone calls.
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B — - Palantir's public market debut on Wednesday comes 17 years after the company was created. — In pursuing a direct listing, Palantir is following the path … | Sharon Weinberger / New York Magazine: |
Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals — Back in 2003, John Poindexter got a call from Richard Perle, an old friend from their days serving together in the Reagan administration.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will ban Facebook and Instagram ads that seek to delegitimize the outcome of an election, including calling specific voting methods fraudulent — - Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will not allow any ads on its service that seek to delegitimize the outcome of an election …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook says, as part of its recent crackdown on QAnon and “militia” movements, it has removed 6,500 groups belonging to 300 organizations — Facebook has removed more than 6,500 pages and groups associated with “militarized social movements,” since the company announced … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Chromecast (2020) review: excellent value for a 4K device and Google TV is great, but performance sometimes dips and home screen isn't customizable — The new Google TV software makes it easy to find something to watch — The new Chromecast is a much different product …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Rich Woods / Neowin: |
Microsoft says Windows 10 on ARM will get support for x64 emulation, letting users run 64-bit Intel apps, later this year — The idea that Microsoft was going to support AMD64 (or x64) emulation on Windows on ARM has been floating around since November of last year, when we exclusively reported that the company was working on it.
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| The Economic Times: |
Indian startups blame Google for “unfair exploitation” of Play Store's monopoly after Google began to enforce its in-app purchasing policy with 30% commission — Tech giant says companies have multiple store options, can also use websites — Indian startups are up in arms …
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| Jeff Benson / Decrypt: |
US judge rules that Kik violated securities law in its $100M ICO from 2017, grants the SEC's motion for summary judgment against Kik — US District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein today granted the US Securities and Exchange Commission its motion for summary judgement against Kik Interactive …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is investigating a web Outlook and Exchange Online outage that has affected users globally — Microsoft is investigating a web Outlook and Exchange Online outage that hit as Europeans began work on Thursday. — Outlook online users around the world are reporting problems accessing …
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The Verge, Windows Central, CNBC, Neowin, and Windows Latest
| Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal: |
Women founders of AI startups talk about gender disparity in tech, how they are trying to build diverse workplaces, and addressing potential biases in AI — They see gender diversity in their companies as crucial in making sure the technology doesn't penalize the underrepresented
Tweets: @tepingchen, @kaliouby, @textio, and @carolynrodz
| NBC News: |
Interviews with 40 Amazon employees and government documents: Amazon's COVID-19 response lacks oversight and transparency with inadequate worker safety policies — On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 9, workers at the MKE1 Amazon fulfilment center in Kenosha, Wisconsin, received an alert … | Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Internal docs: EU may ban big tech companies from preferencing their own services or exclusively pre-installing their own apps as part of Digital Services Act — - Gatekeeper platforms could also have to share data with rivals — EU to unveil regulatory proposal for platforms in December
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Tweets: @baekdal, @vijayshekhar, @cybermatron, @amywebb, @martinapennisi, and @johnthornhillft
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook unveils cross-app communication between Messenger and Instagram, which works even for users without accounts on the other service, rolling out now — Facebook announced today it will begin rolling out new functionality that will allow Instagram and Messenger users to communicate across apps …
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Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, @mattnavarra, @nxthompson, @facebook, @semil, @instagram, @tyadkisson, @socialbakers, @gidea, and @martinsfp
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