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October 5, 2020, 7:35 PM

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Nvidia announces Maxine, a set of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing tools that improve video quality, with early access available from next week  —  Nvidia today launched Nvidia Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software to enhance video quality.
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
John McAfee has been arrested in Spain for tax evasion after SEC sues him for allegedly promoting ICOs in 2017, 2018 without disclosing he was paid to do so  —  John McAfee, the 74-year-old software magnate-turned-crypto-bull, has been arrested in Spain on allegations of tax evasion, according to the Department of Justice.
Nico Grant / Bloomberg:
Slack says it is investigating the cause of an outage that began at about 10am ET, the second time this week the service has experienced degraded performance  —  Slack Technologies Inc. has experienced outages and degraded performance Monday, disrupting work for thousands of customers …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
PayPal's Venmo announces a Visa credit card, managed through its app and with a QR code on the physical card, for making online and in-store payments  —  - The cash-back Visa card will be issued by Synchrony Financial  — PayPal-owned Venmo to compete with Goldman's Apple Card
Financial Times:
Sources: Facebook has informed the Turkish government that it won't be complying with recent legislation mandating it establish a local presence in the country  —  Erdogan government alarmed human rights groups with rules to oversee tech companies  —  Facebook has decided to defy a new law …
Matt Brian / Engadget:
UK government blames a “technical issue” for underreporting COVID-19 cases by 15,000+; reports suggest an Excel sheet with lab results reached its maximum size  —  A day after the UK government announced its highest number of new coronavirus cases in England, the reason behind the drastic rise has reportedly been revealed.
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