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Twitter announces changes to clamp down on US election misinfo, like blocking retweets of misleading content from candidates and accounts with 100K+ followers — Move is latest escalation of anti-misinformation measures in run-up to presidential vote — Twitter will block retweets and …
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Tweets: @yoyoel, @cwarzel, @karissabe, @kateconger, @wongmjane, @nickpickles, @vijaya, @brianstelter, @facttank, @scottwamplerbmd, @brendannyhan, @harrymccracken, @neeratanden, @mistergeezy, @steventdennis, @jamesrbuk, @carljackmiller, @larakate, @sarafischer, @tribelaw, @karissabe, @karissabe, @gartenberg, and @joycewhitevance
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Leaked doc: Microsoft to let managers approve permanent remote work for employees, and all employees can work from home for less than 50% of their working week — Microsoft employees will also be able to relocate — Microsoft is allowing its employees to work from home permanently.
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| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Sources: Microsoft's Phil Spencer told employees that Game Pass will absolutely be on iOS and iPadOS in 2021 via a “direct browser-based solution” — - Microsoft last month officially added a key feature to Game Pass, its Netflix-style subscription library of Xbox games …
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Tweets: @adambankhurst, @notpatrick, @nanopolymath, @reckless, @mytechmusings, @steven_aquino, @imranzomg, @insipidghost, @spawnwavemedia, @tomwarren, and @booredatwork. Thanks:@gamoid
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Report: Apple to announce 4 new iPhones, including $699 5.4" iPhone 12 Mini, MagSafe branded wireless chargers and iPhone case, and $99 HomePod mini on Oct. 13 — Alongside claims we'll see a new HomePod mini this year — A new leak has provided extensive details about what Apple could announce at its October 13th event.
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Tweets: @universeice, @jon_prosser, @zollotech, @iconredesign, @kdcloudy, and @jon_prosser
| Noorie Malik / Yelp: |
Yelp introduces Business Accused of Racist Behavior, a new alert to caution users about businesses that may be associated with overtly racist actions — At Yelp, we value diversity, inclusion and belonging, both internally and on our platform, which means we have a zero tolerance policy to racism.
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| Bloomberg: |
Google is testing features to turn YouTube into a shopping destination, where creators can tag and track featured products for users to buy directly on the site — - Some creators asked to track products for e-commerce catalog — YouTube tests integration with Shopify for creator merchandise
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Tweets: @expresstechie, @business, @news24, @jerrycap, @chrismessina, @edbott, @mattnavarra, @spwells, @glenngabe, and @lucas_shaw
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
A group of seven central banks, including the Federal Reserve, detail how a digital currency should be designed, including its principles and core features — A group of seven central banks and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have published a comprehensive report on digital currency, detailing how it should be designed.
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Tweets: @bis_org, @cbpaymentsnews, @bmorecmore, @bis_org, @bcoeure, and @bis_org
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: AMD is in advanced talks to buy rival chip maker Xilinx for more than $30B in a deal that could be finalized as early as next week — Deal that could be worth more than $30 billion would mark the latest big tie-up in the rapidly consolidating industry
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Tweets: @matthewstoller, @inakib, and @keysersozecfa
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
A look at the growing tensions between tech investors, company managers, and activist employees, as companies try to limit workplace discussion on social issues — In the left-learning tech industry, “Don't talk politics” is the diplomatic way to say “Don't be liberal”
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Margins. Tweets: @nitashatiku, @sambowne, @hypervisible, @geoffreyfowler, @micsolana, @jonst0kes, and @arrington
| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
Labor Board accuses Google contractor HCL of violating employees' labor rights by refusing to negotiate with a union and retaliating by shipping work to Poland — The complaint says the contractor, HCL, refused to negotiate with the union and retaliated by shipping work to Poland.| Sam Curry: |
A group of researchers describe how they've uncovered 55 vulnerabilities as part of Apple bug bounty program in the past 3 months and received ~$288K so far — Between the period of July 6th to October 6th myself, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb, and Tanner Barnes worked together and hacked on the Apple bug bounty program.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has banned TikTok, citing circulation of videos that it deemed “immoral and indecent” — Pakistan has banned popular short video app TikTok in the nation, citing circulation of videos that it deemed “immoral and indecent.”
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Reuters, iMore, Reuters, Android Police, Engadget, Nikkei Asia, MediaNama, Neowin, and Adweek. Tweets: @campuscodi
| The Information: |
Sources: Katzenberg pitched Apple, WarnerMedia, and Facebook about buying Quibi, but so far had no takers; Quibi had between 400K and 500K subscribers in June — Six months after launching his revolutionary video-streaming service, Quibi, Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking for a buyer.
Tweets: @andrewgjohnson, @cityofthetown, @amir, and @readdanwrite
| Bloomberg: |
Some Robinhood users say someone sold their investments and withdrew funds; Robinhood says users' personal email accounts were compromised, not its systems — - Brokerage says systems not breached, criminals targeted emails — The SEC has reached out to customers in response to complaints| Bloomberg: |
The pandemic has forced some European countries to confront their weak internet infrastructure, which rising hospital admissions and home working have exposed — - Pandemic reveals weaknesses in region's broadband networks — Governments start to engage with industry to spur investment| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Grid AI, which helps AI researchers and engineers scale their models to match workloads needed for enterprise use, raises $18.6M Series A led by Index Ventures — Grid AI, a startup founded by the inventor of the popular open-source PyTorch Lightning project, William Falcon …
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| Nallur Sethuraman / Reuters: |
Report: Amazon has invested $95.51M in its Indian payments unit ahead of the festive season sales that start on October 17 — BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O has invested 7 billion rupees ($95.51 million) in its Indian payments unit, ahead of the festive season, data from business intelligence firm Tofler showed.| Ira Boudway / Bloomberg: |
Waymo says it will open its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public — Waymo said Thursday that it is opening its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public. Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car unit began ferrying a select group …
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Ars Technica, Waypoint, TechCrunch, Tech Times, Gizmodo, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, BBC, Fossbytes, and OneZero
Tweets: @waymo, @martinvars, @eisenberg, @teemu_roos, @orthereaboot, and @avgregr
| Phil Harvey / Light Reading: |
DOD awards $600M to AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, and others for 5G experiments at five US military test sites; tests will include pilots for 5G-enabled AR/VR — The Department of Defense today announced it is awarding some $600 million to more than a dozen companies for “5G experimentation” at five military test sites.
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Google says Assistant can now search and control third-party Android apps, starting with the top 30 on the Play Store, with support for more coming soon — Before today, if you ask Siri or the Google Assistant to “check the news on Twitter,” you'll either be shown the @CHEK_News account …
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