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| 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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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple Silicon Macs will launch as part of a separate Apple event in November, not on October 13 — - Company to unveil widest array of phones, sizes in its history — Over-ear headphones, smaller HomePod, new Macs in the works — Apple Inc. is set to embrace 5G …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will 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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| 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, @default_friend, @jason, @arrington, @r0wdy_, @iwriterealgood, @cathyreisenwitz, @tewmgd, @jason_kint, @afit, @dgolumbia, @rstephens, @sambowne, @tsimonite, @carnage4life, @geoffreyfowler, @_danilo, @taylorlorenz, @jonst0kes, @morlockp, @micsolana, and @william_fitz
| The Information: |
Sources: Katzenberg pitched Apple, WarnerMedia, and Facebook about buying Quibi, but so far had no takers; Quibi has between 400K and 500K subscribers now — Six months after launching his revolutionary video-streaming service, Quibi, Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking for a buyer.
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Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Input, AppleInsider, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews — The game was put back into closed beta in July — Amazon has officially canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.
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Crucible, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Windows Central, Game Rant, PC Gamer, Destructoid, GameSpot, GamesIndustry.biz, Kotaku, Engadget, and Gamasutra
Tweets: @tha_rami, @zhugeex, @willoneill, @starsleeps, @chetfaliszek, @gafferongames, @domsplaying, @bridgetheman, @glassbottommeg, and @imranzomg
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony says that nearly all PS4 games will work on the PlayStation 5 at launch, with some titles offering the option to upgrade to a PS5-optimized version — Everything you need to know about backwards compatibility on the PS5 — The PlayStation 5 offers backwards compatibility …
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PlayStation.Blog, GameSpot, The Next Web, Game Rant, GamingBolt, Dot Esports, Polygon, Engadget, SlashGear, Input, and Press Start
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will start using its retail stores as distribution centers in the US and Canada to more quickly ship products to customers — - Retail industry increasingly moving to send-from-store model — IPhone maker usually ships products from distribution centers
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iMore, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @markgurman
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Sources: Twilio has agreed to acquire customer data infrastructure company Segment for $3.2B; the deal is not yet finalized — Covering venture capital, software and startups — With cloud companies booming during the pandemic, one of the category's recent public-company success stories … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Judge refuses to reinstate Epic's Fortnite on the App Store but grants an injunction that keeps Apple from retaliating against the Unreal Engine — Apple won't be forced to bring Fortnite back to the App Store — Fortnite won't be coming back to the App Store any time soon.
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CNET, MacRumors, VentureBeat, iMore, CNN, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, United States District Court, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, FOSS Patents, and iClarified
Tweets: @stephenwarwick9, @b_fung, @futterish, and @matthewstoller
| 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: |
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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The Next Web, 9to5Google, UNCTAD, XDA Developers, BetaKit, ExtremeTech, PYMNTS.com, Chrome Unboxed, Social Media Today, Android Authority, Engadget, Gizmodo, and Neowin
Tweets: @expresstechie, @business, @news24, @hkanji, @jerrycap, @chrismessina, @edbott, @mattnavarra, @spwells, @glenngabe, and @lucas_shaw
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google Meet is rolling out breakout rooms for Enterprise for Education customers; Google says the feature will come to other Workspace plans “later this year” — You can split a call into a maximum of 100 groups — Google's Meet videoconferencing service is getting breakout rooms …
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Google Workspace Updates Blog, 9to5Google, and Android Police
| 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.”| Brian Fung / CNN: |
Report: misinfo spreaders have evaded Facebook's content review systems by reposting against different-colored backgrounds, changing fonts, or cropping images — (CNN Business)With less than four weeks to go before a pivotal US election, Facebook has sought to reassure the public it has learned from its 2016 mistakes.| Chong Koh Ping / Wall Street Journal: |
Alibaba's stock jumped 42% this year, giving it a market value above $800B, as the pandemic accelerates China's rapid embrace of online commerce — Recent rally cements company's position as one of the world's most valuable technology companies — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 's stock …
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