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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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| 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: |
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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| 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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AppleInsider, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @markgurman
| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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| 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 …
Tweets: @arjunkharpal
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
US Cyber Command says it has temporarily disrupted the Trickbot botnet, an army of 1M+ hijacked computers run by Russian-speaking criminals, ahead of elections — In recent weeks, the U.S. military has mounted an operation to temporarily disrupt what is described as the world's largest botnet … | Mattathias Schwartz / The New York Review of Books: |
An FBI “Fly Team” was sent to “exploit” Portland protesters' phones to map left-wing protest networks, as suggested by emails sourced by public records request — The FBI's Washington, D.C., headquarters sent agents from its “Fly Team,” an elite counterterrorism unit … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook launches a bug bounty “loyalty program” called Hacker Plus, which will give bug hunters extra bonuses and special perks based on past performance — Facebook to rank bug hunters based on past activity and provide bonuses and special perks.
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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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