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Livestream of Apple's “Hi, Speed” event — October 13, 2020
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple debuts HomePod mini with spherical design, S5 chip, fabric mesh exterior, black and white options, a small screen on top; pre-orders start Nov. 6 from $99 — Apple finally offers an entry-level HomePod — Apple has announced a new version of its HomePod smart speaker …
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| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's event, where four new models of the iPhone and a new mini Homepod will likely be announced — Hi, speed: here come four new iPhones — Although it's happening just a little later than usual, Apple is ready to announce its next iPhones.
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The Verge, CNET, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, CNET, AnandTech, MacRumors, Telegraph, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Verge, The Irish Times, Android Authority, Gizmodo, The Independent, Engadget, The Verge, Wired, ZDNet, TmoNews, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @markgurman, @stshank, @marcoarment, and @techledes
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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TechCrunch, AppleInsider, and Debugger
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says its new policy that bans the denial or distortion of the Holocaust does not apply to other genocides, such as the Armenian or Rwandan genocides — Facebook Inc. will ban posts that deny the Holocaust in a reversal of a long-held and controversial policy.
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New York Times, About Facebook, Input, The Overspill, and SiliconANGLE
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger gets a visual update, custom reactions, chat themes, and more, as cross-app communication between Instagram and FB rolls out to North America — Facebook Messenger is getting a visual update and a number of new features, including support for chat themes, custom reactions, and soon, selfie stickers and vanish mode.
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Messenger News, Android Police, The Verge, iMore, CNET, About Facebook, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Engadget, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @messenger, @richontech, @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @martinsfp
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Q3 2020: Gartner says PC shipments in the US totaled 16.57M, up 11.4% YoY, while IDC finds PC shipments to be 81.3M units worldwide, up 14.6% YoY — According to Gartner, PC shipments in the US increased 11.4% in the third quarter of 2020 — the strongest growth in the US in a decade.
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Gartner, IDC, South China Morning Post, OnMSFT.com, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and iMore. Tweets: @bryanbma
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Surface Laptop Go review: solid design, fast, excellent keyboard and trackpad, but very low screen resolution, 8GB RAM limit, and max 256GB storage — It's hard not to love the Surface Laptop Go at first sight. Microsoft took the basic style of its Laptop line, shrunk it down, and created an adorable sibling with a 12.4-inch screen.
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The Verge, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, ZDNet, TechRadar, CNET, Gizmodo, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, and SlashGear. Tweets: @devindra
| CNBC: |
Facebook announces a global policy banning anti-vaccination ads but will allow ads that advocate for legislation around vaccination policies — - Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress debuts a tool that can take blog posts, including accompanying images and videos, and post them as Twitter threads automatically — Earlier this year, WordPress .com introduced an easier way to post your Twitter threads, also known as tweetstorms, to your blog with the introduction of “unroll” option for Twitter embeds.
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The WordPress.com Blog. Tweets: @kplikethebird, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @martinsfp, @mattnavarra, and @gartenberg
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Researchers demo plugging a modified USB-C cable into a Mac to hack T2 chip; Apple has debuted six Mac models with T2 chips since the checkm8 flaw became public — The T2 exploit team who found a way to take over the security chip in modern Macs has demonstrated a way to do so without user intervention …
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The T2 Development Blog, MacRumors, AppleInsider, YouTube, YouTube, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @benlovejoy, @mjg59, and @aurynn
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Symantec, ESET, and other tech companies orchestrated an attempt to take down the TrickBot malware botnet, which had infected 1M+ computers — FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown.
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Microsoft on the Issues, Threatpost, The Independent, CNN, Associated Press, and ESET
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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Dark Reading, Gizmodo, The Hill, International Business Times, The Hacker News, Fossbytes, SiliconANGLE, CNET, and Microsoft Security
Tweets: @campuscodi, @nakashimae, @briankrebs, and @briankrebs
| Michael Scherer / Washington Post: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100M to election administrators, despite pushback from a conservative legal group, following a previous gift of $300M — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced Tuesday an additional $100 million in donations … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces that it is working with several nonprofits and advocacy organizations to make AI systems more inclusive of people with disabilities — AI-based tools like computer vision and voice interfaces have the potential to be life-changing for people with disabilities …
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The AI Blog - Microsoft and The Next Web
Tweets: @chriscapossela, @msftresearch, @wendyabc, @stevecla, and @stevegleason
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Interview with Cory Doctorow about his new sci-fi book Attack Surface, the third work in his Little Brother series that influenced hacktivists like Aaron Swartz — Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series has been a young-adult sci-fi bible for teen hacktivists. But with the latest and darkest book in the trilogy, it's all grown up.
Tweets: @trevortimm, @weblearning, @bikesnbukes, @gulpa, @ambermac, @trekonomics, @monstroso, @damini_satija, @jvagle, @a_greenberg, and @doctorow
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Verizon launches its 5G Nationwide network, though users might not experience better performance than 4G, as Apple brings 5G to its new iPhones — After rushing to become the first carrier to launch commercial 5G services anywhere in the world, top U.S. cellular company Verizon has spent … | Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney announces a reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate its direct-to-consumer strategy …
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Stratechery, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Bloomberg, Light Reading, Engadget, Coinspeaker, Android Headlines, Looper, and IndieWire
Tweets: @ropedropchris, @ourielohayon, @cnbc, @sameer_singh17, @mattbelloni, @mikekalinowski, @benmullin, @adrianweckler, @ponysmasher, and @jerrycap
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Qatalog, which develops a virtual workspace that brings together disparate SaaS tools, raises $15M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total funding to $18.5M — Qatalog, a London-based startup that has developed a “virtual workspace” that brings together disparate SaaS tools …
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VentureBeat and Tech.eu
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
As Americans flock to payments apps from PayPal, Square, and Zelle, rates of fraud are also rising according to app reviews, often with little support — People are getting defrauded as they turn to Square's Cash App and PayPal's Venmo to do more online banking in the pandemic.
Tweets: @nytimes, @dgwbirch, @flitteronfraud, and @danawrey
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Alkira, which offers tools to quickly build and deploy multicloud networks, raises $54M Series B led by Koch Disruptive Technologies — Networking-as-a-service startup Alkira Inc. said today it has raised $54 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $76 million.
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