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DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising — Lawsuit follows lengthy investigation and seeks to break company's grip over search traffic — The Justice Department filed …
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Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives” — Google Search has put the world's information at the fingertips of over a billion people.
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
The DOJ's antitrust complaint against Google alleges it paid US mobile carriers $1B+ last year in search advertising revenue sharing deals to box out rivals — - Justice Department targets Google's search distribution deals — Company says the deals are common across the software industry| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 12 Pro review: excellent camera and performance, Dolby Vision video is great, 5G can be very fast, but 5G usage noticeably affects battery life — 5G, LIDAR, MagSafe — the new iPhone 12 Pro has a lot of things you won't be able to do much with right now
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 12 review: excellent camera, display, and design, promising MagSafe ecosystem, but battery life regresses a little from iPhone 11 and it's more expensive — It's the one you should get unless you're waiting for the Max or mini — More than most years, there are a lot of things that are new in the iPhone 12.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Researchers find a bot that generates fake nudes from photos of women; by July, 100K+ images of women had been transformed, shared in public Telegram channels — Bots have been used to create more than 100,000 images — Researchers have discovered a “deepfake ecosystem” …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon's Luna in early access: streaming performance can be spotty without a strong connection, iOS web app support is decent, channel groups silo game choice — A first look at Luna — Amazon's Luna streaming service has arrived, with the company rolling out early access to a limited set of customers today.
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| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, giving telecoms operators until 2025 to remove equipment made by the companies from their existing infrastructure — Move follows security services warning on spying and technology theft by China — Sweden has become the latest country …
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Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company — Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3'19 and 10.1M in Q2'20; stock down ~5% after hours — - It's the first report since longtime Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was promoted to co-CEO.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs — The changes will be in place until ‘at least’ the end of election week — Twitter is temporarily changing …
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Retool, a low-code tool for creating enterprise apps, raises $50M in Sequoia-led round, valuing it at $925M, with GitHub CEO and Stripe founders among investors — - Startup helps companies build internal applications faster — Customers include Amazon, Mercedes, Phillips, Progressive| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Adobe debuts improvements to Creative Cloud, with Neural Filters in Photoshop, Illustrator coming to iPad, Adobe Fresco coming to iPhone, and more — Adobe holds an annual MAX conference each year, and this year's event is free for everyone for the first time because it is being held virtually rather than in person.
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Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14.1 with multiple bug fixes ahead of the iPhone 12 launch and adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and editing in Photos — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 14.1, the first major updates to the iOS and iPadOS 14 operating system updates that were released …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NSA publishes a report of the top 25 vulnerabilities with patches available that are currently being found and exploited by “Chinese state-sponsored hackers” — NSA urges US public and private sector to apply patches or mitigations to prevent attacks.
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Instagram rolls out premium badges on Instagram Live, giving fans a way to support creators and stand out in the comments — Instagram is today introducing a new way for creators to make money. The company is now rolling out badges in Instagram Live to an initial group of over 50,000 creators … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure and debuts Azure Space, a set of products for the space-related cloud market — Microsoft is using its ‘Amazon is your competitor’ playbook to try to win over more satellite partners and customers.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google releases Chrome update to deploy security fixes, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability — Google Chrome 86.0.4240.111 released with a fix. — Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 earlier today to deploy security fixes … | BuzzFeed News: |
Source: in an all-hands, Zuckerberg said recent content rules banning hate and conspiracy content were added following concerns about violence amid US elections — Facebook has spent the past few months scrambling to ban Holocaust denial, the QAnon mass delusion, and right-wing extremist groups.
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| Jake Tapper / CNN: |
Sources: WH is seeking to fast-track a no-bid contract to lease DOD mid-band 5G spectrum to Rivada Networks, whose investors include Peter Thiel and Karl Rove — Washington (CNN)Senior officials throughout various departments and agencies of the Trump administration tell CNN they are alarmed … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q3 revenue of $679M, up 52% YoY, vs $555.9M est., DAUs were up ~18% YoY to 249M, average number of daily Snaps up 25% YoY; Snap up 23%+ after hours — - Snap's stock price soared more than 15% after hours on Tuesday as the company posted an unexpected, adjusted profit along … Sponsor Posts
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