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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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| Kent Walker / The Keyword: |
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 Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In lawsuit, DOJ says nearly half of Google search traffic in 2019 came from Apple products and estimates Google pays Apple $8B to $12B per year — - DOJ antitrust lawsuit goes after a multibillion-dollar pact — Google documents say losing Apple deal would be ‘Code Red’
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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.
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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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| 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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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Netflix plans to test a 48-hour free weekend in India, dubbed StreamFest and scheduled for Dec. 4, and may bring the promotion to other countries later — Netflix is looking to promote its service with a 48-hour free streaming event, confirmed COO Greg Peters during the company's Q3 2020 earnings call Tuesday afternoon.| 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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Tweets: @pkafka, @lamonicabuzz, @robertomulazzi, @bradesposito, and @lucas_shaw
| 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 … | 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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| 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.| Reuters: |
US officials offer Brazil telecoms financing to buy equipment from Huawei competitors, in an effort to keep China out of Brazil's 5G market — BRASILIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep China's Huawei Technologies out of Brazil's 5G market …
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| Rest of World: |
Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged — Employees told Rest of World the contractor they work for is taking advantage of an economic crisis.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream — More than 430,000 people tuned in simultaneously to Twitch on Tuesday night to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) …
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Tweets: @mxmtoon, @slasher, @carmenkiew, @daveleeft, @mad2me, @cwarzel, and @benwessel
| 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 …
Tweets: @twittercomms, @alistairhaimes, @twittercomms, @twittercomms, @twittercomms, and @asheschow
| Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
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| 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 … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Adobe is adding its “content authenticity” tool to the latest Photoshop beta, to help users build trustworthy attribution directly into a picture — It's designed for crediting artists and fighting misinformation — Adobe will let some Adobe Creative Cloud customers try a tool …
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