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| Anna Irrera / Reuters: |
PayPal will let users buy and sell cryptocurrency using its online wallets in the coming weeks and shop at merchants on its network starting in early 2021 — LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
DOJ's lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, focusing on search and providing a template for Congressional action against Big Tech even if it fails — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
DOJ's case against Google relies on proving restrictive contracts protected its dominant position, a similar move to the antitrust case against Microsoft — The Justice Department's antitrust case points to restrictive contracts, a focus that a professor said “is as old as the Sherman Act.”
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPad Air (2020) review: has an excellent screen, very fast processor, and is compatible with iPad Pro accessories, but it's expensive and has no 128GB option — Despite the higher cost, this iPad is the one to get — If you're looking to get an iPad right now and can afford it …
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| The Information: |
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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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Report: at least 2,000 US law enforcement agencies, including 49 of the 50 largest police departments, have the tools to access locked, encrypted phones — At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are using them far more than previously known.
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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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| 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.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public — - Product for local connections is being tested in Canada now — Nextdoor is considering options, including a public offering
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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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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Anyscale, which offers tools to securely and efficiently run apps built with the Ray open source distributed programming framework, raises $40M Series B — The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
TikTok says it will do more to tackle coded language and symbols that promote hate speech, after reports found viral anti-Semitic videos — - TikTok has pledged to do more to tackle hateful content and behavior on its platform. — The commitment comes after reports that TikTok has a Nazi problem and a White supremacy problem.
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Dropbox launches a shared family plan with 2TB for up to six people for $17 per month — Dropbox is giving families and groups of friends the option to team up and get Plus perks for less than the price of two accounts. The service's Family plan is now available for $17 a month and gives …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese tech companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm — - China is unlikely to grant its unconditional blessing — Arm may become another flashpoint in the U.S.-China tech war
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Chinese manufacturer Vivo says it is bringing its smartphones to Europe, including the flagship Vivo X51 5G — The X51 5G goes on sale in major new markets this month — Vivo, one of the largest smartphone brands in the world, is expanding its operations in Europe.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft releases its 2020 US diversity report: workforce was 4.9% Black and 6.6% Latinx and Hispanic, both up just 0.3% YoY, and 6.1% identify as disabled — Microsoft Corp., which in June announced a plan to double the number of Black managers and leaders at the company … | 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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| Jake Tapper / CNN: |
Sources: WH is seeking to fast-track a no-bid contract to lease DOD mid-band 5G spectrum to Rivada Networks, which has Peter Thiel and Karl Rove as investors — Washington (CNN)Senior officials throughout various departments and agencies of the Trump administration tell CNN they are alarmed …
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| Bloomberg: |
ThredUp, an online marketplace for second hand clothes, files for a US IPO, reportedly looking to raise $200M-$300M — ThredUp Inc., an online retailer for second-hand clothing, filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering. — The company, based in Oakland, California …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Filings for Q3 lobbying: Facebook spent $4.9M, up 1.5% from Q2, Amazon spent $4.4M, up 0.7%, Google spent $1.9M, up 14.2%, Amazon spent $1.9M, up 35.4% — - Google ramped up lobbying spend in the third quarter as regulators and lawmakers prepared to make public their findings of antitrust violations.| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling out a Full Self-Driving “beta” in an “extremely slow and cautious” way; critics remain worried about Tesla's bet against LiDAR — Even iPhones have lidar now, but not the cars Tesla hopes to one day make autonomous.
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