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Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option” — We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
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Sources: Quibi decided to shut down and return $350M to investors rather than try and prolong the life of the company through another big investment — Quibi Holdings LLC is shutting itself down, according to people familiar with the matter, a crash landing for a once-highflying entertainment startup …
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US intelligence director says Iran was behind threatening emails to FL Democratic voters demanding they vote for Trump; voter info was likely publicly available — Iranian intelligence was responsible for a recent campaign of emails sent to intimidate Florida voters, the FBI announced Wednesday night …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Activists around the world are building facial recognition tools to identify police officers using off-the-shelf image recognition software — “We're now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys,” one researcher said.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Huawei debuts €1,199 Mate 40 Pro and €1,399 Pro Plus, with 5nm Kirin 9000 chip, 6.76" display, 50 MP main camera, 50W wireless charging, available Nov. 13 in UK — Plus a new flagship Kirin 9000 processor — Huawei has announced the Mate 40 Pro and Pro Plus … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
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Facebook's Oversight Board says it is now accepting cases for review, both from users who have exhausted the company's appeals process and from Facebook itself — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Oversight Board, which can overrule the company's decisions on whether pieces of content should have been removed …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will start charging for WhatsApp for Business and add hosting services for businesses' online assets and shopping features — Facebook has been making a big play to be a go-to partner for small and medium businesses that use the internet to interface with the wider world …
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Former Facebook employees describe tests of News Feed algorithm changes and their impact on left- and right-leaning news sites, with tweaks to favor the right — For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.| 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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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Facebook launches Dating in Europe, after an Irish regulator forced a delay of its planned February debut, and claims it made 1.5B matches across 20 countries — - Facebook has expanded its “Facebook Dating” service to Europe. — Facebook claims that the platform has generated 1.5 …
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The Central Bank of the Bahamas has officially launched Sand Dollar, its national digital currency, the first of its kind in the world to be fully deployed — The Central Bank of the Bahamas has officially launched its national digital currency. — The first of its kind in the world … | 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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| Ryan Hoover / Product Hunt: |
Product Hunt announces founder of Mino Games and angel investor Josh Buckley as its new CEO — Today we're introducing the new CEO of Product Hunt. But first, the backstory... The last seven years have been the most challenging and rewarding of my life and career.
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| Nathan Grayson / Kotaku: |
Twitch sent DMCA notices to streamers on Tuesday, deleting content without allowing counterclaims; Twitch says “thousands” of music rights holders complained — It's finally happening: Twitch is taking action against copyrighted music—long a norm among streamers—in response to music industry pressure.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Lili, which offers bank accounts and associated products designed for freelancers, raises $15M Series A, a few months after raising $10M in seed funding — It's only been a few months since Lili announced its $10 million seed round, and it's already raised more funding — namely, a $15 million Series A.| Huib Modderkolk / de Volkskrant: |
A Dutch security researcher says he logged into Trump's Twitter account, which didn't have 2FA, using the password “maga2020!”; the account has now been secured — Last week a Dutch security researcher succeeded in logging into the Twitter account of the American President Donald Trump.
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| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
Google adds price insights for comparisons with typical prices and deal alerts to Google Shopping — Last month, Google Shopping added features to make local shopping easier with new information on availability and curbside pickup options. In light of the upcoming holiday season …
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Apple says it is expanding its COVID-safe “Express” retail stores, with a counter protected by plexiglass at the front of a store, ahead of the holiday season — (Reuters) - Apple Inc AAPL.O is expanding a new physical store format as it tries to get iPhone 12 models into customers' hands …
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Applied Intuition raises $125M Series C for its autonomous vehicle testing software, sources say at a valuation of $1.25B — Covering venture capital, software and startups — As Tesla, Waymo and others jockey for positioning in the race to make self-driving vehicles mainstream … Sponsor Posts
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