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Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world — The iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and fourth-generation iPad Air are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world. — Apple has shared a Newsroom post …
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| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
Sources: the Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop cyberattacks aimed at small government offices in recent weeks, after a similar case in Washington — (Reuters) - The Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify debuts its first daily morning show, The Get Up, a combination of pre-recorded news, pop culture, and personalized music, available as a playlist — Spotify's streaming music service is starting to resemble terrestrial radio with today's launch of the company's first daily morning show, “The Get Up.”
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Expensify's CEO emailed all users to encourage them to vote for Biden, says “anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy” — Expensify CEO David Barrett blasted all of his customers with a message to vote for Biden to “protect democracy.”
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Twitter and the White House deny claims that a Dutch researcher logged in to Trump's Twitter account, as experts scrutinize screenshots — Researcher claims Trump's password was ‘maga2020!’ — A security researcher claims he hacked President Donald Trump's Twitter account earlier this month …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Live shopping in the US on Amazon, Instagram, and Google is imminent, following its explosive growth in China, which saw 560M live-stream viewers in March — Carla Stevenné's first live stream terrified her. As part of Amazon Live's influencer beta group, she needed to find stuff to sell …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Political strategists say they are struggling to find enough space on YouTube for ads as campaigns flood the service, with particular shortages in swing states — - In some swing states, YouTube is entirely sold out of ad space — Political advertisers see ‘crunch’ in final month of election
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google announces a Fi subscription program where users can buy a Pixel 4a for $9/month for two years, costing a total of $216 instead of the $349 upfront price — That means you'll pay a total of $216 for the phone over a 24-month subscription — You can now buy the Pixel 4A from Google … | Help Net Security: |
Arctic Wolf, which provides security experts to act as an extension of a company's internal cybersecurity team, raises $200M Series E at a valuation of $1.3B — Arctic Wolf announced it has raised $200 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $1.3 billion.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instacart will start accepting food stamps as a form of payment in coming weeks, beginning with a pilot program with Aldi in Georgia — Grocery delivery service Instacart will soon begin accepting food stamps as a form of payment within its app. The company announced that “in the coming weeks … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
RV rental marketplace RVshare raises $100M from private equity firms KKR and Tritium Partners, says its bookings rose 166% YoY — As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won't expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that's still raging across …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook moderators working for CPL in Ireland say they are being forced to go into the office after the contractor categorized them as “essential workers” — Facebook moderators working for one of the company's Dublin-based contractors are being forced to go into the office … | Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
US says Russia-linked group targeted IT systems used by state and local officials, but there was no evidence “integrity of elections data has been compromised” — It's no secret that the hacking group often referred to as Energetic Bear or TEMP.Isotope — linked by multiple security firms …
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