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Live stream of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai are testifying — Senate Commerce Committee Hearing
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| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Ahead of Wednesday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing, a selection of questions that experts on Section 230 would prefer to ask social media executives — Mark Zuckerberg, are your views on freedom of expression hypocritical? Sundar Pichai, are you ready for collective responsibility for online harm?
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Industry sources say changes to iOS 14 search show Apple is stepping up its efforts to build its own search tools as Google deal comes under antitrust scrutiny — iPhone maker explores building its own search tools as ties to Google come under antitrust scrutiny
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Microsoft Q1: revenue of $37.2B, up 12% YoY, net income of $13.9B, up 30% YoY, revenue for Intelligent Cloud was $13.0B, up 20% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — October 27, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is planning an extensive Windows 10 update for 2021 with design refreshes for many top-level UIs, including Start and File Explorer — Microsoft wants to ‘reinvigorate’ the Windows 10 user interface next year. — What you need to know — A big UI refresh is on the cards for Windows 10 in 2021.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple updates Clips with a new UI, horizontal support, HDR recording on the iPhone 12, and more — Apple today announced a major update to its video creation app Clips for iPhone and iPad, with key new features including a refreshed interface, support for both vertical and horizontal video, HDR recording with iPhone 12, and more.
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JPMorgan says its digital token JPM Coin is now live for commercial use, as the bank launches new business unit Onyx for its blockchain and crypto efforts — - JPMorgan Chase said its digital currency, JPM Coin, is being used commercially for the first time this week by a large technology client to send payments around the world.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Pulumi, which offers a SaaS multicloud app development service, raises $37.5M Series B led by NEA — Pulumi has raised a new $37.5 million investment led by NEA, representing a vote of confidence by the longtime venture capital firm in the Seattle startup's software development tools … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Report: tensions over profit margins are souring Apple and Foxconn's partnership, leading Foxconn to employ questionable manufacturing and reporting tactics — The relationship between longtime partners Apple and Foxconn is eroding due to a battle over profit margins, according to a new report from The Information.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Alphabet's Loon claims the record for longest stratospheric flight of 312 days while circumnavigating the globe, with one of its balloons — Google parent Alphabet has revealed that one of its Loon balloons spent 312 days aloft, breaking its previous stratospheric flight record of 223 days, by a wide margin.
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Coinbase brings its Coinbase Card, a debit Visa card for cryptocurrency, to the US, after launching in Europe — It draws directly from your Coinbase account — Coinbase has announced that US customers can now join the waitlist for its Coinbase Card, a debit Visa card that allows customers …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A study of ~57,000 kidney disease patients in the Boston area finds that an algorithm used to decide priority for transplants was biased against Black patients — A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Whoop, which makes fitness trackers and provides performance metrics for athletes, raises $100M at a $1.2B valuation — - Golfer Nick Watney sought a Covid test based on Whoop data — Boston startup raises $100 million, IVP's Liaw joins board — Whoop, the maker of a wearable device … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
FCC filing appears to suggest iPhone 12 models have an unannounced reverse wireless charging feature, possibly to charge future AirPods or the rumored “AirTags” — Could be used to charge future AirPods or Apple's long rumored “AirTags” trackers
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Audible adds 100K free podcasts to its catalog, available through the app for all listeners with or without a subscription — It's adding 100,000 podcasts to its catalog — Audible is turning into more of a podcast app. The company announced today that its catalog now contains 100,000 free podcasts …
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| Daphne Leprince-Ringuet / ZDNet: |
UK's BT partners with Ericsson to provide 5G infrastructure in major cities, including London, Edinburgh, Belfast, and Cardiff, as Huawei ban takes shape — Leading UK communications provider BT has signed up its second alternative 5G network vendor. — In a widely-anticipated move …
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TikTok says it is working with AP to provide access to an interactive map showing live results for both US federal and state elections in its election guide — TikTok announced this morning it will expand the set of resources provided in its in-app election guide in the U.S. to include direct access … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
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| Patrick Moorhead / Forbes: |
AMD says it will buy rival chipmaker Xilinx for $35B in an all-stock deal — I talked to AMD CEO Lisa Su last night and got the download on what could be a historic, $35B semiconductor deal to acquire Xilinx. AMD had a monster Q3 and guide and has been on a growth tear for years …
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