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November 9, 2020, 2:25 AM

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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
As POTUS, Biden will overturn Trump's immigration EOs, support net neutrality and may not prioritize Section 230 reform but his approach to antitrust is unclear  —  Joe Biden's election as the 46th president of the United States gives the tech industry a reason to breathe a brief sigh of relief …
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Facebook is showing a notification atop its apps that Joe Biden is the projected winner of the 2020 election; Twitter is showing a banner in its Explore tab  —  Facebook alerted millions of U.S. users that Joe Biden was the projected winner of the presidential election at the top of Facebook …
Corbin Davenport / Android Police:
Let's Encrypt warns phones running Android 7.1 or older won't connect to many secure websites starting in 2021 as they will no longer trust its root certificate  —  It took a long time, but most of the web now uses HTTPS to securely transmit information, partially thanks to a push by Google.
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Windows 10, iOS 14, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox were hacked in Tianfu Cup, China's largest hacking competition; winning team from Qihoo 360 got $744K in prizes  —  Winning hacker team pockets $744,500 at the Tianfu Cup, China's top hacking contest.  —  Many of today's top software programs …
Waqas / HackRead:
Data breach leaks sensitive, private, and financial data of millions of customers from Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, and others who use Prestige Software  —  The list of online booking sites affected by the breach includes some of the top industry giants including Booking.com.
Bloomberg:
Apple suspends new business with key supplier Pegatron after discovering violations of labor rules related to a student worker program  —  - Apple says Pegatron violated rules for student worker program  — Company says new business paused until corrective action taken
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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Germany-based challenger bank Vivid Money, which lets customers create sub-accounts called pockets with their own IBAN numbers, raises $17.6M Series A  —  German fintech startup Vivid Money has raised a $17.6 million Series A funding round (€15 million).  Ribbit Capital is leading the investment.
Emma Colton / Washington Examiner:
Free speech Twitter alternative Parler becomes top downloaded app as conservatives rally support to leave Twitter and Facebook  —  Social media platform Parler jumped to the top downloaded app this weekend, as conservatives rally support to leave Facebook and Twitter over censorship.

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