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Sources: top US cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs told associates he expects to be fired, after CISA refused to delete content debunking election misinfo — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired …
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Interviews with Apple's Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi, and John Ternus on the development of M1, the future of Macs, buying version one hardware, and more — Exclusive: Apple's hardware, software and marketing chiefs explain how the company's new processors came to exist — Apple's new M1 chip is a lot of things.
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The Omni Group, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Trusted Reviews, Daring Fireball, iPhone Hacks, Apple Terminal, Six Colors, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases macOS 11 Big Sur with a redesigned interface, new Control Center, redesigned Notification Center with widgets, and more — After nearly five months of beta testing, macOS 11 Big Sur is now available to the general public. Big Sur is a massive update for the Mac …
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, says he has come out of retirement to join Microsoft's Developer Division — Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft's Developer Division.
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InfoWorld, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, New.blicio.us, Daring Fireball, and Data Driven Investor
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple HomePod mini review: has a compact design, is affordable, and Siri is fast, but doesn't sound as good as similarly priced competitors — Apple's newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google — Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Commerce Department stays its TikTok shutdown order, citing a federal court's ruling last month in Philadelphia — The Commerce Department statement said that the shutdown order won't go into effect ‘pending further legal developments’ — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said Thursday … | Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Twitter says it labeled 300K election-related tweets from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11 as disputed, accounting for 0.2% of all messages about the election — Twitter said on Thursday that it labeled as disputed 300,000 tweets related to the presidential election, or .2 percent of the total number …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook redesigns Instagram's layout to add dedicated tabs for shopping and Reels in the navigation bar, after testing the change in September — Instagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels. The company introduced a new design that gives shopping …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings Vanish Mode, its Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messages, to Messenger and Instagram — Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. The feature, meant for more casual conversations …
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Sources: Chinese President Xi Jinping, furious about Jack Ma's criticisms of regulators, personally made the decision to stop Ant Group's IPO — Senior government leaders were furious about wealthy entrepreneur's criticisms of regulators; rebuke was the culmination of years of tense relations| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a possible Biden pick for AG, says a “breakup remedy” for Google should be “on the table” and praises DOJ's antitrust suit against Google — - During a virtual keynote speech for the American Bar Association's Fall Forum, Sen. Amy Klobuchar … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco beats with Q1 revenue of $11.93B vs. $11.85B est., down 9% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $6.34B, down 16% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Cisco could stop the streak of revenue declines next quarter. — The company's revenue has now declined on an annualized basis four quarters in a row.
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
PayPal says it is opening up cryptocurrency services to all eligible US users and increased its weekly cryptocurrency purchase limit from $10,000 to $20,000 — PayPal said Thursday that it is opening up its nascent cryptocurrency services to all eligible U.S. users.
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CoinDesk, TechCrunch, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Modern Consensus, Tech News, and Crypto Briefing. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: |
Disney says Disney+ had 73M+ paid subscribers at the end of September, up from 57.5M at end of June and 60.5M in early August — Disney+ reported today that they have now reached 73.7 million subscribers at the end of September. This is a 16.2 million climb from last quarter … | Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market — A new policy perfectly illustrates a core issue across the industry — After five years of Google Photos offering unlimited …
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Tweets: @backlon, @waxpancake, @googlephotos, @googlephotos, @donmacaskill, @caseynewton, @ow, @willoremus, @chrismessina, @kshashi, @willoremus, @caseyliss, @caseynewton, @topjohnwu, @maxwinebach, @hallstephenj, @nerdyandquirky, @patkiernan, @stshank, @herodotusjr, @ohmdee, @jakewharton, @pranavdixit, @geoffreyfowler, @joeressington, @jjmccann, @wongmjane, @mat, @quinnypig, @wongmjane, @caseynewton, @wongmjane, @chrismessina, and @dcseifert
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Palantir reports post-IPO earnings with Q3 revenue of $289.4M vs est. of $279.4M, up 52% YoY, and says it has secured new contracts with the US Army and NIH — - The software and analytics company went public in September, 17 years after it was co-founded by Peter Thiel, CEO Alex Karp and others.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DoorDash, Wish, and Affirm are planning IPOs before the end of the year; DoorDash said in February that it had confidentially filed for an IPO — - Slew of startup filings is expected in next couple of weeks — IPO advisers are expecting record activity in December| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube cancels Rewind, its annual end-of-year tribute to creators, trends, and moments, for 2020, the first cancellation since Rewind began in 2010 — The first time Rewind's been canceled since it began in 2010 — YouTube Rewind, the company's annual end-of-year tribute to creators …
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MakeUseOf, Android Central, 9to5Google, Trusted Reviews, Tubefilter, Neowin, Input, Engadget, CNET, dexerto.com, and Variety
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| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Trump signs an EO prohibiting US companies and individuals from owning shares in 31 Chinese companies previously listed as enabling the PLA, effective Jan. 11 — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday prohibiting American companies and individuals from owning shares … | Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: Trump has told friends he wants to start an online media channel, which would be cheaper than cable, to undermine Fox News — President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.
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