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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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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
DHS says US election was the most secure, with “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised” — “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.” — The November 3rd election was the …
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CISA, New York Times, Associated Press, New York Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, and NPR
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| BuzzFeed News: |
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation — As false claims declaring that Joe Biden isn't the president-elect flourish on his platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees …
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| Ars Technica: |
Many Mac users experienced app slowdowns during the launch of Big Sur, possibly due to issues with Apple's OCSP service being unable to validate certificates — Even Macs that didn't upgrade to Big Sur had problems. — Mac users today began experiencing unexpected issues …
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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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| 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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Commerce Department stays its TikTok shutdown order, citing a federal court's ruling last month in Philadelphia — Commerce Department retreat follows federal court ruling, which the U.S. appealed Thursday — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said Thursday it wouldn't enforce its order …
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Tweets: @lawoftd, @w7voa, @levie, @eringriffith, @tiffanycli, and @mattnavarra
| 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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Tweets: @vijaya, @kantrowitz, @reaganbattalion, @jesselehrich, @jack, @walldo, and @ajb_sf
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process, likely to appease antitrust concerns — As Apple has been investigating for anti-competitive practices, the company is working on new ways to avoid these accusations and even sanctions from governments around the world.
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9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Appleosophy, TechRadar, NextPit, TouchArcade, SlashGear, iMore, Macworld, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, and AppleInsider
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| Canalys: |
Total PC market, including tablets, grew to 124.5M units in Q3, up 23% YoY; Lenovo shipped 23.5M devices, up 11.6% YoY, Apple shipped 22.1M, up 41% YoY — The total PC market (including tablets) enjoyed a second successive quarter of stellar growth, with total shipments of 124.5 million units, up 23% year-on-year.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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
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Fortune, blockchain.news, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @apompliano, @jackmurphyrgr, @claritytoast, @brucefenton, @niubi, @niubi, and @lingling_wei
| 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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Messenger News, The Verge, BGR, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, PCMag, PhoneDog, SlashGear, The Next Web, Gizmodo, and Android Police
Tweets: @andybeal, @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @wongmjane
| 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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The Register, DEVCLASS, TechRepublic, and TechRadar
Tweets: @gvanrossum, @jeffsand, @sub8u, @techjournalist, @ndubuisx, @joshbloch, @jaycuthrell, and @markrussinovich
| Michael Waters / Digiday: |
Retailers are using employee influencers on TikTok to garner organic reach, compensating them according to leaderboards built into employee advocacy platforms — Brands and retailers are desperate to get their employees to post on TikTok. — Last week, GameStop encouraged store workers …
Tweets: @kendallostrow, @techwontsaveus, @megancgraham, @devmachette_, @liahaberman, @civic_signals, and @tanyachen
| 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 …
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Tweets: @wsj, @humeyra_pamuk, @nikkeiasia, and @repmichaelwaltz
| Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Q&A with Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, who says ads will come to Reels eventually and defends Facebook's work during the 2020 election season — - Instagram is redesigning its app to make Reels, its TikTok competitor, and shopping more prominent. — CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed ads …
Tweets: @yoda
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
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