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Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, available from December 15 for $549 — Apple today introduced new wireless over-ear headphones called AirPods Max, with key features including high-fidelity audio, Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, and spatial audio.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber's self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to be acquired by rival Aurora Innovation in a deal valuing ATG at $4B; source: Aurora now valued at $10B — - Self-driving vehicle start-up Aurora is acquiring Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, which works on self-driving technology.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare and Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy — Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they've developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says Fitness+, its workout class subscription service, will launch on December 14 in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand — Apple has today announced that its fitness subcription service, Apple Fitness+, is set to launch on Monday, December 14.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google says Stadia users will be able to live stream directly to YouTube starting December 8 — Finally fulfilling its biggest original promise — From the very beginning, Google Stadia and YouTube were supposed to work together — thanks to the magic of cloud computing …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail vulnerabilities found in four open source TCP/IP stacks used in millions of embedded IoT devices, collectively called Amnesia:33 — Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices. — YES, AT THIS point it's a cliche that cheap …
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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
SpaceX's Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband, as part of a $9.2B allocation by FCC to be paid across 180 auction bidders — SpaceX's Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5 million …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung's SmartThings will support Google Nest devices starting in January 2021 — Support for Nest products through the SmartThings app arrives next month — Google and Samsung are bringing their smart home platforms together for the first time. Samsung's SmartThings …
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China bans TripAdvisor from its app store along with 104 apps it said were violating cyber-laws aimed at fighting pornography, gambling, and violence — China has removed 105 apps from its app stores as part of a campaign to get rid of content related to pornography, prostitution, gambling and violence.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia researchers have created an augmentation method for training generative adversarial networks that they say enables results with 10 to 20 times less data — Nvidia researchers have created an augmentation method for training generative adversarial networks (GANs) that requires less data.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
GoHenry, which offers a pre-paid card and finance app for 6-18 year olds, raises $40M led by Edison Partners — Young people have long been a prime, if especially careful, target for financial services companies: find the right and responsible way to connect with them, and you could have a good customer for many years.
Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Connie Chan / Andreessen Horowitz: |
In a new era of video ushered in by TikTok, real-time interactivity is baked into viewing experiences, which may lead to shifts in education, shopping, and more — Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Beyond Identity, which uses certificates to provide passwordless identity management, raises $75M Series B, bringing its total raised to $105M — Beyond Identity, a New York-based startup developing passwordless identity management solutions, raised $75 million in venture capital.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp, allowing users to add multiple items from a business to the cart then send the order request as a message to the business — WhatsApp said on Tuesday it is adding a new shopping feature to its business app as the Facebook -owned instant messaging service looks … | Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
After Google's announcement in May that it would start blocking “heavy” ads in Chrome, it is now blocking some ads that publishers sell if they hog resources — On some recent business day, The New York Times sold an ad to a company. I can't tell you the name of the company …
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Airbnb.org for allowing hosts to provide free and discounted stays to refugees, essential workers, and people affected by natural disasters — Hosts on the platform can provide free and discounted stays as in-kind donations — Airbnb is launching a nonprofit to allow …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Sources: a Foxconn facility in Mexico was hit by ransomware in Nov., resulting in website outage and business docs leaked, as the attackers demand a $34M ransom — Foxconn electronics giant suffered a ransomware attack at a Mexican facility over the Thanksgiving weekend …
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InsideBitcoins.com, SecurityWeek, and Decrypt
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Dragos, which helps secure critical industrial infrastructure like power plants, raises $110M Series C — Cybersecurity firm Dragos has raised $110 million in its Series C, almost triple the amount that it raised two years ago in its last round. — Dragos was founded in 2016 to detect …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Outfund, which provides revenue-based financing to online businesses to fund growth without giving away equity, raises £37M led by Fuel Ventures — Outfund, the revenue-based finance startup that wants to help online businesses fund growth without giving away equity, has raised £37 million in a “late seed” investment.Sponsor Posts
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