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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says a virtual event, titled “Unleashed”, will be held on October 18 at 10am PT, where new MacBook Pros with M1X are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Monday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft says it mitigated a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack on an Azure customer at the end of August, breaking AWS' record of mitigating a 2.3Tbps attack in Feb. 2020 — Microsoft said its Azure cloud service mitigated a 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service attack this year …
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| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase announces it will let users buy, sell, and showcase Ethereum-based NFTs by the end of the year — Coinbase is joining the non-fungible token (NFT) arms race. — The U.S. crypto exchange is launching “Coinbase NFT,” a marketplace that will allow its users to buy … | Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Frances Haugen's lawyer says the SEC has been communicating with her lawyers over her claims about Facebook — Whistleblower allegations don't resemble a typical securities-fraud case, but the pressure to investigate is strong — WASHINGTON—The controversy over what Facebook Inc … | Ivana Saric / Axios: |
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| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
UK Gambling Commission is investigating soccer NFT trading service Sorare for failing to obtain licenses; Sorare says it does not offer “regulated gambling” — Sorare, the fast-growing European fantasy soccer and digital collectible platform, is being investigated by the U.K. Gambling Commission.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram says it is testing Activity Feed notifications in the US that will alert users of service outages and technical issues — One week after a massive Facebook outage that took all of the social network's apps offline for more than six hours, Instagram says it's testing notifications …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
1Password launches Psst!, which lets users share login credentials with just a link — Even those who don't have a 1Password account. — Password sharing in the workplace and at home is a common practice, but doing so securely can be tricky. 1Password aims to address that with its new feature …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
The Intercept publishes Facebook's secret blacklist of ~4,000 “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” that users are barred from speaking favorably about — To ward off accusations that it helps terrorists spread propaganda, Facebook has for many years barred users …
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
Despite fears in the West, China's alleged AI prowess is mostly limited to computer vision, useful for domestic control of citizens, while the US is far broader — The nation excels in computer vision and facial recognition, but practical applications are limited to surveillance.
Tweets: @parmy, @s8mb, @tculpan, and @markscott82
| Katrina Manson / Financial Times: |
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft makes a preview version of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 available in the Microsoft Store, decoupling the app from the Windows image — Microsoft is taking the first step toward making WSL available as a decoupled app available via the Microsoft Store via a first preview release.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai, Thomas Kurian, and other Google executives on Google Cloud's new sustainability features, which help customers track emissions, and more — Many companies are reacting to the climate crisis by hastily formulating long-term plans to go carbon neutral. Not Google.
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| Financial Times: |
Celsius Network, a DeFi lending platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain, raises $400M led by WestCap and CDPQ at a $3B+ valuation, up from $120M last year — Management hopes investment will open doors in mainstream financial markets — Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter now lets web users remove followers without having to block them, after testing the option for over a month — All Twitter users can now remove a follower without having to block them. The company started testing this option last month, and starting today, everyone will have access to it.
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| Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Tile revamps its lineup with IP67 water resistance, longer ranges, and safety features to avoid unwanted tracking, and announces Tile Ultra with UWB support — Tile adds a new lost and found feature, safety from unwanted tracking, and a new ultra-wideband tracker. Sound familiar? — Alerts| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is expanding its anti-monopoly bureau, increasing its headcount from over 40 to 100, as its yearlong crackdown on monopolies continues — - SAMR plans to more than double antitrust staff to 100 people — Alibaba, Meituan were targeted during 1-year-old crackdown| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it will stop linking Facebook and Instagram accounts behind the scenes for advertising purposes due to privacy and regulatory changes — - Facebook will stop linking user accounts behind the scenes — Company says update is due to privacy, regulatory changes| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Canva announces Canva Video, a suite of video editing tools now part of its free tier — Canva, the $40 billion software startup looking to make design accessible to everyone, has today announced a video editing suite. — Launched in 2013, Canva emerged during the design rennaissance …
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| Politico: |
Draft EU Commission proposals, set to be unveiled on Nov. 23, would compel Google and Facebook to share data on how political groups target ads or face fines — Social media companies could face hefty fines if they don't publish detailed information on political ad buyers, according to an EU internal document.| Tom Jackson / Disrupt Africa: |
Nigerian startup Mono, which is building open banking tools for businesses, raises a $15M Series A led by Tiger Global — Nigerian fintech startup Mono, which is building open banking infrastructure that enables access to customer financial data and bank payments for digital businesses in Africa … | Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Magic Leap raises another $500M and says its second-gen AR headset will arrive in 2022 with a slimmer form factor and twice the field of view — Augmented reality startup Magic Leap has raised a new $500 million round of funding at a $2 billion valuation, CEO Peggy Johnson told CNBC on Monday.
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| Ellen Cushing / The Atlantic: |
Slack has changed corporate culture, acting as a Trojan horse that flattens the communication hierarchy, largely to the benefit of employees — Why employees love the software, and bosses don't — in 2014, the executives at a brand-new start-up called Andela made a decision whose consequences they would only understand much later.
Tweets: @caseynewton and @cwarzel
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
SupportLogic, which offers AI-powered customer service analytics tools, raises a $50M Series B led by WestBridge Capital and General Catalyst — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Plume, which develops an AI-powered adaptive home Wi-Fi mesh network system, raises $300M led by Vision Fund 2 at a $2.6B valuation — Plume — a communications startup that partners with carriers to provide smart mesh WiFi to improve broadband connectivity in homes, and then offers …
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