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| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's “Unleashed” virtual event, where new AirPods and Macbook Pros with Apple silicon are expected — Apple says something is getting “unleashed.” — Apple is kicking off the very best week in tech with a rare Monday event, one it's decided to call “Unleashed.”
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| Apple: |
Livestream of Apple's “Unleashed” virtual event — This stream is best experienced on an iPhone 7 or later, iPad (5th generation or later), or iPod touch (7th generation) using Safari on iOS 12 or later; or a Mac using Safari on macOS Mojave 10.14 or later.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a new $5 “Voice Plan” for accessing Apple Music exclusively with Siri, available in 17 countries — During the “Unleashed” Apple event, the company announced a new more accessible plan for Apple Music exclusively with Siri. — The Apple Music plan will cost $4.99/month …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple updates HomePod mini with new colors: yellow, blue, and orange, available next month for the same price of $99 — Apple today announced that the HomePod mini will be available in three new colors, including yellow, orange, and blue. — Apple said the new HomePod mini colors …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: two Microsoft execs, including Brad Smith, told Bill Gates in 2008 that emails with a midlevel female employee were inappropriate; Gates agreed to stop — Top lawyer, HR chief informed some Microsoft directors they told billionaire co-founder that his emails with female employee were inappropriate
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| Kollen Post / The Block: |
NY AG sends cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms; improperly redacted documents suggest the recipients were Nexo and Celsius Network — On October 18, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms.
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| Reuters: |
In a letter to Andy Jassy, US House Judiciary accuses Amazon execs, including Jeff Bezos, of misleading Congress or lying about boosting its brands above rivals — Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top executives …
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| Florence Ion / Gizmodo: |
What to expect from Google's event on Tuesday: Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro with Tensor custom SoC, improved cameras, bigger batteries, and more colors — Will there be any surprises at Google's event next week? Here's what we know so far. — Alerts — If you've been holding out on buying …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
In an SEC filing, Sinclair confirms it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its channels on Sunday; Sinclair initially blamed technical issues — Sinclair formally confirmed the ransomware attack a day after this initial report in SEC documents. Original reporting below.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is considering asking Tencent, ByteDance, and other media companies to let rivals access and display their content in search results — - MIIT may ask Tencent to allow Baidu, others to search WeChat — If implemented, it could shake up the online advertising arena| New York Times: |
NYSE says ProShares will launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to bitcoin futures, giving investors exposure without having to hold bitcoin directly — An exchange-traded fund tied to the cryptocurrency is set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone for the industry.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Deel, which provides remote hiring services including payroll, compliance, and more, raises a $425M Series D led by Coatue at a $5.5B valuation — As more people continue to work remotely, organizations globally have had to adjust — particularly when it comes to onboarding new employees …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal documents: Facebook's AI has minimal success enforcing its rules against problematic content, including removing an estimated 3%-5% of hate speech — AI has only minimal success in removing hate speech, violent images and other problem content, according to internal company reports
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