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Sources: Apple plans a “crash detection” feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dial 911 — Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022 — Apple had seemingly avoided the chip shortage for months, but the company's fortunes have now changed.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Some Mac owners report that upgrading to macOS Monterey bricked their computer — macOS Monterey, released last week as the latest version of macOS, is bricking older Mac computers, rendering them unusable and unable to even turn on, according to a number of reports from users across social media and online forums.
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Digital Currency Group raises $700M at a $10B+ valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Latin America Fund, with CapitalG and others participating — The Grayscale and CoinDesk owner sells $700 million of shares at a $10 billion valuation, in a funding round led by two SoftBank funds
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Biden admin urges Congress to subject stablecoin issuers to federal oversight like banks and limit their interactions with non-financial companies, such as Meta — If U.S. lawmakers don't act, regulators have the authority to take their own measures, according to the long-awaited report … | Financial Times: |
Meta takes down a troll farm run by the Nicaraguan government since 2018 that involved 937 Facebook accounts, 140 Pages, 24 Groups, and 363 Instagram accounts — Company says it took down hundreds of accounts, pages and groups ahead of Sunday's election — Meta's Facebook has accused … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of Beats Fit Pro, announced today for $200: comfortable with very good ANC and transparency mode but no wireless charging and little Android support — The latest Beats earbuds are the company's best product since the Powerbeats Pro — Beats has been busy.
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| Charles Mandel / BetaKit: |
Generac Holdings to buy smart thermostat startup Ecobee for $650M in cash and stock, plus up to $120M in stock if targets are hit, expects deal to close in Q4 — Wisconsin-based Generac Holdings is acquiring smart thermostat startup Ecobee for up to $770 million, contingent on the achievement of certain performance targets.| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
ByteDance limits staff working hours from 10am to 7pm on weekdays, becoming one of the first tech companies in China to officially end its “996” culture — - Employees will need to seek permission to work overtime — China's 996 culture has drawn criticism, government scrutiny| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices — Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.
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Amazon Fire TV, Benzinga, CNET, The Verge, Variety, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @amazonfiretv
| Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku: |
After a three-day outage, Roblox says it is back online — According to Roblox's status page, all versions of the game have been down since Oct 28 starting at 7 pm EST — Roblox, one of the most popular games in the world, has been down for over a day now and while many frustrated players …
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| The Verge: |
Q&A with Meta's Andrew Bosworth on how metaverse content will be ranked and displayed, balancing between private conversations and moderating content, and more — Last week, Facebook announced a major corporate rebrand by changing its company name to Meta.
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