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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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| 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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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
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-dail 911 — Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents
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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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CNBC, Blockworks, Axios, Decrypt, CoinDesk, The Block, cryptonews.com, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @barrysilbert and @wublockchain
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of new $200 Beats Fit Pro: comfortable with very good active noise cancellation 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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The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Engadget, Engadget, iMore, Newsweek, TechRadar, SlashGear, SlashGear, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @chriswelch, @chancehmiller, and @dcseifert
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021 — Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Dell spins off its 81% stake in VMware, creating a $64B independent software company; Dell's remaining hardware operations have an implied value of $33B — Share sale completes eight-year saga that will unwind part of the 2018 deal for server and storage company EMC| 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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Pinterest to launch a shoppable live series called Pinterest TV on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators — The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUA| Axios: |
NewsWhip: interest in Facebook, measured by social media interactions per article, declined over 2021, with little mainstream attention for “Facebook Papers” — The Facebook Papers and whistleblower accounts were a public relations nightmare for Facebook, but so far …
Tweets: @axios, @nrothschild3, @stevekovach, @jason_kint, @sarafischer, and @evelyndouek
| Meg Jones Wall / Wired: |
How payment processors hold the power to decide which products and services can be purchased online, as Stripe bans businesses like tarot card reading — Payment processing companies decide who is empowered to buy and sell online—and their policies show a gross misunderstanding of metaphysical practitioners.
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Telecoms.com. Tweets: @zackkanter, @megjoneswall, @wired, @lapiaenrose, @ninastpierre, @jeannakadlec, and @carnage4life
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
When I Work, which helps businesses manage shift scheduling, timesheets, and more, raises $200M led by Bain Capital, bringing its total raised to $224M — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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