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Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have a few months to transition away from SMS and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro lines, available on October 25 for $1,000+ with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs or $1,300+ with an ARM SQ3 — Microsoft is combining its Surface Pro X and Surface Pro lines into a single product this year, the Surface Pro 9.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via the collective bargaining arrangement — Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store …
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Sources: US chip equipment suppliers are pausing business activities and pulling out staff based at China's YMTC, following US curbs on China's chip sector — Tool makers are pulling out staff and pausing work as they assess the impact of Commerce Department restrictions on semiconductor exports to China
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft previews Places, a new app meant to help companies address hybrid workplace challenges, coming to Microsoft 365 business subscriptions in 2023 — Microsoft previewed a new app that will attempt to help companies, workers, and real estate facilities managers address …
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TechRadar, Microsoft 365 Blog, WinBuzzer, PCWorld, BigTechWire, and Windows Central. Thanks:@taylor_soper
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied in August 2022 — Google has approved Donald Trump's Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.
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| Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg: |
Amazon, Shopify, Wayfair, and other big e-commerce sites scale back operations after erroneously betting that pandemic online shopping trends would be permanent — Did the pandemic forever change how we shop? — The answer seemed obvious in the first half of 2020, when retailers closed … | Taylor Locke / Fortune: |
Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker made a DAO proposal to waive any investigations — Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, looks to be the latest victim of a massive hack within the crypto realm.| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Dream Security, a cybersecurity company co-founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure, has raised $20M — The former chief executive officer of Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has joined with ex-Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz …
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Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies about monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023 — Apple's growing designs on the ad industry are already well-documented with the iPhone maker's media unit already generating $4 billion per year on search.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung announces expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to both SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.
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Samsung Newsroom, Droid Life, BigTechWire, Neowin, 9to5Google, SamMobile, Engadget, Digital Trends, TechHive, Android Headlines, Android Headlines, PCMag, TechCrunch, Android Authority, ZDNet, Android Central, XDA Developers, and CNET. Tweets: @mishaalrahman
| Edward Graham / Nextgov: |
Trellix report: phishing emails targeting county election workers surged in battleground states Arizona and Pennsylvania ahead of their primary elections — Research conducted by cybersecurity firm Trellix found that county election workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania saw an increase … | Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 — - The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.
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| VentureBeat: |
Vectara, founded by former Google staffers, emerges from stealth with $20M in seed funding and the launch of its neural search-as-a-service technology — Is there a better way to build a search tool that produces more highly relevant results than just using keyword-based techniques?
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| Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Texas social media law from going into effect, as industry groups seek to bring the case to the Supreme Court — The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a controversial Texas social media law from going into effect Wednesday as industry groups seek to bring the case to the Supreme Court.| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright but cramped screen, lackluster battery life, slow charging, few apps, and no auto workout tracking — I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. That's effectively the Google Pixel Watch's mantra.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets excluding the US, and integrate it into TikTok — Company is negotiating with labels as it seeks more than a dozen new global markets — BeReal vs. TikTok: Can ‘Authentic’ Social Media Compete Without Ads?
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Ars Technica, New York Post, and Search Engine Journal
Tweets: @brianroemmele, @anthony, and @benfritz
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft says Apple plans to launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023; Windows 11's Photos app will get iCloud integration — Microsoft today announced that desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps will be available on Windows PCs next year, downloadable from the Microsoft Store.
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Windows Blog, Appleosophy, Engadget, TechCrunch, SamMobile, gHacks Technology News, The Verge, Ars Technica, MSPoweruser, Redmond Pie, Windows Central, Huawei Central, MacStories, Macworld, iMore, GeekWire, MobileSyrup, Apple Must, and Neowin
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