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Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy — Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …
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Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free — Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
TikTok plans to update its privacy policy on December 2 to confirm that its staff outside of Europe, including in China, can access the data of European users — Privacy policy update confirms data of continent's users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US
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BBC, China Research Group News, The Hacker News, TikTok, CNN, Search Engine Journal, and Nextgov
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| Kate Irwin / Decrypt: |
Meta lets select Instagram creators in the US test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won't charge fees until 2024 — Instagram will soon have NFT creation and trading tools built in, but in-app purchases will be “subject to applicable app store fees.”
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp announces Communities, a group messaging feature for larger, more structured groups of up to 1,024 people, rolling out worldwide in the coming months — WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony plans to launch the PlayStation VR2 with Sense controllers and stereo headphones on February 22 for $550, £530, or €600; preorders open on November 15 — Sony will launch its PSVR2 headset on February 22nd priced at $549.99. The PSVR2 will be priced at $549.99 in the US …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm expects to provide modem chips for the “vast majority” of iPhones in 2023, retaining its current foothold after previously planning to supply ~20% — Qualcomm Inc. will continue to provide the modem chips for the “vast majority” of iPhones in 2023 …
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Appuals.com, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, Tom's Guide, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, FOSS Patents, Wccftech, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, and MacRumors
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In the coming weeks, Google will update Gmail to show live package tracking for order confirmation emails under the sender's name in the inbox — Google announced today a small but useful update to Gmail that will allow users to soon be able to track their upcoming package deliveries directly from their inbox.
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The Keyword, SamMobile, Phandroid, BGR India, BGR, XDA Developers, and Android Headlines
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| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Vancouver-based Dapper Labs, the NFT startup behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, lays off ~134 staff, or ~22% of its workforce; Dapper Labs has raised $600M+ — Dapper Labs has laid off around 22 percent of its staff, BetaKit has learned. — The company confirmed the layoffs to BetaKit … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter cancels its Chirp developer conference, set for November 16, and says it is building “some things that we're excited to share with you soon” — Twitter is canceling its developer-focused Chirp conference amid management transition, the company said late Thursday.
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The Economic Times, Neowin, and Engadget
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Apple's unionized Maryland store files a complaint with the NLRB after Apple withheld medical, educational, and other new benefits given to non-union workers — Apple Inc.'s unionized retail store in Maryland is filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after it was excluded …
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IAMAW, iThinkDifferent, iMore, and MacRumors
Tweets: @pulledfrmrepair, @flaggedfordepot, and @markgurman
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Google debuts Code as Policies, a tool that uses AI models to generate code for robots to perform a variety of tasks, under an open-source license on GitHub — Google LLC today debuted an internally developed software tool that can reduce the amount of effort involved in training a robot to perform new tasks.
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Google AI Blog, Silicon Republic, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jackyliang42, @haydenfield, and @googleai
| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: the US DOJ is preparing to open an in-depth probe into Adobe's $20B acquisition of Figma and has been contacting customers, competitors, and investors — The Justice Department is preparing to open an in-depth investigation of Adobe's $20 billion takeover of design collaboration company Figma … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
South Korea-based Wemade, which develops the Wemix blockchain gaming platform, raised ~$46M from Microsoft, Shinhan Asset Management, and Kiwoom Securities — Microsoft has backed Wemade, a popular video game developer that has made aggressive bets on blockchain in recent years …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Roku reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $761.4M, vs. $694M est., 21.9B streaming hours, and 2.3M active accounts added; the stock drops 18%+ on weak Q4 guidance — Roku handily topped Wall Street estimates for the third quarter of 2022, as the streaming platform and media company packed …
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Tweets: @xpangler and @justinlist
| Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: |
Malwarebytes: four malicious Android apps from developer Mobile apps Group, which has deployed malware before, remain on Google Play with millions of downloads — Google is still failing to catch malicious apps from being listed on its app store, but it seems that some developers …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google expands Google Play Games beta for PC to the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, offering 85 Android games — Google Play Games is launching in open beta in the US today, allowing anyone to try out a selection of Android games on PC.
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| Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: |
Home buying startup Opendoor lays off ~550 employees, or ~18% of its staff, after higher rates and a shift in prices forced the company to sell homes at a loss — Opendoor Technologies Inc. is laying off about 550 employees after higher mortgage rates cratered US housing demand.
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Opendoor, TechCrunch, Newser, The Information, Silicon Valley Business …, and GeekWire
Tweets: @rabois and @bowtiedbull
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A look at Twitter's Bluesky “federated social network” project under Elon Musk; CEO Jay Graber recently tweeted that she is “very glad we're independent” — For years, the platform has funded a project that's meant to create a better, decentralized online experience.| Annie Massa / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood reports Q3 revenue down 1% YoY to $361M, vs. $357.8M est., net loss down 87% YoY to $175M, and MAUs down 1.8M QoQ to 12.2M in September 2022 — Robinhood Markets Inc. posted third-quarter revenue that beat analysts' estimates as transaction-based income increased from the previous three-month period.
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Robinhood Markets, Inc., CoinDesk, The Block, Cointelegraph, The Information, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Crypto Briefing, Blockworks, and Protocol. Tweets: @business
| Helen Li / Wired: |
A look at the fintech startups serving small and large US-based cannabis retailers in an industry dominated by cash, as Visa, Mastercard, and others steer clear — In dispensaries, cash is king—and it's a nuisance for business owners and buyers. Fintech players are entering the fray.
Tweets: @gadgetlab and @wired
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Meta AI researchers unveil Encodec, a neural network trained to compress audio at a ~10x rate compared with the MP3 format at 64Kbps, without a loss in quality — Technique could allow high-quality calls and music on low-quality connections. — Last week, Meta announced …
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