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| Ellen Read / Stuff.co.nz: |
Apple acquires ten-year-old Auckland wireless charging company PowerbyProxi — Auckland entrepreneur Fady Mishriki set up PowerbyProxi in 2007. — Apple has bought Auckland technology company PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum. — The tech giant released the news on Wednesday …
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Twitter will now label political ads with sponsors, including spending and targeting disclosures, and establish a Transparency Center database with all ads — - Twitter will clearly label political ads, and require campaigns and organizations to disclose who bought the ad and how much they spent.
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Tweets: @recode, @biz, @mikeisaac, @stevesi, @jack, @juiceboxca, @naveedajamali, @naveedajamali, @lisatozzi, @kantrowitz, and @mikeisaac
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
DoJ subpoenas Twitter seeking details about five Twitter accounts including @Popehat, following a smiley emoji reply to them from a security researcher — So, here's a fun one. Back in May, the Justice Department — apparently lacking anything better to do with its time …
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| Katie Bo Williams / The Hill: |
Bipartisan bill unveiled to reform NSA's warrantless surveillance program and reauthorize it for four years, adding more privacy and oversight protections — A group of 11 senators on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to substantially reform the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
New “Bad Rabbit” ransomware targets corp networks in Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, infects devices through hacked Russian media sites using NotPetya type methods — A new wave of ransomware has hit several targets in Russia and Eastern Europe on Tuesday, according to media reports and several security companies.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
FCC filing: DirecTV has plans for an Android TV-based OTT 4K set-top box, that includes remote with integrated touch pad that supports voice commands — AT&T's DirecTV is getting ready to embrace internet-based content delivery beyond its DirecTV Now service: The company is about to introduce … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD returns to profitability in Q3 with $71M in net income and $1.64B in revenue, up from $1.3B YoY, as Ryzen takes off, but stock drops 10%+ on weak Q4 outlook — Advanced Micro Devices reported a net profit in the third quarter, thanks to the strength of its Ryzen and Epyc series processors that launched earlier this year.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apptopia data shows Apple's “App of the Day” App Store section, introduced in iOS 11, has boosted downloads by 1,747% on average and 792% for games — New research from Apptopia, out today, takes a look at the impact getting featured as the App or Game of the Day on the new iOS App Store has on app downloads.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says iPhone X will be available for walk-in customers at retail stores on launch day, Friday November 3, encourages customers to “arrive early” — Apple today announced that stores will have iPhone X available for walk-in customers, who it encourages to arrive early, on launch day.
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Tweets: @fwd, @buzzfeednews, @lexnfx, @neilcybart, @joannastern, and @buzzfeednews
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Early Bitcoin dev and proponent of Bitcoin's SegWit2x upgrade, Jeff Garzik, debuts a cryptocurrency, Metronome, which he says works on multiple blockchains — Metronome to make debut at industry conference in Las Vegas — Bloq co-founder Jeff Garzik helped develop bitcoin blockchain
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Automotive supplier Delphi acquires Boston-based self-driving startup NuTonomy for $450M — Both companies have autonomous driving pilots in Singapore — Delphi, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, is acquiring Boston-based self-driving car startup NuTonomy for an upfront purchase price …
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Tweets: @jmbooyah, @mhdempsey, and @jonrussell
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
HashiCorp raises $40M Series C led by GGV Capital and Redpoint Ventures to expand its cloud infrastructure automation services — HashiCorp is probably best known for Terraform, its open-source tool for automatically provisioning infrastructure by describing it as code.
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Marketwire, GeekWire, and Going Long
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Sources: Target and other retailers are using legal rights in lease agreements to limit what Amazon can do with Whole Foods stores in malls across the US — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market met a new foe this summer during talks to lease a top retail space in a San Francisco mall: the Target next door.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo debuts a new $500 live event camera, Mevo Plus, following its Livestream acquisition last month — IAC-owned video streaming site Vimeo and Livestream today are announcing their first product integrations today, following Vimeo's acquisition of Livestream's live video streaming platform …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn boosts its messaging with smart replies, pre-written, AI based interactions — LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned platform for those who want to network with professional contacts and advance their own careers — has been in the middle of a long-term makeover of its social tools, as it looks to drive more usage.
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Tweets: @linkedin and @ingridlunden
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Gmail adds support for third-party add-ons for web and Android, with Asana, Trello, Intuit QuickBooks, Dialpad, RingCentral among launch partners — Google is launching third-party add-ons for Gmail today. These native extensions will allow you to bring the power of services like Asana …
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Droid Life, SlashGear, 9to5Google, CNET, Mashable, Engadget, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and The Verge
Tweets: @epro, @gsuite, and @caseynewton
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber adds new fees to compensate drivers for slow passengers, longer trips to pick up riders, and ride cancellations — Extra fees kick in for pickup trips longer than eight minutes — Uber is adding a bunch of new fees to sweeten the pot for drivers who may be reluctant to wait for slow passengers … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Overstock.com plans to sell up to 500M digital tokens in an ICO to fund its subsidiary, tØ, an SEC-compliant digital token exchange — E-commerce veteran Overstock.com is planning to sell up to 500 million digital tokens via an initial coin offering that will launch next month …
Tweets: @danprimack
| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Source: Snap's internal data showed most Spectacles customers stopped wearing the glasses after 4 weeks — - Despite the initial hype, Snap's Spectacles are a commercial flop. — The company has sold only 150,000 pairs to date, and less than half of Spectacles owners kept using the glasses after the first month.
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TalkAndroid.com, InvestorPlace, Tubefilter, SiliconBeat, Newser, Inquirer, The Information, Fortune, and Silicon Republic
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google Assistant adds over 50 kids games and activities for Android and Google Home — Google is adding a bunch of new games and activities to the Google Assistant today as a way to keep kids entertained. The update, which was previewed earlier this month, includes “more than 50 new games …
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