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iPhone XS and XS Max review: terrific display, great speakers, and long battery life, but expensive, very good camera but not great, portrait mode a hit or miss — Solid updates to a winning formula — Last year, Apple did something out of character: it introduced the usual update to the iPhone …
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Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to provide Android-powered infotainment systems, with integrated maps, assistant, more, starting in 2021 — Car makers have been reluctant to cede control to tech rivals; drivers will have better integration of Google's maps, app store and voice-activated assistant| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Google Maps is now available on Apple CarPlay with iOS 12, which previously just supported Apple Maps; Waze also plans to support CarPlay in a future update — Google Maps for CarPlay in iOS 12 is now available with version 5.0 out now on the App Store. Apple released iOS 12 just yesterday …
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Sources: Tesla under criminal investigation by DOJ over public statements made by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, alongside a previously-reported civil inquiry by SEC — Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk …
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| Kerry Flynn / Digiday: |
HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll becomes CEO, replacing Rus Yusupov, who will take a creative role, as the company previews a new Wheel of Fortune-like game — HQ wants to prove it's more than a one-trick pony. Almost a year ago, the mobile app, launched by Vine's cofounders within …
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Google's Family Link, which allows parents to set screen time limits and more, expands to teens, adds support for Google Assistant, and rolls out worldwide — Parents will be able to manage their teens' existing Google accounts with Family Link — Family Link, the parental control hub Google introduced …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter update lets users revert to a chronological timeline, says it is working on a way for users to easily switch between algorithmic and chronological feeds — In the meantime, the company says its fixing its timeline settings — Twitter has made a surprise change to how it shows tweets to its users …
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| Malte Ubl / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project: |
Google says it is moving the AMP project to an open governance model, forms steering committee with reps from other companies — Over the last 2 years AMP has grown from a tiny open source project with just 2 contributors to a much larger one with over 700 folks contributing over 10,000 commits running on many millions of websites.
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ACLU, others file lawsuit against Facebook alleging that its advertising platform is being used by prospective employers to discriminate against women — The social network has faced sustained criticism for housing ads that exclude certain races to job ads targeted only at younger workers.
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| Polina Marinova / Fortune: |
On-demand delivery startup Postmates raises $300M led by Tiger Global, source says at a ~$1.2B valuation, to accelerate its growth across the US — On-demand delivery startup Postmates raised a whopping $300 million in venture funding to accelerate its growth across the U.S. Tiger Global led the round …
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YouTube announces it will shut down its standalone Gaming app and launches a new YouTube Gaming destination at youtube.com/gaming, first coming to the US — YouTube will no longer maintain a separate app targeting gaming and live game streaming, the company announced today.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
NY AG report on cryptocurrency trading platforms finds many are vulnerable to market manipulation, refers some to regulator for potential legal violations — The New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has released a report on cryptocurrency trading platforms, finding that many are vulnerable … | Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, a web browser built to work with VR and AR headsets, available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores — The browser is now available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores. — Mozilla on Tuesday released version 1.0 of Firefox Reality …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is rolling out Chrome OS 69 with material design, Linux support, Night Light, dictation, and more — Chrome OS 69 is rolling out today following the Android and desktop release last week. Version 69 includes the Google Material Theme to coincide with the browser's 10th anniversary.
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Shopify adds support for AR Quick Look, an iOS 12 feature that lets users place models of products in real environments from within Safari — Augmented reality without leaving your browser — E-commerce platform Shopify now offers support for AR Quick Look, an iOS 12 feature … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Ampere launches its first ARM-based eMAG server processors to challenge Intel, with power efficiency, high performance, and high memory capacity — Ampere is launching two versions of its first ARM-based 64-bit server processor today in a challenge to Intel's dominance of data center chips.
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Female ASMR video creators have been permanently banned from PayPal and had funds frozen after 8chan harassment campaign; PayPal says it has no anti-ASMR policy — In June, China banned and excised videos of sound effects while claiming to cleanse its internet of pornography.
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| Biswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times: |
Indian ride-hailing service Ola has raised $50M from two Chinese investors at a valuation pegged between $3.7B and $4.3B — NEW DELHI & MUMBAI: Ola's parent ANI Technologies is raising more money from new and existing investors as the ridehailing app breaks into new markets and moves toward profitability.
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Sources: as recently as last year, Facebook pressed banks for the ability to use customer financial data passing through Messenger for purposes like advertising — The social network's negotiating stance with institutions evolved — Facebook Inc. FB .14% had been haggling with financial firms … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram to run ads in Stories and feed to point US users over 18 to mid-terms voting registration info, will let users add an “I Voted” sticker — Facebook is getting ready to purposefully influence the U.S. mid-term elections after spending two years trying to safeguard against foreign interference.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
UiPath, which develops AI-based bots that automate mundane enterprise tasks, raises $225M Series C at a $3B valuation from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, and Accel — UiPath, a robotic process automation (RPA) platform that helps companies automate repetitive tasks, has raised a whopping $225 million … | New York Times: |
Trump placing 10% tariffs on an additional ~$200B in Chinese imports on Sept. 24, drops ~300 types of goods, including smartwatches, from list of those affected — President Trump, emboldened by America's economic strength and China's economic slowdown, escalated his trade war on Monday …
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