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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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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release at least eight new Alexa-powered devices, including a microwave, an amplifier, and subwoofer, by the end of the year — - It reflects Amazon's ambition to make its Alexa voice assistant ubiquitous, especially in areas where people spend most of their time, like the home and car.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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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| Wall Street Journal: |
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
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Shopping launches personalized Explore channel, expands Stories tags after testing them since June, and lets brands add a shopping bag icon to Stories — Instagram is embracing its true identity as a mail-order catalog. The question will be how much power merchants will give Instagram …
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| 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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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 12 officially launches out of beta, with faster performance, Screen Time, smarter notifications, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, improved privacy in Safari, more — Apple today officially released iOS 12, the latest operating system designed for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iOS 12 is available …
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
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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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| Mike Memoli / NBC News: |
Facebook debuts pilot program to expand its security tools and procedures, like 2FA and threat monitoring, for candidates and campaign staff ahead of midterms — The program is meant to identify patterns of malicious behavior earlier, making Facebook's reaction quicker.
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| Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter: |
HBO and Netflix tie for the most Emmy wins, taking home 23 each; Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won eight awards; Hulu won four — HBO is still the Emmy champion — but it has some company at the top. — The streaming era has already turned the TV business upside down …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Cloudflare debuts IPFS Gateway, an easy way to access content from the P2P-driven InterPlanetary File System that does not require installing special software — Internet security provider Cloudflare is introducing a new product to help users more easily access the InterPlanetary File System …
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Tweets: @ipfsbot, @grittygrease, @ipfsbot, @letoams, @jgrahamc, and @musalbas. Thanks:@basedriana274
| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Stripe unveils Stripe Terminal, a new service for in-person payments with Warby Parker and Glossier as launch partners, will charge 2.7% plus 5¢ per transaction — The San Francisco-based company is introducing a new service for in-person payments. — For years, Stripe has been synonymous … | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
GovPayNow.com, used by ~2,300 US government agencies for online payments, has exposed 14M+ customer records dating back to 2012, says issue has now been fixed — Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments …
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| Violet Blue / Engadget: |
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