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October 9, 2018, 11:40 AM

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YouTube:
Livestream of the Made by Google event in NYC  —  Find out what we've been up to this year.  Watch the live presentation.  October 9th, 11am EDT
The Verge:
Live blog of Google's event, where new Pixel phones, a charging stand, updates to Google Home and Chromecast lines, and a new tablet and laptop are expected  —  Live from Google's New York event to unveil the Pixel 3 and updates to its Google Home and Chromecast lines
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
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Financial Times:
President of Sony confirms that the company is working on a successor to the PlayStation 4, but declined to formally name it the “PlayStation 5”  —  The president of Sony has confirmed that the company is working on a successor to the PlayStation 4, as speculation intensifies …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Hardware security expert Joe Fitzpatrick, a named source in Bloomberg's China spy chip investigation, casts doubt on the story's accuracy  —  Security researcher Joe Fitzpatrick, one of the few sources named in Bloomberg Businessweek's bombshell Chinese hack investigation …
Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac:
Sources: 2018 iPad Pro models to sport thin bezels with no notch, will support Face ID in both portrait and landscape; new Pencil will have proximity pairing  —  Apple is widely expected to hold an event this month to introduce new 2018 iPad Pro models, new Macs, and more.
Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Google says it has decided not to compete for a DoD cloud contract worth potentially $10B, citing poor bidding process and potential conflict with its AI values  —  - Company says cloud deal may clash with its values on AI  — Google also criticizes plan to pick a single winner among bids
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google+ bug gave outsiders potential access to private data from 2015 to mid-2018; no disclosure made amid fear of blowback and no evidence of misuse  —  Google opted not to disclose to users its discovery of a bug that gave outside developers access to private data.  It found no evidence of misuse.
Ben Smith / The Keyword:
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook debuts video chat devices for home: the $199 Portal with a 10" screen and $349 Portal+ with a 15.6" swiveling screen; preorders today, ships November  —  Facebook's first hardware product combines Alexa (and eventually Google Assistant) with a countertop video chat screen that zooms to always keep you in frame.
Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC:
Microsoft says it will invest in ride-hailing company Grab as part of a strategic partnership on big data, AI, cloud services, more; the amount is undisclosed  —  - Tech giant Microsoft said it will invest an undisclosed sum into Singapore-based ride-sharing company Grab as part of a strategic partnership.
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Transcript of remarks on Dragonfly by Google search chief Ben Gomes to staff seem to contradict Google's claims about limited progress on Chinese search engine  —  “We have to be focused on what we want to enable,” said Ben Gomes, Google's search engine chief.  “And then when the opening happens, we are ready for it.”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Forbes partners with journalism blockchain network Civil to become the first major media company to experiment with publishing stories to the blockchain  —  Forbes, the century-old business publisher, is joining forces with Civil, a journalism blockchain network, to become the first major media company …
New York Times:
Trump campaign's Rick Gates sought proposals in 2016 from Israeli firm Psy-Group to make fake online accounts and use social media to influence and win election  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities …

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