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iPhone XR review: despite some drawbacks, the XR has a better price, battery, and more colorful design than the XS, making it hard to recommend the XS over XR — The iPhone XR has a few price-cutting compromises, but great battery life, Face ID and a colorful design make it the best iPhone to buy
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone XR review: competitive price for Apple's latest processor and cameras with a great battery life, but comes in only one size and the display is not great — Big screen, small compromise — Video by Phil Esposito & Becca Farsace — Here's a question: how much do you care about the display on a phone?
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation reveals a network of 125+ Android apps and websites that are part of a massive ad fraud scheme; the apps were installed an estimated 115M+ times — Last April, Steven Schoen received an email from someone named Natalie Andrea who said she worked for a company called We Purchase Apps.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase adds its first stablecoin, a Circle-issued coin called USDC tied to the US dollar, which US customers outside NY state can buy and sell — Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday. — In a blog post, the exchange said U.S. customers outside …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out a redesigned Messenger app with a focus on simplicity, using more white space and fewer tabs, and plans to add a dark mode in coming months — A powerful utility goes back to basics — Facebook is releasing a redesigned version of Messenger today that attempts to put the focus back on your chats.
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| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple plans to offer TV subscription service in 100+ countries, debuting in US in first half of next year, will offer free shows to Apple device owners — Apple is planning to launch its upcoming TV subscription service in more than 100 countries, three people familiar with the company's plans told The Information.
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Mozilla launches Firefox 63, introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks third-party trackers to increase privacy but is off by default, and more — Mozilla has released Firefox 63, which introduces Enhanced Tracking Protection, a feature that blocks third-party trackers to increase your privacy online.
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Tweets: @asadotzler, @whatthebit, and @firefox
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: new iPad mini is in the works and could be announced as soon as next week's event; new AirPods and AirPower charging pad coming in late 2018 or early 2019 — Ahead of Apple's October 30th event, respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared some details about what we can expect to see Apple …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
FireEye says it has linked Triton malware that inadvertently shut down a Saudi petrochemical plant in 2017 to a Russian government-owned research institute — Cybersecurity firm FireEye points the finger at the Russian government and a government-linked facility for creating a destructive malware.
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital has raised $1B for its sixth flagship fund, with $600M allocated for late-stage deals and $400M for early-stage startups — Kate Clark @kateclarktweets / 7 hours — It's a good week to be Josh Kushner, venture capitalist, founder of the health insurance unicorn Oscar … | Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Court filing: Verizon and Altaba agree to pay $50M in damages and up to $37.5M in legal fees to settle with Yahoo users affected by the 2013 breach — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase gets approval from NY regulators to create the Coinbase Custody Trust Company, which will offer custody services for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and more — Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies.
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Department of Financial …, CryptoGlobe, SludgeFeed, and Bitcoin Magazine. Tweets: @jenwieczner
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
A look at Thalmic Labs' new normal-looking smart glasses, called Focals, that display info in the right lens and will ship next year for $1,000 — Although few people seem to really want to wear smart glasses or goggles — think Google Glass or Snapchat Spectacles — a startup thinks it's figured …
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Tweets: @vibehi, @garrytan, @ashleyrcarman, @backlon, @thedextriarchy, @alexisohanian, and @nisummers
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Multiple Apple iCloud services are experiencing an extended outage, with some users reporting problems accessing apps and services like Notes and Find My iPhone — Some users say iCloud Login, Find My iPhone, and other services have been inaccessible for hours
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9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks
| Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: |
Sources: US Cyber Command targets Russian operatives to deter them from spreading disinformation, in first known overseas cyberoperation to protect elections — WASHINGTON — The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Amazon adds new Business Prime benefits, including a credit card, extended payment terms via invoice, and free same-day or one-day shipping on select orders — The new American Express card could help Amazon reach more SMBs via its B2B platform. — Amazon on Tuesday rolled out new benefits …
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Sources: Cloudflare is looking to go public in the first half of 2019 at a $3.5B+ valuation with Goldman Sachs working as the lead investment bank — (Reuters) - Cloudflare Inc, a U.S. startup whose software makes websites load faster and with greater security, is preparing for an initial public offering …
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TechCrunch, GeekWire, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Lyft acquires UK-based AR startup Blue Vision Labs and unveils its first Ford test vehicle for its Level 5 self-driving initiative — The company has acquired the AR startup Blue Vision Labs and unveiled its first Ford test vehicle — Ingrid Lunden , Jonathan Shieber 7 hours
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Lyft Level 5, Blue Vision Labs, Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, Telegraph, The Verge, Engadget, and CNET
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Snapchat says it helped more than 400K US users register to vote during a recent two-week period, following an in-app push to encourage registration — WASHINGTON — Taylor Swift has nothing on Snapchat — at least when it comes to persuading people to register to vote.| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Google says it will roll out a software update in the coming weeks to fix the Pixel 3's photo-saving issue — Google will fix an issue that caused some photos taken with Google Camera on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL to not properly save. A Google spokesperson provided this statement …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Patreon partners with Reddit to promote creators' Patreon accounts by making them more visible, adding special flair tags for supporters, and more — New widgets and flairs coming to Reddit — Patreon, a crowdfunding membership platform for creators, announced today that it's partnering … Sponsor Posts
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