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First look at Nintendo Switch Lite, a smaller, cheaper, handheld-only model launching September 20 for $200 — When reports emerged of a lower-cost Nintendo Switch that wouldn't have detachable Joy-Con controllers and couldn't plug into a TV, my son had one question. What's the point of a Switch that doesn't Switch?
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
AT&T's WarnerMedia reveals the name, HBO Max, for its streaming service coming next spring with 10K hours of programming, including exclusive rights to Friends — AT&T's WarnerMedia finally has a name for its streaming service — and some unfortunate news for people hoping it would share some classic shows.
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| Rani Molla / Vox: |
ETR survey of ~580 CIOs or IT decision makers at large enterprises reveals 59% use or plan to adopt Microsoft Teams compared with 35% for Slack — Microsoft Teams isn't better than Slack, but it is freer. — Tech workers' favorite communications tool, Slack, is losing ground to its biggest rival …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Zoom, following backlash for initially refusing to fix a flaw in its app that allows an attacker to launch the Mac camera via a malicious link, releases a fix — AFTER INITIALLY SAYING that it wouldn't issue a full fix for a vulnerability disclosed on Monday, the video conferencing service Zoom has changed course.
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| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Users are frustrated by Google's lack of response to complaints about Google Fit issues, such as the inability to log into the app or sync with third-party apps — Google Fit has undergone many changes over the past year. From a major redesign to several minor improvements, and even a new iOS app … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and “in the coming months” for existing customers — The first major carrier to automatically block fraudulent calls — In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Anchorage, which safeguards crypto assets for institutions with a unique no-password security system, raises $40M Series B led by Blockchain Capital — Visa and Andreessen Horowitz are betting even bigger on cryptocurrency, funding a big round for fellow Facebook Libra Association member … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
E-commerce startup Bolt, which provides a checkout, payments processing, and fraud prevention platform for online merchants, raises $68M Series B — Bolt — not to be confused with blockchain startup Bolt Labs, hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify … | Joseph Cox / VICE: |
GitHub removes reimplementations of DeepNude, a now-shuttered app that digitally removes clothing from images of women, citing violations of policy — After the creator of DeepNude shuttered its app that digitally undressed women, multiple people uploaded their own versions to GitHub.
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| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
OPay, an Africa-focused mobile payments startup founded by Opera, raises $50M from investors including Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and Source Code Capital — OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera, has raised $50 million in funding.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter, which has been accused of helping UAE hack its citizens, inside Firefox — Mozilla declines DarkMatter's application to have its root certificates included in Firefox's root store.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Kyndi, which is developing an “explainable” natural language processing platform, raises $20M Series B led by Intel Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$30M — Kyndi, a startup developing what it describes as an explainable natural language processing platform … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory devices made by GE could enable malicious remote tampering — Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a networking protocol used in popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory machines …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Inside deliberations at Twitter on defining “dehumanizing speech” and its decision to limit enforcement on the issue to tweets about religious groups for now — SAN FRANCISCO — Last August, Twitter's top executives gathered at the company's headquarters to discuss how to make the site safer for its users.| Twitter: |
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Leaked documents from surveillance company Perceptics show its pitch to New York's MTA on how it could automatically track and profile vehicles and drivers — Just months before millions of its internal documents were stolen and dumped on the internet, the Tennessee-based surveillance company Perceptics …
Tweets: @samfbiddle, @theintercept, @rogerdhodge, @theintercept, @kvnweb, @joejerome, @angelsdiaz_, @michaelwprice, and @torproject
| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Facebook creates a new subsidiary, NPE Team, to build, design, and launch apps that give users “entirely new experiences for building community” — Get ready for a flood of new Facebook apps. The social media giant said Tuesday it's created a team, known as New Product Experimentation …
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Tweets: @venkatananth, @joshelman, @kurtwagner8, @joshconstine, @alexeheath, @qwongsj, @mattnavarra, and @thekenyeung. Thanks:@akwired
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
YouTube to require those submitting manual copyright claims to give timestamps of where in a video infringing content appears, making creator responses easier — YouTube is updating the way it handles manual copyright claims with changes that should make them much less of a headache for video creators.
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YouTube Creator Blog, Engadget, Gizmodo, GamesIndustry.biz, Adweek, PC Gamer, Android Central, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @teamyoutube, @ytcreators, @teamyoutube, @susanwojcicki, @seapeekay, @rickbeato, @teamyoutube, and @teamyoutube
| Nick Heath / TechRepublic: |
Raspberry Pi Foundation confirms that the recently released Raspberry Pi 4 does not work with some USB-C cables — The Pi's co-creator Eben Upton has confirmed that not every USB-C cable will power the Pi. — The Raspberry Pi Foundation has confirmed that the recently released Raspberry Pi 4 …
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Tweets: @frankcatalano and @liliputingnews
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Glitch, formerly Fog Creek Software, says its community has created 2.5M+ web apps using its collaboration and code sharing platform, reveals 2018 $30M Series A — Glitch, the quirky and collaborative coding site, announced a new milestone today: more than 2.5 million apps have been made on its website since it launched in 2017.
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