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California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft — SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly switches AppleCare+ to a monthly subscription for some devices, letting users pay for a plan past the previous two or three year limit — Last year Apple rolled out the option to pay monthly for some of its two (in some cases three) year AppleCare+ plans for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
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| P. R. Sanjai / Bloomberg: |
Apple says its TV+ streaming service will cost ~$1.40/month in India when it launches on November 1, undercutting both Netflix and Amazon — - Price undercuts Netflix, Amazon as OTT competition intensifies — Apple TV includes original content, ‘thousands’ of films
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google introduces a new Chrome webpage sharing feature in version 77, letting users easily send links to other devices where they use Chrome — Not available on macOS just yet — Google is starting to make its Chrome 77 browser update available to Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android this week.
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 13 GM and latest iOS 13.1 beta reference stereo AR headsets and apps, suggesting support for a face-mounted AR experience similar to Google's Daydream — As 9to5Mac's Gui Rambo first shared back in April and detailed more specifics just last week, Apple is working on bringing Stereo AR …
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, with 5.8" and 6.5" screens, no 3D Touch, better battery life, triple camera system with zoom and wide angle, in 4 colors — As usual, Apple's latest batch of iPhones aren't exactly surprising, thanks to plenty of detailed leaks throughout the year.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle releases its earnings a day early, reporting $9.2B revenue, flat YoY, and says co-CEO Mark Hurd is taking a leave of absence for health reasons — KEY POINTS — Oracle's Mark Hurd, who was hired by founder Larry Ellison in 2010, is taking a leave of absence, the company said on Wednesday.
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: antitrust officials from the FTC have begun interviewing merchants on Amazon to determine whether the e-commerce giant is abusing its market dominance — A team of Federal Trade Commission investigators has begun interviewing small businesses that sell products on Amazon.com Inc …
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| Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times: |
Prosus, a holding company for African giant Naspers' stakes in tech groups such as Tencent, opens at €76 on Amsterdam's stock exchange, valuing it at €123B — A company holding Naspers' stakes in internet technology groups such as Tencent soared in its Amsterdam stock trading debut …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple's latest 10.2-inch iPad is compatible with the Smart Keyboard, meaning every iPad on sale besides the iPad mini is compatible for the first time — Converged computing is close enough to touch — “Netbooks aren't better at anything,” joked Steve Jobs when he stood on stage nearly 10 years ago to introduce the first iPad.
Tweets: @tomwarren, @dcseifert, and @samsheffer
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In-depth overview of threats faced by macOS users around the world shows phishing attempts, especially those using Apple's brand, are on the rise — Introduction — The belief that there are no threats for the macOS operating system (or at least no serious threats) has been bandied about for decades.| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloudflare discloses potential sanctions violations in SEC filing, says its products were used by blacklisted entities such as terrorists and drug traffickers — Technology company says it determined that its products were used by certain blacklisted individuals and entities| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Explorium, a data discovery platform for machine learning models, says it raised $19.1M across seed and Series A rounds in September 2018 and March respectively — Explorium, a data discovery platform for machine learning models, received a couple of unannounced funding rounds over the last year …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple announces Watch Series 5 with built-in compass, always-on display, and new materials, shipping on September 20 from $399; Series 3 price drops to $199 — Apple has just officially announced the next generation of the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Series 5.
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Tweets: @sdw, @_nandavardhan, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @horwitz, @neilcybart, @viticci, and @gruber
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: Palmer Luckey's border surveillance tech startup Anduril Industries has raised a funding round at a $1B+ valuation from Andreessen Horowitz and others — KEY POINTS — Anduril has secured a funding round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz that values the defense company at more than $1 billion.
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Business Insider. Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @slpng_giants, @ashedryden, and @noonanjo. Thanks:@sal19
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Electronic prescription service Surescripts says it is cutting off ReMy Health, used by Amazon's PillPack, limiting PillPack's access to patient histories — KEY POINTS — The company said it is terminating its relationship with ReMy Health, a third party that supplied PillPack with information about patient prescriptions.Sponsor Posts
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