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| Babu Mohan / Android Central: |
Google updates Chrome with customizable themes on desktop and tab grouping on Android — Google says some more improvements are coming to Chrome later in the fall. — What you need to know — Google is introducing new features to its Chrome browser for both desktop and Android users.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple releases iOS 13 with Dark Mode, QuickPath swipe keyboard, a redesigned Reminders app, and more — Dark mode is the big new addition — Apple's new iOS 13 update is now available to download on compatible iPhones today, with an iPhone 6S release to follow soon.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
iOS 13 review: has some much needed quality-of-life improvements, Dark Mode and new Photos app are great, but it's buggy and there are few truly new features — Apple's latest iPhone software brings dark mode, a new Photos app, and bugs — iOS 13 is here.
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| Colin Campbell / Polygon: |
French court rules that European consumers can resell games they bought on Steam, just as they are able to resell packaged, physical games — Valve pledges to fight ruling — A French high court this week delivered a blow to Valve, ruling that European consumers are legally free …
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| Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg met with President Trump during his visit to Washington, where the Facebook CEO also met with a number of members of Congress — - Senator Hawley urged Facebook to sell WhatsApp, Instagram — CEO also pressed on privacy, independent content audits, bias
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| Twitter: |
Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador — In October 2018, we disclosed the first comprehensive archive of state-backed information operations on Twitter.| Sundar Pichai / The Keyword: |
Google says it will invest €3B over the next two years to expand its data centers across Europe, and €600M in 2020 to expand its data center in Hamina, Finland — Today I am in Helsinki, Finland, to meet with Finnish Prime Minister Rinne to discuss his priorities for the European Union Presidency …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube to tighten creator verification in October, focusing on channels with a need for proof of authenticity and clarifying verification isn't an endorsement — YouTube's verification program is getting a massive overhaul, the company announced today, which will likely result in a number …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
On-demand storage and removals company Clutter acquires The Storage Fox, which offers self-storage services in urban areas, for $152M — The world of on-demand storage has seen some ups and downs, with some of the biggest hopefuls pivoting into new areas, some as unrelated as cryptocurrency …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Jeff Bezos announces the Climate Pledge, for businesses like Amazon to commit to meet the Paris Agreement's zero-carbon goal by 2040, 10 years ahead of schedule — During a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington this morning, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos alongside former United …
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| Business Insider: |
A Facebook employee has died in an apparent suicide at the company's Menlo Park headquarters; Facebook says it is cooperating with the police — - A Facebook employee is dead by suicide after jumping from the fourth floor of an office building, police said. — The individual was an adult male.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Vianai, a startup launched by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka that wants to simplify building AI products for the enterprise, raises $50M seed funding — You don't see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early stage startup launched by Vishal Sikka …
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| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
Postmates, which confidentially filed for an IPO in February, raises $225M from private equity firm GPI Capital at a $2.4B valuation, up from $1.85B in January — Postmates is receiving another cash injection as the San Francisco-based delivery service prepares to go public … | Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Survey: 47% of enterprises across a variety of industries now have cyber insurance, up from 34% in 2017, as execs concerns over cyberattacks increase — Business leaders have grown more nervous about cyberattacks over the past two years. — Cyberattacks are now considered by most execs … Sponsor Posts
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