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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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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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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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Federico Viticci / MacStories:

Extensive iOS 13 and iPadOS review: Apple clearly considers iOS to be a platform, not just an OS, and is building upon that with updates for everyone

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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

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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:

Apple brings the release date of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS forward by six days to September 24

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

A look at the new privacy features in iOS 13, including reminders about app location track, one-time location sharing, and removing metadata from images

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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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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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Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Sources: Tinder will release a six-episode choose-your-own-adventure series in October and intends to use viewers' choices to make matches — Popular dating app Tinder is set to release a choose-your-own-adventure-style original series in early October, marking its first outing …

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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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Bloomberg:

Sources: Procore has hired Goldman Sachs in preparation for an IPO that could value the construction-management software platform at more than $4B — - Construction software provider may list as soon as this year — Backers include Tiger Global Management and Iconiq Capital

Ana Lomtadze / Global Editors Network:

Interview with Google News VP Richard Gingras on the algorithm change to spotlight original reporting, the difficulty of defining the term, raters, and more — Google's VP of News explains the wider implications of the new search algorithm. — Last week, Google said it had made changes …

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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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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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Gareth Corfield / The Register:

UK supermarket Tesco shuts down its parking validation web app after tens of millions of photos of cars with visible license plates were left unsecured online — Ranger Services goes to ground over unsecured Azure blob — Exclusive Tesco has shuttered its parking validation web app …

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 …

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