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September 26, 2019, 1:55 PM

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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Microsoft and Google announce Google Assistant support in English for the Xbox One in beta, with the ability to launch games, take screenshots, and more  —  Expanding Xbox Voice Capabilities with Google Assistant  —  This Week's Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale Plus Publisher Sale
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
New York Times:
Report: Number of countries using political disinformation campaigns more than doubled to 70 since 2017; Facebook remains #1 social network for disinformation  —  In Vietnam, citizens were enlisted to post pro-government messages on their personal Facebook pages.
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Cloudflare, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox add support for HTTP/3, the next major version of the HTTP protocol  —  Next iteration of the HTTP protocol starts making its way into production systems.  —  HTTP/3, the next major iteration of the HTTP protocol, is getting a big boost today …
More: The Cloudflare BlogTweets: @mahdi
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube says it will remove content that violates its guidelines regardless of who said it, including politicians, but will make exceptions depending on context  —  Context of videos is important, CEO says  —  YouTube will remove content from politicians using its platform if their content violates …
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Amazon announces a new line of Alexa-enabled wearables equipped with mics and speakers, including the $180 Echo Frames eye glasses and $130 Echo Loop ring  —  Amazon is rolling out a new line of wearables that work with Alexa today including the Echo Frames eyeglasses and the Echo Loop smart ring.
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Source: DOJ intends to investigate Facebook after prodding from AG William Barr; DOJ's case will focus on conduct that's separate from what the FTC is examining  —  - Facebook now target of two federal cases simultaneously  — FTC already has separate Facebook investigation underway
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Dropbox starts rolling out Dropbox Spaces, shared team workspaces that connect things like files, tasks, and meetings, and other new features in its desktop app  —  Dropbox held its Work in Progress user conference on Wednesday where the company announced a host of new product experiences and features.
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Oculus Quest will be updated in Nov. to be able to wire up directly to PCs, like the Rift, and in 2020 will get support for hand tracking, no controllers needed  —  Just before the annual VR/AR conference Oculus Connect 6, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a teaser video hinting …
Scott Stein / CNET:
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Twitch updates its design, tied to an advertising campaign meant to emphasize that it is an all-purpose live-streaming platform, not just for gamers  —  Without video games, Twitch would not be what it is now: a live-streaming platform with millions of devoted viewers and broadcasters, some of them with tattoos of the company's logo.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Gatsby, a California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App generator, raises $15M Series A led by CRV  —  Gatsby, a Berkeley, California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App (PWA) generator, today revealed that it's secured $15 million in series A funding led by CRV.
More: TechCrunch and FinSMEs
Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News:
Indianapolis-based SaaS management startup Zylo raises $22.5M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, says it now manages over $10B in corporate SaaS spending  —  One of the attractive aspects of software that's sold on a service model (rather than, say, a one-time purchase of a cardboard box) …
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