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Apple removes app from the App Store that tracked Hong Kong police and protests after pressure from China, says it “violates our guidelines and local laws” — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple removed an app on Wednesday that enabled protesters in Hong Kong to track police …
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[Thread] Former World of Warcraft developer lead denounces Blizzard, says Chinese investment in game companies is silencing voices for freedom and democracy — This hurts. But until Blizzard reverses their decision on @blitzchungHS I am giving up playing Classic WoW, which I helped make and helped convince Blizzard to relaunch. There will be no Mark of Kern guild after all. Let me explain why I am #BoycottBlizzard
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Google removed a game from the Play store that allowed players to role-play as Hong Kong protesters, says it violated rules related to “sensitive events” — HKmap.live raised concerns of endangering law enforcement and residents; ‘The Revolution of Our Times,’ violated rules related to sensitive events,' Google says
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Grammarly, which provides AI-based grammar and spell-checking tools, raises $90M led by General Catalyst at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $200M — While attention continues to be focused on the rise and growing sophistication of voice-based interfaces …
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Sources: workers in India and Romania review clips captured by customers' Amazon Cloud Cams, which are then used to train AI algorithms to detect threats — In a promotional video, Amazon.com Inc. says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides “everything you need to monitor your home, day or night.”
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Waymo sends members of its early rider program an email saying they could be matched with a fully driverless car soon, and if so, the Waymo app will notify them — Waymo, the autonomous vehicle business under Alphabet, sent an email to customers of its ride-hailing app that their next trip might … | Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple starts selling Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Controller on its online store for the first time — Apple has added the Xbox Wireless Controller to Apple.com, although the accessory is currently unavailable to purchase at the time of writing. Apple sells a few different gaming controllers …
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| CNBC: |
Shooting in Halle, Germany was livestreamed on Twitch; ~5 people watched the 35-minute video live and about 2,200 watched before it was removed in ~30 minutes — 09 October 2019, Saxony-Anhalt, Landsberg: Police officers walk along a hedge with machine guns in their hands near Wiedersdorf/Landsberg.
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CFTC chairman says ether is a commodity, and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, anticipates ether futures trading on US markets in the near future — Last December, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — issued a public call for feedback to “better inform … | Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
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Facebook's choice to allow political ads with misinformation, while making ad details public, is not a perfect decision but it is a sensible and democratic one — It's a problem that needs more than a technical solution — If you see an ad on Facebook, should the contents of that ad be true?| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
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Intel says it is discontinuing its Kaby Lake-G processors that used AMD graphics — Intel announced today that it had discontinued its Kaby Lake-G processors. The Kaby Lake-G processors arrived in 2017 with much fanfare and a bit of confusion, largely because the chips used … | Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
UNICEF's Office of Innovation launches crypto fund for bitcoin and ether donations, becoming the first UN agency to hold and make transactions in cryptocurrency — When Christina Lomazzo was a teenager, she used to hop back and forth across the U.S. Canada border for fun.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Clari, which develops an end-to-end sales analytics and forecasting platform for enterprises, raises $60M Series D led by Sapphire Ventures — Clari, a startup developing an end-to-end sales analytics and forecasting platform for enterprises, today announced that it's raised $60 million …
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