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| Reuters: |
Sources: Alphabet has made an offer to buy wearable device maker Fitbit; Fitbit's stock closes up 30% on the news — (Reuters) - Google owner Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit Inc (FIT.N), as it eyes a slice of the crowded market …
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @daveleebbc, @bdsams, @mattrosoff, @levynews, and @counternotions
| Apple: |
Apple unveils AirPods Pro, with active noise cancellation, transparency mode, silicone ear tip design, and water resistance, coming October 30 for $249 — All-New Design Features Active Noise Cancellation for Immersive Sound — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced AirPods Pro …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: over 250 Facebook employees have signed a letter visible on an internal forum that says letting politicians lie in ads is “a threat” to the company — In an open letter, the social network's employees said letting politicians post false claims in ads was “a threat” to the company.
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue of $40.5B, up 20% YoY, operating income of $9.2B, up from $8.6B YoY, and net income of $7.1B, down from $9.1B YoY — “I am extremely pleased with the progress we made across the board in the third quarter, from our recent advancements in search and quantum computing …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on new smart home products with a new team headed by Andreas Gal, the former Mozilla CTO and co-founder of Apple-acquired Silk Labs — The iPhone maker's effort in smart-home devices trails rivals. A new team wants to change that.
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Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, BGR, iPhone Hacks, CNET, The Verge, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @benbajarin, @oaktree_dave, @alexhern, and @tapbot_paul
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
How Ben Shapiro's massively popular right-wing site The Daily Wire gets promoted in an inauthentic, coordinated manner by 14 Facebook pages followed by millions — The Daily Wire, the right-wing website founded by pundit Ben Shapiro, is a cesspool of misogyny, bigotry, and misinformation.
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| Spotify: |
Spotify Q3: paid subs rose 31% YoY to 113M; MAUs grew 30% YoY to 248M; revenue up 28% YoY to €1.73B; net income of €241M, up from €43M in Q3 '18; stock up 14%+ — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter …
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Tweets: @ncsh, @mark_mulligan, @brettbivens, and @matt
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
FCC proposes rules requiring telcos remove Huawei and ZTE equipment, in two draft orders slated to be voted on at a meeting on November 19 — The Federal Communications Commission said it will move ahead with proposals to ban telecommunications giants from using Huawei and ZTE networking equipment …
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Tweets: @repjimbanks, @ajitpaifcc, @matthewberryfcc, and @zackwhittaker
| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Uber unveils Uber Money, a division for efforts like digital wallets and upgraded debit and credit cards, focusing at first on getting 4M drivers a bank account — - The ride company announces a new division called Uber Money, which includes a digital wallet and upgraded debit and credit cards.
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Tweets: @carolkimsd, @alex, @theryanford, @hipster_trader, @cryptfyn, @hugh_son, @felixsalmon, @farhadnoorzay, and @lopezlinette
| Angus Crawford / BBC: |
Instagram bans drawings and memes related to self-harm or suicide — Instagram has pledged to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide. — The move is its latest response to the public outcry over the death of British teenager Molly Russell.
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Tweets: @bbcnews, @bbckamal, and @victorialive
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2 with 230+ new emoji, Deep Fusion for iPhone 11, a way to opt out of sending Apple voice dictation and Siri recordings, more — Apple today released iOS 13.2, the second major update to the iOS and iPadOS 13 operating systems.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft revives Xbox All Access for US gamers and expands it to the UK and Australia; prices start at $20 per month, with a Project Scarlett upgrade option — Xbox All Access bundles from as little as $19.99 per month — Microsoft is bringing its Xbox All Access bundle back, just in time for the holiday season.
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Xbox Wire, Engadget, CNET, The Age, Gizmodo, Metro.co.uk, Comic Book, The Independent, TechRadar.com, games radar, GamingBolt, XboxAchievements, Eurogamer.net, Game Rant, VideoGamer.com, TheSixthAxis, Wccftech, GameSpot, Ausdroid, Kotaku Australia, Telstra Exchange, Polygon, IGN, GameSpot, Gamasutra, Pocket-lint, MSPoweruser, TweakTown News, Destructoid, news.com.au, PCWorld, Business Insider Australia, Neowin, Thurrott, and SlashGear
Tweets: @tomwarren and @4scarrs_gaming
| BuzzFeed News: |
FOIA docs show a former top DHS official who joined Google was involved in the family separation policy, despite Google's explicit denials to concerned staff — Google executives misled their own employees last week when they said a former top Department of Homeland Security official …
Tweets: @jstrauss, @rmac18, and @slpng_giants
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says that by the end of this year it will stop indexing and ranking Flash content in its search engine — Google has announced that it will stop indexing Flash content in Search, as the internet gears up to bid a (not so fond) farewell to the multimedia software platform next year.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, Search Engine Roundtable, Search Engine Journal, and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @nikhewitt and @counternotions
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia unveils new $149 Shield TV and $199 Shield TV Pro with a faster Tegra X1+ processor, AI-based 4K upscaling, Dolby Vision HDR, and Dolby Atmos support — Nvidia has a new family of Android TV-based streaming devices, as tipped early via a couple of leaks from online stores.| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Adobe gets permission from the US government to continue offering Creative Cloud services to customers in Venezuela — Adobe has gained permission from the U.S. government to continue offering its Creative Cloud services, including Photoshop and Illustrator, to customers in Venezuela …
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Adobe Blog, ZDNet, Digital Photography Review, Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Windows Central, and BetaNews. Tweets: @cohenluc
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