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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says hackers from Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics — Microsoft said APT28 targeted “at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations.”
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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Matthew De Silva / Quartz: |
Spotify says 14% of MAUs listen to podcasts, podcast hours streamed grew 39% QoQ, and podcast engagement is driving increases in free to paid conversion — Spotify's stock price leaped 15% today (Oct. 28) as the music streaming service delivered a surprise profit for its third quarter.| Spotify: |
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| 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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Tweets: @mrxbob, @wario64, @tomwarren, and @4scarrs_gaming
| 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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Instagram, The Daily Dot, The Hill, Gizmodo, The Mac Observer, CNET, The Sun, ITV, Engadget, and Telegraph
Tweets: @bbcnews, @bbckamal, and @victorialive
| BuzzFeed News: |
FOIA docs show a former top DHS official, now at Google, was involved in Trump's 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 …
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| 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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| Joseph White / Reuters: |
Waymo is now offering limited rider-only robo-taxi trips in Phoenix, Arizona, and is testing autonomous trucks with human drivers in Michigan, Arizona, Georgia — DETROIT (Reuters) - Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said the self-driving vehicle company is now offering limited “rider-only” … | Henny Sender / Financial Times: |
Sources: ByteDance, which owns TikTok and was valued at $75B in October 2018, is planning for an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as Q1 2020 — ByteDance, the $75bn Chinese start-up that owns the short-form video app TikTok, is eyeing an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon as the first quarter … Sponsor Posts
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