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| @jack: |
[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political and issue ads on its platform globally starting on November 22 — We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons...🧵
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| Emily Stewart / Vox: |
Jack Dorsey's announcement that Twitter will cut out political ads increases the pressure for Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit — Jack Dorsey's announcement that Twitter is axing political advertisements ups the pressure on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit.
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The Verge, Business Insider, news.com.au, The Hill, and USA Today
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| Apple: |
Apple reports Q4 revenue of $64B, up 2% YoY, of which $51.5B came from products and $12.5B from services; Q1 2020 revenue expected to be $85.5B-$89.5B — Services Revenue Reaches All-Time High of $12.5 Billion — EPS Sets New Fourth Quarter Record of $3.03
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook says Apple Card users will soon be able to finance iPhone purchases over 24 months with zero interest — Apple CEO Tim Cook announced today that Apple Card will soon be adding a new feature for iPhone financing. Starting later this year, Apple Card users will be able to finance iPhone purchases with 0 percent interest.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q3 revenue of $17.7B, up 29% YoY; DAUs rose 9% YoY to 1.62B as MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.45B; headcount increased 28% YoY to 43,030 — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. — “We had a good quarter and our community …
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| New York Times: |
Facebook outlines actions taken against “inauthentic behavior” originating in Russia and targeting African countries, including Sudan, Libya, and Madagascar — Facebook said it removed three Russian-backed influence networks aimed at African countries.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Legal experts analyze WhatsApp's options in its case against NSO Group, over sending malware to WhatsApp users, which they say will be an uphill battle — The Facebook-owned messaging company is taking on a notorious malware vendor in what could be an uphill battle.
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Ars Technica, Reuters, Threatpost, Dark Reading, TechSpot, Boing Boing, Digital Trends, CNN, and VICE
Tweets: @wcathcart, @thekenyeung, @a_greenberg, and @bing_chris
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple will use Qualcomm's X55 5G modem in all three 2020 iPhones — Apple's 2020 iPhones will all use Qualcomm's newest and fastest 5G-capable modem chip, claims a new report out of Asia today. — Apple is expected to launch three iPhones next year in 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch sizes.
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| Steven Russolillo / Wall Street Journal: |
CoinList, which helps startups raise money through token sales, raises $10M led by Polychain Capital with participation from Jack Dorsey — The company raised $10 million in a new funding round, with the Twitter CEO investing for the first time — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey …
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PYMNTS.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Decrypt, The Next Web, and Coinspeaker
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Curated, an e-commerce platform that matches customers with experts on items like outdoor equipment and travel, raises $27.5M led by Forerunner Ventures — If you've ever tried buying a bike online, or ski equipment, or any number of expensive goods where it would be useful to know a lot more than you do … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Student subscribers to Apple Music, which costs $4.99 per month, will get Apple TV+ at no extra charge — In a surprise announcement, Apple has announced its first bundle deal for Apple TV+. For subscribers to Apple Music on the student plan, $4.99 per month, Apple will giveaway Apple TV+ at no additional charge.| BBC: |
Facebook agrees to pay a £500K fine to the UK for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal but makes no admission of liability — Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Two men plead guilty in federal court to hacks in 2016 of Uber and Lynda.com and subsequent extortion, saying they used employee AWS accounts to gain access — Guilty pleas to charges of hacking and an extortion conspiracy cap a legal saga that ensnared the tech companies in data breach scandals.| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Lyft reports Q3 revenue of $955.6M, up 63% YoY, adjusted net loss of $121.6M, compared to $245.3M last year, beating estimates, and raises 2019 revenue guidance — SAN FRANCISCO — Lyft on Wednesday emphasized a new mantra — profitability — over and over again.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
GitHub removes Tsunami Democràtic's Android app, used to organize protests in Catalonia, following a request by Spain's military police — Microsoft-owned GitHub has removed the APK of an app for organizing political protests in the autonomous community of Catalonia …
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GitHub, BBC, VICE, Euro Weekly News Spain, and Reclaim The Net. Tweets: @ganyet. Thanks:@riptari
| Mary Hanbury / Business Insider: |
Home fitness startup Mirror, which makes a $1,500 interactive workout mirror, raises $34M led by Point72, with participation from Lululemon and Karlie Kloss — - Mirror, the New York-based startup that makes an interactive workout mirror, announced Wednesday that it had raised $34 million … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
HomePod software version 13.2.1 is rolling out now via the Home app; Apple pulled HomePod 13.2 update after some users reported it was bricking their devices — Earlier this week, Apple released a HomePod 13.2 software update. After installing that update, however, some users reported …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Duality, which uses homomorphic encryption to provide privacy-preserving data analysis tools, raises $16M led by Intel Capital — The ubiquity of APIs and cloud solutions have opened up a world of interesting ways for businesses to create a service without having to build every part of it themselves.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify launches a dedicated Spotify Kids app available in a beta test period in Ireland for its Spotify Premium Family plan subscribers — Spotify is trying to sell more multi-account family-plan subscriptions — by setting up a special “playground of sound” just for kids.| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Sources: Lyft standardized the process by which it bans drivers accused of serious misdeeds in June and reduced the roles of specialists hired to remove them — The ride-hailing giant is standardizing the way it evaluates whether to keep drivers accused of the most egregious offenses behind the wheel.
Tweets: @faizsays and @alyssaharad
| Alex Danco: |
As the world has moved toward services, consumers have benefited from far more access to what they want but at a cost: hidden complexities and lack of ownership — Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post called Dropbox: the First Dead Decacorn. At the time, it was the most widely shared take I'd ever written.
Tweets: @alex_danco, @alielidr, @carnage4life, @codinghorror, @anecdotal, @rohamg, @dkislyuk, @christiannolan, and @geekcyclist
| Heather Kelly / Washington Post: |
School apps track students from the classroom to the bathroom, collect data about intelligence, disciplinary issues, and personalities, raising privacy concerns — A digital hall-pass app that tracks bathroom trips is the latest school software to raise privacy concerns
Tweets: @heatherkelly, @heatherkelly, @heatherkelly, and @il_fps
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Cognizant, which provides content moderation services for Facebook, Google, and Twitter, says it'll exit the business in 2020 after completing current contracts — Moderators complained of filthy offices and severe mental health strain — The professional services firm Cognizant will exit … | Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Image in macOS 10.15.1 suggests new MacBook Pro is not a major redesign, revealing a Touch ID key separate from the Touch Bar — Rumors about a new 16-inch MacBook Pro are not exactly new, with recent icon evidence found in macOS Catalina betas suggesting the redesigned mentioned in some reports is not going to happen as we thought.
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