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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Some users across all major US carriers received text messages overnight that appear to have been sent around Valentine's Day, causing distress in some cases — It's happening to people across all major US carriers — Something strange is happening with text messages in the US right now.
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Popular Mechanics, Engadget, CNN, AppleInsider, The Daily Dot, Digital Trends, CNET, Android Authority, GeekWire, MacDailyNews, VICE, and 9to5Mac
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund invested $400M in Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens in January, valuing the “ghost kitchen” operator at about $5B — The sovereign-wealth fund—also an early investor in Uber—poured $400 million into CloudKitchens in January
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Fortune, Observer, PYMNTS.com, and Business Insider
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out a new homepage design with larger thumbnails and features like an “add to queue” option, a desktop version of “Don't recommend channel”, more — YouTube's homepage is getting a makeover. The company announced today an updated …
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YouTube Blog, The Verge, CNET, Android Police, Business Insider, MSPoweruser, Android Central, 9to5Google, Mashable, SlashGear, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @mattnavarra
| CNBC: |
Bob Iger says Disney+ will be on Amazon's Fire TV when it launches on November 12 — - Analysts will be looking to see if Disney gives any color on expected subscriber numbers for Disney+. — Disney shares were up about 3% after the company reported an earnings beat for its fiscal fourth-quarter on Thursday.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
If its Sprint merger goes through, T-Mobile says it will offer free 5G to first responders for a decade and free broadband to 10M households with children — It's been more than a year and a half since T-Mobile and Sprint announced their $26.5 billion merger in a bid to revamp the US wireless industry.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI releases the full version of GPT-2 text generation AI, which it previously said was too dangerous to share, after finding “no strong evidence of misuse” — The lab say it's seen ‘no strong evidence of misuse so far’ — The research lab OpenAI has released the full version …
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Filing: Uber says it “will likely” need to change its autonomous driving software or sign a deal with Waymo after an expert found Uber still uses Waymo tech — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber (UBER.N) said it “will likely” have to strike a licensing deal with Waymo or opt … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts shipping its $3,500 HoloLens 2 to preorder customers in the US, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK — New gesture controls and a bigger field of view — Microsoft's HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset is shipping today after being announced earlier this year.
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| VICE: |
Sources: the CEO and CSO of Alphabet's Chronicle, which is to be merged with Google, have left, with the CTO leaving soon as the cybersecurity startup implodes — Chronicle, Google's moonshot cybersecurity startup that was supposed to completely change the industry, is imploding.
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9to5Google, Slashdot, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @karlbode, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @riskybusiness, @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, and @samerkamal
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's weather app stopped showing air quality index data for Chinese cities, source says due to Weather Channel changing how it collects that data in China — When it comes to many of Apple Inc.'s latest services, iPhone users in China are missing out. Podcast choices are paltry.
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iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @alistairmbarr and @markgurman
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2.2 with a fix for a bug that terminated apps in the background far more aggressively — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 13.2.2, updates to the iOS 13.2 software that was released on October 28. — The iOS and iPadOS 13.2.2 updates …
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Engadget, Macworld, The Verge, MSPoweruser, Softpedia News, and iMore
Tweets: @markgurman and @can
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Photoshop for iPad has met with a lackluster reception and a review rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, prompting Adobe exec to defend its first version — Adobe Inc. debuted its most important mobile application ever this week when it finally released Photoshop for Apple Inc.'s iPad.| Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google has been holding internal meetings on changing its political ad policy, and plans to share more information with employees soon — Discussions come after Twitter said it would bar most political ads amid spread of misinformation — Alphabet Inc. GOOG -.02% 's Google …
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| Bloomberg: |
Google contractors recall the often absurd predicament of representing Google, like escorting job candidates around campus, while not working for the company — Kevin Kiprovski had a lofty title, “Expeditions Associate,” and a fun job — he got to demo Google virtual reality gear to young students.
Tweets: @thestalwart, @mhbergen, @mattmday, @shiraovide, @ron_miller, @josheidelson, @business, @menakadoshi, @ellenhuet, @kevintkrueger, and @dougdavid14
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Ghost Locomotion emerges from stealth with $63.7M and says its self-driving kit will work with some cars made from 2012 onwards when it launches in 2020 — Self-driving cars have countless obstacles to contend with on the road, chiefly drivers who don't always act predictably — or responsibly.| Wall Street Journal: |
Court documents: Mark Zuckerberg and other executives repeatedly called messaging apps a threat to Facebook, in the months before acquiring WhatsApp — Internal emails could serve as fodder for regulators studying social network's business practices — In the months before acquiring WhatsApp in 2014 … | Reuters: |
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NBC News, Wired, GeekWire, TechSpot, Gizchina, Boing Boing, Axios, Reuters, BGR, Reuters, and Mashable
Facebook: Attorney General Becerra. Tweets: @amprog, @benioff, @violetblue, @cnbcnow, @sensanders, @stevekovach, @carolecadwalla, @pinboard, @sarahfrier, @matthewstoller, @karolcummins, @alexhern, @ryanlcooper, @matthewstoller, @dcampbell_iptv, and @jason_kint
| The Correspondent: |
Skeptics say the effectiveness of online ads is misleading because the benchmarks marketers use don't distinguish people buying from ads and those buying anyway — Mel Karmazin, the president of Viacom, one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, walked into the Google offices in Mountain View, California.
Tweets: @flexlibris, @gerrymcgovern, @radiomorgenland, @woganmay, @saminprint, @ingridlunden, @frolleinjune, and @wolfiechristl
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame — The chief executive of I'm Shmacked promises students Instagram fame, then silences them with threats.
Tweets: @jimswiftdc, @katierosman, @nytimes, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
AMD unveils two new Ryzen Threadripper CPUs in 24-core and 32-core versions, built using its 7nm “Zen 2” architecture, available Nov. 19 for $1,399 and $1,999 — Need CPU power? AMD has you covered with new 24-core and 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors.
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The Verge, CNET, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, AnandTech, Inquirer, PCWorld, Engadget, Softpedia News, Tom's Hardware, and Windows Central
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Twitter says it will begin a series of experiments within two weeks that tweak functions like the retweet and reply to promote healthier conversations — Twitter knows we treat each other terribly on Twitter. We dunk, ridiculing friends and strangers via quote-tweets. We ratio, piling on replies to bad tweets.
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Slate, Reclaim The Net, Thurrott, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, and Engadget
Tweets: @justagirl515, @pashulman, @lizkelley, @kantrowitz, @ryanlawler, and @kantrowitz
| Reuters: |
EU competition commissioner says Google's plan to let its price comparison rivals bid for top space on a search page has not led to more traffic for the rivals — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google's proposal to create a level playing field for price comparison shopping rivals …
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PYMNTS.com and Seeking Alpha
| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix's spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show in Saudi Arabia — Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tackled a wide array of issues surrounding the streaming giant during a packed 30-minute keynote session … | Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Inside Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, where dozens of engineers and analysts track ~70 state-sponsored hacking groups, some named and most unnamed — From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth.
Tweets: @khabirm, @techreview, and @howelloneill
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