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November 11, 2019, 6:35 PM

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Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Google partnered with Ascension, the 2nd-largest US health-care system, to analyze personal health info of millions, sources say as part of Project Nightingale  —  Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed
The Information:
Sources: Apple is aiming to release an AR headset in 2022 and a sleeker pair of AR glasses by 2023  —  At an internal October meeting, Apple executives shared the company's product roadmap for two augmented reality devices.  The stakes for the closely-watched products are sky-high as Apple hunts …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to debut a new 3-D sensor module in an iPad Pro with a dual-camera setup coming in H1'20 and then in its higher-end iPhones later in 2020  —  - Company designs new 3-D system as hub for range of AR devices  — Next iPad, iPhone to have 3-D system, followed by two headsets
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter shares draft of its new deepfakes policy for public input through Nov. 27, says it won't ban deepfakes but will label them and warn users before sharing  —  Twitter last month said it was introducing a new policy to help fight deepfakes and other “manipulated media” that involve photos …
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:
Reuters:
Microsoft says it will honor California's digital privacy law throughout the US; source: CCPA offers special treatment to “service providers” like Microsoft  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California's privacy law …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WeWork's parent company is in talks to hire T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, following the exit of co-founder Adam Neumann  —  SoftBank searching for new leader of office-sharing startup following exit of co-founder Adam Neumann  —  WeWork is in discussions with T-Mobile US Inc. Chief …
Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt launches its institutional custody business, after getting approval from NY regulators  —  Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture backed by Intercontinental Exchange, announced Monday the launch of its institutional custody business.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube to update ToS saying it is under “no obligation” to host content and reinforcing its right to terminate users they deem “no longer commercially viable”  —  Other changes affect children's content  —  YouTube is rolling out updated terms of service on December 10th …
Axios:
Uber's CEO, in an interview covering Saudi funding, called Khashoggi's murder a “mistake” which the Saudis are taking “seriously”; he later expressed regret  —  Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told “Axios on HBO” that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “a mistake” …

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