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BlackBerry says TCL Communications will stop manufacturing BlackBerry-branded phones on August 31, 2020 as its licensing deal comes to an end — In the past few years, BlackBerry has made a return to the smartphone market thanks to a partnership with TCL. Today, though, BlackBerry's Android …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Photos trials an $8/month subscription program that sends 10 prints of automatically-selected pics from the previous month; users get to choose a theme — In September, Google Photos added large canvas prints, as well as individual prints. Google Photos is now trialing a “monthly photo prints” subscription program.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jeff Bezos, inspired by Elon Musk's Gigafactory in Nevada, pushed for Amazon to aggressively pursue large incentives for its HQ2 project in NY and VA — When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed.
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Microsoft Teams was down for nearly three hours this morning after Microsoft forgot to renew a security certificate — Microsoft Teams is currently down worldwide after Microsoft forgot to renew a critical security certificate. Users of Microsoft's Slack competitor were met …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
A performance artist loaded 99 smartphones into a wagon and opened Google Maps on all of them, creating an artificial traffic jam that turned green streets red — Google Maps is a hugely useful tool that's used by millions of people around the globe, mostly thanks to its excellent navigation and traffic tools.
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
YouTube shows how it's cracking down on election disinformation: removing doctored and misleading videos, as well as those questioning a candidate's eligibility — Just in time for the Iowa caucuses, YouTube this morning clarified how it's cracking down on videos spreading falsehoods related to elections …
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University of Alberta researchers asked Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri questions on 39 first aid topics, finding Assistant and Alexa vastly outperformed Siri — If you've fallen and you can't get up, your smart assistant is probably not the best way to ask for help.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
A look at the DNC's new counter disinformation team as it gets ready to fight online trolls ahead of today's Iowa caucuses — Democrats form counter disinformation unit ahead of election — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Days after the 2016 Iowa caucuses, the instructions were clear.
Tweets: @mtracey, @raniakhalek, @kantrowitz, @brianstelter, @cnn, and @grantstern
| Justin Villamil / Bloomberg: |
Uber suspends 240 accounts of users in Mexico who came into contact with two drivers who possibly had the coronavirus, to help contain its potential spread — Uber Technologies Inc. has suspended 240 user accounts in Mexico to contain the potential spread of coronavirus.
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Tweets: @uber_mex, @balajis, @jonrussell, @tonyromm, @malwarejake, and @sergioaved
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple supplier Wistron to assemble key iPhone component at its plant in Bengaluru, highlighting its push to expand manufacturing in India — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones at its new plant in southern India …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Financial services giant Worldline will acquire Ingenico, the point-of-sale terminal provider that controls 37% of the global market, for $8.6B — Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe, as they continue to go head-to-head with smaller, newer fintech companies eating …
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INGENICO GROUP, Bloomberg, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, and Financial Times. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says it will begin offering dedicated US presidential election coverage in News, including curated guides, special features, and other resources — Apple today announced that it will be providing special coverage of the 2020 presidential election in the United States starting today …
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