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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Zoom says its OnZoom paid events platform and marketplace is now generally available and launches Zapps, letting third-parties integrate with its main app — Zoom is hosting its virtual Zoomtopia user conference this week. Given the attention the company has received as the de facto …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Zoom says it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption next week, starting with a technical preview followed by three additional phases — Zoom has confirmed that it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week, starting with a 30-day technical preview to glean feedback from users … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will reduce the reach of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending a fact-check review — It says fact-checkers are on the case — Facebook has reduced the reach of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Vice President Joe Biden's son …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4a 5G review: a strong mid-range handset with great battery, screen, and camera, but no wireless charging and mmWave 5G makes it too expensive — The 5G is nice, but the improved processor matters more — The Google Pixel 4A 5G is a good phone for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the “5G” in the name.
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Google Pixel 5 review: Android 11 is clean and clever, long battery life, but the Pixel line's camera performance has stagnated and rivals offer better value — In which a mostly great device falls victim to tough competition. — 6m ago — It used to be that, if you bought a Google Pixel …
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| Julie Zhu / Reuters: |
Sources: Huawei is in talks with Digital China Group and others to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal worth up to $3.7B — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit … | Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Baseless claims about Democrat-led coup on Facebook and Twitter are riling up Trump supporters and raising concerns about election-day violence — Baseless claims are circulating online about a Democrat-led coup, inflaming tensions in an already turbulent election season.
Tweets: @meanprogress, @ronrosenbaum1, @puiwingtam, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @jason_kint, @m_millsey, @nytimesbusiness, and @nytmedia
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Xcode 12.1 files show that iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have 6GB RAM while iPhone 12 and 12 mini have 4GB RAM; all iPhone 11 models have 4GB RAM — iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max models are equipped with 6GB of RAM, while the lower-end iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini models have 4GB of RAM …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Notebookcheck.net, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Apple
Tweets: @macrumors and @stevemoser
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @tprstly and @brianroemmele
| Oliver Wright / The Times: |
UK admits that Amazon will not be affected by its new digital services tax but small traders using its online marketplace will be penalized — Amazon will not be affected by the new digital services tax but small traders who use its online marketplace will be penalised, HMRC has admitted.
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| George Nguyen / Search Engine Land: |
Google Analytics 4 launches with AI-powered insights, deeper integration with Google Ads, cross-device measurements, and more granular data controls — The new Analytics adds AI-powered insights, tracks users across devices and provides more granular data controls.
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, and AdExchanger
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| Matthew Haag / New York Times: |
New York has developed into a bona fide tech hub, an East Coast rival to Silicon Valley that has become a second home to tech giants, which have 22K staff there — The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year.
Tweets: @thesiskar, @markhurst, @sally_hubbard, @sallygold, @cliffordlevy, @fazz, and @2avsagas
| Garrett M. Graff / Wired: |
Profile of General Paul Nakasone, the four-star general who is in charge of both Cyber Command and the NSA, one of the most powerful roles in intelligence — Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks.
Tweets: @ericgeller, @dnvolz, @zcohencnn, @dnvolz, @vermontgmg, @mruiz12, @vermontgmg, and @wired
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Research across 65 countries finds that governments have exploited the pandemic to expand their domestic surveillance capabilities and curtail internet freedom — From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Review of new $749 OnePlus 8T: nice performance and 65W fast charging with a 120Hz display, but fourth camera feels unnecessary and there's no wireless charging — A capable, if incremental, update — OnePlus has always been very proud of the raw specs of its phones, and the OnePlus 8T is no different.
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| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Documents show how Clear, which lets its members skip security lines at 35 US airports, is building a digital ID system for storing health care info and more — 'You are your driver's license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card' — In March, the air travel industry ground to a halt.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
YouTube says it will now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the WHO — (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas signals an openness to scaling back Section 230 protections, arguing “sweeping protection” for platforms misinterprets the law — The longstanding but now hotly contested law that keeps online platforms from being held liable for what users post should be narrowed … | Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Dropbox says it will be a “virtual first” company and will set up “Dropbox Studios” in SF, Seattle, Austin, and Dublin for employees to meet in-person — - San Francisco-based Dropbox announced Tuesday that will stop asking employees to come into its offices and instead make remote work the standard practice.
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Work in Progress, Axios, coinspeaker.com, Silicon Republic, cloudpro.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, and Quartz
Tweets: @dropbox, @drewhouston, @copyconstruct, @rdutel, @dalmaer, @adrianweckler, @brianbrackeen, @carnage4life, @johnsungkim, @chaugh, @tcrawford, @jordannovet, and @ericajoy
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Chicago-based M1 Finance, which offers a no-fee investing app, raises $45M Series C, following $33M Series B in June 2020 — The Chicago-based fintech has seen its AUM pass $2B after reaching $1.45B this summer — Just months after it announced a $33 million Series B, Chicago-based M1 Finance today disclosed a $45 Series C.
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| Amanda Meade / The Guardian: |
A global survey of journalists finds Facebook to be a greater source of COVID-19 disinformation, outstripping elected officials who are also a top source — The majority of journalists covering the pandemic say Facebook is the biggest spreader of disinformation, outstripping elected officials … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Aggregators like Google and Facebook seek to serve the maximum number of users, while “Integrators” like Disney seek to monetize users to the maximum extent — Disney just announced that Soul, its next Pixar film, will be released exclusively on Disney Plus,1 setting …
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| CNBC: |
Facebook announces a global policy banning anti-vaccination ads but will allow ads that advocate for legislation around vaccination policies — - Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
“DeFi” replaces “blockchain” as the must-have crypto moniker, leading to rebranding efforts as Tron, EOS, and other project say they are part of DeFi movement — - Tron, EOS, other coins announce they are part of DeFi movement — Rebranding efforts are prompting a surge in token prices| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Vivun, which helps companies track pre-sales data, raises $18M Series A led by Accel — Vivun's co-founder and CEO, Matt Darrow used to run pre-sales at Zuora and he saw that pre-sales team members had a lot of insight into customers. He believed if he could capture that insight … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Accurics, which offers “self-healing” infrastructure for cloud environments, raises $20M seed and Series A from ClearSky, Intel Capital, and others — Accurics, a company providing what it describes as “self-healing” infrastructure for cloud environments, has raised $20 million.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Engageli, a video conferencing tool designed for digital learning, comes out of stealth with $14.5M seed funding from Benchmark and others — Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Forbes, Protocol, Silicon Valley Business …, EdSurge, and VentureBeat
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Dataloop, which helps businesses manage the entire data lifecycle of their AI projects, raises $11M Series A, bringing its total raised to $16M — Dataloop, a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in helping businesses manage the entire data lifecycle for their AI projects …
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Tech.eu, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and PR Newswire
| Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based Wealthsimple, an online investment management service with 175,000+ users globally, raises ~$87M at a $1B+ valuation led by TCV — - Canadian startup seals deal to raise cash from Silicon Valley — Existing backers include Power Financial and Allianz unit
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