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iPhone 12 Pro pre-orders start on October 16, shipping on October 23, while iPhone 12 Pro Max pre-orders begin November 6, shipping on November 13 — Best iPhone ever features the powerful A14 Bionic, all-new design with Ceramic Shield, pro camera system, LiDAR Scanner, and the biggest Super Retina XDR display ever on an iPhone| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
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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
| 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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| 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.
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| 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.| 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple debuts HomePod mini with spherical design, S5 chip, fabric mesh exterior, black and white options, a small screen on top; pre-orders start Nov. 6 from $99 — Apple finally offers an entry-level HomePod — Apple has announced a new version of its HomePod smart speaker …
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| 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 … | 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.| 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 …
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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| 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 … | 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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| Kumutha Ramanathan / Yahoo Finance: |
Study: 1,000+ UK startups have filed for administration, liquidation, or dissolution since lockdown began, with Sept. seeing highest monthly figure in 10 years — More than 1,000 of the UK's high-growth businesses have filed for administration, liquidation or dissolution since lockdown began …
Tweets: @sam_l_shead
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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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