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DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising — Lawsuit follows lengthy investigation and seeks to break company's grip over search traffic — The Justice Department filed …
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| Kent Walker / The Keyword: |
Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives” — Google Search has put the world's information at the fingertips of over a billion people.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 12 Pro review: excellent camera and performance, Dolby Vision video is great, 5G can be very fast, but 5G usage noticeably affects battery life — 5G, LIDAR, MagSafe — the new iPhone 12 Pro has a lot of things you won't be able to do much with right now
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 12 review: excellent camera, display, and design, promising MagSafe ecosystem, but battery life regresses a little from iPhone 11 and it's more expensive — It's the one you should get unless you're waiting for the Max or mini — More than most years, there are a lot of things that are new in the iPhone 12.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Researchers find a Telegram bot that takes a woman's photo and turns it into a fake nude; by July, 100K+ images of women had been transformed, shared publicly — Bots have been used to create more than 100,000 images — Researchers have discovered a “deepfake ecosystem” …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure and debuts Azure Space, a set of products for the space-related cloud market — Microsoft is using its ‘Amazon is your competitor’ playbook to try to win over more satellite partners and customers.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3'19 and 10.1M in Q2'20; stock down ~5% after hours — - It's the first report since longtime Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was promoted to co-CEO.| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, giving telecoms operators until 2025 to remove equipment made by the companies from their existing infrastructure — Move follows security services warning on spying and technology theft by China — Sweden has become the latest country …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Adobe debuts improvements to Creative Cloud, with Neural Filters in Photoshop, Illustrator coming to iPad, Adobe Fresco coming to iPhone, and more — Adobe holds an annual MAX conference each year, and this year's event is free for everyone for the first time because it is being held virtually rather than in person.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14.1 with multiple bug fixes ahead of the iPhone 12 launch and adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and editing in Photos — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 14.1, the first major updates to the iOS and iPadOS 14 operating system updates that were released …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out premium badges on Instagram Live, giving fans a way to support creators and stand out in the comments — Instagram is today introducing a new way for creators to make money. The company is now rolling out badges in Instagram Live to an initial group of over 50,000 creators … | Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
Retool, a low-code tool for creating enterprise apps, raises $50M in Sequoia-led round, valuing it at $925M, with GitHub CEO and Stripe founders among investors — - Startup helps companies build internal applications faster — Customers include Amazon, Mercedes, Phillips, Progressive
Tweets: @isabelletanlee and @schreier
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Parallels launches Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, available at $69.99 per user, letting Windows apps run on Chromebooks — Businesses get access to Windows apps on Chrome OS today — Google is bringing Windows app support to Chromebooks today through a partnership with Parallels.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Source: in an all-hands, Zuckerberg said recent content rules banning hate and conspiracy content were added following concerns about violence amid US elections — Facebook has spent the past few months scrambling to ban Holocaust denial, the QAnon mass delusion, and right-wing extremist groups.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue rose 52% YoY to $679M, vs $555.9 est., DAUs were up ~18% YoY to 249M, average number of daily Snaps up 25% YoY; Snap up 16%+ after hours — - Snap's stock price soared more than 15% after hours on Tuesday as the company posted an unexpected, adjusted profit along …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs — The changes will be in place until ‘at least’ the end of election week — Twitter is temporarily changing …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Adobe is adding its “content authenticity” tool to the latest Photoshop beta, to help users build trustworthy attribution directly into a picture — It's designed for crediting artists and fighting misinformation — Adobe will let some Adobe Creative Cloud customers try a tool …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researcher discovers address bar spoofing bugs in Safari, Opera, and Yandex, all now fixed, but other popular browsers, like UC Browser, have not issued a patch — Year after year, phishing remains one of the most popular and effective ways for attackers to steal your passwords.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Perch, which acquires D2C businesses that sell products on Amazon, raises $123.5M led by Spark Capital — While Amazon gradually builds out its own-branded line of products, third-party sellers continue to account for a significant part of the transaction volume and growth on its marketplace …
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Beats Flex review: the basics of the earbuds are done right, with improved battery life, USB-C connector, easy to use controls, but it lacks sweat resistance — Beats' first earbuds with a USB-C connector are only $50 — The new $50 Beats Flex are a very smart play from Apple's Beats division.| Reuters: |
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