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Apple releases macOS 11 Big Sur with a redesigned interface, new Control Center, redesigned Notification Center with widgets, and more — After nearly five months of beta testing, macOS 11 Big Sur is now available to the general public. Big Sur is a massive update for the Mac …
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Interviews with Apple's Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi, and John Ternus on the development of M1, the future of Macs, buying version one hardware, and more — Exclusive: Apple's hardware, software and marketing chiefs explain how the company's new processors came to exist — Apple's new M1 chip is a lot of things.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, says he has come out of retirement to join Microsoft's Developer Division — Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft's Developer Division.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple HomePod mini review: has a compact design, is affordable, and Siri is fast, but doesn't sound as good as similarly priced competitors — Apple's newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google — Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook redesigns Instagram's layout to add dedicated tabs for shopping and Reels in the navigation bar, after testing the change in September — Instagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels. The company introduced a new design that gives shopping …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube cancels Rewind, its annual end-of-year tribute to creators, trends, and moments, for 2020, the first cancellation since Rewind began in 2010 — The first time Rewind's been canceled since it began in 2010 — YouTube Rewind, the company's annual end-of-year tribute to creators … | Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: Trump has told friends he wants to start an online media channel, which would be cheaper than cable, to undermine Fox News — President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
PayPal says it is opening up cryptocurrency services to all eligible US users and increased its weekly cryptocurrency purchase limit from $10,000 to $20,000 — PayPal said Thursday that it is opening up its nascent cryptocurrency services to all eligible U.S. users.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos launches Sonos Radio HD, an ad-free lossless-quality tier of its radio service for $7.99 per month, available today in the US and UK — Sonos Radio is already the fourth-most-listened-to service on the platform — After spending years as a platform for showcasing other music and audio services … | Michael Novinson / CRN: |
Menlo Security, which offers a cloud-based isolation service that separates enterprise networks from the public web, raises $100M Series E at a $800M valuation — 'Despite the challenges of COVID, we're having a great year. We have a solution that's of high relevance in the COVID era …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market — A new policy perfectly illustrates a core issue across the industry — After five years of Google Photos offering unlimited …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese President Xi Jinping, furious about Jack Ma's criticisms of regulators, personally made the decision to stop Ant Group's IPO — Senior government leaders were furious about wealthy entrepreneur's criticisms of regulators; rebuke was the culmination of years of tense relations
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings Vanish Mode, its Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messages, to Messenger and Instagram — Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. The feature, meant for more casual conversations … | Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it is expanding its in-garage delivery program for Prime members to around 4,000 US cities, up from 50 — - Delivery option requires smart garage opener, Prime membership — In-home dropoff service prompted mixed reviews from shoppers — Amazon.com Inc. is about to see …
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung unveils Exynos 1080, a 5nm SoC with a 5G modem capable of both sub-6GHz frequencies and mmWave — Today Samsung LSI announced the new Exynos 1080 SoC, a successor to last year's Exynos 980. This year's 1080 is seemingly positioned a little above the 980 in terms of performance …
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Tweets: @anandtech and @angellamuno
| Patrick Frater / Variety: |
Tencent reports Q3 revenue of $18.4B, up 29% YoY, profit of $5.71B, up 85% YoY, and online game revenue was $6.2B, up 45% YoY; WeChat MAUs were up 5% to 1.21B — But third quarter financial data from social media and entertainment titan Tencent instead showed that the company continues to be a profit generating machine.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DoorDash, Wish, and Affirm are planning IPOs before the end of the year; DoorDash said in February that it had confidentially filed for an IPO — - Slew of startup filings is expected in next couple of weeks — IPO advisers are expecting record activity in DecemberSponsor Posts
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