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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple announces Best of 2020 apps and most downloaded apps: home workout app Wakeout! won App of the Year for iPhone, Zoom for iPad, Disney+ for Apple TV  —  Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020.  As in previous years …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data  —  A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability  —  Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
Michael del Castillo / Forbes:
Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the US Dollar Coin, a stable coin created by Circle Internet Financial on ethereum's blockchain  —  Credit card giant Visa today announced it is connecting its global payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon is in exclusive talks to buy Wondery, in a deal valuing the podcast network at $300M+; Wondery's on track to increase revenue to $40M+ this year  —  Venture-backed podcast company is in talks to be sold with a valuation of more than $300 million
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump threatened in a tweet on Tuesday to veto the annual defense bill, which authorizes nearly $1T in military spending, unless Congress repeals Section 230  —  President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens …
Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider:
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to release two new MacBook Pros with an all-new design in 2021 and a more affordable MacBook Air in 2022, all with mini LED panels  —  Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that as part of Apple's mini LED push, the company will release a pair of new MacBook Pro models …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Google says News Showcase will soon add free access to select paywalled articles, and it has doubled publisher partners to ~400 since its launch in October  —  Google News Showcase visitors will soon be able to read select paywalled articles at no extra charge.
Chris Velazco / Engadget:
TikTok appears to be experimenting with allowing three-minute videos, up from its current 60-second limit  —  The beauty of TikToks is that they're (usually) never long enough to overstay their welcome, but a new report suggests the company behind the app is mulling a big change.
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says Anchor powered 80% of its new podcasts, or 1M+ shows, in 2020; overall, Anchor powers 70% of Spotify's total podcast catalog of over 1.9M shows  —  Anchor powered more than 1 million show launches in 2020  —  Spotify's $100 million-plus Anchor acquisition is seemingly paying off.
Michelle Gao / CNBC:
Discovery to launch its streaming service, Discovery+, in Jan. 2021, with a $4.99 per month ad-supported tier and a $6.99 per month ad-free tier  —  - Discovery will launch its streaming service, Discovery+, in Jan. 2021.  — The service will include a $4.99 per month ad-supported tier and a $6.99 per month ad-free tier.
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included  —  Don't forget the power brick  —  Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year's iPhone launch.
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Varjo unveils new VR/XR headsets promising 115° field of view; VR-3 costs $3,195 with $795/year subscription and XR-3 costs $5,495 with $1,495/year subscription  —  The VR-3 and XR-3 will ship in early 2021  —  Virtual reality company Varjo, known for its unusual dual-resolution displays …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Twitter expands its hate speech policies to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin”  —  Twitter is once again expanding its hate speech policies.  The company updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people …
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Manuel Vonau / Android Police:
Google begins rolling out the ability to schedule sending messages in its Google Messages app  —  You can already schedule messages in Gmail and Telegram (among others), and now Google's Messages app is joining the club.  The functionality showed up for a few people as part of an a/b test …

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Wall Street Journal:
Brendan Carr says ABC is running a “campaign of misinformation” about the FCC inquiry into The View and the agency isn't trying to control the show's guests

Washington Post:
Jacqueline Smith, the Stars and Stripes ombudsman who was fired in April, sues the Pentagon, claiming the government violated her First Amendment rights

Richard Raycraft / CBC News:
CBC/Radio-Canada becomes a full member of the European Broadcasting Union and is now eligible for Eurovision; the CBC won't yet say whether it will participate

More News

João Carrasqueira / Neowin:
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060 Ti, the cheapest member of the RTX 30 family, available Dec. 2 for $399, claims it is faster than the $699 RTX 2080 SUPER
Gene Park / Washington Post:
Rival Peak, a new Facebook cloud game which incorporates adventure and reality TV, will debut on Wednesday, and let users decide what “contestants” will do

Earlier Picks

PYMNTS.com:
Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering an “end-to-end lending API” to provide customers with financing options
The Citizen Lab:
Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with 37% of sales made on smartphones
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
AWS unveils new compute instances like the compute heavy C6gn powered by Arm-based Graviton2 that it says performs 40% better on price vs comparable x86 options
BBC:
Facebook's Oversight Board details its first six cases, from 20K submitted, opens them to public comment, and announces the appointment of five more trustees
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