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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg has not settled on a new name for Facebook, which could be announced as early as Monday — See you Monday! — Facebook is changing its name. Perhaps you heard. The news was broken by Alex Heath of The Verge on Tuesday night, and I've since confirmed it with sources of my own.
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Facebook's Oversight Board releases a report demanding more transparency, including for its “cross-check” system, and says 524K appeals have been submitted — Over the last several weeks, media reporting has drawn renewed attention to the seemingly inconsistent …
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| ABC News: |
Trump announces the Trump Media & Technology Group and TRUTH Social, a social network coming in Nov. to “stand up” to Big Tech, in the App Store for preorder — The former president has been banned from several platforms. — Silenced by many major platforms …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal email: Apple will test unvaccinated corporate staff each time they enter offices starting Nov. 1, and asks US staff to report vaccine status by Oct. 24 — - The company is still stopping short of requiring the shots — Unvaccinated retail staff will be asked to test twice a week
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A first look at Android app support on Windows 11: the apps are nicely integrated, run well, and installing them is simple, only requiring Amazon's Appstore app — Android apps can now run on Windows 11 — Microsoft has released the first preview version of its Android apps support in Windows 11.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
PleasrDAO, a group of digital asset collectors, says it created an NFT that will stand as an ownership deed for Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind physical album — The government sold “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” to satisfy a judgment against its first owner, Martin Shkreli.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Twitter acquires London-based Sphere, which develops a group chat app and has raised $30M to date — Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous groups chat app, the latest in a series of recent moves from the social network as it looks to aggressively broaden and improve its product offerings.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans broad investigations into consumer data practices at Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google, and others — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to seek information on how those firms and others use consumers' financial information| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service adds a $100/month tier with RTX 3080 GPU, hosted inside a bespoke SuperPod server, offering 1440p games at 120fps — Thanks to new custom servers equipped with RTX 3080 GPUs, GeForce Now will support game streaming at up to 1440p at 120fps—but it'll cost you.
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| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
Apple's product design has improved since Jony Ive left, as it seems to be putting the emphasis back on function over form and is less obsessed with thinness — At one time, even broaching the idea would have been sacrilegious. But here goes: might Apple Inc.'s product design have improved since the departure of Jony Ive?
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple product orders, including iPad mini, MacBook Pro, and $19 cleaning cloth, are delayed into November and December due to chip shortages and other issues — - Store employees say supply situation is the bleakest in years — Latest iPhones, iPads, Macs and watches all see long delays| Bloomberg: |
Sources: PayPal has approached Pinterest about an acquisition, potentially valuing it at $39B; Pinterest stock had dropped 16% this year but is up 10%+ today — PayPal Holdings Inc. is exploring an acquisition of social media company Pinterest Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, Bloomberg News reports.
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| Emily Birnbaum / Politico: |
Source: Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic organization Luminate handles Frances Haugen's PR in Europe; Omidyar donated $150K to Whistleblower Aid in 2020 — Support from eBay-founder-turned-tech-critic Pierre Omidyar is helping Frances Haugen take on one of the world's most powerful companies.
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| Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
Sources: Indonesia's GoTo is raising $1.5B at a $28.5B valuation, including $400M from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ahead of an IPO next year — Abu Dhabi Investment Authority-led round lifts super app's value by about 60% ahead of listing — The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Over 2,000 hourly Amazon workers at its Staten Island facilities sign union cards and plan to file with the NLRB by October 25; Amazon opposes the move — An effort said to involve more than 2,000 workers across four Amazon facilities in Staten Island faces obstacles
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX raises a $420.69M Series B-1 at a $25B valuation from 69 investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global — It's a nice Series B-1 for Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange following a $900 million mega-round earlier this year. — FTX has memed itself into another massive funding round.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China suggested Didi, Full Truck Alliance, and online recruitment service Kanzhun explore Hong Kong listings, as Beijing wraps up its investigations — The ride-hailing giant and two other New York-listed tech companies are said to be advised to sell shares in Hong Kong as cybersecurity probe nears finish| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Duo 2 review: futuristic design, excellent multitasking, and useful pen support, but buggy, lousy camera, expensive, and awkward form factor — Microsoft's second attempt at a folding phone rights a lot of the original's wrongs, but doesn't fix everything
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Internal memo: Facebook has quietly killed the “Hey Facebook” wake word for Portal, as customers were confused by the phrase and it was affecting usage — Facebook has quietly abandoned the phrase “Hey Facebook” as a way for customers of its Portal video-chat device to start …
Tweets: @grahamstarr and @amir
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Report: Yahoo Finance's mobile app disappeared from the App Store in China, days after republishing a Bloomberg story critical of China's tech crackdown — Yahoo Finance appears to be the latest victim of China's suppressive internet regulations, as the iOS app used by many to access foreign news coverage … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Venezuelan delivery app Yummy raises an $18M Series A led by Anthos Capital and says it has over 200,000 registered users — Three months after announcing a $4 million seed round, Venezuelan delivery super app Yummy is back with an $18 million Series A round that will accelerate … | Aisha Counts / Protocol: |
Since May, Google says it has blocked 1.6M messages and restored ~4,000 YouTube influencer accounts affected by a phishing campaign offering fake collaborations — A network of Russian-speaking hackers are phishing YouTube influencers with fake collaboration offers in order to hijack their accounts …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube Music's free tier will transition to audio-only with background listening next month, with videos reserved for Premium subscribers — Starting next month, YouTube Music is getting free background listening in a major revamp of the streaming service's ad-supported tier.Sponsor Posts
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