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Sources: Apple has cut back on iPad production to allocate more chips to the iPhone 13; iPad production was down 50% from original plans for the past two months — U.S. tech giant produces 50% fewer tablets than planned in September-October — TAIPEI — Apple has cut back sharply …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022 — Apple had seemingly avoided the chip shortage for months, but the company's fortunes have now changed.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Some Mac owners report that upgrading to macOS Monterey bricked their computer — macOS Monterey, released last week as the latest version of macOS, is bricking older Mac computers, rendering them unusable and unable to even turn on, according to a number of reports from users across social media and online forums.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Biden admin urges Congress to subject stablecoin issuers to federal oversight like banks and limit their interactions with non-financial companies, such as Meta — If U.S. lawmakers don't act, regulators have the authority to take their own measures, according to the long-awaited report …
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| Financial Times: |
Meta takes down a troll farm run by the Nicaraguan government since 2018 that involved 937 Facebook accounts, 140 Pages, 24 Groups, and 363 Instagram accounts — Company says it took down hundreds of accounts, pages and groups ahead of Sunday's election — Meta's Facebook has accused …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Zillow is pitching institutional investors on the sale of 7K homes for ~$2.8B to recover from buying too many, which it blames on its bidding algorithm — - Online listing giant has been buying thousands of homes — Zillow Group Inc. is looking to sell about 7,000 homes as it seeks …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices — Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.
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Leaked memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will step down as ByteDance's CFO to focus on running TikTok full time — TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew will step down as its parent ByteDance's chief financial officer (CFO) to focus on running the short video business full time … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Kuaishou's CEO Su Hua is stepping down, will remain chairman of the short-form video company; fellow co-founder Cheng Yixiao will be the new CEO — - Billionaire Su Hua cedes CEO role to co-founder Cheng Yixiao — Su will focus on long-term strategy at the TikTok rival
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| Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku: |
After a three-day outage, Roblox says it is back online — According to Roblox's status page, all versions of the game have been down since Oct 28 starting at 7 pm EST — Roblox, one of the most popular games in the world, has been down for over a day now and while many frustrated players …
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| Charles Mandel / BetaKit: |
Generac Holdings to buy smart thermostat startup Ecobee for $650M in cash and stock, plus up to $120M in stock if targets are hit, expects deal to close in Q4 — Wisconsin-based Generac Holdings is acquiring smart thermostat startup Ecobee for up to $770 million, contingent on the achievement of certain performance targets.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple plans a “crash detection” feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dial 911 — Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents
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| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
DGene, which uses AI to create holograms of humans and objects for use in AR/VR glasses and holographic displays, raises a $20M Series A led by Alibaba — EXCLUSIVE: DGene, an emerging content creation company involved in virtual production and immersive entertainment, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Alibaba.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba and JD.com are promoting “sustainability” rather than hyping Singles' Day sales this year, amid China's regulatory scrutiny and “common prosperity” push — - Singles Day in China, the biggest shopping event in the world, is underway but Alibaba and JD.com …
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| The Verge: |
Q&A with Meta's Andrew Bosworth on how metaverse content will be ranked and displayed, balancing between private conversations and moderating content, and more — Last week, Facebook announced a major corporate rebrand by changing its company name to Meta.| Reuters: |
Indian logistics startup Delhivery, backed by SoftBank, files for a ~$997M IPO — SoftBank Group (9984.T)-backed Indian logistics firm Delhivery has filed for an initial public offering of up to 74.6 billion rupees ($997.33 million), joining a long list of startups that have tapped the capital market this year.
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
South Korea-based autonomous “Transportation as a Service” TaaS startup 42dot raises a $88.5M Series A, source says at a $425M valuation — 42dot, a South Korea-based autonomous Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) startup, announced today it has raised $88.5 million (104 billion WON) … | Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Hong Kong-based Sandbox, which lets users build a virtual world using NFTs, raises $93M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 — The Sandbox, a Hong Kong-based gaming platform that allows users to build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has raised $93 million from investors led …
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