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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital's FTX artists will form a new entity — Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a massive $1.625 billion.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ pubs, an undo button, Nuzzel-like “top articles” roundup, and more — And in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as part of Twitter Blue — Twitter Blue, the company's subscription service …
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By January 19, Meta aims to remove ad targeting options based on user interactions with content about health, race, political affiliation, religion, and more — Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, said on Tuesday that it planned to eliminate advertisers' ability …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Judge in Epic v. Apple trial says Apple must comply with an order letting developers link to external payment options, denying Apple's stay request — Apple said the change would be ‘exceedingly complicated’ — Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple backpedals on breaking Face ID after third-party iPhone 13 screen replacements, will release a software update to no longer require a microcontroller swap — A software update is on the way that won't require repair shops to transfer a microcontroller
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Bipartisan House bill would force tech platforms to offer an “input-transparent algorithm” that doesn't require user data to generate recommendations — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a companion to a Senate bill that would let people use algorithm-free versions …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Meta shares bullying and harassment numbers for the first time, claims the category represents ~0.14% of Facebook content and ~0.05% of Instagram content — The social media giant published several transparency reports on Tuesday. — Facebook published a series of reports on Tuesday …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a $249 11.6" Surface Laptop SE, exclusively for schools and students, running Windows 11 SE, and starting with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage — Microsoft's low-end education PC is official! — What you need to know — Microsoft is adding a new laptop to its Surface hardware portfolio.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Meta says it can't keep up with its Oversight Board, which has issued 78 recommendations since January, and that the 30-day response deadline is too tight — Depending on who you ask, Facebook's Oversight Board is either a massive PR stunt to deflect blame away from the company or an ambitious … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ; stock down 10%+ — - Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. — The number of monthly transacting users dropped from the prior period.
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| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A deep dive into how Discord, an authentic, at-scale user-generated community, could become the metaverse's natural social infrastructure — Hi friends 👋 , Happy Monday! It was inevitable that I'd write about Discord. It's a mashup of a bunch of my favorite companies and themes … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 15.2 beta includes the Communication Safety in Messages feature that Apple announced this summer, as an opt-in feature parents can enable — Apple over the summer announced new Child Safety features that are aimed at keeping children safer online. Apple has confirmed that one of those features …
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q3 revenue of $1.28B, up 45% YoY, and says it will acquire European food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock $8B+ deal — Deal to acquire Wolt comes amid a wave of consolidation in the highlight competitive food-delivery segment — DoorDash Inc. said it has agreed …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Alex Gorsky, chairman and departing CEO of Johnson & Johnson, joins Apple's board of directors; Tim Cook calls him a “visionary in healthcare” — Apple today announced that Alex Gorsky, the chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has joined its board of directors.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
fuboTV to acquire French multiplatform streaming company Molotov for $190M; Molotov co-founder and CEO Jean-David Blanc will become chief strategy officer — fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV …
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| Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers: |
Samsung unveils 14nm, 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM chip for mobile devices, claims data transfer speeds of 8.5Gbps, 1.3x faster than LPDDR5 while consuming 20% less power — Samsung today announced the world's first LPDDR5 DRAM chip for mobile devices. The new memory module is fabricated using …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Netflix games arrive on Apple's App Store and users will start being able to access them through Netflix's iOS app tomorrow — Last week, Netflix launched its debut lineup of mobile games to Android users globally. Today, the games are expanding to users on iOS.
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Tweets: @neilcybart and @techcrunch
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
You.com, an AI-powered open source search engine, launches in beta with $20M in funding led by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff — You.com, which bills itself as the world's first open source search engine, today announced its public beta launch along with $20 million in funding led …
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Tweets: @samfbiddle and @jaycuthrell
| Jim Dallke / Chicago Business Journal: |
Threekit, which helps companies create 3D and AR product experiences to let customers visualize items while shopping online, raises a $35M Series B — Threekit, a Chicago startup that helps companies create 3D product configurations that let customers better visualize items while online shopping …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
VergeSense, which uses computer vision to help companies understand how their office spaces are being used, raises a $60M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Wall Street Journal: |
FiscalNote, which makes software to help companies navigate government regulations and laws, is going public via a SPAC merger, valuing the company at $1.3B — The Washington, D.C.-based firm would merge with Nasdaq-listed Duddell Street Acquisition — FiscalNote Holdings Inc., a Washington … | Wall Street Journal: |
An internal September 2018 Facebook memo found ~40% of traffic to Pages went to those with plagiarized or recycled content — About 40% of traffic to pages in 2018 went to those with content that was plagiarized or recycled, and Facebook has been slow to crack down on copyright infringement
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