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| Sam White / British GQ: |
Q&A with Xbox's Phil Spencer and other executives on plans for the platform, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, the history of Xbox, and more — Phil Spencer saved Xbox. Now he wants to reinvent gaming. Ahead of Xbox's 20th anniversary, we sat down with him and Microsoft's gaming …
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CNET, YouTube, Axios, Windows Central, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Laptop Mag, Tom's Guide, dexerto.com, Game Rant, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, TechRadar, thegamer.com, Wccftech, GameSpot, purexbox.com, KnowTechie, OnMSFT.com, SlashGear, Protocol, BBC, Neowin, Digital Trends, Game World Observer, GamingBolt, Polygon, and Press Start
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang announce Paradigm One, a $2.5B fund focused on crypto and Web3 — Fred Ehrsam is behind $2.5bn fund Paradigm One, to which investors jockeyed to commit money — Cryptocurrencies are booming, and a three-year-old investment firm …
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| John Koetsier / Forbes: |
Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups — Apple is secretly buying Google ads for high-value apps to collect potentially millions of dollars in subscription revenue, multiple app publishers have told me.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select members of the IBM Quantum Network in December, and previews next-gen IBM Quantum System Two — According to IBM, Eagle leverages new techniques that place control components on multiple physical levels while keeping qubits on a single layer.
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Reuters, Tom's Hardware, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, TechSpot, Engadget, Digit, TechCircle, and MacDailyNews
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms it will block EdgeDeflector and other tools that offer workarounds to Microsoft forcing Edge in Start menu search results — Microsoft shouldn't need to force anyone to use Edge — Microsoft has already made it more difficult to switch default browsers in Windows 11 …
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ctrl.blog, Search Engine Land, Windows Central, Engadget, PCMag, ZDNet, The Register, TechCrunch, PC Gamer, Pureinfotech, TechRadar, OnMSFT.com, thegamer.com, TechSpot, and Laptop Mag
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to bypass US sanctions and gain access to critical components — - It could license designs to third parties to access components — Trump-era sanctions have cut off Huawei from U.S. technology
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iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Android Police, TechSpot, TechRadar, Huawei Central, Telecoms.com, Gizchina, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @atbwebb, @byron_wan, and @nano_arun
| Wall Street Journal: |
As FAA forces AT&T and Verizon to delay 5G rollouts, a look at the dispute between FCC and FAA over 5G and cockpit safety, which started during the Trump admin — Dispute among federal agencies over next-generation wireless has remained unresolved for two presidential administrations
Tweets: @saschasegan, @ryanjtracy, @drewfitzgerald, and @drewfitzgerald
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Writer, which offers an automated style guide for Chrome, Word, and other tools, raises a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners — For any company, organization, or even individual writer, maintaining a consistent voice is a constant challenge. Writer is a startup aiming to provide …
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FinSMEs, Writer, Voicebot.ai, VentureBeat, and Business Wire
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung releases Android 12-based One UI 4 for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with new theming options, keyboard tweaks, and privacy settings — With older phones and tablets following ‘soon’ — Samsung is making its One UI 4 software update available for the Galaxy S21 …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mixpanel raises a $200M Series C at a $1.05B valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, seven years after its Series B, as it focuses on product analytics — Mixpanel was a hot startup in 2014 when it nabbed a $65 million Series B on an $865 million valuation, a sizable B round and valuation for those days.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Utah-based Podium, which helps SMBs interact with customers online, raises $201M led by YC Continuity at a $3B+ valuation, up from $1.5B last year — - Utah-based startup raised $201 million, led by Y Combinator — Software used by plumbers, car dealerships, dentists| Julia Angwin / Hello World: |
Q&A with AI Now Institute's Shazeda Ahmed on how the US-China “tech Cold War” narrative allows Big Tech to avoid regulation and how it informs US policy — There is a narrative in Washington, D.C., that we are in the midst of a tech cold war with China.
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @nantarsya, @shiraovide, and @themarkup
| Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg: |
The US and Israel partner to fight ransomware attacks and threats to the global financial system — - Allies to work on cyber threats to global financial system — U.S. recently blacklisted two Israeli companies over spyware — The U.S. and Israel established a joint cybersecurity initiative …
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U.S. Department …. More:
Protocol, Reuters, The Times of Israel, Reuters, Forbes, infosecurity-magazine.com, PYMNTS.com, and The Hill. Tweets: @ustreasury
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
A look at Epic Games' failed, multi-year efforts to launch Fortnite in China, as it plans to shutter Fortnite's Chinese servers on November 15 — Epic Games Inc. spent 2018 preparing Fortnite, the world's hottest video game, for a blockbuster debut in China, the world's biggest gaming market.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Imprint, which helps companies offer and manage branded payments and rewards products, raises a $38M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe — Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe.
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
ThoughtSpot, a business data analytics startup, raises a $100M Series F at a $4.2B valuation, after pivoting to a cloud-based subscription model last fall — In May 2020, data analytics startup ThoughtSpot laid off 85 employees. The pandemic had forced companies in less stable financial positions … | Peter Wayner / VentureBeat: |
Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud computing costs by using AI to avoid repetitive tasks, raises a $35M Series A led by Next47 — Zesty, a company that offers a tool for automatically scaling and shrinking cloud resources to keep cloud costs in check, announced a $35 million series A funding round.
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FinSMEs, Zesty, and PR Newswire
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
FBI email servers were hacked to send spam warning of a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …
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Forbes, KnowTechie, DataBreaches.net, Washington Post, Silicon Republic, infosecurity-magazine.com, Pocketnow, Ubergizmo, BBC, The Verge, Mashable, TechSpot, Newser, SANS Internet Storm Center …, Axios, New York Post, and NPR
Tweets: @spamhaus, @vinnytroia, @spamhaus, @fbi, @briankrebs, @esmcintyre, @norskladywolf, @cachedchecks, @model_daughters, @wtfioguy, @briankrebs, @stevebellovin, @letsfishsmarter, @mhall119, @zackwhittaker, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @jhaddix, @kwestin, @bobgourley, @quinnypig, @cisajen, @anthony, @dangoodin001, @briankrebs, @gossithedog, @c7five, @rayredacted, @pgl, @gossithedog, @malwarejake, @cybersecmeg, @o2bnobx, @bleepincomputer, @gossithedog, and @dinodaizovi
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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