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Sources: Apple is accelerating the development of a fully autonomous electric car, after hitting a car processor milestone, with plans to debut it by 2025 — - Company looks to refocus project on self-driving capabilities — New car chief Kevin Lynch pushing for debut as early as 2025
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Engadget, Macworld, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Mercury News, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Reuters, Patently Apple, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, Slashdot, Apple Must, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, Six Colors, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @psythor, @brianroemmele, @macrumors, @stevemoser, and @markgurman
| Mark Di Stefano / The Information: |
Memo: Tim Cook tells employees that Apple will let them work remotely for up to four weeks per year and sets a February 1 return to office goal — Apple will let employees work for up to four weeks remotely each year as the iPhone giant prepares for the company to gradually return to offices in 2022 …
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NBC News, Bloomberg, The Verge, CNET, Protocol, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Thurrott, and Slashdot
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| Will Evans / Wired: |
Internal docs and sources detail Amazon's careless handling of its retail customer data, including letting some low-level staff snoop on celebrity purchases — Voyeurs. Sabotaged accounts. Backdoor schemes. For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages.
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Protocol and Insider
Tweets: @glichfield, @wired, @shiraovide, @thalassa_gray, @brbarrett, @lilyhnewman, @nicklucchesi, @chengela, @a_greenberg, @juokaz, and @hypervisible
| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Winklevoss' cryptocurrency exchange Gemini raises $400M led by Morgan Creek Digital at a $7.1B valuation — After seven years of funding their Gemini cryptocurrency empire out of pocket, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are in the process of signing the last documents on their first round of capital …
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Bloomberg, Blockworks, The Block, cryptodaily.co.uk, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @katie_roof, @thestalwart, @chris_skinner, @mikulaja, @randalllane, and @alex
| Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal: |
If ConstitutionDAO wins Thursday's US Constitution auction, it faces practical issues about how to pay, who picks it up, ownership, and where to display it — A group of friends in the cryptocurrency world are repurposing digital tools to make a run at a rare analog document up for auction Thursday
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New York Times, DeCential, Decrypt, NBC News, BBC, Crypto News Flash, and CoinDesk
| Amelia Lucas / CNBC: |
Starbucks and Amazon partner to launch Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go in Manhattan using Amazon's Just Walk Out tech — - Starbucks is opening a pick-up cafe in midtown Manhattan with Amazon that uses the retail giant's cashierless technology. — It's the latest step in Starbucks' strategy …
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Starbucks Newsroom, The Verge, CNET, PCMag, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, CNN, TechCrunch, Tamebay, Forbes, GeekWire, CNN, and Agence France-Presse
Tweets: @silviakillings, @migold, @mattyglesias, and @jbarro
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Grammarly, which helps users improve their writing with its AI assistant, raises $200M at a $13B valuation — Grammarly, the popular auto-editing tool for writing, has raised $200 million in funding at a $13 billion valuation from new investors including Baillie Gifford and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, among others.
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SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, CNBC, Grammarly Blog, Coinspeaker, Silicon Republic, and Silicon Canals
Tweets: @nicolas_colin, @abnormalreturns, @grammarly, @lucianadrian, @pjozefak, @danprimack, @ms_zamandlovu, @campuscodi, @ncsh, @jeffnolan, @clemnt, @jfslowik, @pt, and @markdistef
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Paytm falls 27% in its trading debut in India, giving it a market valuation of $14.9B, after raising $2.5B in its IPO — Indian fintech giant Paytm, backed by SoftBank and Alibaba, lost more than 27% in its first day of trading Thursday. The valuation of the firm, which raised $2.5 billion …
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PYMNTS.com, The Economic Times, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, Finextra, Inc42 Media, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Moneycontrol, and BloombergQuint
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| Bloomberg: |
Q&A with AWS CEO Adam Selipsky on plans for sector-specific products, such as health care and telecom, a shift from Andy Jassy's one-size-fits-all approach — In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Adam Selipsky says a new push to build targeted cloud services for the healthcare … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands real-time lyrics to all users globally in partnership with Musixmatch, after initially launching in 26 markets — After years of ignoring consumer demand for in-app lyrics, particularly in the U.S., Spotify announced today it will make a new Lyrics feature available to all global users …
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Spotify, Android Police, 9to5Google, KnowTechie, The Verge, PhoneArena, BetaNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Engadget, Variety, Fast Company, XDA Developers, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @eldsjal, @mehedih_, and @spotifynews
| Bryan Walsh / Axios: |
OpenAI makes the API for GPT-3 generally available in supported countries — The artificial intelligence research company OpenAI will eliminate the waiting list for access to the API of its natural language processing program (NLP) GPT-3. — Why it matters: The move will accelerate access … | Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba misses with Q2 sales of $31.4B, up 29% YoY but below $32.1B estimates, as net income reached $846M, down 81% YoY — - Outlook fell short as quarterly sales numbers missed estimates — China's e-commerce leader struggling with slowing consumption
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Tech in Asia, CNBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, and ZDNet
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A: Brian Chesky on how he restructured Airbnb during the pandemic, running a public company, crypto, the metaverse, working with Jony Ive's LoveFrom, and more — Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky prides himself on thinking very differently than other CEOs, and his answers to the Decoder questions … | Wall Street Journal: |
A coalition of eight state AGs, including those from Massachusetts, Florida, and California, is investigating how Instagram attracts and affects young people — Move raises pressure on parent company Meta Platforms, formerly called Facebook, over the potential harms to its users| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Nreal says its Light mixed reality glasses will launch in the US for $599 on November 30 in 20 Verizon stores and online December 2 — After debuting in Korea last year, Nreal's Light mixed reality glasses are finally making their way to the US. Starting on November 30th …
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Tom's Hardware, The Verge, VentureBeat, UploadVR, Android Headlines, and XDA Developers
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Kandji, which offers remote Apple device management, raises a $100M Series C led by Tiger Global at an $800M valuation, bringing its total funding to $188M+ — Kandji, the startup building an Apple device management business, has been doing pretty well for itself with rapdily growing revenue …
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9to5Mac, VentureBeat, GlobeNewswire News Room, SiliconANGLE, and iMore
| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: |
Nvidia beats with record Q3 revenue of $7.1B vs. $6.82B estimated, up 50% YoY, Gaming revenue of $3.22B, up 42%, and Data Center revenue of $2.94B, up 55% — Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday beating analysts' predictions on the top and bottom line as revenue jumped 50% year-over-year.
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Nvidia, ZDNet, ExtremeTech, CNBC, HotHardware.com News, VentureBeat, Cointelegraph, MarketWatch, The Register, TechSpot, and Wccftech
Tweets: @skundojjala, @skundojjala, @stshank, @stedavies, and @jtourzan
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
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Ars Technica, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, Benzinga, Telecompaper, and Protocol. Tweets: @quinnypig
| Stefanie Marotta / Bloomberg: |
Canada arrests a teenager for allegedly stealing $36.5M in crypto from a US victim using SIM swapping, the largest reported single-person crypto theft — - Case marks the biggest crypto theft reported by one person — Police identified the alleged thief through a gaming username
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Hamilton Police, CTV News, PCMag, Engadget, Decrypt, CBC News, Globe and Mail, financialpost, Toronto Sun, and Newser
Tweets: @thegrugq, @stefaniemarotta, and @s_m_i
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nexar, which is developing an analytics service for car dash cam footage, raises a $53M Series D led by Qumra Capital, bringing its total funding to $150M — Nexar, a startup developing an analytics service on top of car dash cam footage, today announced that it raised $53 million … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lacework, which offers automated cloud security tools for containers and more, raises $1.3B led by Tiger Global and others at an $8.3B post-money valuation — Lacework, a developer of automated containerized workload defense and compliance solutions, today announced that it closed …
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Reuters, ZDNet, SecurityWeek, CRN, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, Lacework, and Crunchbase News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Ford partners with GlobalFoundries to develop chips, but offers few concrete details — Stung by semiconductor shortage, Detroit's two biggest car companies are looking to align with computer-chip makers to develop and potentially manufacture chips — Detroit's two biggest auto makers …
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Ars Technica, Protocol, GlobalFoundries Newsroom, Engadget, Washington Post, Financial Times, Automotive News, New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, and CNBC
Tweets: @fmbutt, @rycon, @lisaabramowicz1, @jimfarley98, and @jeffnolan
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Stytch, which is building APIs for passwordless authentication, raises a $90M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Coatue, following a $30M Series A in July — Compromised passwords are responsible for some 80% of all data breaches, according to some estimations, leading to a mass industry-wide push …
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TechCrunch, Stytch Blog, Not Boring by Packy McCormick, and Insider
Tweets: @jbrowder1 and @virtualclay
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more — The tech giant says it will publish repair manuals and allow everyday customers to buy the same parts and tools certified technicians and repair shops use.
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The Verge, iFixit News, Fortune, ZDNet, New York Times, Daring Fireball, Computerworld, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Right to Repair Europe, TechRepublic, Gizchina, Laptop Mag, The Loop, iMore, Silicon Republic, techadvisor.com, MUO, TechCircle, 9to5Mac, news.com.au, Marques Brownlee/YouTube, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @kwiens, @fredericjacobs, @kwiens, @ifixit, @repaircoalition, @tomwarren, @nproctor, @nproctor, @nproctor, @stellafudge, @stellafudge, @jonyiveparody, @nproctor, @snazzyq, @timsweeneyepic, @stellafudge, @normative, @harrymccracken, @nproctor, @donie, @viticci, @samifathi_, @stewartbrand, @lukemiani, @anildash, @alexlindsay, @stellafudge, @lukemiani, @can, @shiraovide, @thisisnoahevans, @snazzyq, @tim_stevens, @mkbhd, @russellbrandom, @kcimc, @themadstone, @kwiens, @backlon, @mattophobia, @stroughtonsmith, @rdrv3, @rdrv3, @joannastern, @fightfortheftr, @aperzanowski, @ihnatko, @weeabob, @siracusa, @harrymccracken, @jordannovet, and @matthewstoller. Thanks:@iansherr
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Formstack, which offers no-code enterprise tools to build automated workflows, raises $425M led by Silversmith Capital and PSG — Platforms that bring more automation to the working environment, and platforms that are empowering more people to get involved in building tools to help themselves work …
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SiliconANGLE and PR Newswire
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
nTopology, which makes software for designing and manufacturing 3D-printed parts, raises a $65M Series D led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $135M — Software for hardware design is all the rage in the VC funding world these days. Following recent rounds from Flux and Bild …
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VentureBeat, AlleyWatch, PR Newswire, and SiliconANGLE
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