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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the Pixel 7 Pro with a 6.7-inch 120Hz LTPO display, updated “camera bar”, Tensor G2, up to 256GB, Android 13, and face unlock, starting at $899 — At the latest Made by Google launch event, Google has fully detailed the Pixel 7 Pro following a number of early looks, leaks, and teases.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google announces the Pixel Watch with a 41mm case, circular, domed display, Fitbit-based health features, and more, starting at $350, preorders open today — Google gets into the smartwatch game for real with the $350 Wear OS device — 2021 was the Pixel's year.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its lead litigation attorney on October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out the $44B deal — Tesla chief and social media group are negotiating end to legal fight to finalise $44bn buyout — Twitter has agreed to delay …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: in the weeks before Elon Musk's revived $44B bid, his representatives asked Twitter about doing the deal at an up to 30% discount, or a ~$31B valuation — Before Mr. Musk renewed his $44 billion proposal, he and the company haggled in discussions that ultimately did not advance.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Fake LinkedIn executive profiles, which pair AI-generated photos with text from real accounts, are becoming headaches for HR departments and invite-only groups — A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Plus review: multiday battery, bright screen, and lightweight, but hard to use one-handed, no ProMotion, and adopting eSIM will be painful for some — Excellent battery life and a large display make the 14 Plus upgrade-worthy … This is the new iPhone that most people want.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
ByteDance's August report to staff says revenue grew 80% to $61.7B in 2021 but operating losses more than tripled to $7.15B as it spent heavily on growth — Social-media giant saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above $7 billion — TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts: Who Will Win the Short-Video Race?Thanks:@sal19
| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount — The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part.
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| CoinDesk: |
Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew $30M+ between May and June 2022 before the lender's bankruptcy — Ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon and CTO Nuke Goldstein pulled bitcoin, ether, USDC and CEL holdings from their custody accounts in May …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter is rolling out an edit button to Twitter Blue subscribers in the US — Twitter's edit button is finally arriving in the US. The company will begin gradually rolling out the long-awaited feature to Twitter Blue subscribers in the US on Thursday afternoon, Twitter spokesperson Joseph Nuñez said in an email to The Verge.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A US federal court jury finds ex-Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan guilty for not disclosing a 2016 breach of customer and driver records to regulators — A jury found Joe Sullivan, who led security at the ride-hailing company, guilty on two different counts.
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| Financial Times: |
An investigation shows Amazon, Microsoft, and others destroy millions of data storage devices each year, creating huge waste when software wiping methods exist — Companies like Amazon and Microsoft routinely destroy used hard drives in the name of data security — but industry insiders say there is a better option
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not to support the weaponization of their products, say adding weapons will erode trust in robots — Several robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, are pledging not to support the weaponization of their products and are calling … | Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Source: a Paris court lowers a 2020 antitrust fine against Apple from €1.1B to €372M; the fine was related to alleged behavior within its distribution network — A French court on Thursday substantially lowered a fine against iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) for alleged anti-competitive behaviour …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Tiger Global seeks to raise $6B for its next fund that invests in privately held tech companies, less than half of what it raised for its prior fund — Tiger Global is seeking to raise $6 billion for its next fund that invests in privately-held tech companies, according to an investor letter viewed by Axios.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking program Birdwatch visible to all US users — After last month's expansion of Twitter's crowdsourced fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, Twitter announced this morning the notes fact-checkers leave on tweets will now be visible to all U.S. users.Sponsor Posts
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