Sony announces PlayStation 5 will launch in time for “holiday 2020”, featuring a new controller with haptic technology and triggers with varying resistance
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macOS Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, security prompts are overbearing
iTunes is gone, but what comes next? — It's been a messy fall for Apple software releases. iOS and iPadOS have already …
Apple releases macOS Catalina with new apps Find My and Screen Time, as well as Music, TV, and Podcast apps to replace iTunes, Sidecar for companion iPads, more
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Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed
and it's breaking some apps Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : macOS Catalina — Should you upgrade now? Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : macOS Catalina breaks compatibility with DJ apps that use iTunes libra...
Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in human rights violations against Muslim minorities
- Move comes as U.S.-China high-level trade talks set to resume — Action targets Chinese surveillance companies, public entities
iFixit's new teardown of the Galaxy Fold shows Samsung's durability improvements but suggests that the main display and folding mechanism are still fragile
Introduction Teardown Update: After Samsung tried to make our initial teardown disappear from the internet five months ago …
Samsung projects operating income of $6.4B for Q3, beating analyst estimates, but down 56% YoY amid continued weakness in memory chip price and demand
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported its third-quarter operating profit likely tumbled 56% …
In-depth Catalina review: iTunes breakup is a success and Catalyst disappoints but it is the first step to integrate macOS into an unbroken computing continuum
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Adobe is deactivating accounts for all Venezuelan users due to US sanctions, impacting both free and paid Adobe services, and won't be issuing refunds
Because of the White House's sanctions, users aren't eligible for refunds either. — US software giant Adobe is canceling all subscriptions …
Opera 64 desktop browser launches with inbuilt tracking protection using the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, a powerful screenshot tool, and more
Opera doesn't want to miss the browser privacy bandwagon, and it's taking an unusual angle to sell it: it's promising a speed boost.
Google to require new devices launching with Android 9 or later to come with a wellness app and parental controls, either Google's own apps or third-party ones
One of the biggest themes of Google I/O 2018 was improving digital wellness. As consumers realized they're spending way too much time online …
Robinhood unveils Cash Management, which earns 2.05% APY interest on uninvested money in users' accounts, after 2018's botched roll out of its checking product
This time it actually has insurance. Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood is launching Cash Management, a new feature …
Hulu launches support for offline viewing, letting users download up to 25 titles across 5 devices, initially available only to iOS users on its “No Ads” plan
Hulu is finally adding downloads to its streaming service, years after Netflix and Amazon Prime Video did the same.
Leaked docs show Cellebrite has sold tech that can let NYC police “unlock and extract data from all iOS and high-end Android devices” on their own since 2018
Previously, if law enforcement wanted to get into newer devices, they had to send the phones to one of Cellebrite's …
The latest Google Mobile Services agreement states that OEMs' custom gesture navigation controls for Android must be enabled only via settings moving forward
October 2019 Dan Grabham / Pocket-lint : Google is discouraging other Android phone makers from using their own navigation systems Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Android 10 might require custom third-party n...
Analysis: UK's Financial Conduct Authority now has 87 open inquiries into crypto companies, compared with 50 this time last year
The number of cryptocurrency businesses in the crosshairs of the UK's financial watchdog leapt by 74 per cent in the past year, as the Financial Conduct Authority estimates …
The Trump administration is inserting CDA 230-like protections into international trade deals that shield online platforms from lawsuits related to user content
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms … Tweets: @satariano , @nickconfessore , @matthewstoller , @cagold...
A behind-the-scenes look at how OpenAI's GPT-2 predictive text algorithm works, which can be “fine-tuned” to write phony customer reviews or even news articles
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Contentstack, which offers a “headless” CMS platform for enterprises, raises $31.5M Series A led by Insight Partners
Contentstack, a startup that offers a headless CMS platform for enterprises, today announced that it has raised a $31.5 million Series A round led by Insight Partners.
Microsoft expands Airband, its US rural broadband initiative, to Latin America and Africa, aims to bring the internet to 40M people globally by 2022
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Apple's Catalyst roll out with macOS Catalina has been muted, as devs say it's been more work than expected to port iPad apps, and consumers need to pay again
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Profile of Katie Haun, who targeted Bitcoin as a US DOJ prosecutor and is the first female general partner at a16z, now co-heading its $350M cryptocurrency fund
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In iOS 13.1.2, Hong Kong users' emoji keyboard does not include the Taiwanese flag, a year after a more complete ban on the flag for iOS in mainland China
Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia :
SCOTUS affirms lower court ruling that found the Americans With Disabilities Act protects access not just to physical businesses but also their websites, apps
not just in $ but also reputation #accessibility #a11y https://twitter.com/... Michael Grant / @michaelgrant_cj : Guillermo Robles, who is blind, filed suit in Los Angeles three years ago and complain...
Amazon launches $110 Kindle Kids Edition, with a choice of four cases, one year free FreeTime Unlimited subscription, and features like achievement badges
Amazon launches ebook reader for younger bookworms Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Amazon Introduces Fire HD 10, Kindle Kids Edition, More Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : The New Fire HD 10 Is Amazon's First Ga...
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted reward tokens backed by Microsoft and Intel, to incentivize teamwork in consortiums of companies
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Forward Networks, which offers tools for network visibility and outage prevention, raises $35M Series C led by Goldman Sachs
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Pedestrian deaths in US have steadily increased since 2010, and experts are skeptical that pedestrian detection systems and autonomous vehicles are the solution
Peter C Baker / The Guardian : Tweets: @guardian , @pedbikeinfo , @walk_to , @carolinerussell , and @peterwalker99 Tweets: @guardian : Collision course: cars are killing more people - and driverless ...
Roku to sell low-cost versions of its Smart Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer under Walmart's onn brand for $129
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RapidSOS, which provides 911 response centers with critical data and tools to manage it, extends Series B by $25M, to $55M total, led by Energy Impact Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Two new California laws crack down on deepfakes in politics and porn, with one giving citizens the right to sue if they are placed in porn without their consent
nearly all deepfakes are being made for porn Cara Curtis / The Next Web : California makes deepfakes illegal to curb revenge porn and doctored political videos Jennings Brown / Gizmodo : California Ba...
SCOTUS rejects Amazon's appeal to avoid a lawsuit from Nevada warehouse workers seeking compensation for time spent in required post-shift security searches
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Twitter employees explain the platform's more relaxed approach to policing content, while keeping a 1,500-strong enforcement team vs. Facebook's 15,000
VICE : Tweets: @josephfcox , @jess_miers , @davidsven , @agoldmund , @davezatz , @maxsparber , @katiedrumm , @devonzuegel , @josephfcox , @josephfcox , and @vice Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : Tw...
Q3 2019 Global Venture Capital Report: deal volume hits an all-time high thanks to growth in seed stage deals, but dollar volume growth plateaus worldwide
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