Apple launches the Apple One subscription bundle, with three tiers ranging from the $14.95 Individual tier to the $29.95 Premier tier
Starting at $14.95 a month — Apple One, a bundle combining services like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade into one monthly subscription, is now available.
Apple says it will replace AirPods Pros manufactured before October 2020 that have crackling sounds, static, and active noise cancellation issues
- Apple said on Friday that it will replace AirPods Pro headphones that have sound issues. — These issues include a static or crackling sound …
Facebook confirms it has stopped recommending that people join online groups dealing with political or social issues in the lead up to Election Day
“This is a measure we put in place in the lead-up to Election Day. We will assess when to lift them afterwards, but they are temporary." — Copy
Twitter lifts restrictions from the NY Post's Twitter account, updating its practice of “not retroactively overturning prior enforcement”
Social-media company reverses policy that previously required newspaper to delete old tweets before being able to tweet again
CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters
DHS CISA and the FBI today shared more info on how an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group was able to harvest voter registration info …
Google's Project Zero discloses a zero-day sandbox exploit on Windows 7 and 10; Microsoft says it has no evidence of the flaw being widely exploited
Security flaw lets attackers escape sandboxes designed to contain malicious code. — Google's project zero says that hackers …
US judge issues temporary injunction blocking Trump's TikTok ban in TikTok creators lawsuit, saying ban exceeds gov't authority, causes users “irreparable harm”
- Pennsylvania jurist says U.S. probably exceeded its authority — Administration calls Chinese apps a national security threat
Airbnb says it will establish a host endowment fund in advance of its IPO, to be used for educational and financial support for hosts when the fund passes $1B
Airbnb Inc. is creating an endowment fund to help support its hosts as the home-rental startup prepares for an initial public offering.
Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal
- Verdict is part of 10-year fight over secure communications — Jury asked to determine damages on patent infringement
Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person's ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent
Apple on Friday rejected an app designed to ensure ballots are being correctly counted in Pennsylvania, saying the software violates App Store privacy guidelines.
Apple seeds iOS 14.2 “Release Candidate” to developers, which adds optimized battery charging for AirPods and MagSafe leather case support
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Samsung launches SmartThings Find app to track down lost Galaxy devices, including phones, tablets, Buds, Watches, and more
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Facebook Q3: $21.47B revenue, up 22% YoY, net income $7.85B, up 29% YoY, as DAUs rise 12% YoY to 1.82B, MAUs rise 12% YoY to 2.74B
immediately. https://twitter.com/... Sal Rodriguez / @sal19 : The StopHateForProfit ad boycott did not seem to impact Facebook's advertising revenue, which was up 22% compared to a year ago https://ww...
Biden campaign says Facebook blocked thousands of its ads approved prior to Facebook's ban; Facebook blames advertisers' misunderstanding and a technical glitch
it spins toward “solutions” without reckoning with the past. https://twitter.com/... Moira Whelan / @moira : 👀 Facebook decisions have global consequences. They have every incentive to get this right....
353.6M smartphones shipped in Q3 2020, with Samsung shipping 80.4M up 2.9% YoY, Huawei 51.9M, down 22%, Xiaomi 46.5M, up 42%, and Apple 41.6M, down 10.6%
The cameras on iPhone 12 models become unreliable when swapped between iPhones, which may lock out all unauthorized iPhone camera repairs
and we've determined that the iPhone 12 camera is entirely unreliable when swapped between iPhones. https://www.ifixit.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Big Yikes. I could maaay...
Instagram says it will temporarily remove the “Recent” tab from hashtag pages to reduce the spread of misinformation leading up to the US election
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Waymo releases public road testing data on its self-driving operations in Arizona between Jan. 2019 and Sept. 2020, says its cars drove 6.1M+ miles in 2019
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Under Armour to sell MyFitnessPal to investment firm Francisco Partners for $345M, after buying it in 2015 for $475M, and sunsetting Endomondo, bought for $85M
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Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from the government, resulting in enemies being “red-tagged” and killed
Targeted by government misinformation, activists are asking Facebook to do more to tackle a deadly epidemic of “red-tagging.” Tweets: @cengizyar , @restofworld , @momblogger , @peterguest , @niemanlab...
Hands-on with the Dash Cart at an Amazon Fresh store: cart sensors worked fine, but a two-bag limit, bag fill limit, and real-world hassles hinder experience
There were no lines outside Irvine, California's new Amazon Fresh grocery store on its opening day last week … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @rose_alibi , and @hypervisible Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harr...
A look at CISA's wide-ranging operation to secure the 2020 election against hacking, which includes the launch of a 24/7 virtual war room on Election Day
Joseph Marks / Washington Post : Tweets: @pinboard Tweets: @pinboard : This “war room” would be more reassuring if the main threat to election integrity weren't coming from the government, and if the...
Daimler's truck division invests an undisclosed sum in lidar startup Luminar, as part of a partnership that seeks to develop autonomous trucks
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Facebook says it will limit the use of the “Save our Children” hashtag after QAnon co-opted the anti-trafficking movement
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Interview with Petra Wikström, director of public policy at Schibsted, on joining the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure app store owners to change rules
Nordic publishing giant Schibsted became one of 20 new members of the recently formed Coalition for App Fairness earlier this month. Tweets: @larakiara and @appfairness Tweets: Lara O'Reilly / @laraki...
Sources: Italy's biggest payments company Nexi is leading negotiations to buy its Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth around $10B
Apple's international sales were 59% of Q4 revenue but were down 28.6% YoY in China to $7.95B, likely due to the delayed arrival of new iPhones
Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump's lies, is overwhelming local election officials across the US as they shoot down rumors via phone and email
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Google's Cloud CEO says the CBP confirmed its technology won't be used for immigration enforcement on the US-Mexico border, denying a report from last week
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Onfleet, a provider of last-mile delivery management software, raises $14M Series A led by Kennet Partners
Profile of FCC's Brendan Carr, a potential FCC chairman if Trump is reelected, and a key figure in the Republican fight against Big Tech
Brazil-based payments processor Conductor raises $150M led by Viking Global Investors to expand in Latin America
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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