Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $5.4B in Q3, up 29% YoY; Meituan's stock has nearly tripled in 2020, bringing its market value to ~$220B (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $5.4B in Q3, up 29% YoY; Meituan's stock has nearly tripled in 2020, bringing its market value to ~$220B — Expansion plan comes as company posts strong revenue growth in third quarter — Food delivery giant Meituan is expanding …
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included (Sam Byford/The Verge)
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included — Don't forget the power brick — Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year's iPhone launch.
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Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data — A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
Microsoft is testing smaller feature updates with Windows Insiders, giving Microsoft a new way to update parts of Windows 10 not directly controlled by the OS (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Microsoft is testing smaller feature updates with Windows Insiders, giving Microsoft a new way to update parts of Windows 10 not directly controlled by the OS — Microsoft is testing these smaller Windows updates with insiders first — Microsoft has started testing smaller feature updates …
Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses (The Citizen Lab)
Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses — Summary & Key Findings — Circles is a surveillance firm that reportedly exploits weaknesses in the global mobile phone system …
Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with smartphones accounting for 37% of sales (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with smartphones accounting for 37% of sales — Cyber Monday, traditionally the biggest shopping day online in the year, followed in the footsteps of Thanksgiving and Black Friday this year …
Advocacy group Euroconsumers sues Apple in Belgium and Spain over the iPhone throttling, with additional lawsuits in Italy and Portugal planned (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)
Advocacy group Euroconsumers sues Apple in Belgium and Spain over the iPhone throttling, with additional lawsuits in Italy and Portugal planned — Legal action comes after company agreed to $500m settlement in US over similar claims — A consumer advocacy group is suing Apple …
Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and public agencies (TechCrunch)
Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and public agencies — Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a new police reform bill that will ban police departments and public agencies …
Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle R&D facilities, one in East Liberty, Ohio and one in Menlo Park, in partnership with Transportation Research Center (Chris Davies/SlashGear)
Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle R&D facilities, one in East Liberty, Ohio and one in Menlo Park, in partnership with Transportation Research Center — Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle facilities, including a dense urban playground for its self-driving passenger cars …
Microsoft links Vietnamese hackers to cryptomining malware
Honeywell partners with IISc's SID to support startups with societal impact
UP to get its first data centre in Noida
Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate (Matt Richtel/New York Times)
Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate — It began as a stopgap way to get through the pandemic, but both participants and providers say virtual sessions have some clear advantages …
YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead, which uses AI to let users jump to parts of a video where most viewers skip ahead, to all US Premium members using its Android app (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority : YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead, which uses AI to let users jump to parts of a video where most viewers ...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Andrew Tarantola / Engadget : An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa al...
