Netflix to pay $59M to settle a tax dispute in Italy, where prosecutors claimed cables and servers used by Netflix amounted to physical presence in the country (Reuters)

Reuters:
Netflix to pay $59M to settle a tax dispute in Italy, where prosecutors claimed cables and servers used by Netflix amounted to physical presence in the country  —  U.S. streaming service Netflix has agreed to settle a tax dispute with Italy, the company and legal sources said on Friday.

How Apple may have had to make tough choices about its AR/VR headset design

Tech giant Apple had to make tough choices about the final design of its augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset as it reportedly chose a standalone AR/VR headset over a more powerful tethered design. https://ift.tt/SrYkQmh

A look at Indexed Finance's legal fight with a Canadian teenager who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M, which is raising several tricky legal questions (Christopher Beam/Bloomberg)

Christopher Beam / Bloomberg:
A look at Indexed Finance's legal fight with a Canadian teenager who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M, which is raising several tricky legal questions  —  On Oct. 14, in a house near Leeds, England, Laurence Day was sitting down to a dinner of fish and chips on his couch when his phone buzzed.

Twitter opens reverse chronological home timeline for developers

Entangled in a bitter takeover battle with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter is giving third-party app developers more access to its reverse chronological timeline, to enable them to retrieve the most recent Tweets and Retweets posted by the authenticated user and the accounts they follow. https://ift.tt/TF8IGlv

Google to allow alternate payment systems for now, says Tinder-owner

Match sued Google earlier in May, calling the action a "last resort" to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Google Play store for refusing to share up to 30% of sales. https://ift.tt/CuwW4hV

Vivo X80 Pro vs OnePlus 10 Pro: Which ‘Pro’ smartphone should you get?

Which one is the best flagship smartphone between Vivo X80 Pro and the OnePlus 10 Pro? Let us compare the X80 Pro and 10 Pro and find out. https://ift.tt/QwlrcJC

This is how Amazon devices head made fun of Facebook's Metaverse

As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moves ahead with his grand metaverse plans, David Limp, who is Amazon's head of devices, has said that their company would rather focus on technology that affects the real world "here and now". https://ift.tt/7DTo2jN

TCL announces Upgrade Days on Amazon: Here are the offers

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Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, says it will offer 10% faster CPU performance, 10% faster GPU clocks, and have up to 30% better power efficiency (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, says it will offer 10% faster CPU performance, 10% faster GPU clocks, and have up to 30% better power efficiency  —  Bragging rights (and battery life?) for gaming phones  —  Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 set the stage for the biggest Android smartphones …

A new Marvel game is coming: 10 quick facts about Marvel Snap

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In its annual diversity report, Google saw its "largest increases in representation of Black and Latinx Googlers in the US" at 20% YoY and 8% YoY, respectively (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
In its annual diversity report, Google saw its “largest increases in representation of Black and Latinx Googlers in the US” at 20% YoY and 8% YoY, respectively  —  Its US workforce is still two-thirds men  —  Google has released its annual diversity report …

Matt Shakman to direct, executive produce Apple's 'Godzilla and the Titans' series

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Koo, an app touted as India's answer to Twitter, has self-verification features that Elon Musk may want but shows risks of handing over data to the government (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World:
Koo, an app touted as India's answer to Twitter, has self-verification features that Elon Musk may want but shows risks of handing over data to the government  —  “Already doing what Elon Musk wants to do is such a high,” co-founder of Koo, Aprameya Radhakrishna, posted on Twitter.  —  • BENGALURU, INDIA

Brands using Google Messages to bombard Indian users with unwanted ads

Several companies and brands are reportedly abusing Google Messages' RCS (Rich Communication Services) feature in India to bombard users with multiple ads, specifically selling personal loans and life insurances, without their consent. https://ift.tt/WDF4BQj

YouTube to highlight the "most replayed" parts of videos

Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube will now highlight the "most replayed" parts of videos in its web player and mobile apps to let users skip the boring parts. https://ift.tt/cF4mLSh