Amazon says it takes privacy seriously, Mac OS Catalina may arrive this week

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Microsoft Surface 7 could be packing Snapdragon chip

Microsoft will reportedly unveil a low-end Surface 7 tablet this week, along with a Surface Pro 7 and a Surface Laptop 3. And instead of Intel on the inside, the Surface 7 — codenamed Campus — could instead run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC, Wccftech reported Saturday, citing French tech blog Frandroid. Microsoft is set to host a Surface …

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Reddit tightens antibullying rules and bans ‘incel’ group

Reddit is clarifying its policy against bullying and harassment, posting new rules on Monday about the prohibited behavior. The changes, according to the administrator, Landoflobsters, were made due to user feedback and meant to make stopping abuse easier.  The new policy specifies that “being annoying, downvoting, or disagreeing” with another user isn’t harassment. The policy defines harassment as “menacing someone, …

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Facebook has begun hiding likes

Facebook began hiding likes on Friday, Sept. 27, making the number of reactions, views and likes visible only to a post’s author. The test kicked off in Australia, the social media giant confirmed last week, and includes ads. How the like “count” will appear during the test. Facebook “We are running a limited test where like, reaction and video view counts …

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One of our favorite budget TVs is on sale for $498

It’s not Prime Day, Black Friday, Labor Day, National Cat Awareness Day or any other holiday, but Vizio has chosen this moment to offer a great sale on a great TV. For a limited time, Amazon has the Vizio M-558G1 Quantum 55-inch TV for $498. Vizio proper sells it for $650, and here it’s a buck below the all-time lowest …

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HP updates the Spectre x360 13: Classy laptop slims down and goes OLED

Every manufacturer shaves a few millimeters off its laptops and boasts about a size reduction. With its new 13-inch Spectre x360 update, HP has shrank the bezels on the display and somehow managed to carve almost an inch off the laptop’s depth (23mm). HP also boosted the network throughput by doubling the antennas, allowing it to use LTE and Wi-Fi 6 simultaneously, …

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YouTube TV comes to Amazon Fire TV

Google’s live TV streaming service, YouTube TV, is finally available on Amazon Fire devices, effectively ending years of feuding between the two tech giants. YouTube TV will now be available on Fire TV devices including the second-gen Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube, Toshiba and Insignia Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and more.  YouTube TV is a premium …

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Chromebook deals: Save on models from Asus, HP and Lenovo

A convertible Asus Chromebook is at its lowest price ever on Amazon, while two Chromebooks from HP and Lenovo on sale at Best Buy have dipped to all-time lows. The Asus and Lenovo models are at the luxury end of the Chromebook spectrum with aluminum enclosures instead of plastic, full HD touch displays and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. …

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Pinterest app gets dark mode display option

Pinterest is the latest app to jump on the dark mode craze, with the photo-sharing company launching the setting Monday. It’s available globally on both iOS and Android, Pinterest said, and will darken the interface on the phone app. Dark mode inverts the colors of apps by putting white text on a black background, which is said to reduce smartphone …

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MacOS Catalina might be released this week

The next version of Apple’s MacOS, called Catalina, might be right around the corner. Apple previously revealed that MacOS Catalina would come out in October, but hasn’t offered up a specific release date. On Sept. 26, the company’s MacOS site for Denmark briefly suggested we could get the update by this Friday. An Apple Arcade promo on the Danish language site …

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Elon Musk unveils SpaceX Starship rocket, UK pushes for encrypted message access

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Google reportedly under antitrust scrutiny for new internet encryption protocol

Google’s plans to use a new internet protocol has raised concerns among congressional antitrust investigators who worry it could give the company an unfair competitive advantage, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Investigators want to know whether Google will use any data collected through the new protocol for commercial purposes. Investigators for the House Judiciary Committee asked Google in a …

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Facebook will have to give UK police access to encrypted messages, report says

Facebook and its messaging tool WhatsApp will have to give UK police access to users’ encrypted messages under an upcoming treaty with the US, says a Saturday report by Bloomberg, which cites a confidential source. The treaty, which covers other US-based social media platforms as well, would require the sharing in regard to investigations of serious crimes, such as terrorism …

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