Apple closing the year with another big event, Twitter describes its plans to combat election-related misinformation, and WeWork employees used an embarrassingly insecure printer password. This is your Daily Crunch for November 2nd, 2020.
The Big Story: Apple announces its next big eventYes, almost all of them draw attention to tomorrow's US presidential election, but Apple is giving us an excuse to look beyond November 4: another big event will be held on November 10 at 10 am Pacific time, themed "One More. Thing ".
What's another thing? Most likely, Apple will unveil the first Macs built with the company's ARM-based processors and also provide a release date for macOS Big Sur.
The move to "Apple silicon" was announced earlier this year at WWDC, with Tim Cook describing it as "a historic day for the Mac". But now we will actually get some product details.
The tech giantsTwitter Explains How It Will Handle Misleading Tweets About US Election Results - The platform says it will prioritize labeling of presidential election tweets and any other "highly contested contest" where there could be significant issues with misleading information.
Spotify will now allow artists and labels to promote songs in your recommendations: Spotify announced today that it will begin testing a new service that will give artists more say in how their music is discovered on the Spotify platform.
WeWork employees used an incredibly insecure printer password: the password ("9999", the same as the username) was so simple that a customer guessed it.
Startups, financing and venture capitalYC-Backed Nonprofit VotingWorks Wants To Rebuild Trust In Election Systems Through Open Source - The startup has a dual goal of improving the technology behind elections through more convenient and secure voting systems, as well as utilizing modern science statistics to improve the quality and efficiency of electoral checks.
Rocket Lab's upcoming launch will put 30 satellites and a 3D printed gnome by Gabe Newell into orbit - the gnome is a test of a new manufacturing technique, as well as a philanthropic endeavor of the gaming industry legend.
Email Creator Startup Stensul Raises $ 16M - With other marketing channels paused or downgraded during the pandemic, email has only become more important.
Tips and analysis from Extra CrunchThe impact of the pandemic has disproportionately reduced VC funding for founders: prejudice, early stage bottlenecks and slow structural changes continue to hold women back.
Edtech's burgeoning M&A business leads to the consolidation of a fragmented industry: Edtech's M&A business is livelier than usual.
Starling Bank founder Anne Boden says the new book "is not a memoir" - In "Banking On It", Boden tells how she came up with the idea of founding a challenging bank and the many obstacles she faced along the way. the street.
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All the restRaspberry Pi Foundation Announces Cute Little Raspberry Pi 400 - The Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer integrated into a compact keyboard that costs $ 70.
Original Content Podcast: Bill Murray's Charm Can't Hide the Sadness of "On the Rocks" - The film reunites Murray with his "Lost in Translation" director Sofia Coppola.
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