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• WWE Smackdown vs. Raw on the 360: Load-tastic! (arstechnica.com)
  How many loading screens do you know during an entrance, and how can you put …
• EA might be going private in a “roughly $50 billion deal” that could be announced next week. (theverge.com)
  The group of investors involved in the deal includes “private-equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Jared Kush…
• Cybersecurity talent shortage: What are companies doing wrong? (zdnet.com)
  Tonya Hall talks to Joanna Burkey, CIFO at HP, about the untapped pools of talent in the cybersecurity field and how best to reach them.
• NBA Live fans: We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore (arstechnica.com)
  Does EA care about its fans? To some, it doesn't seem so anymore.
• Friday morning Apple links (arstechnica.com)
  Starbucks joins iTunes, David Lanham of Iconfactory does an interview, count …
• Rockset takes a deeper dive into enterprise data pool (zdnet.com)
  Rockset is making a pitch to MySQL and PostgreSQL developers with a cloud service to offload analytics at a fraction of the cost of cloud d…
• DJI announces $999 Mavic Air 2S featuring 5.4K video (zdnet.com)
  DJI's spring 2021 lineup isn't complete without a small, but meaningful upgrade, to the Mavic Air 2S.
• One of our favorite video doorbells is 47 percent off in the run-up to Prime Day (theverge.com)
  The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus is on sale for $79.99 ($70 off) at multiple retailers ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day, which is its best…
• Will Gavin Newsom let California regulate AI? (theverge.com)
  The California governor, who is already angling for a presidential run, has a stack of AI regulation bills he can veto before October 12th.…
• Get your fix: Microsoft to issue 11 patches this Tuesday (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday is almost here. How many security updates …
• ABC affiliates end their boycott, putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air nationwide (theverge.com)
  Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group will once again air Jimmy Kimmel Live! on their ABC affiliate stations starting on Friday.
• Wall Street analyst confident about Vista's release date (arstechnica.com)
  Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund was skeptical about Vista's release date …
• Microsoft Photos will soon auto-categorize your pictures (theverge.com)
  A test uses AI to sort your receipts, screenshots, identity documents, and notes into specific folders.
• Twitter is taking a closer look at its own algorithms in a bid to reduce bias (zdnet.com)
  The social media platform has launched a new initiative to evaluate its AI systems and better inform users.
• Google releases code search service (arstechnica.com)
  Google's new code search service is up and running. With lots of rough edges...
• More Guitar Hero 2 songs revealed (maybe) (arstechnica.com)
  MTV spills the beans on some Guitar Hero tracks, eagle eyed vierwers give up …
• IBM acquires myInvenio to add business process automation tools, analytics (zdnet.com)
  MyInvenio's platform finds the best business processes to automate with AI.
• Snapchat will start charging to store more Memories. (theverge.com)
  If you have more than 5GB of Memories, you’ll have to pay $1.99 / month to store up to 100GB of your past snaps. Snapchat will also include…
• Trump’s new target: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco (theverge.com)
  President Donald Trump has named his next target for retribution: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco. He’s calling for her to be…
• Pandemic is pushing robots into retail at unprecedented pace (zdnet.com)
  A new survey illustrates broad acceptance for robots in retail, including these crucial tasks.
• Sony BMG appeals the annulment of its European merger (arstechnica.com)
  Sony BMG wants the highest court in Europe to stamp the company's earlier …
• Google backs effort to bring Rust to the Linux kernel (zdnet.com)
  Google's Android Team is backing an effort to introduce Rust as a second programming language in the Linux kernel.
• The 2006 Fields Prizes (arstechnica.com)
  The results are in for the world's most prestigious mathematics prize, but not …
• The Blink security camera app was down, but Amazon rolled out a fix (theverge.com)
  The app for Amazon’s Blink security cameras was experiencing an issue on Friday. Users reported a vague error with a 503 status code.
• Google releases Chrome 90 with HTTPS by default and security fixes (zdnet.com)
  Chrome 90 has arrived with new privacy features and fixes for 37 security flaws.
• Raleigh One e-bike review: redemption tour (theverge.com)
  The £2,399 / €2,699 Raleigh One is for European commuters living in relatively flat cities. It was designed with help from VanMoof’s depart…
• Carmakers must tell consumers about "black boxes" (arstechnica.com)
  A new government rule will require auto manufacturers to notify consumers …
• Sony to ship 4 million PS3s by year-end, even as manufacturing yet to start (arstechnica.com)
  Less than three months ahead of the expected launch date, and the PS3 has yet …
• Windows 10: Microsoft restricts uploads to Timeline in latest preview (zdnet.com)
  What is Microsoft planning for the Windows 10 Timeline? Build 21359 for the Dev Channel offers a clue.
• When this EV maker collapsed, its customers became the car company (theverge.com)
  Fisker Ocean owners have banded together to help keep their EVs alive after the company went bankrupt.
• Draft 802.11n sales strong in second quarter (arstechnica.com)
  Sales of Draft-n gear were strong in small businesses seeking more speed, but …
• What to expect from Amazon’s big fall hardware event on Tuesday (theverge.com)
  Amazon’s fall hardware event is scheduled for September 30th, and the company has already teased new Echos and a new color Kindle. Here’s w…
• BoM floats idea of Antarctic subsea cable and satellite upgrades (zdnet.com)
  Weather bureau responsible for one-tenth of the planet wants a fixed-line connection between Australia and Antarctica, but it has warned ic…
• Mobile phone games to surpass console titles? (arstechnica.com)
  A mobile games developer claims that mobile phones will overtake consoles this …
• Singapore spruces up e-government platform, touts service portfolio (zdnet.com)
  Country's e-government platform SingPass gets its first brand makeover since its launch 18 years ago, boasting access to 1,400 services off…
• Blippo Plus review: the strangest game of the year (theverge.com)
  Panic’s new game Blippo Plus is available now on the Nintendo Switch and Steam, and it’s a strange mix of FMV and sci-fi TV.
• Can Google be trusted without a break up? (theverge.com)
  The Justice Department argued that Google will likely continue to monopolize ad tech markets unless a judge removes its incentives to do so.
• IEEE 802.11n WiFi making progress, but final approval pushed back again (arstechnica.com)
  Even the hardware makers that are selling early draft 802.11n gear now are …
• Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Americans need to make work / life ‘tradeoffs’ to compete with (theverge.com)
  Easy for a guy who never has to work another day in life to suggest other people need to change their work / life balance. What Forbes call…
• Sterile Neutrinos are not dark matter (arstechnica.com)
  New observations and theoretical calculations show that the sterile neutrino …
• Chorus customers on 1Gbps connections inch closer to 150,000 mark (zdnet.com)
  Uptake of 1Gbps connections grew by 7,000 during the third quarter for Chorus.
• National Labor Relations Board is dropping charges that Tim Cook violated workers’ rights. (theverge.com)
  Apple’s CEO was facing allegations that he violated workers’ rights by imposing rules that “restrain or coerce employees” and even surveill…
• Victorian government earmarks AU$30m to lift hospital cyber capabilities (zdnet.com)
  Funding from the Victorian government will be used to replace old servers and operating systems being used by hospitals and health services.
• FTC head: no need for net neutrality law (arstechnica.com)
  The Chairman of the FTC comes out against net neutrality legislation. But can …
• SK Telecom to split to form separate telco business and holding company (zdnet.com)
  South Korea's largest telco will split into two businesses, with the spin-off to function as a holding company for SK Hynix, 11StreetCo, an…
• One man's tale of an encounter with Windows Update (arstechnica.com)
  What happened when Windows Update took the initiative to automatically reboot …
• Switch 2 controllers and the OnePlus Watch 3 top our list of the best deals this week (theverge.com)
  Our weekend deal roundup features a discount on EasySMX’s excellent S10 controller, Ugreen’s latest Bluetooth tracker, the OnePlus Watch 3,…
• Budget 2021: Square Kilometre Array scores AU$387 million (zdnet.com)
  The 10-year investment will be used for the construction and operation of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory in Western Australia.
• Microsoft invites Firefox development team to Redmond (arstechnica.com)
  Why does Microsoft want the Firefox and Thunderbird development team to come …
• Martin Shkreli can be sued for copying Wu-Tang’s one-of-a-kind record (theverge.com)
  A judge ruled that Martin Shkreli can be sued for copying Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.