After ten countries in a very short span, I’m settled back in and getting caught up on work. We have a lot of new products from both Amazon and Microsoft in the news. Throw in a new GoPro camera and a new Skydio drone. Apple has a new version of iOS. Microsoft has a new Windows version or two. All of the headlines are below, so check them all out and click on a headline to read the full story.

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Privacy and Security

• Credit Karma bug reportedly exposes credit card account information to other users
• Apple: Break Safari’s privacy rules and we’ll treat you like malware
• Microsoft bans 38 file extensions in Outlook for the Web
• Amazon bolsters Alexa privacy after user trust takes a hit

Electronics

• GoPro Hero 8 Black could change the way you shoot video
• Skydio’s second-gen drone is a $1,000 self-flying action cam
• How to Turn a $5 IKEA Gadget into the Perfect Darkroom Timer/Thermometer
• Amazon’s Alexa dives into mobile world with Echo earbuds, glasses and ring
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• Amazon’s $180 Echo Frames are Alexa’s first take on smart glasses
• With Alexa, Echo hardware barrage, Amazon formalizes AWS-like innovation cadence
  ***** Get eero Pro mesh WiFi system on Amazon *****
  ***** Get All-new Echo Dot on Amazon *****
  ***** Get Echo Flex on Amazon *****
• Amazon Echo Show 5 review
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• Microsoft Takes on the iPad Pro with the New Surface Pro X
• Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo PC, coming holiday 2020
• New Microsoft products: Surface Duo phone, Surface Pro, Surface Laptop 3 and every other Surface announced
• Surface Laptop 3 is Microsoft’s most powerful laptop yet, and it charges fast, too

Software

• Holy awesome giveaways! Get 6 free Batman games for PC, no strings attached
• Pandora puts its personalization powers to work in a revamped app
• Microsoft says Windows 10 1903 is officially ‘ready for broad deployment’
• When will you get the next version of Windows 10? Here’s how to take control
• iOS 13 and iPadOS: Every important feature you need to know right now
• Google finally solves this common browser problem. Try it out now
• What is Windows 10X? Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s dual-screen OS
• Re-inventing Windows: From NT to 10X, Microsoft’s never-ending quest for the better OS

WordPress

• What Is a Media Kit? (And How to Create One)
• 5 Rookie Mistakes Nearly Every Budding Professional Makes (And How to Avoid Them)
• Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in GiveWP Plugin
• Get a FREE Screen Printing Layout Pack for Divi

Design

• This Picasso painting had never been seen before. Until a neural network painted it.
• Peachy: the emoji that’s become a political statement

Technology

• Mini-LED is here: How smaller lights could lead to big TV improvements
• YouTube TV is now available on Fire TV devices
• The unlikely origins of USB, the port that changed everything
• FAA certification of UPS drone delivery business is a national first
• This Self-Driving Garbage Can Remembers to Take the Trash to the Curb For You
• Taboola and Outbrain Are Merging Into A $2 Billion Company To Better Compete With Facebook

Phones

• T-Mobile lashes out against Verizon’s 5G rollout
• There’s a new jailbreak for millions of iPhones, and Apple can’t patch it
• That Motorola Razr foldable will squeak out a debut before year’s end
• iOS 13.1.1 and iOS 13.1.2: Apple takes an aggressive update cadence to clean up iOS 13
• iPhone 11 and 11 Pro cameras get new Deep Fusion photo feature in the latest iOS beta
• iOS 13 vs. Android 10: How Apple and Google compare
• Six days with the Samsung Galaxy Fold: Is it really as fragile as Samsung warns?
• These Leaked Photos were Taken with the Google Pixel 4’s Astrophotography Mode

Fun Stories

• Confessions of a Group Tour Guide
• A gas giant planet that couldn’t have formed the way Jupiter did
• The Mysterious Origins of an Uncrackable Video Game
• A London-sized iceberg broke off Antarctica, but scientists are chill
• Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back
• For Sale: 19 Frank Lloyd Wright Houses, Including His Last
• 14 Lesser-Known Ancient Sites Worth Building a Trip Around
• Man gored by bison returns to scene with date months later – and she is gored by bison

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Social Media

• Facebook will begin hiding likes on Friday
• Twitter launches its anti-abuse filter for Direct Messages
• Reddit tightens anti-bullying rules and bans ‘incel’ group
• Zuckerberg: I’ll ‘go to the mat and fight’ Warren over plan to break up Facebook
• Elizabeth Warren bites back at Zuckerberg’s leaked threat to K.O. the government
• How to Use the Facebook Restricted List to Protect Your Professional Life
• Using Tweetdeck to Manage Your Brand’s Twitter Presence
• Twitter and TweetDeck are both a little broken right now
• Instagram’s new Threads app is just for messaging your close friends

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