Mon. 10/12 – Nest’s New Smart Thermostat Ditches the Rotating Dial

Google’s Nest thermostat is ditching the iconic dial design. Will regulators first ask Google to divest itself of Chrome? A big takedown of a botnet that could have influenced the election. Update on Quibi’s shopping itself around. And why Covid has made Caterpillar hit the gas on robo-construction machines.

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Links:

• Google’s Nest announces new smart thermostat with simpler design, lower price (The Verge)
• Feds may target Google’s Chrome browser for breakup (Politico)
• Microsoft and others orchestrate takedown of TrickBot botnet (ZDNet)
• Microsoft takes down massive hacking operation that could have affected the election (CNN Business)
• Katzenberg Strikes Out on Quibi Sale Efforts, So Far (The Information)
• Twilio confirms it is buying Segment for $3.2B in an all-stock deal (TechCrunch)
• On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016 (NYTimes)
• Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics (Reuters)

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