Oct. 12, 2020
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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