Thu. 10/08 – AMD Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 CPUs Announced

Bunch of new chip announcements from AMD. Facebook is pausing all political ads… after the election. Square puts its money where its mouth is when it comes to bitcoin. Triller is an interesting TikTok competitor. And what is it with photo startups always wanting to go all nostalgic and analog?

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Links:

• AMD reveals its new Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 processors, including the ‘world’s best gaming CPU’ (The Verge)
• Facebook to temporarily halt political ads in U.S. after polls close Nov. 3, broadening earlier restrictions (The Washington Post)
• Google is adding cross-app account security alerts on iOS (The Verge)
• Jack Dorsey’s Square purchases $50 million worth of bitcoin (The Block)
• Airbnb Burned Through $1.2 Billion as IPO Loomed (The Information)
• Fancy Cars, Fine Dining, Creator Mansions, Cash: Triller Is Shelling Out for Talent (NYTimes)
• Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s New Venture Fund Invests in Disposable Camera App (WSJ)

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