Nov. 5, 2020
Thu. 11/05 - WhatsApp Gets Disappearing Messages Ten Years After Snapchat!
WhatsApp gets disappearing messages ten years after Snapchat! A new entry-level, ultra-lightweight drone from DJI. Productivity laptops are getting interesting designs, ala gaming laptops. Ethereum 2.0 is coming. How and why Jack Ma pissed off the Chinese government. The Xbox Series X reviews are in. And Justice Department just sued to block Visa from buying Plaid. But that just broke, so I’m telling you it happened now. We’ll analyze it tomorrow.
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- WhatsApp now lets you post ephemeral messages that disappear after 7 days (TechCrunch)
- DJI Mini 2 drone arrives with 4K camera and ultra-portable design (SlashGear)
- Fortnite set to return to iPhones via Nvidia cloud gaming service (BBCNews)
- Ethereum 2.0 Set to Launch on December 1 (Decrypt)
- ‘The party is pushing back’: why Beijing reined in Jack Ma and Ant (Financial Times)
- TikTok Parent ByteDance Seeks to Raise Cash at $180 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
- Razer's first mainstream laptop still has an RGB keyboard (Engadget)
- XBOX SERIES X REVIEW: A NEXT-GEN PC (The Verge)
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