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iPHONE 12 PUSHING FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE

Despite a month-long delay due to COVID-19 supply chain issues, the virtual announcement of this year’s iPhone range did not disappoint.

MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS

Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.

WALMART TO SPREAD OUT DEALS TO AVOID BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS

Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.

DISNEY REORG TO FURTHER BOLSTER COMPANY'S FOCUS ON STREAMING

Disney said that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming.

IBM TO SPIN OFF $19B BUSINESS TO FOCUS ON CLOUD COMPUTING

IBM says it is breaking off a $19 billion chunk of its business to focus on cloud computing.

Global Watchdog Proposes Tax Overhaul For Big Tech

A global economic watchdog this week proposed an overhaul of international tax rules to make sure big tech companies pay their dues and warned that failure to adopt it would make the economic recovery from COVID-19 harder.

Facebook's Quadruple Play

The tech juggernaut is weaving together its four mega apps –Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, and Facebook itself– at the very moment watchdogs and regulators are closing in. No big deal: only democracy hangs in the balance

What every business must know about the new era of broadband

As 5G networking becomes a reality, a new world of opportunity awaits. Wether or not you're ready may determine the futur of your company.

SOFIA COPPOLA'S ‘ON THE ROCKS' IS A MODEST DELIGHT

Few filmmakers can bring a rut to life like Sofia Coppola. When her characters are in a funk, whether it’s a Hollywood actor in between jobs, a few lost souls in a foreign place or a Queen, it’s never the stuff of melodrama.

SMALL GYMS DEVASTATED BY CORONAVIRUS FEAR, RESTRICTIONS

There’s little evidence of Americans’ passion for fitness at the tens of thousands of small and independent gyms around the country.

3 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE FOR BLACK HOLE RESEARCH

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes — the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time and will eventually swallow us, too.

MORGAN STANLEY BUYING EATON VANCE IN DEAL VALUED AT $7B

Morgan Stanley will buy the investment management firm Eaton Vance in a deal valued at about $7 billion.

NICE KNOWING YOU: LONDON HEATHROW'S FAREWELL TO BA'S JUMBOS

British Airways’ last two Boeing 747 planes at the airline’s historic base of London’s Heathrow Airport made their final flight Thursday, the fleet’s retirement having been brought forward by the coronavirus pandemic.

MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS

Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.

HAWAII PUSHES FORWARD WITH TOURISM DESPITE SAFETY CONCERNS

Despite increasing coronavirus cases across the U.S., Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism next week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers.

FRENCH COURT: GOOGLE MUST OPEN PAYMENT TALKS WITH PUBLISHERS

A French appeals court upheld an order for Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments to use their news content.

2 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE FOR GENE-EDITING TOOL

The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to two researchers Wednesday for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life — technology already being used to try to cure a host of diseases and raise better crops and livestock.

FACEBOOK BRACES FOR CONTESTED ELECTION, VOTER INTIMIDATION

Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results and the possibility of voter intimidation by alleged — and potentially armed — “poll watchers.”

MICROSOFT PLANS $1 BILLION DATA CENTER VENTURE IN GREECE

Microsoft has announced plans to build three data center sites in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by the pandemic.

NOBEL PRIZES AND COVID-19: SLOW, BASIC SCIENCE MAY PAY OFF

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off.

WATCH SE: AN AFFORDABLE PRICE TAG & A NEW DIRECTION FOR APPLE

Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 6 announcement at this year’s September Event, Apple introduced an altogether more interesting concept: the affordable Apple Watch SE.

LILLY SEEKS EMERGENCY USE OF ITS ANTIBODY DRUG FOR COVID-19

A drug company says it has asked the U.S. government to allow emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy based on early results from a study that suggested the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of virus, hospitalizations and ER visits for patients with mild or moderate COVID-19.

‘DUNE' DITCHES 2020, WHILE AMC COMMITS TO STAYING OPEN

The 2020 theatrical release calendar is getting even slimmer in the wake of the announcement that Regal cinemas are temporarily closing, although AMC, North America’s largest theater chain, says it will remain open.

HUNDREDS OF REGAL, CINEWORLD MOVIE THEATERS TO CLOSE

In the latest blow to the beleaguered film industry, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. is temporarily shuttering its locations due to a lack of blockbusters on the calendar and major domestic markets like New York remaining closed.

JAMES BOND FILM ‘NO TIME TO DIE' PUSHED AGAIN, TO 2021

The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been delayed again, this time to 2021, because of the effects of COVID-19 on the theatrical business.

GOOGLE, ORACLE MEET IN COPYRIGHT CLASH AT SUPREME COURT

Tech giants Google and Oracle are clashing at the Supreme Court in a copyright dispute that’s worth billions and important to the future of software development.

Boeing Says Pandemic Will Cut Demand For Planes For a Decade

Boeing is lowering its expectations around demand for new planes over the next decade as the coronavirus pandemic continues to undercut air travel.

Airnbnb Blocking Some Rentals Over Halloween To Halt Parties

Airbnb will prohibit one-night rentals over Halloween weekend as part of its ongoing effort to crack down on party houses.

A New Pipeline

The global tech company Infosys wanted to diversify its hiring. But to get it right, it needed to rethink a lot more than just its recruiting methods.

It's Time to Get Creative

We may be physically apart, but actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt says we can (and should!) still find ways to creatively collaborate.