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Profile of Shield AI, which raised money from a16z and others to develop autonomous military drones that scan buildings to help soldiers clear them (Elliott Ackerman/Wired)

Profile of Shield AI, which raised money from a16z and others to develop autonomous military drones that scan buildings to help soldiers clear them (Elliott Ackerman/Wired)

In its latest confusing decision, Twitter reinstates The New York Post

Apple will replace AirPods Pro for free with faulty noise cancellation, static or crackling

Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal (Bloomberg)

Waymo releases public road testing data on its self-driving operations in Arizona between Jan. 2019 and Sept. 2020, says its cars drove 6.1M+ miles in 2019 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Daimler's truck division invests an undisclosed sum in lidar startup Luminar, as part of a partnership that seeks to develop autonomous trucks (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

The Backbone One is the best mobile gaming controller I’ve laid hands on

TikTok avoids another US ban thanks to influencers' lawsuit

TikTok stars got a judge to block Trump’s TikTok ban

Cough-scrutinizing AI shows major promise as an early warning system for COVID-19

Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle

Ubisoft lays out its plans for next-gen upgrades, cross-progression, and backward compatibility

Facebook Q3: ad revenue was $21.2B, up 22% YoY from $17.4B despite July's ad boycott; Facebook expects higher ad growth in Q4 from holiday season (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

Facebook's Q3 "Other" revenue, including sales of Oculus and Portal, was $249M, down 7% YoY, but Facebook says strong Oculus Quest 2 sales may boost Q4 revenue (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Corsair announces it has acquired the EpocCam app, which turns iOS devices into high definition Mac and PC webcams; EpocCam creator Sam Grohn to join Elgato (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Google to Launch a VPN for Consumers as a Perk to Its Cloud Storage Service

Apple AirPods with a wireless charging case hit a new low price of $108

Tesla has increased the price of its “Full Self-Driving” option to $10,000