Intrigue in Tech: Cryptocurrency Meets BitTorrent

Tesla continues to smash records. Facebook has announced big changes for Groups, and folks are concerned it will smash the platform further. A new startup claims to have smashed quantum computing records. And of course, we’ll smash the weekend longreads suggestions. Here’s what you missed today in the world of tech. Smash.

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• Tesla delivered 139,300 vehicles in the third quarter, smashing its previous record (The Verge)
• HP’s new Spectre x360 14 laptop has a 3:2 aspect ratio plus a Thunderbolt 4 port hiding in the corner (The Verge)
• Facebook will start surfacing some public group discussions in people’s News Feeds and search results (The Verge)
• Startup IonQ drastically ups the quantum computing ante (Fortune)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• What Opening Day for Asana and Palantir Says About Private Tech Stock Values (The Information)
• Techie Software Soldier Spy (Intelligencer)
• Sourcegraph: Devs are managing 100x more code now than they did in 2010 (Ars Technica)
• HOTorNOT shaped the social web as we know it (Mashable)
• Inside Facebook’s quadruple play: How the company is finally melding its apps (Fast Company)
• HYPE MANOF THE CENTURY (The Verge)

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