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Sources: fingerprint scanner will be omitted from “iPhone 8” after production issues, which set back early production by a month and may create supply shortages — The widely anticipated 10th-anniversary iPhone, with an expected base price near $1,000, hit a speed bump or two related to its OLED display| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
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Facebook says most of ~3K Russia-linked ads during US Presidential campaign referenced divisive social issues, not the election, and that ~25% were geo-targeted — There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process.
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Microsoft and Facebook partner to launch Open Neural Network Exchange format, letting AI developers switch between frameworks easily — Facebook and Microsoft announced ONNX, the Open Neural Network Exchange this morning in respective blog posts. The Exchange makes it easier …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon seeks proposals from cities for a second HQ in North America, a “full equal” to Seattle HQ, and says it'll invest $5B+ and grow it to 50,000 employees — Amazon plans to build a second headquarters in a North American city to be determined, saying the new $5 billion campus will be a …
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| Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Silicon Valley fondly remembers Dogster cofounder Ted Rheingold, who died of cancer at 47 — The last company Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and angel investor Ted Rheingold advised was one that helps an overlooked segment of American consumers improve their credit scores.
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Atlassian launches Stride, a Slack-like workplace communication tool; free tier stores 25K messages, has 5GB file storage while $3/user/mo. tier removes limits — Atlassian, the company behind popular tools like Jira, Trello and Bitbucket, has also long offered a team communications service in the form of HipChat.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger says Marvel and Star Wars titles will be streamed exclusively on its new service when it launches in late 2019 — - Marvel and Star Wars titles will be streamed exclusively on the new Disney streaming platform when it launches in late 2019, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger.
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White hat hacker group warns that German election vote tabulating software has serious vulnerabilities, with some scenarios letting hackers change vote tallies — The Chaos Computer Club is publishing an analysis of software used for tabulating the German parliamentary elections (Bundestagswahl).
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Microsoft and Adobe announce new productivity integrations: Adobe Sign now “preferred” option for Office 365, Microsoft Teams now “preferred” for Creative Cloud — Microsoft and Adobe are continuing to integrate more of their cloud services — such as Microsoft Teams … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google to sunset Drive app for desktop, with support ending December 11 and full shutdown on March 12, 2018, to be replaced by newer apps — Google will end support on December 11th — The aging Google Drive app for desktop is officially deprecated as of today, Google announced in a blog post.| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Ookla's US Speedtest report: average mobile download speeds increased 19% YoY; T-Mobile fastest for mobile internet and Comcast Xfinity fastest for broadband — Mobile and fixed broadband internet speeds in the U.S. are improving, but not all carriers and providers are created equal …
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Facebook is undermining its fact checking efforts by withholding data from its media partners, citing user privacy, such as which false stories are most popular — A once-touted plan to fact-check stories is being hindered by the company's refusal to share information.
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Gizmodo, SiliconBeat, and Engadget
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EU defense ministers tested cyberattack response in first ever cyber war game on Thursday, simulating naval vessel sabotage and social campaign to stir protests — TALLINN (Reuters) - European Union defense ministers tested their ability to respond to a potential attack by computer hackers …
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Indiegogo says it will compel campaigns to provide status of product's development and update backers monthly — Indiegogo is making a pair of changes today that are designed to compel crowdfunding campaigns to be clearer with backers about the state of their products.
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