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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Trump administration issues directive giving agencies 90 days to discontinue use of Kaspersky software, citing concerns about ties to Russian government — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products …
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| Casey Michel / Extra: |
A deep look at Heart of Texas, a Russia-linked Facebook group that promoted Texas secession and had 225K+ members before being taken down in summer of 2017 — When is a Texan not a Texan? — Earlier this week, Facebook announced that they had shuttered almost 500 accounts they believe …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook releases guidelines on ad content, prohibits monetization of violence, porn, drugs, hate, debated social issues, and other content types — Facebook wants content creators to earn money, but not at the expense of the family friendly social network it's built, or the integrity of its advertising clients.
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Facebook Media, Facebook Media, Engadget, BetaNews, CNET, Investor's Business Daily, New York Magazine, The Verge, AdExchanger, The Hill, Tubefilter, Marketing Land, TechSpot, SiliconBeat, ROUGH TYPE, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Variety, and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Equifax employee portal in Argentina listed 14K names, social security number-like DNIs of customers in plain text until notified by security researchers today — Equifax last week disclosed a historic breach involving Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on as many as 143 million Americans.
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BBC, International Business Times, TechCrunch, CNET, New York Magazine, SlashGear, Forbes, ProgrammableWeb.com, and CNBC
Tweets: @docvaporz, @dangoodin001, and @counternotions
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will require third-party apps ask permission to access camera and other sensitive information or hardware — Microsoft is continuing to tinker with the privacy configuration and options in Windows 10, with the Fall Creators Update, due for release on October 17 …
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Windows Blog, The Verge, The Register, TechSpot, The Tech Report, MSPoweruser, BetaNews, Digital Trends, MalwareTips.com, gHacks Technology News, On MSFT, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, and Engadget. Tweets: @windows
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian's Trello, a popular productivity tool, finally launches Mac and Windows apps — It's only taken six years, but the popular project management tool Trello — which was recently acquired by Atlassian — today launched its desktop apps for Mac, with the Windows app launching tomorrow.
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| Bloomberg: |
President Trump blocks $1.3B sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed private equity fund Canyon Bridge, citing national security — Fourth presidential block of foreign takeover in last 27 years — Order adds to string of failed Chinese deals for U.S. firms
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Wall Street Journal, The Register, GeekWire, The White House, Investor's Business Daily, Seeking Alpha, and silicontap.com
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| Ali Montag / CNBC: |
Computer vision-powered kiosk maker Bodega debuts to furious internet backlash on concerns the startup wants to replace mom-and-pop corner stores — For two former Google employees, the launch of their new app may not have gone exactly as planned. — Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan released …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's iPhone 8 and X can charge to 50% in 30 minutes when plugged into USB-C power adapter — Though not mentioned on stage at today's event, both the iPhone X and the iPhone 8 are “fast-charge capable,” which means the two devices can be charged to 50 percent battery life in 30 minutes.
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TheStreet, iMore, CNET, Mashable, The Next Web, Forbes, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Refinery29, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Gizmodo, International Business Times, Ars Technica, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, gizmodo, The Verge, The Verge, BGR, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Apple, and The Verge. Tweets: @bzamayo
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Oracle will work with IBM and Red Hat to move Java Enterprise Edition to open source, using Eclipse Foundation — Oracle confirms it's spinning Java EE to an open-source foundation with IBM and Red Hat's support. — Oracle is continuing to free up Java Enterprise Edition (EE) …
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TechCrunch, Cloud Native Computing …, Oracle Blogs, The New Stack, The Register, Meshed Insights Ltd, ADTmag, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @eclipsefdn
| Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple has signed deals to sell movies in 4K with every major Hollywood studio, except Disney — Apple TV will offer Hollywood movies in the high-resolution format, called either 4K or UHD, for ultra-high definition — Apple Inc. AAPL -.40% has signed new deals to sell movies …
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AppleInsider, Fortune, iPhone Hacks, Tech Narratives, AppAdvice.com, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, MacStories, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @benfritz
| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Facebook releases its Bonfire group video chat app on the Danish iOS App Store; app allows sharing of pictures from chats to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger — Bonfire, Facebook's group video chat app, has sprung up on the Danish iOS App Store, suggesting the social media giant is slowly rolling it out to customers.
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