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| Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company: |
Facebook's Safety Check page for Las Vegas shooting promoted sites giving misinformation like Alt-Right News and End Times Headlines; Google highlighted 4Chan — In the wake of the deadly shooting in Las Vegas last night that left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured …
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| Elliot Schrage / Facebook: |
About 10M people saw Russian ads on Facebook, 44% of ads were seen before Nov. 8, 50% of ads were for $3 or less; for 99% of the ads, less than $1,000 was spent — What was in the ads you shared with Congress? How many people saw them? — Most of the ads appear to focus on divisive social …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Russian efforts included FB pages named Secured Borders, LGBT United, Defend the 2nd, alongside formerly reported fake Blacktivist and Muslim accounts — SAN FRANCISCO — The Russians who posed as Americans on Facebook last year tried on quite an array of disguises.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to hire 1000 more ad reviewers and make all the ads each organization buys visible to users, not just the targeted ones, to fight election interference — Facebook today handed over to congressional investigators 3,000 ads that were bought by a Russian company to influence U.S. politics.
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| Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Alleged renders of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL leak, showing dual front facing speakers, redesigned launcher with a Google search bar above navigation buttons — EXCLUSIVE: — Unlike Apple, Google tends to hold just a single major hardware launch per year — and just like last year's event, this one will also be held on October 4.
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Ring debuts Protect, a $199 home security system that includes base station, keypad, contact sensor, motion detector, and range extender, launching late October — It's clearly the season for home security systems, with Ring launching Ring Protect with the promise of 24/7 monitoring and easy installation.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung, ADT announce new SmartThings-powered home security system; base bundle costs $550, includes a hub, two door and window detectors, and a motion detector — Samsung announced a new SmartThings-powered home security system today, but with an interesting twist: the company has partnered with ADT …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead — Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music two years ago, in a bid to make its music streaming service more relevant to consumers.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Oracle follows others with a new blockchain cloud service, built on the Hyperledger Fabric project, like IBM's Blockchain as a Service — Oracle is working hard to be a SaaS vendor that matters, whether with its new autonomous database service or getting involved with blockchain.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings data-saving Messenger Lite beyond developing markets to the Google Play Store in US, Canada, UK, and Ireland, has no plans for iOS version — Facebook's data-conserving version of Messenger is no longer just for developing nations with slow networks.
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
After Waymo asks court to seal courtroom for large portions of Uber trial, multiple media orgs, including Gizmodo, NYT, and WSJ, file brief to keep it open — Since Waymo sued Uber in February, alleging a massive theft of trade secrets related to its self-driving car technology … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US Senate confirms Ajit Pai for another term at FCC in 52-41 vote — Democrats objected to Pai's re-nomination, but Republicans had his back. — The US Senate today gave Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai another term on the FCC. — Pai would have had to leave the FCC … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat to launch AR art platform in partnership with pop artist Jeff Koons on Tuesday that allows art objects to be pinned to specific locations — Snapchat plans to launch a new augmented reality art platform featuring pop artist Jeff Koons and others. It will allow art to be pinned …
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| Ash Bennington / CoinDesk: |
Bitwise Asset Management launches HOLD 10 hedge fund for an index of top 10 cryptocurrencies weighted by market cap with 2% annual fees and $10K min investment — A startup led by former Facebook and Google employees is launching a cryptocurrency index fund.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Equifax now says 145.5M were impacted by breach, not 143M; former CEO says it took months to patch systems after DHS alert in March — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) was alerted in March to the software security vulnerability that led to hackers obtaining personal information …
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