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How Facebook's increasing size and scope, potential for abuse, and new use cases led Zuckerberg to rethink its neutral role and emphasize community values — The same company that gives you birthday reminders also helped ensure the integrity of the German elections.
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Russians used Facebook's Custom Audiences retargeting tool to ID voters and send specific ads and messages to influence them — A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP) — SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel's former CEO Paul Otellini has passed away at the age of 66; he joined Intel in 1974 and became its fifth CEO in 2005 — Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini has passed away at the age of 66. — Otellini was a lifelong Intel employee who had silicon in his blood.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires social virtual reality app AltspaceVR, which had 35K MAUs as of July — At a special event today in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that it has acquired social VR app AltspaceVR. — The virtual reality social networking app allows users across headset and web platforms …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Droid Life: |
Walmart listing showed a $49 pre-order for Google Home Mini, arriving on October 19, and another image of the Pixel 2 XL — The Google Home Mini, a device we first revealed back in mid-September as the cheaper, smaller Google Home assistant speaker for $49, is now up for pre-order at Walmart.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 11.0.2 update with fix for iPhone 8 and 8 Plus crackling earpiece issue — Apple today released the second official update to its new iOS 11 operating system, iOS 11.0.2. iOS 11.0.2 comes one week after Apple released iOS 11.0.1, and two weeks after Apple released iOS 11 to the public.| Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon to be fined several hundred million euros in back taxes by the EU on Wednesday, after investigation into sweetheart tax deal with Luxembourg — Brussels will hit Amazon on Wednesday with a bill for Luxembourg back taxes worth several hundred million euros …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
Slack and Oracle partner to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products into the popular messaging app — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc has secured a partnership with Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google's new program will enable anyone with suitable hardware to contribute to Street View, starting with Insta360's Pro, an $3,499 8K camera — Google has a new program called “Street View ready” which will make it possible for anyone with the right hardware to contribute …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sony PlayStation chief Andrew House, who drove the strategy and launch of the PS4, is leaving after 27 years; deputy president John Kodera is taking over — Andrew House, the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has resigned from his post, and current deputy president, Tsuyoshi …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Walmart acquires Brooklyn-based Parcel, which offers logistics for same-day delivery in NYC; source says price was less than $10M — The deal was small but key to Walmart's new express delivery service. — Walmart.com will soon begin offering same-day delivery to some customers in New York City …
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blog.walmart.com, Business Insider, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Mashable, Fortune, and PYMNTS.com
| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
MLB announces the Oakland Athletics are using iOS 11's NFC feature on iPhone and Apple Watch for contactless stadium entry — Today the MLB announced that the Oakland Athletics are piloting a new NFC ticketing solution which lets fans enter the stadium by tapping their phone (or Apple Watch) …
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AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, PYMNTS.com, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, iLounge, MacDailyNews, Engadget, MacRumors, and NFC World
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Instagram adds polling stickers to Stories, an eyedropper color-picking tool to Android and iOS, and text and sticker alignment tool, limited for to iOS now — Instagram is making its Stories a little more interactive with a new polling feature that users can add with a “poll” sticker.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Waymo is preparing to launch commercial ride-sharing service powered by self-driving vehicles with no human “safety” drivers as soon as this fall — Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car unit, is preparing to launch the first commercial ride-sharing service powered … | Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber's Otto due diligence report disclosed in Uber v. Waymo, shows Levandowski met with Uber execs before leaving Google, had Google work emails on personal PC — Alphabet had been fighting to get ahold of this document for months over the course of its litigation against Uber.| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
Facebook is replacing custom emoji set on Messenger with Facebook emoji set on Android and web; Messenger users on iOS will see Apple's native emoji set — Until now, Facebook has had two custom emoji sets: one for Facebook, and one for Messenger. Now there is only one.
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Android Central, Android Police, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @kantrowitz
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
How the big tech platforms including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, who've pledged to provide accurate information during major crises, are failing miserably — In aftermath of Sunday evening's mass shooting in Las Vegas, visitors to Facebook's Crisis Response page for the tragedy …
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Fortune, Scripting News, and Slate
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| Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company: |
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
An inside look at the development of Microsoft's Xbox One X, including design goals, the Scorpio engine, cooling system, color choices, and impact of 4K — An inside look at the development of the Xbox One X, and what it means for the future of console gaming
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