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Leaked Facebook employee thread about now-deleted Boz memo had ~3,000 comments, with dozens criticizing leakers, others empathizing with users — “I've always thought our ‘open but punitive’ stance was particularly vulnerable to suicide bombers." — The publication of a June 2016 memo describing …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Accelerating and increasingly damaging leaks show Facebook's crumbling internal morale, which could be more pressing than threats like regulation or user exodus — These kinds of leaks didn't happen when I started reporting on Facebook eight years ago. It was a tight-knit cult convinced …
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| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash on Mar. 23 and the driver didn't respond to several warnings to take control of the car before crash — After a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X that caught on fire after the crash came under investigation …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills — Alexa's ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it's updated its Video Skill API …
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| Google Devs / Google Developers Blog: |
Google is winding down URL shortener goo.gl next month and will shut it down next year; all existing links will continue to redirect to intended destination — Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer, Firebase — We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Drupal devs warn of remote code execution vulnerability affecting ~1M sites running Drupal 6, 7, or 8, call it “highly critical”, and urge immediate patching — A dangerous Drupal flaw could leave your site completely compromised if you don't patch the flaw immediately.| Roger Fingas / AppleInsider: |
Apple details external GPU support now available in macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, recommends a number of specific enclosures and AMD cards; no Nvidia cards listed — The release of macOS 10.13.4 brings with it official external GPU support by Apple, but the company is recommending specific enclosures/chassis … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Reuters: |
Customs officers in Shenzhen arrested a gang that smuggled ~$80M worth of iPhones from Hong Kong to mainland China using drones — BEIJING (Reuters) - Customs officers in southern China's technology hub Shenzhen busted a group of criminals using drones to smuggle 500 million yuan ($79.8 million) …
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| CNBC: |
Cobalt Robotics raises $13M Series A from Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund for its roving robotic security guard — - Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund are among investors in a $13 million venture funding round for Cobalt Robotics.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Latest Microsoft reorganization proves it has moved beyond Windows, with cloud and AI as the fundamental core Microsoft is betting its future on — Cloud and AI are Microsoft's future bets — “We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows.| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
A look at Amazon HR's Connections daily Q&A and strengths-focused Forte annual reviews, presumably responses to 2015 NYT exposé of brutal working environment — - Some employees who spoke to CNBC expressed concerns about the program's confidentiality and the usefulness of the data.
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Some Silicon Valley executives warm up to Trump on taxes and deregulation even as they disagree with him on immigration and the environment — SAN FRANCISCO — Two days after Donald J. Trump won the 2016 election, executives at Google consoled their employees in an all-staff meeting broadcast around the world.
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