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Sources: over 250 Facebook employees have signed a letter visible on an internal forum that says letting politicians lie in ads is “a threat” to the company — In an open letter, the social network's employees said letting politicians post false claims in ads was “a threat” to the company.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple pulls HomePod 13.2 software update because some users have reported bricked HomePod devices after the update — Apple today released new 13.2 software for the HomePod with long-awaited features like Handoff and voice detection for different family members, but unfortunately, some users are running into problems with the update.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon makes grocery delivery free in ~2,000 US cities for all Prime members by removing the $14.99 per month Amazon Fresh fee — Amazon is turning up the heat once again in the world of groceries, and specifically grocery delivery, to make its service more enticing in face of competition from Walmart …
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Google for allegedly misleading customers over location data settings and collection on Android devices — Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges Google breached law when users set up Android accounts
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| Renee Dudley / ProPublica: |
Profile of Michael Gillespie, who has cracked the encryption of 100+ types of ransomware and helped thousands of ransomware victims recover their files for free — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter … | Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue of $40.5B, up 20% YoY, operating income of $9.2B, up from $8.6B YoY, and net income of $7.1B, down from $9.1B YoY — “I am extremely pleased with the progress we made across the board in the third quarter, from our recent advancements in search and quantum computing …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says hackers from Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics — Microsoft said APT28 targeted “at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations.”
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| Bloomberg: |
China has created a $29B state-backed fund to invest in the semiconductor industry, from design to manufacturing, to reduce its dependency on US technology — - Second of its kind, the fund is mainly backed by state capital — China wants to become self-reliant in chip-making and design| Mathew Ingram / CJR: |
Q&A with Alex Stamos about Mark Zuckerberg's recent comments on free speech and where he went wrong, Facebook's News tab, fact-checking political ads, and more — Facebook relationship to speech is complicated: It takes down some forms of hate speech, provided it meets certain criteria … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google now lets any company or organization register .new domains, a year after rolling out .new links as shortcuts to create new Google documents — A year ago, Google rolled out “.new” links that worked like shortcuts to instantly create new Google documents.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Surface Laptop 3 (13.5") review: outstanding keyboard and trackpad, familiar yet sturdy look, great for everyday tasks, but battery could have been better — Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop isn't without faults, but it is a very good computer — Microsoft has given us more choices than ever with its Surface products this year.
Tweets: @tomwarren, @dcseifert, and @alex
| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Following Xi Jinping's speech urging adoption of blockchain tech, the CPC releases a decentralized app for members to attest their loyalty on a blockchain — China's Communist Party (CPC) is taking its leader's support for blockchain to heart. — Following Xi Jinping's bombshell speech …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
FCC proposes rules requiring telcos remove Huawei and ZTE equipment, in two draft orders slated to be voted on at a meeting on November 19 — The Federal Communications Commission said it will move ahead with proposals to ban telecommunications giants from using Huawei and ZTE networking equipment … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft unveils Lyft Pink, a membership plan for $19.99 per month with a 15% discount on all car rides, ditches earlier $299-per-month All-Access Plan — It's much cheaper than Lyft's year-old, $299-a-month ‘All-Access Pass’ — Lyft is rolling out a new membership plan for riders …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon Echo Buds review: excellent sound quality, comfortable fit, and good Bose noise reduction, but no wireless charging and outdated micro-USB charging port — Amazon's first truly wireless earbuds exceed expectations — Amazon's new Echo Buds are the company's first wireless earbuds.
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| Kiley Roache / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports unexpected loss of $35.7M in Q3 on revenue of $390.6M, up 45% YoY, stock drops ~9.5% in pre-market trading — - Company spending $1 billion to set up fulfillment network — Adjusted loss per share was 29 cents, analysts expected profit
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Vacation rental platform Vacasa raises $319M Series C led by Silver Lake, says revenue has grown ~7x in the past four years and will nearly double in 2020 — Vacasa just raised a whopping $319 million in new funding as the Portland, Ore.-based company aims to extend its reach … | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook launches a tool that will use a person's age and gender to provide preventive health-care info, says data collected will not be used for ad targeting — - New feature suggests health checkups using age, gender — Company says data collected will not be used for ad targeting
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tiqets, a platform for booking tickets for museums and other attractions, raises $60M Series C led by Airbnb, says it has sold tickets in 60+ countries so far — Airbnb is best known as the place you go to find somewhere to stay that's not a hotel when travelling.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says that by the end of this year it will stop indexing and ranking Flash content in its search engine — Google has announced that it will stop indexing Flash content in Search, as the internet gears up to bid a (not so fond) farewell to the multimedia software platform next year.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, Tom's Hardware, Inquirer, Business Insider, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, and Search Engine Land
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Mozilla partners with Element AI to advocate for ethical AI and develop “data trusts”, third-party stewardship models to give users more control over their data — The collaboration involves the development of tools to give us more control over our data.
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| Henny Sender / Financial Times: |
Sources: ByteDance, which owns TikTok and was valued at $75B in October 2018, is planning for an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as Q1 2020 — ByteDance, the $75bn Chinese start-up that owns the short-form video app TikTok, is eyeing an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon as the first quarter … | Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
How Ben Shapiro's massively popular right-wing site The Daily Wire gets promoted in an inauthentic, coordinated manner by 14 Facebook pages followed by millions — The Daily Wire, the right-wing website founded by pundit Ben Shapiro, is a cesspool of misogyny, bigotry, and misinformation.Sponsor Posts
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