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Facebook says NYU Ad Observatory, which analyzes political ad targeting with data from users with a browser extension, must cease the practice for violating TOS — In letter this month, Facebook says the project violates provisions in its terms of service that prohibit bulk data collection
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
GitHub removes 18 projects related to YouTube download library youtube-dl after RIAA sent a letter saying it enabled infringement — Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: state and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November — State and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November, according to four people familiar with the matter …
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| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
Sources: the Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop cyberattacks aimed at small government offices in recent weeks, after a similar case in Washington — (Reuters) - The Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Treasury imposes sanctions against Russian research institute for its role in developing the Triton malware — US imposes sanctions against Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM). — The US Treasury Department announced sanctions today …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 17 on their platforms' handling of NY Post story and the election — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 17th.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC won't punish T-Mobile for its nationwide 12-hour outage on June 15, instead merely issuing a public notice to “remind” carriers of best practices — FCC details T-Mobile failure, “reminds” carriers to follow standard practices. — The Federal Communications Commission … | Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world — The iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and fourth-generation iPad Air are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world. — Apple has shared a Newsroom post …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google removes three Android apps for children, with 20M+ downloads between them, after a nonprofit watchdog raises concerns about their data practices — When it comes to apps, Android leads the pack with nearly 3 million apps in its official Google Play store.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Officials say Russian hacking group Energetic Bear breached the system that SFO staff and travelers use to access the airport's Wi-Fi, in an attack in March — The hacking group, Energetic Bear, is among Russia's stealthiest. It appears to be casting a wide net to find useful targets ahead of the election, experts said.
Tweets: @clearing_fog and @tjmcintyre
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| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Survey of 17K developers in 159 countries: JavaScript is the most popular language with 12.4M active developers, followed by Python at 9M, and then Java at 8.2M — Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price — A new developer survey has shown the popularity of C# …
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Rokt, which helps e-commerce companies make personalized marketing offers during and after transactions, raises $80M Series D, at a valuation of $450M+ — Rokt tools let companies make personalized marketing offers during and after transactions — Rokt Pte Ltd., an eight-year-old e … | Yujing Liu / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba is investing $3.6B in Sun Art Retail Group, which operates 484 hypermarkets across China, to double its effective stake in the company to 72% — Alibaba will double its effective stake in Hong Kong-listed Sun Art Retail Group with a deal with Mulliez family's Auchan Holding Deal …
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| Justin Phillips / San Francisco Chronicle: |
DoorDash is investing in a restaurant, Oakland's Burma Bites, for the first time, says the investment will help it build a more permanent delivery model — For the first time in the company's history, the food delivery app DoorDash has co-invested in a restaurant.
Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Twitter and the White House deny claims that a Dutch researcher logged in to Trump's Twitter account, as experts scrutinize screenshots — Researcher claims Trump's password was ‘maga2020!’ — A security researcher claims he hacked President Donald Trump's Twitter account earlier this month …
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