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Investigation shows how suspected Russian operators used fake accounts on Twitter and Facebook to spread anti-Clinton messages and promote hacked material — Sometimes an international offensive begins with a few shots that draw little notice. So it was last year when Melvin Redick of Harrisburg …
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Theoretically, how many people could Russians reach with $100K in Facebook ads? Up to 70M in the US, if smartly targeted — Russian-funded covert propaganda posts on Facebook were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
What to expect from Apple on September 12: OLED iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with LCD displays, Apple Watch with LTE, 4K Apple TV with HDR, more — This Tuesday, the first-ever event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Apple's iconic iPhone.
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Tweets: @_inside, @_inside, @stroughtonsmith, @reneritchie, @gruber, @llsethj, @gruber, @llsethj, @alexeheath, @benedictevans, @alexeheath, @gartenberg, and @_inside. Thanks:@technacity
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iOS 11 firmware indicates Apple's new phones are called iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X
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9to5Mac, New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, CNET, The Tao of Mac, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, BetaNews, MacDailyNews, Axios, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, International Business Times, AppleInsider, Engadget, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, iMore, Business Insider, SlashGear, BGR, Mashable, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, and MacRumors. Tweets: @backlon
| Holly Hartman / Houston Chronicle: |
A first-person account of using the walkie talkie app Zello during Hurricane Harvey; app was used by the volunteer group Cajun Navy to coordinate rescues — After two minutes of training, I was talking to people desperate for help — After watching nonstop coverage of the hurricane … | Financial Times: |
France, Germany, Spain, and Italy take aim at US tech giants in plan to tax on revenues instead of profits; passage requires unanimous approval by member states — Paris and Berlin are mounting a joint offensive to tax internet giants such as Google and Amazon based on revenues generated in EU countries …
| David Robinson / Stack Overflow Blog: |
Stack Overflow site metrics from high-income countries show Python is fastest-growing major programming language, with the highest trafficked tag on the site — We recently explored how wealthy countries (those defined as high-income by the World Bank) tend to visit a different set of technologies than the rest of the world.
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| Manish Singh / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
A look at how Indian smartphone makers like Micromax lost the war against Chinese firms, which surpassed 50% of the Indian market this year, according to IDC — “The government should be more supportive of their people.” Narendra Bansal, founder of Intex Technologies … Thanks:@refsrc
| Mike Shields / Business Insider: |
After bringing in more than $500M in 2016, Vevo says it expects 130% growth this year and has locked in nearly $200M in upfront ad buys — - Vevo - the so-called Hulu for music videos - is seeing a surge in audience, thanks to artists like Taylor Swift. — Since embracing a TV-like selling model … | Nolan Bauerle / CoinDesk: |
Q2 2017 Blockchain Report: ICO funding hits $797M, exceeding VC funding in blockchain industry by 3x; total value of all cryptocurrencies is $100B, up 4x QoQ — To download the full State of Blockchain Q2 2017, visit CoinDesk Research. — Q2 at a glance: — The asset class diversifies and bitcoin's total dominance wanes.
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Lawsuit against Grubhub, argued in court this past week, may set a precedent for how gig economy companies define employees vs contractors — Was Raef Lawson an employee or a business owner when he drove for GrubHub? — SAN FRANCISCO—The first big trial over worker rights in the …
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| Virginia Heffernan / Politico: |
A look at the Twitter thread as a literary form, requiring precise and lively storytelling — The compelling, incendiary literary form of the Trump era. — We don't get to choose the literary genre of our epoch, and in this worst-of-times-worst-of-times political era, we have the Twitter thread.
Tweets: @politicomag
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Linxo, a French startup that aggregates multiple bank accounts into single dashboard, raises $24M — French startup Linxo just raised $24 million (€20 million) from three financial institutions — Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and MAIF.Sponsor Posts
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