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Election Systems and Software contradicts earlier statements, admits to Sen. Wyden some voting systems sold to states from 2000-2006 had remote access feature — Remote-access software and modems on election equipment ‘is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.’

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Nick Statt / The Verge:

A reporter posing as a Dublin Facebook moderator found that pages from far-right groups face looser content standards; Facebook vows to improve its training — A new documentary details how third-party Facebook moderators ignore the company's rules — An investigative journalist …

More: Facebook, Business Insider, BBC, Mercury News, VentureBeat, Facebook, Facebook, Engadget, KnowTechie, CNET, and Media Matters for America

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Joe Fedewa / XDA Developers:

Google debuts visual snapshot for Assistant, a Google Now-like feature for proactive suggestions related to your commute, upcoming events, purchases, and more — The evolution of Google Assistant can be traced back to 2012 when Google Now was all the rage.

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram says it is building a non-SMS two-factor authentication system that works with security apps like Google Authenticator or Duo to thwart SIM hijackers — Hackers can steal your phone number by reassigning it to a different SIM card, use it to reset your passwords …

More: MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Motherboard, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @joshconstine

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Walmart strikes a five-year strategic partnership to use Microsoft's cloud tech, AI, machine learning, and other services, as both firms look to fend off Amazon — The shared rivalry with Amazon ‘is absolutely core to this,’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says

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Tweets: @marshallk, @wsj, @satyanadella, @walmartaction, @mjasay, @wsj, and @mknz

Richard Nieva / CNET:

Google says Nest CEO to exit, sources say after employee revolt; sources: Alphabet tried selling Nest to Amazon; Nest now part of Google's home devices unit — Five months after Nest rejoined Google, the search giant told employees Tuesday that Marwan Fawaz will no longer be CEO of Nest …

More: Business Insider, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, and Fast Company

Tweets: @rycrist, @richardjnieva, @iansherr, and @mhbergen. Thanks:@iansherr

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:

Inside OGUSERS, a forum to trade social media and gaming handles, often stolen via “SIM hijacking” where phone numbers are stolen via carrier's customer service — Meet the hackers who flip seized Instagram handles and cryptocurrency in a shady, buzzing underground market for stolen accounts and usernames.

Tweets: @lorenzofb, @jason_koebler, @itgirljs, @jason_koebler, and @briankrebs

Angela Moscaritolo / PCMag:

Google says it's building Dunant, a transatlantic cable between US and France, its second private intercontinental cable after Curie, connecting US and Chile — Google today announced a new private subsea cable project. — Expected to be operational by late 2020, the Dunant cable will cross …

More: The Keyword, CNET, Data Center Frontier, VentureBeat, and 9to5Google

Jonathan Vanian / Fortune:

Slack acquires Missions, a tool that helps automate routine processes and tasks in Slack without needing to write code — Slack is attempting to broaden its appeal to businesses and has bought a small enterprise software startup in Denver to help. — The workplace chat app company …

More: VentureBeat, Slack, and TechCrunch. Thanks:@findmack

Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget:

Giphy, in a partnership with Twitch, launches an extension that lets viewers select GIFs from a curated catalog to appear on-screen during a stream — Twitch's next way of letting viewers interact with streams is with GIFs. The latest customization tool for the popular broadcasting service arrives via …

More: Twitch, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechSpot, and MSPoweruser

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Amazon's EC2 gets faster processors and new high-memory instances, as well as the ability to run a local version of EC2 inside an AWS Snowball Edge device — It's a big day for Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service today. Not only can you now run EC2 inside a Snowball Edge device …

More: AWS News Blog, Light Reading, and SiliconANGLE

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

BMW's ReachNow launches Ride, a ride-hailing offering now available in Seattle, accessible alongside its car-sharing offering in the ReachNow app — BMW-owned ReachNow is bringing its ride-hailing and car-sharing services into one app as it takes on Uber, Lyft, and traditional rental companies …

More: Wired, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, and Engadget

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Travel giant Booking Holdings, formerly known as Priceline, invests $500M in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing — Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company, has pulled in some strategic capital after Booking Holdings invested $500 million into its business.

More: VentureBeat, Reuters, Telegraph, China Money Network, BetaNews, and Bloomberg

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Tinder says it will begin testing Bitmoji integration in Canada and Mexico using the recently launched Snap Kit — Tinder will begin testing Bitmoji in its app in Canada and Mexico, the company announced today. The new integration comes courtesy of the recently launched Snap Kit …

More: The Verge, Mashable, and Digital Trends

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour says the firm is pausing work on fixing its verification policy to focus on more important areas like election integrity — The company will return to the issue over the coming weeks and months — Twitter doesn't presently “have the bandwidth” …

More: Engadget and TechCrunch

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Alex Barker / Financial Times:

Sources: EU's fine over Google's anticompetitive Android practices, coming on Wednesday, will significantly outstrip the €2.4B fine Google received last year — Google will be hit by its biggest ever regulatory fine on Wednesday, as Brussels imposes a multibillion-euro penalty …

Tweets: @financialtimes, @ashk4n, and @ashk4n

Alex Konrad / Forbes:

Andreessen Horowitz names Connie Chan a General Partner, ending the VC firm's no-promotion policy — Connie Chan is Andreessen Horowitz's first general partner promoted from within. — Andreessen Horowitz has prided itself on breaking some of venture capital's long-time norms in its nine years of operation.

More: Recode and TechCrunch

Tweets: @projectinclude, @andrewchen, @noahpinion, and @alexrkonrad. Thanks:@alexrkonrad

Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg:

Profile of Zoox, which has been building an autonomous car from scratch since 2014 and has raised $800M to date, including $500M in July at a valuation of $3.2B — The mystery box sits inside an all-white room in an office building in San Francisco. It's a large, wooden crate with no features …

More: TechCrunch and Forbes

Tweets: @bznotes, @chafkin, @mcannonbrookes, @business, @ericpauldennis, @felixgillette, and @joelwebershow

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Facebook announces a new AI lab in Pittsburgh and hires a number of new researchers for Facebook AI Research in Seattle, London, Menlo Park, and Pittsburgh — We created Facebook AI Research over four years ago to focus on advancing the science and technology of AI, and we've always done …

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Facebook: Yann LeCun. Tweets: @zdnet and @scsatcmu

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

UPS tests an Amazon Key-style delivery program in New York using locks made by a startup, Latch; service works with the building, not individual apartment units — UPS has been quietly testing a program that lets the shipping service deliver packages inside multi-unit homes while occupants are out.

More: UPS Pressroom, CNET, and Retail Dive

Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

Samsung announces 10nm 8GB LPDDR5 DRAM chip, targets 6.4Gbps data transfer rates and 30% reduced power — Samsung has been on a roll lately with memory & storage-related announcements, and that roll is continuing today with a new DRAM-related announcement out of the juggernaut.

More: MacRumors, CNET, Samsung Newsroom, Engadget, AppleInsider, BetaNews, Tom's Guide, Pocketnow, Android Authority, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, SamMobile, SlashGear, and XDA Developers

Tweets: @samsung and @ryansmithat

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