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Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it purged more than 800 U.S. publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented spam …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out Facebook 3D photos that use AI to add make-believe depth to iPhone portrait mode shots — What if you could peek behind what's in your photos, like you're moving your head to see what's inside a window? That's the futuristic promise of Facebook 3D photos.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
In a letter to the SEC, Uber asks for a change of rules to allow it to compensate drivers with company stock — Uber on Thursday sent a letter to federal securities regulators, asking for rules changes that would let it provide company stock to its drivers, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @edbott, @steven_mckie, and @joinrepublic
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out October 2018 update for Xbox One with new avatars, Dolby Vision support for Netflix, and the ability to control Xbox with Alexa or Cortana — Microsoft is releasing a significant dashboard update for the Xbox One today. The new October 2018 update for Xbox brings Microsoft's …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A flood of fake Adobe Flash installers are reportedly installing XMRig, an open source crypto mining malware that siphons generated funds to a Monero wallet — If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn't die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled …
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Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets — Music streamer and underwriters worried global market selloff would hurt pricing — Tencent Music Entertainment Group is postponing its initial public offering until … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google's Home Hub doesn't run Android Things, the platform Google purposely built for IoT products like smart displays, but uses Google's Cast platform instead — Google built a platform for smart displays and then didn't use it in the Home Hub. — On Tuesday, Google announced the Google Home Hub …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Lime submits application to San Francisco city attorney to delay rollout of the city's scooter pilot program, to which Lime says it was unfairly denied a permit — - Startup will attempt to delay SF's planned scooter rollout — Dispute underscores the industry's multi-billion dollar stakes| Eudora Wang / China Money Network: |
Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raises $45M from investors including Alibaba Group and state-owned auto firm SAIC Motor Corp. — RoboSense, a Chinese provider of lidar sensors used in driverless cars, announced today the completion of a over US$45 million financing round …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
In a publicity crisis, like a data breach, Google receives less outrage and pushback from users than Facebook because it provides genuinely useful services — What Google gained by giving up on social networks — There are bad bugs, and there are worse bugs.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google updates Assistant on phones to let users access it from the lockscreen, brings Digital Wellbeing features to the Home app on smart displays — Google announced a bunch of new hardware at its Made By Google event earlier this week, but it notably skimmed over updates to Google Assistant …
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Trump signs the Music Modernization Act that makes it easier for rights holders to get paid when their music is streamed online — President Trump has signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA) into law, officially passing the most sweeping reform to copyright law in decades.
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Tweets: @jenniferjjacobs, @copyrightoffice, @getalternative, and @danprimack
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Video conferencing startup Zoom announces partnerships with Dropbox and Atlassian, a cloud phone system called Zoom Voice coming in 2019, and an app marketplace — Videoconferencing solution company Zoom announced a slew of new products and services this week at its Zoomtopia 2018 conference in San Jose, California.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Study: Bitcoin daily transactions fell from ~360K in late 2017 to ~230K in Sept. 2018; transaction values fell from $3.7B+ to below $670M in the same period — - Declining daily transaction volume, values seen as negative — Quarter-over-quarter transactions are seen plummeting again| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Israel-based CommonSense Robotics launches first fully automated fulfillment center in Tel Aviv, using a combination of robotic sorting systems and AI software — Imagine if your neighborhood grocery or convenience store offered one hour, on-demand fulfillment not through middlemen …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Global PC shipments in Q3 were flat, up 0.1% YoY according to Gartner, as IDC estimates 0.9% decline; Gartner says Microsoft broke into top 5 PC vendors in US — The PC market is seeing some very interesting moves this year. In Q2 2018, global shipments were up for the first time in six years …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon unveils three new APIs that send camera feeds to Echo devices and let third-party apps for Alexa trigger actions with doorbell presses and motion alarms — Amazon's making it easier for Alexa developers to tap into connected security cameras and doorbells.| Bloomberg: |
Memo: ahead of meeting next week, the UK, Netherlands, Estonia, and other countries push for the EU to introduce sanctions for those who carry out cyberattacks — - Memo sent to EU countries ahead of leaders' summit next week — Push comes after cyber-related attacks by Russia, China
Tweets: @nat_droz
| Bloomberg: |
Alipay and Tencent say hackers used stolen Apple IDs to access some customer accounts and steal unknown sums of money; Alipay says Apple hasn't fixed the issue — - China's top digital wallet didn't say how much was stolen — Ant Financial and Tencent are working with Apple on the case
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Sensor Tower: Netflix app revenue was up ~90% YoY to ~$243.7M in Q3 across both App Store and Google Play, the highest grossing non-game mobile app worldwide — App spending across Apple App Store and Google Play increased 23% in third quarter, per Sensor TowerSponsor Posts
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