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November 15, 2018, 1:30 PM

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New York Times:
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure  —  Sheryl Sandberg was seething.  —  Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook:
Facebook responds to the NYT exposé, lists “number of inaccuracies” in the story, and denies it knew about Russian activity as early as spring of 2016  —  Yesterday The New York Times published an article about the past two years at Facebook.  There are a number of inaccuracies in the story, including:
New York Times:
Facebook has ended its relationship with Definers Public Affairs, the consulting firm which cast George Soros as a force behind Facebook's critics  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has ended its relationship with a Washington-based consulting firm, Definers Public Affairs, which spread disparaging information …
The Keyword:
Google adds business messaging to Google Maps for iOS and Android, which helps keep track of conversations with local businesses  —  Last year we enabled users in select countries to message businesses from the Business Profiles on Google.  Sending messages to businesses gives you the opportunity …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google Maps is being overburdened with so many features and design changes that it is becoming difficult to just get directions in the app  —  Yelp must be thrilled  —  Earlier today, 9to5Google pointed us to a blog post from Google announcing a new feature for Google Maps: messaging businesses.
Steven Bertoni / Forbes:
Airtable, which wants to make database management mainstream by using drag and drop, raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation  —  n the frenetic world of tech, where the ruling ethos is to move fast and break things, Howie Liu moves at a glacial pace.  With Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas, he launched Airtable in 2013.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces $25 Pi 3 Model A+, with a quad-core 1.4GHz CPU but less RAM and USB ports than the $35 Model B+  —  The $25 Pi 3 Model A+  —  The Raspberry Pi Foundation's goal is to make computing as cheap and accessible as possible, so today, it's introducing …
Tom Spring / Threatpost:
Hackers breach iPhone X, Galaxy S9, and Xiaomi Mi6 and earn $325K for exposing 18 exploits at the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 contest  —  Three major mobile phone models - the Samsung Galaxy S9, iPhone X and the Xiaomi Mi6 - failed to survive the hacker onslaught at this year's Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018.
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Discord launches Discord Early Access, giving its users access to unfinished games and the ability to give feedback to game studios  —  The Early Access concept is coming to Discord.  After launching its game store and subscription service in October, the communications platform is expanding …
More: Engadget and Gamasutra
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Pitchbook: London saw a 43% rise in AI investment from 2017-2018, Paris saw a 33% rise, Berlin saw a 19% rise; investment fell in Beijing, Bangalore, Tel Aviv  —  London is establishing a reputation as a global artificial intelligence (AI) hub, with investors flocking to the city.
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
FCC gives SpaceX permission to deploy over 7,000 Starlink internet satellites, as part of a full network of 12,000  —  Federal regulators are allowing entrepreneur Elon Musk to use an expanded range of wireless airwaves for his plan to deliver cheap, high-speed Internet access — from space.
Tobias Buck / Financial Times:
Germany says it will invest €3B over six years to improve its AI capabilities and create 100 university chairs focused on the topic  —  Germany will spend €3bn to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities over the next six years, as part of a belated effort by Berlin to catch …
More: Reuters and DW.COM
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Mozilla publishes a privacy and security guide for 70 popular connected devices, including drones and wearables, ahead of the holiday season  —  If you're planning on picking up some cool new smart device for a loved one this holiday season, it might be worth your while to check whether it's one of the good ones or not.

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