Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use its ethnic affinity marketing in housing, employment, and credit ads
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups when placing ads related to housing, credit or employment.
AT&T to begin throttling mobile streaming video to 480p resolution in early 2017, but customers can opt out
Cellular customers can opt out of “Stream Saver,” which limits video to 480p. — AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017.
Peter Thiel will join Trump's transition team; sources say he will help vet presidential appointments and advise on which campaign promises will become policies
Thiel to vet appointees, prioritize policies, sources say — Eliminating waste, decreasing debt likely to top list
Facebook mistakenly showed memorial banners on profile pages implying users were dead, apologized for a “terrible error”
RIP — Facebook is capping one of the longest weeks in American history by telling everyone that they are dead. Log on to your profile and there's …
Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea”
“Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.” — After a day of criticism over his company's role …
Spotify app for Windows, Mac, and Linux writing gigabytes of junk data to storage drives when idle; company says they're rolling out an update with fix for bug
Streaming app used by 40 million writes hundreds of gigabytes per day. — For almost five months—possibly longer …
Hands-on with Snap's Spectacles: light-weight, pairing with phone is easy, Snapping with glasses and transfers to phone work as promised, video quality is good
Getting my hands on a pair of Snapchat Spectacles felt like getting a golden ticket. — Only instead of Willy Wonka greeting me at the …
NES Classic Edition review: great selection of games and excellent NES emulation, but no way to buy new games, and 2.5 foot controller cable is too short
“I don't want to sit on the floor while I play video games,” my buddy Josh told me. “I'm not 7 anymore.”
AT&T zero-rating of DirecTV data may violate net neutrality, FCC says
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Alibaba broke its Singles' Day record with sales reaching $17.8B, topping last year's $13.4B
Jack Ma Enlists Scarlett Johansson to boost shopping at event — 24-hour shopathon kicks off with fanfare amid China slowdown — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is on track to smash its Singles …
The US election underscores the flaws of an overreliance on large-scale data analysis, which can have unintended consequences, as it has for some tech companies
It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field — business, politics, sports and academia …
Facebook is buying the social analytics company CrowdTangle, used by BuzzFeed, CNN, ESPN, others to track how content spreads online, for an undisclosed sum
Understanding how news goes viral — Facebook today announced that it has purchased CrowdTangle, a 4-year-old tool that publishers use …
Tech CEOs send company-wide memos encouraging decency and kindness after Donald Trump's win
Lauren Goode / The Verge :
Russian hacking group The Dukes, suspected of hacking DNC servers, has launched at least five phishing attacks on US NGOs and think tanks
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Huawei Mate 9 review: super-bright 5.9" screen but only 1080p, fast performance, battery life is better than iPhone 7+ or Pixel XL, dual-cameras disappoint
Sam Rutherford / Tom's Guide :
Oculus debuts Asynchronous Spacewarp, a frame-rate smoothing technique that almost halves CPU and GPU load, allowing for lower-spec VR-capable PCs
Oculus Developer Cener :
Judge orders Amazon to reimburse parents for kids' in-app purchases, after finding Amazon liable in April following FTC complaint
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
Facebook launches Messenger Rooms, a public group chat feature for specific topics with up to 250 participants, available now in Canada and Australia
Raju Mudhartech / Toronto Star :
Researchers fool many AI facial recognition systems with printed paper eyeglass frames
Your face is quickly becoming a key to the digital world. Computers, phones, and even online stores are starting to use your face as a password. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University show...
Microsoft Office for Android supports Chrome OS, but an Office 365 subscription is required to create, edit or print documents on devices larger than 10.1"
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Russia prepares to block access to LinkedIn over a dispute about the storage of Russian user details on servers located outside the country
Mark Scott / New York Times :
Google says there are now two billion active Chrome installs across desktop and mobile
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
China's JD.com starts testing drone deliveries on 4 routes in rural areas on Friday, plans 100 routes by the end of 2017
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