Twitter decides to ban advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, donate estimated $1.9M earnings since 2011 to research on misinfo
Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.
AMD launches two Ryzen Mobile processors, the Ryzen 7 2700U and Ryzen 5 2500U, with integrated Radeon Vega graphics for ultrathin notebooks
It's been a revival year for AMD. Its Ryzen chips thrust it back into the desktop arena — so much so that it practically forced Intel …
Twitter's Q3 revenue of $589.6M tops estimates; MAUs grew 4% YoY to 330M, DAUs grew 14% YoY; net loss down to $21.1M; shares rise 13%+
Monthly active users grew 4% year-over-year to 330 million — Quarterly sales of $589.6 million topped analysts' estimates
Twitter overstated MAUs by 1-2M since Q4 2014 by including users of a service for third-party apps; according to revised numbers, its MAUs shrank in Q2 by 2M
Social media company says it had been including users of service for third-party apps as monthly users that shouldn't have been counted
Three female engineers sue Uber for sex and race discrimination, claim Uber pays female engineers less than male, white, and Asian-American counterparts
Three female engineers claim that “stack ranking” was stacked against them. — A new lawsuit claims Uber pays female engineers …
Google Pixelbook review: beautiful hardware, great Chrome apps performance, but has average battery life, and Android apps need to be updated for screen and pen
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Reddit shuts down Nazi and white supremacist subreddits, after updating policy to ban content encouraging violence; subreddits banned had 25 to 7,000 users each
Reddit has shut down several Nazi and white supremacist subreddits after a policy change banning material that “encourages …
Trump unveils program to loosen FAA rules on drone testing to include flights over people, beyond line-of-sight, more, for companies and local government
The Trump administration on Wednesday smoothed the way for companies like Alphabet and Amazon to ramp up testing of drones for package deliveries and other commercial uses.
Apple and Cochlear launch made-for-iPhone cochlear implant, the iPhone Nucleus 7 Sound Processor, available today in Australia, and in more countries later
Apple and Cochlear originally announced their partnership back in July, and today the first product out of that partnership is available.
Facebook launches Workplace Chat desktop app and will roll out group video chat soon, says 30K organizations use Workplace and that 1M groups have been created
It's been once year since Workplace, Facebook's social network designed specifically for businesses and other organizations …
Facebook partners with auto dealers, including Edmunds, Cars.com, Auction123, CDK Global, and SocialDealer, to add used car listings into its Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace has been around for a year now. In that time, the social network has gotten a firm grasp on what users are buying and selling on its Craigslist rival.
Google announces partnership with International Fact-Checking Network to focus on increasing number of fact checkers, expand service globally, more
With so much information available around the clock and across devices, the ability to quickly understand what's true and what's false online is increasingly important.
Uber launches multi-stop trips in the US and Canada, with other markets like UK and Ireland expected soon
It's been a long time coming, but Uber is finally rolling out multi-stop trips to riders in North America. — You may have noticed a hullabaloo about this earlier in the year.
Amazon Key bundle launched with security camera and smart door lock that lets couriers unlock your door; price starts at $250, preorder today, available Nov. 8
An Intelligent Security Camera that Works with Alexa for Only $119.99 Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint : Amazon's new Cloud Cam security camera monitors couriers and more Karl Utermohlen / Stock Market New...
Nintendo announces Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for Android and iOS, coming in late November
PIN — Animal Crossing … Mike Fahey / Kotaku : How To Play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp On iOS Right Now Mike Minotti / VentureBeat : Nintendo reveals Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for iOS and Android...
LG's mobile business reports loss of ~$331.37M in Q3 with 13.7M shipments, up 9% QoQ in US
time to rethink its smartphone strategy http://techcrunch.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Kaspersky says it briefly obtained archive of NSA-linked Equation Group source code after scanning an infected PC in 2014; PC likely belonged to NSA contractor
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :
Profile of Angela Ahrendts, who's reimagined Apple Stores and the community role they serve as “modern-day town squares”, amid lean years for physical retailers
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A look at Google's new Advanced Protection Program, which requires two $20 physical keys: easy to set up, offers good security, but limited app support for now
Why won't the password just go away? The silly pet names, movie titles or sports teams that many people punch … Tweets: @miisshislop , @nicoleperlroth , and @bxchen Tweets: Rachel H. / @miisshislop :...
Sources: Roku to start streaming to third-party hardware that doesn't run its OS; one source says move will likely involve mobile devices
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Uber partners with Visa and Barclays to launch a credit card on November 2, which features 4% back on restaurant and bar purchases, including UberEATS
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
Researcher says they warned Equifax about vulnerability on public-facing site that exposed user data months before breach, but it took six months to patch it
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Tweets: @lorenzofb , @selenalarson , @derektmead , and @jason_koebler Tweets: Lorenzo Franceschi-B / @lorenzofb : In 2016 a researcher warned Equifax of ...
Amazon tests pricing for Alexa skills, launching paid subs and offering monetization for devs, starting with Jeopardy! skill from Sony Pictures Television
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Microsoft's Edge team debuts open source Sonar to let users easily check websites for performance and security issues
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
DxO to acquire and continue developing the Nik Collection after Google stopped updating it earlier this year
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch :
Google brings Science Journal data monitoring app to iOS and redesigns it to improve note taking
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Slack updates screen sharing feature to allow collaborative editing, marking up of docs, more and says Screenhero to be shuttered in December
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch :
Trade group representing Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, and others releases principles for ethical AI to promote responsible use of data and more
Kim Hart / Axios :
Patreon announces new app directory for API plugins, including WordPress and MailChimp, and developer documentation
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Vancouver-based Kindred, which helps train robots using AI, raises $28M Series B led by Tencent and announces pilot programs with Gap and others
Douglas Soltys / BetaKit : Tweets: @mattocko Tweets: Matthew Ocko / @mattocko : Also proud of @DCVC co @kindredai advancing the intersection of robotics & AI, fueled with another $35M http://betakit....
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