President Trump uses tweets on Russian ad spending from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman to call reporters covering election interference the “Fake News Media”
President Trump approvingly passed along comments from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman on Saturday, using Goldman's remarks …
US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
The special counsel's office said Friday that a federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities …
Twitter says Twitter for Mac will no longer be available for download starting today, will end support for it in 30 days
The company will no longer support the client after 30 days — Twitter's erratic support for its dedicated desktop Mac application is coming to an end …
Russians used US VPNs, matching stolen photo IDs and SSNs, fake PayPal accounts to prevent Facebook and Twitter from spotting illicit influence on 2016 election
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Amazon is expanding its business-to-business marketplace, Amazon Business, into the medical supply industry, plotting to become major supplier to US hospitals
The market for medical supplies is one of a growing number of businesses the online retail giant has set in its sights …
Facebook says it will mail postcards to would-be buyers of election-related ads mentioning federal candidates, will have codes to verify identity and location
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities …
Swiss financial supervisor publishes guidelines meant to support the ICO market by clarifying when anti-money laundering and securities laws apply to them
Switzerland's financial supervisor has bucked the trend of global regulators cracking down on cryptocurrencies by announcing guidelines …
Behind Singularity University's pivot towards executive seminars and conferences after dealing with allegations of assault and fraud, as it raises $32M Series B
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An in-depth look at Sidewalk Toronto, a trial effort by Waterfront Toronto and Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs to build a smart neighborhood with “ubiquitous sensing”
Quayside is a nondescript, 12-acre chunk of land on the southern edge of Toronto's downtown.
Microsoft releases Photos Companion app for iOS and Android to make it easier to get photos from a phone to the Windows 10 photos app
Microsoft is releasing a new Photos Companion app for iOS and Android today, designed to make it much quicker to get photos from a phone to a PC.
How aspiring tech hub cities are trying to foster tech and startup ecosystems that are different from Silicon Valley's “move fast and break things” ethos
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National Labor Relations Board memo: statements in James Damore's memo were “so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive” that Google had a right to fire him
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg :
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed :
Scammers are using Zelle, a p2p payments service, to defraud online buyers who trusted the service because it is backed by US banks
Scammers have taken to Zelle, the Venmo alternative backed by U.S. banks, to defraud consumers who believe the service includes the same protections they've come to expect from PayPal.
Profile of Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged IRA owner, who, sources say, first hired internet trolls to bury complaints about food supplied to Moscow schools in 2011
Sources detail Belgium's ongoing investigation into the hack of Belgacom, Belgium's largest telecommunications provider, which was carried out by the UK's GCHQ
For a moment, it seemed the hackers had slipped up and exposed their identities. It was the summer of 2013 … Tweets: @rj_gallagher and @rj_gallagher Tweets: Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : A few yea...
Facebook apologizes for 2FA-related SMS notifications spam and auto-posting replies on the user's profile, says fix rolling out in coming days
Nick Statt / The Verge :
SEC filing: Telegram raised $850M for its TON Blockchain, development and maintenance of Telegram Messenger, more; Telegram is reportedly raising funds via ICO
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
After FEC clarification in December that big political ads on Facebook require disclaimers, review of 300+ ads finds fewer than 40 complied with new rules
including DNC & Trump 2020 campaign ads http://www.propublica.org/... http://twitter.com/... Anna Massoglia / @annalecta : David Keating, president of @InstFreeSpeech—which usually opposes restriction...
Salon tests alternative to advertising by offering visitors who use ad-blocking tools an option that allows the site to mine Monero using readers' computers
Adam Samson / Financial Times :
Hackers stole an estimated $50M+ over 3 years by buying Google Search ads, sending users to fake domains that looked like popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info
Jen Wieczner / Fortune :
Profile of John Legere, who has more than doubled T-Mobile's revenue since 2012 with brash messaging and relentless focus on customers and frontline employees
Aaron Pressman / Fortune :
Google says 42% of sites notified made preemptive changes ahead of Chrome ad blocker launch; fewer than 1% of most popular sites violate suggested ad guidelines
Klint Finley / Wired : Tweets: @wsjbusiness and @jyarow See also Mediagazer Tweets: @wsjbusiness : Google Chrome is used by nearly 60% of internet users. Publishers are concerned its new ad blocker g...
Wojcicki sees YouTube Red as a music service, has no plans to compete with video streaming services; media execs say subscriptions make creators little revenue
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