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 …
YouTube removes channels with duplicate content from its Partner Program, including videos repurposed without additional material; channels may reapply
If you're a YouTube Partner uploading someone else's work, beware. YouTube is checking in on you and might revoke your Partner privileges.
Garmin launches Instinct, a rugged GPS smartwatch that is built to military standards for thermal, shock, and water resistance, available now for $300
Garmin just announced a new GPS watch called Instinct, built for endurance when worn during outdoor activities like running or mountain biking.
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 …
Facebook says it has disabled 66 profiles and pages run by Social Data Hub, a company that has called itself the “Cambridge Analytica of Russia”
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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 …
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.
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.
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo says it reached ~30M daily searches, up 50% YoY, after taking seven years to reach 10M/day
Some nice momentum for privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo which has just announced it's hit 30 million daily searches a year after reaching 20M — a year-on-year increase of 50%.
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 …
Google says it will offer its cloud identity technology, used within G Suite, as a standalone service to developers
Cloud Identity is built on Google's BeyondCorp security model and previously sat within G Suite. The company is also moving to be more of an Okta competitor.
Third-gen Echo Dot review: sound is surprisingly loud and rich, has improved aesthetics, and the ability to pair two Dots in stereo is nice, but bass is lacking
The cheap Echo is no longer a bad speaker — I'm going to cut right to the chase: the new Echo Dot smart speaker is so much better …
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 …
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 …
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.
Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, says it has sold more than 38% of its total ownership to BK Global Consortium for $350M
Bithumb, currently the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, just confirmed it has sold more than 38 percent …
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 …
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
Trump signs the Music Modernization Act that makes it easier for rights holders to get paid when their music is streamed online
at the White House Todd VanDerWerff / Vox : Trump signs the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades Roosevelt Room / The White House : Remarks by President Trump at Sig...
Facebook's Fb.gg online gaming hub expands to mobile with the launch of the beta version of a standalone Android app
This summer, Facebook launched Fb.gg, its online gaming hub and Twitch competitor, designed to attract game streamers and their fans to watch videos on Facebook instead of on rival sites.
Samsung unveils the mid-range Galaxy A9 with four rear cameras, 6.3-inch display, Snapdragon 660, 128GB storage, and 3,800mAh battery, for €599 in November
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Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets
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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. Tweets: @tonyromm , @robertmclaws , @mattnavarra , and @mattnavarra Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm :...
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
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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
Bloomberg :
Razer Phone 2 hands-on: Snapdragon 845, 20MP and 8MP dual rear cameras, and Qi Wireless Charging; available for pre-order now from $799
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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
Bloomberg : Tweets: @nat_droz Tweets: Natalia Drozdiak / @nat_droz : After recent alleged attempts by Russia & China to attack Western agencies' computer systems - the U.K., the Netherlands, Estonia,...
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake Computing raises $450M led by Sequoia Capital at a $3.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $923M
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Facebook is apologizing to some users after a since-patched bug deleted users' Live videos if they tried to post them to a Story or News Feed after broadcast
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
PayPal partners with Walmart to let users deposit and withdraw cash from their PayPal accounts inside Walmart stores
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Google updates Assistant on phones to let users access it from the lockscreen, brings Digital Wellbeing features to the Home app on smart displays
Jon Porter / The Verge :
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
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Pocket improves article listening function with text-to-speech service Amazon Polly with a more human-like voice, on iOS and Android
Paul Sawers / 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
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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
Todd Spangler / Variety :
G2 Crowd, which crowdsources enterprise software reviews, raises $55M Series C led by IVP, source says at a valuation of around $500M
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