Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections
As part of our efforts to prevent interference … Tony Romm / Washington Post : Facebook ties newly suspended accounts to the Kremlin, a ‘timely reminder’ of election meddling threat CNN : Facebook tak...
Facebook says that over 100 accounts it removed Monday were linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency
The 115 accounts Facebook took down yesterday for inauthentic behavior ahead of the mid-term elections may indeed have been linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency …
SF voters pass Proposition C to raise city's gross receipts tax by ~0.5% on annual gross receipts of $50M+ that companies like Square, Lyft, Salesforce generate
The contentious measure, Prop C, has divided tech leaders. — San Francisco voters passed a measure that has divided …
Facebook Messenger will soon let users remove sent messages within 10 minutes after posting, release notes for an update to the iOS app say
Soon you can have Zuckerberg powers — Facebook Messenger will soon allow you to delete sent messages up to 10 minutes after you've originally sent them.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejects request to appear before an “international grand committee” of Canadian and UK MPs to discuss fake news on November 27
LONDON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a request to appear before an international parliamentary committee delving …
Right Wing News, one of hundreds of “inauthentic” Facebook Pages removed in October, consistently outperformed Pages like Breitbart and Fox News from 2013-2016
and I mean all of them—offer no real basis for evaluation.” http://twitter.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : A lot of the image-based hoaxes I find go viral in FB groups. Read @d1gi on the groups pr...
Chinese authorities have begun deploying “gait recognition” AI software in Beijing and Shanghai that identifies people via their body shapes and how they walk
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” …
Spotify will now let free-tier subscribers stream music to Spotify Connect-enabled speakers; manufacturers will need latest Spotify SDK to enable the feature
Your speaker will need an update though — Spotify says it's now letting free-tier subscribers stream music over Spotify Connect-enabled speakers.
Amazon begins mailing a physical holiday toy catalog to customers, with QR codes to help find items, as it adopts tactics from traditional retailers
- Amazon is shipping its first-ever printed holiday toy catalog to millions of customers starting this month. — Amazon's first-ever printed holiday shopping catalog is here.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2018) review: waterproof, great battery life and display, but it lacks physical buttons, USB-C, and has slower Wi-Fi
On the outside, the updated Paperwhite looks a whole lot like the 2015 model, and if you've used a Paperwhite anytime within the last few years, you'll know what to expect.
Google says it has invested $100M+ in YouTube's Content ID system, up from $60M two years ago, and has given $3B+ to rights-holders, up from $2B+ in 2016
As part of longstanding efforts to prove that it's serious about combating piracy, Google today revealed some updated numbers from across its various digital products.
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $73M in revenue in October, up 67% YoY, with Japan and the US accounting for 33.2% and 32.9% of total revenue respectively
Pokémon Go made $73 million in revenue in October, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower …
Hackers breach StatCounter, injecting its analytics script with malicious code that currently targets users of crypto exchange Gate.io to hijack BTC withdrawals
StatCounter is still compromised but Gate.io has removed the script form its site. — Hackers have breached StatCounter …
Instacart begins rolling out its pickup grocery service, Instacart Pickup, across the US
Instacart has announced that its launching its new pickup grocery service across the U.S. — The San Francisco-based company has been trialing a pickup service since at least June …
Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma says that WeChat now has 1M mini programs and 200M people are using them every day
They may not be widely known outside of China, but Tencent's mini program initiative to develop ‘apps’ that live outside of app stores is bearing fruit after it clocked …
Pew survey of 4,500 US adults: 34% regularly let their child on YouTube, with 47% saying they do occasionally; 61% say their kids encountered unsuitable videos
Survey shows that most parents let their children watch the Google-owned video site, amid concern it is profiting from advertisements targeting minors
The new Mac mini at top specs, with T2 acting as an SSD controller, is an incredibly fast development machine, and, except for GPU, can serve as a mini Mac Pro
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Facebook says it will not make political ad disclosure rules mandatory in UK on Nov. 7, says it wants to ensure the accuracy of disclaimers under the ads first
Exclusive: Social network says it is improving process to stop abuse of disclaimer system — Facebook is delaying its plans …
Report: investment in early-stage technology startups in Europe increased 4x to €3.6B in H1 2018, compared to the same period in 2015
We're thrilled to announce our latest report, developed in close partnership with Stripe and Techstars and launched today on the main stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon.
Dropbox announces Dropbox Extensions, which lets users take action directly in Dropbox on tasks like editing video in Vimeo, coming to all users on November 27
Dropbox has had APIs for years that enable companies to tap into content stored in their repositories, and they have had partnerships …
Uber Eats' EMEA head says it plans to increase EMEA staff from 300 to 900 next year, as it competes against local rivals such as Deliveroo and Just Eat
Uber Technologies Inc. said it'll triple headcount working on food delivery across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its fight …
Despite the furor over Khashoggi's murder, US startups continue to accept funding from Saudi-backed Vision Fund, with View and Zume raising $1.5B recently
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have remained generally quiet about Saudi funding since grisly killing of journalist
MacBook Air (2018) review: Retina display, great new trackpad, Touch ID, and a modest speed bump make it a nice upgrade for the owners of older MacBook Airs
The curves of the new MacBook Air's lid and underside … Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : MacBook Air Review Roundup: ‘On Par With the Rest of the Laptop World’ Chris Davies / SlashGear : Ma...
Microsoft's Corporate VP of Cortana, Javier Soltero, is leaving the company by year's end, as Cortana moves from AI + Research to the Experiences & Devices team
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Opera for Android now has an option to automatically block in-page prompts to accept cookies
Matthew Hughes / The Next Web :
Federal judge says in preliminary ruling that Qualcomm must license some of its tech to competitors, in lawsuit brought by FTC against Qualcomm in early 2017
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Facebook posts results of commissioned report on Myanmar that found Facebook wasn't doing enough to prevent it from being used to incite offline violence
and the recommendations (staff investment, local knowledge) are the minimum required for *entering* any volatile country. http://twitter.com/... Max Read / @max_read : say what you will about facebook...
Sources: Lyft plans to design its own e-scooters and e-bikes and hires Liam O'Connor, who held top supply chain jobs at Apple and Tesla, to lead the project
Lyft hired Liam O'Connor, who held top supply-chain jobs at Apple and Tesla, to lead the ride-hailing firm's nascent bikes and scooters division … Tweets: @amir and @isteslaworth0 Tweets: Amir Efrati ...
AWS announces new AMD EPYC-powered cloud instances, purportedly 10% less expensive than other instance types, available today
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware :
Microsoft makes the pro version of its WhatsApp-like Kaizala app, normally available for $1.50/user/month, free for Office 365 commercial users worldwide
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Crypto wallet Blockchain partners with Stellar Development Foundation for XLM airdrop, will distribute $125M in Stellar lumens to all Blockchain wallet holders
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Match says Tinder had 4.1M paid users in Q3, up from 3.8M in Q2, and that Tinder's direct revenue is up 100% YoY; Match stock down 8%+ after hours on Q4 outlook
Kate Clark / TechCrunch :
Sources: SoftBank Group plans to raise up to $26.5B in an IPO of its Japanese mobile telecom unit, the details of which may be announced as early as next week
Takahiko Hyuga / Bloomberg : Tweets: @business Tweets: @business : SoftBank is seeking to raise a record 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) from retail investors in the IPO of its mobile phone unit, source...
Singapore-based ride-hailing service Grab announces a $250M investment from Hyundai, bringing total raised to more than $6B
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Facebook's own data shows that by the time the company pulled Trump's anti-immigration ad, between 3M-5M people had likely already seen it
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review :
Palm phone review: as a companion device, it works better alongside Android than iOS, but at $350, buying a smartwatch with same capabilities is a better option
Brenda Stolyar / Digital Trends : Tweets: @julianchokkattu and @bstoly Tweets: Julian Chokkattu / @julianchokkattu : Behold, what is probably the lowest scoring product we've reviewed this year. http...
Bitfury, a cryptocurrency mining technology startup, raises $80M led by Korelya Capital
Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk :
Engineer.ai, which has developed a human-assisted AI that aims to empower everyone to build and operate bespoke software, raises $29.5M Series A
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
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