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October 19, 2015, 3:50 PM

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Facebook:
Facebook starts warning users of state-sponsored attacks against their accounts  —  Notifications for targeted attacks  —  The security of people's accounts is paramount at Facebook, which is why we constantly monitor for potentially malicious activity and offer many options to proactively secure your account.
Jay Carney / Medium:
New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud  —  What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
Dean Baquet / Medium:
NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to Jay Carney's post, says that the former Amazon employee he said left over allegations of fraud disputes the claim  —  Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post  —  In response to your posting on Medium this morning, I want to reiterate …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers find 256 iOS apps using a third-party advertising SDK to collect users' personal info; Apple says it will ban them  —  Researchers find 256 iOS apps that collect users' personal info  —  Apps are “definitely the kind of stuff that Apple should have caught,” researcher says.
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review: true flagships with little-to-no compromise, all other Android devices are second class citizens  —  Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review: The true flagships of the Android ecosystem  —  With little-to-no compromise, these are now the smartphones to beat.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple Launches Quality Program for MacBook Pro Anti-Reflective Coating Issues  —  Apple has issued an internal notice about a new Quality Program that addresses anti-reflective coating issues on MacBook and MacBook Pro models with Retina displays, as confirmed by multiple sources.
CNET:
The massive 27-inch Lenovo Yoga Home tablet is a tabletop PC with a 1920x1080 native resolution, three-hour battery life, starting at $1499 available in October  —  The massive 27-inch Lenovo Yoga Home tablet brings back the tabletop PC  —  This big all-in-one doubles as a futuristic touchscreen tabletop perfect for sharing.
Chris Yeh / Medium:
Eric Schmidt talks running Google, scaling fast, managing chaos, hiring, Alphabet, more  —  CS183C Session 8: Eric Schmidt  —  Eric Emerson Schmidt was born in Washington, D.C. and spent his youth in its Northern Virginia suburbs.  He was one of...  en.wikipedia.org
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo's Marketing Partnership SVP Lisa Licht Also Departs  —  According to sources, besides development chief Jackie Reses, Yahoo also lost its SVP of marketing partnerships and platforms Lisa Licht last week.  —  Licht, who came to the Silicon Valley Internet giant in 2012 from Hasbro …
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