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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Tim Cook in email to employees after election says “the only way to move forward is to move forward together”, adding “we celebrate the diversity of our team”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook broadcast an all-hands memo to US Apple employees Wednesday evening calling for unity amid …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook says “there's so much more we need to do” to stop spread of fake or misleading posts and vows to “keep improving our ability to detect misinformation”  —  Facebook has responded to widespread criticism of how its Newsfeed algorithm disseminates …
Max Read / New York Magazine:
Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win
Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Instagram will now let creators add URL links, tag friends, and create Boomerangs in Stories  —  Instagram is adding three new features to Stories in what they are calling the biggest update to Stories since its launch.  —  Starting today the company will let creators add URL links …
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Snap to sell Spectacles through “Snapbot” vending machines in different locations for one day; sources say Snap will likely only sell a few thousand this fall  —  You can buy Spectacles — just not online or in a store.  —  Snap is selling its new futuristic …
Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Surface Book i7 review: fast performance, great battery life, gorgeous screen, comfortable keyboard, but heavier than last year's model and expensive  —  Last year, when Microsoft introduced its first-ever laptop, the Surface Book, the company proclaimed that this was the “ultimate laptop.”
Jennifer Baker / Ars Technica:
Google rejects EU antitrust allegations, arguing that Android has expanded competition, Microsoft and Apple also preload apps and favor their own services  —  Search giant faces $7.4 billion fine if found to have blocked competitors in the market.  —  Google—as expected …
Shelby Carpenter / Forbes:
A Trump presidency may challenge or weaken net neutrality and roll back or undermine FCC's Open Internet Order as well as the privacy rules passed in October
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Some leaders consider whether Donald Trump's victory showed that Silicon Valley has failed to recognize the social and economic anxieties of many voters
Los Angeles Times:
Silicon Valley, which was at its most politically vocal before the election, reacts with disbelief, anger, and frustration at Trump's win
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Google Daydream View review: the best mobile VR headset yet thanks to its ergonomic design and versatile controller, but it only works with Google Pixel for now  —  My VR daily driver  —  Nearly a year ago, I wrote about a then-new product called the Samsung Gear VR …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Just in time for Daydream, YouTube launches its standalone VR app
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Russian hacking group The Dukes, suspected of hacking DNC servers, has launched at least five phishing attacks on US NGOs and think tanks  —  Less than six hours after Donald Trump became the presumptive president-elect of the United States, a Russian hacker gang perhaps best known for breaking …
Mark Scott / New York Times:
Russia prepares to block access to LinkedIn over a dispute about the storage of Russian user details on servers located outside the country  —  LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals that will soon be bought by Microsoft, is to be blocked in Russia on Thursday after a local court ruled …
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Adobe buys TubeMogul for $540M to expand its video programmatic marketing service on multiple screens  —  Adobe makes a play for a big video advertising market across multiple screens with the purchase of TubeMogul.  —  Adobe said it will acquire TubeMogul, a video advertising company, in a deal valued at $540 million.

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New York Times:
WBD says the Ellisons have “consistently misled” shareholders, including claiming Paramount's proposal had a “full backstop” but it “does not, and never has”

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified

Associated Press:
A US federal judge denied Sarah Palin's bid for a new libel trial against the NYT and rejected her motion for his recusal, after a jury found no libel in April

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