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Facebook says it sold ~$100K of ads on politically divisive topics to Russia-linked accounts from 6/15-5/17; sources say FB told Congress ads targeted US voters — Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during …
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| Alex Stamos / Facebook: |
Facebook shares details on Russia-linked ads: most did not specifically reference the election but divisive social issues; ~25% were geo targeted — There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Federal judge dismisses libel suit against Techdirt from Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email, due to difficulty in defining email — Judge: Techdirt articles were opinionated and hyperbolic, but not libel. — A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a libel lawsuit filed earlier …
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Twitter begins rolling out its Night Mode feature on Twitter.com, following iOS and Android apps — Twitter.com launched its Night Mode feature on desktop today, although the feature has yet to roll out to all accounts. The feature has already been available on iOS and Android since last year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft to hold Surface keynote during its annual Future Decoded event next month; sources say it's expected to unveil at least one new Surface device — Microsoft's Surface chief will hold a keynote speech in London at the end of October. The software giant is holding its annual Future Decoded event … | STAT: |
Investigation finds IBM's Watson for Oncology program, pitched as an AI-based system for cancer care, falls far short of the expectations IBM created for it — It was an audacious undertaking, even for one of the most storied American companies: With a single machine, IBM would tackle humanity's …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Symantec: “Dragonfly” hacker group has penetrated operational networks of multiple US and European energy companies that control key parts of the power grid — Intrusion into power companies' operational networks is a dramatic escalation. — Nation-sponsored hackers have penetrated … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says iPhone 8's Samsung-made OLED display costs $120-$130 per unit, over double the current LCD's $45-$55 per unit cost — The upcoming launch of the “iPhone 8” will reportedly see Apple in a precarious position in terms of parts, as the only company currently capable …
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| Hollywood Reporter: |
Sources: Amazon and Apple are competing with Warner Bros. and others for rights to the James Bond franchise and are willing to pay as much as the studio — The franchise, and its future, are up for grabs as Agent 007 is being viewed as one of the last untapped brands that could be a game changer.
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Tweets: @pierce, @selenalarson, @kimmasters, and @reneritchie
| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Facebook says ad reach estimates from Adverts Manager are based on how many could see the ad, not an area's population, explaining discrepancy with census data — Facebook's advertising metrics have again been called into question, after Pivotal Research Group senior analyst Brian Wieser pointed …
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| Mark Wilson / Co.Design: |
Researchers find all popular voice assistants, like Siri or Alexa, can be controlled via verbal commands emitted on ultrasonic frequencies using ~$3 hardware — Hackers can take control of the world's most popular voice assistants by whispering to them in frequencies humans can't hear.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
House passes bipartisan SELF-DRIVE Act, which is now heading to Senate and would let companies test as many as 100,000 new self-driving cars on US roads — It's still an early win for companies like Ford, Google and Uber. — The U.S. House approved a bill on Wednesday that could soon pave …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
How Google's political influence has waned: loss of Obama administration insiders, Eric Schmidt's bet on Hillary Clinton in 2016, rising unease with monopolies — Antitrust sentiment grows, so does skepticism about Google on both the left and the right. — Eight years ago, Google was on top of the world.
Tweets: @brianmcc, @binarybits, and @binarybits
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Survey of wealthy technologists reveals support for left-leaning social policies, like wealth redistribution, but a rejection of regulation and labor unions — Silicon Valley has long preferred to remain aloof from national politics, but the Trump era has altered that stance.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
T-Mobile's unlimited data family plans with two or more lines now include free Netflix, following AT&T bundling free HBO with its Unlimited Plus plan — If you've got an unlimited data family plan at T-Mobile, you'll soon be getting free Netflix to go along with it.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku launches its own channel for users of its streaming players, sticks, and TVs, offers ad-supported content, including movies from studios like Warner Bros. — Roku, a company capitalizing on the cord cutting trend to the tune of a $100 million IPO, is today launching its own channel … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple secures deal for songs from Warner Music Group, plans to pay labels smaller percentage than it did under first streaming deal — IPhone maker plans to pay record labels smaller percentage — Paid streaming service has revived music industry; sales up
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| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
John Deere announces it has agreed to buy Silicon Valley startup Blue River, which develops agriculture tech that relies on machine learning, for $305M — John Deere has long been known for its iconic green tractors, combines, balers, and other farming equipment.
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| Uber Engineering Blog: |
Inside Uber's Michelangelo, its machine learning platform in use for about a year, built with HDFS, Spark, Samza, Cassandra, MLLib, XGBoost, and TensorFlow — Uber Engineering is committed to developing technologies that create seamless, impactful experiences for our customers.
Tweets: @ubereng and @benhamner
| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Spotify hires Disney executive Courtney Holt to lead its efforts in original video and podcast programming — Spotify has lured digital-media veteran Courtney Holt over from Disney to lead its efforts around original video and podcast programming, Variety has learned exclusively.| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics confirms it has raised $1B led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, valuing it at $4.5B, and will use the funds to expand internationally — New York (Reuters) - Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics has closed a $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp's Vision fund …
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Apple's refusal to approve Indian government's anti-spam Do Not Disturb app, which lets users report spam calls or texts, is frustrating telecom regulators — Apple Inc.'s refusal so far to approve the Indian government's anti-spam iPhone app is infuriating regulators …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's Souq acquires same- and next-day delivery platform Wing.ae, which serves Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt, for an undisclosed sum — Earlier this year, Amazon jump-started its business in the Middle East by paying $580 million to acquire Souq.com, an Amazon-style marketplace based out of Dubai.
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