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Facebook says it will hand over information on Russia-linked ads bought during 2016 election campaign to Congressional investigators — Two weeks ago, we announced we had found more than 3,000 ads addressing social and political issues that ran in the US between 2015 and 2017 and that appear …
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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Facebook will make Pages disclose who paid for political ads and let users see all current ads from that advertiser, rolling out over the coming months — I just went live a minute ago. Here's what I said: — Today is my first day back in the office after taking parental leave.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple TV 4K review: easy-to-use interface, lots of apps, cheaper 4K movies, but HDR makes some HD videos look bad, no YouTube 4K HDR support, and it's expensive — Almost all of the lights — It doesn't light up all of the lights. — Listeners of The Vergecast know that I've …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Bose launches QC 35 II noise canceling headphones, with a dedicated button that triggers Google Assistant, for $349.95 — Push for Google — Google and Bose are today officially announcing a new version of the headphone maker's great noise cancelling headphones, the QC 35s.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
SEC: MongoDB files for IPO, reports loss of $45.8M on revenue of ~$68M in 6 months ending July 31 — MongoDB, a database software company based in New York, has filed to go public with the Securities and Exchange Commission as it continues to burn a ton of cash despite its revenue almost doubling year-over-year.
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| Maciej Cegłowski / Idle Words: |
When Amazon's “frequently brought together” engine grouped potassium nitrate with sulfur and more, reporters misleadingly implied site was aiding bomb makers — On September 18, the British Channel 4 ran a news segment with the headline, ‘Potentially deadly bomb ingredients are ‘frequently bought together’ on Amazon.’| Instagram Blog: |
Instagram adds Face Filters to live video, rolling out globally over the next few weeks — Starting today, you can play with face filters while sharing live video. Whether you're channeling a kitten or want to add some stars or rainbow light to your face, you can easily try on face filters …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Cisco Talos report: hackers who hid backdoor in CCleaner targeted computers inside at least 20 tech firms including Akamai, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft — HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of computers getting penetrated by a corrupted version of an ultra-common piece of security software was never going to end well.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Benchmark has told Uber investors it's unlikely to sell any shares to the Softbank consortium, complicating its proposed ~$10B investment in Uber — Benchmark representative was only Uber director to vote against deal terms to SoftBank — As Uber Technologies Inc. works to finalize … | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Experian tool to retrieve credit freeze PIN relies on just four pieces of basic personal information for authentication, inadequate given widespread leaks — An alert reader recently pointed my attention to a free online service offered by big-three credit bureau Experian that allows anyone …
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Hewlett Packard Enterprise plans to start cutting 5,000 jobs, or about 10% of its staff, by the end of this year — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is planning to cut about 10 percent of its staff, or at least 5,000 workers, according to people familiar with the matter … | Cate Cadell / Reuters: |
Chinese search giant Baidu announces $1.52B autonomous driving fund to invest in 100 projects over three years — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese search engine Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) announced a 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) autonomous driving fund on Thursday as part of a wider plan to speed …
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