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Sources: on Nov. 19, 9 days after Zuckerberg downplayed fake news' role in election, Obama appealed to him to take threat of political disinformation seriously — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played …
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg's political awakening, which led to his current US tour and significant changes in Facebook features, especially Groups — Technically speaking, Mark Zuckerberg has been on paternity leave. In late August his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to their second child, a girl.| Austin Mann: |
iPhone 8 Plus camera review: Portrait Lighting, HDR in Portrait Mode, and Slow Sync are major improvements this year — khamagani! — (many greetings from rajasthan, india) — I'm writing to you from a small hotel room in India having just experienced a magical adventure in western India orchestrated by friends at Ker & Downey.
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Backlash against the push for gender equality in tech grows among some men who see it as “a witch hunt” — After revelations of harassment and bias in Silicon Valley, a backlash is growing against the women in tech movement. “It's a witch hunt,” they say.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SAP to acquire identity management firm Gigya, sources say for $350M — SAP, the German enterprise software giant, today announced an acquisition to strengthen its hybris e-commerce division. It has acquired Gigya, a firm that helps online properties manage customer identities and profiles.
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Walmart partners with smart lock maker August to test in-home delivery of packages and groceries in Silicon Valley — Walmart announced today it will begin testing a new service that will allow customers with August smart home devices, like the August doorbell and security cameras … | Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel launches 8th-gen Core desktop chips, ranging from 4-core Intel Core i3-8100 at $117 to the highest-end 6-core Core i7-8700K for $359 — Intel moved further ahead into its 8th-generation Core series with the launch of its mainstream desktop chips on Sunday night, including the 6-core/12-thread Core i7-8700K, aimed at gamers.
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| Sam Shead / Business Insider: |
UK-based food delivery startup Deliveroo raises $385M led by Fidelity and T Rowe Price, now valued at $2B+ — Deliveroo has raised $385 million (£285 million) from investors in a huge funding round that values it at over $2 billion (£1.48 billion) and makes it one of the most valuable tech companies in the UK.
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| New York Times: |
Despite safety being part of Equifax's sales pitch, company's strategy of gathering as much personal data as possible amplified the consequences of the breach — Equifax's chief executive had a simple strategy when he joined more than a decade ago: Gather as much personal data as possible and find new ways to sell it.
Tweets: @harrysiegel, @davidenrich, and @nytimesbusiness
| Anto Antony / Bloomberg: |
Amazon to buy 5% of Shoppers Stop for $27.6M, will create Amazon experience centers in Indian retailer's shops — Bezos' empire to buy shares in Mumbai-based Shoppers Stop — Shoppers Stop to host Amazon experience centers in stores — Amazon.com Inc.'s investment in retailer Shoppers Stop Ltd … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Behind the chart-topping iOS app tbh, which lets users send compliments to friends anonymously by answering positively-framed multiple-choice questions — “If we're improving the mental health of millions of teens, that's a success to us" says Nikita Bier, co-founder of tbh.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Reacting to dissatisfaction in the open source community, Facebook moves React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js from BSD + Patents license to the MIT license — Hybrid BSD pact will be replaced by MIT deal for some projects — Faced with growing dissatisfaction about licensing requirements …
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