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Facebook to hire 1000 more ad reviewers and make all the ads each organization buys visible to users, not just the targeted ones, to fight election interference — Facebook today handed over to congressional investigators 3,000 ads that were bought by a Russian company to influence U.S. politics.
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Sources: Russian efforts included FB pages named Secured Borders, LGBT United, Defend the 2nd, alongside formerly reported fake Blacktivist and Muslim accounts — SAN FRANCISCO — The Russians who posed as Americans on Facebook last year tried on quite an array of disguises.| Elliot Schrage / Facebook: |
About 10M people saw Russian ads on Facebook, 44% of ads were seen before Nov. 8, 50% of ads were for $3 or less; for 99% of the ads, less than $1,000 was spent — What was in the ads you shared with Congress? How many people saw them? — Most of the ads appear to focus on divisive social …
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Alleged renders of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL leak, showing dual front facing speakers, redesigned launcher with a Google search bar above navigation buttons — EXCLUSIVE: — Unlike Apple, Google tends to hold just a single major hardware launch per year — and just like last year's event, this one will also be held on October 4.
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| Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company: |
Facebook's Safety Check page for Las Vegas shooting promoted sites giving misinformation like Alt-Right News and End Times Headlines; Google highlighted 4Chan — In the wake of the deadly shooting in Las Vegas last night that left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead — Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music two years ago, in a bid to make its music streaming service more relevant to consumers.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Google ends controversial “first click free” policy, won't demote paywalled news sites in search results, and will offer new tools to help sell subscriptions — Search engine drops controversial ‘first-click free’ program — Company won't demote paywalled news sites in search results
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Oracle follows others with a new blockchain cloud service, built on the Hyperledger Fabric project, like IBM's Blockchain as a Service — Oracle is working hard to be a SaaS vendor that matters, whether with its new autonomous database service or getting involved with blockchain.
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| Ash Bennington / CoinDesk: |
Ex-Facebook and Google employees to launch a cryptocurrency index fund backed by Naval Ravikant, as a market cap-weighted basket of the top 10 by network value — A startup led by former Facebook and Google employees is launching a cryptocurrency index fund.| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Roku debuts $50 Streaming Stick with CPU update and voice control remote, $70 Streaming Stick Plus with HDR and 4K, and rolls out OS 8 with OTA programming — More TV streaming boxes — Roku just announced updates to five of its TV streaming products, as well as a new operating system … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook brings data-saving Messenger Lite beyond developing markets to the Google Play Store in US, Canada, UK, and Ireland, has no plans for iOS version — Facebook's data-conserving version of Messenger is no longer just for developing nations with slow networks.
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| Mallory Locklear / Engadget: |
FCC Chairman Pai appoints new CTO, telecom expert Eric Burger, who formerly served as FCC CTO from 2011-2014 — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that Eric Burger would be joining the commission as its new chief technology officer. He's set to take over the position this month.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple open sourced the kernel of iOS and macOS for ARM processors — Apple has always shared the kernel of macOS after each major release. This kernel also runs on iOS devices as both macOS and iOS are built on the same foundation. This year, Apple also shared the most recent version of the kernel on GitHub.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Uber formally accepts Kalanick's appointments, Thain and Burns, as directors, ahead of a Tues. meeting sources say will address whether to pursue SoftBank deal — Potential for $10 billion SoftBank stock deal also on agenda — Kalanick's appointments complicate effort to reform company
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