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| Washington Post: |
Sources: years after FBI began tracking Russian disinformation efforts and US intelligence agencies drew up counter operations, the US still equivocates — The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow.
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Facebook: Greg Jaffe. Tweets: @sam_vinograd, @thebeatwithari, @ericgarland, @michaeldweiss, @sashaingber, @adamentous, @andreachalupa, @cjcmichel, @elilake, @maerroshan, @ericgeller, @propornot, @profcarroll, @omriceren, @adamentous, @gregjaffe, @ilvestoomas, @kimdozier, @gregjaffe, @yashalevine, @kimdozier, and @omriceren
| Chris Hamby / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: Safran, which sells fingerprint-analysis software used by FBI, 18K+ US law enforcement agencies, didn't disclose some code was from Kremlin-linked firm — In a secret deal, a French company purchased code from a Kremlin-connected firm, incorporated it into its own software …
Tweets: @schoofsfeed, @morroweric, and @mattmittenthal
| Amazon.com: |
Amazon: in record-breaking holiday Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa remote were #1 and #2 top sellers with “tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices” sold — Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were the #1 and #2 top-selling products across all categories on Amazon
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Business Insider, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNET, VentureBeat, SiliconBeat, 500ish Words, CNBC, Android Central, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @shiraovide, @joshelman, @gauravshukla, @patentingenieur, @jeffawilke, @shiraovide, and @mdudas
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Uber to sell US subprime auto-leasing business, Xchange Leasing, to car marketplace Fair.com; net book value of Xchange's 30K+ vehicles was ~$400M — Ride-hailing firm had planned to wind down the business after losses — Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell …
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| Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times: |
As residential neighborhoods near highways struggle with the traffic sent by navigation apps like Waze, Leonia, NJ is closing 60 of its streets to outsiders — LEONIA, N.J. — It is bumper to bumper as far as the eye can see, the kind of soul-sucking traffic jam that afflicts highways the way bad food afflicts rest stops.
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Ubergizmo, SlashGear, and New York Magazine
Tweets: @mikelydon, @zackkanter, @ahmetb, @scholarlykitchn, and @nytimes
| Lauren Smiley / Wired: |
How CareCoach uses remote contractors, customized software, and avatars on a tablet to watch over, interact with, and help provide care for the elderly — ARLYN ANDERSON GRASPED her father's hand and presented him with the choice. “A nursing home would be safer, Dad,” she told him, relaying the doctors' advice.
Tweets: @nxthompson and @wired
| Bloomberg: |
Baidu is suing its former autonomous driving chief Wang Jing and his startup JingChi for alleged intellectual property theft — Search giant targets exec's startup JingChi in new lawsuit — Legal action has parallels with Waymo's suit against Uber — Baidu Inc. is suing …
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CNET, TechNode, Silicon Valley Business …, Financial Times, Caixin Global, MIT Technology Review, TheDrive, CHINAdaily, Seeking Alpha, and Brinkwire. Tweets: @amir
| Reuters: |
Vietnam unveils new, 10K-strong cyber warfare unit to counter “wrong” views online, a month after blogger was sentenced to 7yrs for propaganda against the state — HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has unveiled a new, 10,000-strong military cyber warfare unit to counter “wrong” … | Steven Sinofsky / Learning by Shipping: |
History shows the best time for startups to out-innovate incumbents in tech is when incumbents have achieved extreme product-market-fit and seem unassailable — One of the most interesting challenges in building an enterprise startup is navigating around, through, under, or over the big tech companies.
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @timbeejones, @rfflores, @stevesi, @gassee, @jasonlk, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
SingularityNET raises $36M in 60 seconds in an ICO to build out its decentralized blockchain-based marketplace for AI algorithms — SingularityNET — an ambitions project to create a decentralized marketplace for AI — has raised a lot of money in its token sale.
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Bitcoinist.com, NextBigFuture.com, Crowdfund Insider, VentureBeat, and Cointelegraph.com News
Tweets: @marshallk, @elie_h, @vijayshekhar, @omriceren, and @dangillmor
| Leslie Hook / Financial Times: |
Uber's new COO Barney Harford talks about his plans to make Uber more efficient by reining-in promotions and discounts, reducing ride drop rates — Uber's newly appointed chief operating officer, Barney Harford, is planning to reduce costs and “bring a dose of financial discipline” …
Tweets: @financialtimes, @raju, and @lesliehook
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
In 2017, YouTube's business grew while its public image suffered after lacking protections against hate speech and disturbing kids' videos — Will YouTube's mounting scandals ever slow the business down? — 2017 was a wild year for YouTube. It continued to extend its dominance …
Tweets: @loudmouthjulia
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