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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, and why he thinks Facebook shouldn't take down posts that deny the Holocaust — Everything was on the table — and after Facebook's wildest year yet, that's a really big table. — Yesterday, I motored my Ford Fiesta …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook says it has begun removing misinformation that contributes to violence on its site, will review text and images in partnership with local organizations — The policy was used for the first time last month in Sri Lanka — Hours after CEO Mark Zuckerberg spurred history by defending …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Mark Zuckerberg clarifies his comments about Holocaust deniers on Facebook: “I absolutely didn't intend to defend the intent of people who deny that” — The Facebook founder has attracted controversy for how the social network deals with content that is offensive to many, such as Holocaust deniers
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Siri cofounder Tom Gruber and Apple's head of search Vipul Ved Prakash have left the company after John Giannandrea was named as the leader of the Siri Group — Tom Gruber, one of the original Siri cofounders, has left Apple, where he was recently the head of Siri's Advanced Development group …
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| Richard Speed / The Register: |
Microsoft announces public preview of Windows 10 IoT Core Services, which will let device manufacturers control updates for $.30/device/month after preview ends — Gizmos gain control over Windows 10 updates - at a price — Be still your beating hearts, Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Core Services …
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| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
Despite repeated requests, Spotify does not let users block followers to deal with harassers and says a block feature is not in its current road map — When Meghan, a 26-year-old bookseller in Boston, left her boyfriend after months of emotional abuse, she made every effort to cut him out of her life.| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Reddit begins rolling out live chatrooms, organized by subreddit and created by admins only, currently in beta — A FEW MONTHS into Jason Lee's new job at Reddit, the office was buzzing with excitement. It was April 2017 and Reddit had just launched r/place, a collaborative project …
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| Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung to launch phone with a 7" display that can be folded in half like a wallet early next year; Bixby speaker launching in about a month for ~$300 — The phone will feature a roughly 7-inch display that folds in half — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to introduce …
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| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo lays off majority of staff in the US as Ofo insiders say it is scaling back its global operations to focus on China — Chris Taylor rides an Ofo bike in Seattle, the company's first city in the U.S. Taylor resigned from Ofo two weeks ago.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
EU fines Google a record €4.3B (~$5B) in antitrust case for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine — Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws.
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| Marshall Allen / ProPublica: |
Investigation: the health insurance industry is working with data brokers to collect “lifestyle” details on hundreds of millions of Americans to predict costs — To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month's health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren't very compelling.
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix is creating a comedy-focused radio channel in partnership with Sirius XM, due to launch in January 2019 — Satellite-radio comedy channel expected to launch by January — Netflix is coming to radio. — The streaming-content giant has cut a deal with Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI 1.20% …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms users can now sync their Instagram contacts to Messenger — Facebook wants to expand your Messenger contact list with a little help from Instagram. The company has launched a feature in Messenger that pulls in your contacts from Instagram, if you opt to connect your account.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researcher: a robocalling company has left hundreds of thousands of voters' data, including personal details and audio recordings, exposed on a public server — Each record contains a voter's name, address, and “calculated” political affiliation. — Another cache of US voter data has leaked.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Leaked documents: Facebook moderators can ban Pages if admins get 5 “strikes” or if 30%+ of other people's posts violate its community standards within 90 days — During testimony to lawmakers, Facebook did not provide specifics on the threshold Pages or Groups have to cross before being deleted.| Lily Katz / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase, which on Monday said it got the green light from the SEC to move forward with a trio of acquisitions, now says it never got such an endorsement — Coinbase Inc., which on Monday said it got the green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with a trio … | Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Amazon Web Services CEO says that AWS is not actively building a commercial network switch, after a report said the company was considering selling its own — Report that Amazon would start selling switches to businesses hit stock of Cisco and other networking providers
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Despite glitches, Amazon sold more than 100M products on Prime Day, driving record Prime sign-ups and sales; Fire TV Stick was the most popular purchase — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said online shoppers purchased more than 100 million products worldwide during its Prime Day sale …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Glovo, a Barcelona-based on-demand delivery business, raises €115M Series C with Spanish press reporting the round values the startup at more than €300M — Spanish startup Glovo, whose platform lets app users summon a gig economy worker to shop on their behalf …
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