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Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it purged more than 800 U.S. publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented spam …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google's Home Hub doesn't run Android Things, the platform Google purposely built for IoT products like smart displays, but uses Google's Cast platform instead — Google built a platform for smart displays and then didn't use it in the Home Hub. — On Tuesday, Google announced the Google Home Hub …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out Facebook 3D photos that use AI to add make-believe depth to iPhone portrait mode shots — What if you could peek behind what's in your photos, like you're moving your head to see what's inside a window? That's the futuristic promise of Facebook 3D photos.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A flood of fake Adobe Flash installers are reportedly installing XMRig, an open source crypto mining malware that siphons generated funds to a Monero wallet — If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn't die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled …
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
YouTube removes channels with duplicate content from its Partner Program, including videos repurposed without additional material; channels may reapply — If you're a YouTube Partner uploading someone else's work, beware. YouTube is checking in on you and might revoke your Partner privileges.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo says it reached ~30M daily searches, up 50% YoY, after taking seven years to reach 10M/day — Some nice momentum for privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo which has just announced it's hit 30 million daily searches a year after reaching 20M — a year-on-year increase of 50%.| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Garmin launches Instinct, a rugged GPS smartwatch that is built to military standards for thermal, shock, and water resistance, available now for $300 — Garmin just announced a new GPS watch called Instinct, built for endurance when worn during outdoor activities like running or mountain biking.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
In a letter to the SEC, Uber asks for a change of rules to allow it to compensate drivers with company stock — Uber on Thursday sent a letter to federal securities regulators, asking for rules changes that would let it provide company stock to its drivers, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @edbott, @steven_mckie, and @joinrepublic
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Google says it will offer its cloud identity technology, used within G Suite, as a standalone service to developers — Cloud Identity is built on Google's BeyondCorp security model and previously sat within G Suite. The company is also moving to be more of an Okta competitor.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out October 2018 update for Xbox One with new avatars, Dolby Vision support for Netflix, and the ability to control Xbox with Alexa or Cortana — Microsoft is releasing a significant dashboard update for the Xbox One today. The new October 2018 update for Xbox brings Microsoft's …
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| Eudora Wang / China Money Network: |
Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raises $45M from investors including Alibaba Group and state-owned auto firm SAIC Motor Corp. — RoboSense, a Chinese provider of lidar sensors used in driverless cars, announced today the completion of a over US$45 million financing round …
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PR Newswire, optics.org, DealStreetAsia, PE Hub Blog, and South China Morning Post
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
In a publicity crisis, like a data breach, Google receives less outrage and pushback from users than Facebook because it provides genuinely useful services — What Google gained by giving up on social networks — There are bad bugs, and there are worse bugs.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets — Music streamer and underwriters worried global market selloff would hurt pricing — Tencent Music Entertainment Group is postponing its initial public offering until …
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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, says it has sold more than 38% of its total ownership to BK Global Consortium for $350M — Bithumb, currently the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, just confirmed it has sold more than 38 percent … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google updates Assistant on phones to let users access it from the lockscreen, brings Digital Wellbeing features to the Home app on smart displays — Google announced a bunch of new hardware at its Made By Google event earlier this week, but it notably skimmed over updates to Google Assistant …
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The Keyword, Firstpost, AndroidGuys, XDA Developers, AndroidHeadlines.com, and TechCrunch
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Israel-based CommonSense Robotics launches first fully automated fulfillment center in Tel Aviv, using a combination of robotic sorting systems and AI software — Imagine if your neighborhood grocery or convenience store offered one hour, on-demand fulfillment not through middlemen …
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
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Genius, CNET, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @genius
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Lime submits application to San Francisco city attorney to delay rollout of the city's scooter pilot program, to which Lime says it was unfairly denied a permit — - Startup will attempt to delay SF's planned scooter rollout — Dispute underscores the industry's multi-billion dollar stakes| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Study: Bitcoin daily transactions fell from ~360K in late 2017 to ~230K in Sept. 2018; transaction values fell from $3.7B+ to below $670M in the same period — - Declining daily transaction volume, values seen as negative — Quarter-over-quarter transactions are seen plummeting againSponsor Posts
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