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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says that over 100 accounts it removed Monday were linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency — The 115 accounts Facebook took down yesterday for inauthentic behavior ahead of the mid-term elections may indeed have been linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Recode: |
SF voters pass Proposition C to raise city's gross receipts tax by ~0.5% on annual gross receipts of $50M+ that companies like Square, Lyft, Salesforce generate — The contentious measure, Prop C, has divided tech leaders. — San Francisco voters passed a measure that has divided …
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| Associated Press: |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejects request to appear before an “international grand committee” of Canadian and UK MPs to discuss fake news on November 27 — LONDON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a request to appear before an international parliamentary committee delving …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger will soon let users remove sent messages within 10 minutes after posting, release notes for an update to the iOS app say — Soon you can have Zuckerberg powers — Facebook Messenger will soon allow you to delete sent messages up to 10 minutes after you've originally sent them.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify will now let free-tier subscribers stream music to Spotify Connect-enabled speakers; manufacturers will need latest Spotify SDK to enable the feature — Your speaker will need an update though — Spotify says it's now letting free-tier subscribers stream music over Spotify Connect-enabled speakers.
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma says that WeChat now has 1M mini programs and 200M people are using them every day — They may not be widely known outside of China, but Tencent's mini program initiative to develop ‘apps’ that live outside of app stores is bearing fruit after it clocked … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says it has invested $100M+ in YouTube's Content ID system, up from $60M two years ago, and has given $3B+ to rights-holders, up from $2B+ in 2016 — As part of longstanding efforts to prove that it's serious about combating piracy, Google today revealed some updated numbers from across its various digital products.
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| Dake Kang / Associated Press: |
Chinese authorities have begun deploying “gait recognition” AI software in Beijing and Shanghai that identifies people via their body shapes and how they walk — BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Report: investment in early-stage technology startups in Europe increased 4x to €3.6B in H1 2018, compared to the same period in 2015 — We're thrilled to announce our latest report, developed in close partnership with Stripe and Techstars and launched today on the main stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon.| Mike Minotti / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $73M in revenue in October, up 67% YoY, with Japan and the US accounting for 33.2% and 32.9% of total revenue respectively — Pokémon Go made $73 million in revenue in October, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Instacart begins rolling out its pickup grocery service, Instacart Pickup, across the US — Instacart has announced that its launching its new pickup grocery service across the U.S. — The San Francisco-based company has been trialing a pickup service since at least June …
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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Amazon begins mailing a physical holiday toy catalog to customers, with QR codes to help find items, as it adopts tactics from traditional retailers — - Amazon is shipping its first-ever printed holiday toy catalog to millions of customers starting this month. — Amazon's first-ever printed holiday shopping catalog is here.
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| The Guardian: |
Facebook says it will not make political ad disclosure rules mandatory in UK on Nov. 7, says it wants to ensure the accuracy of disclaimers under the ads first — Exclusive: Social network says it is improving process to stop abuse of disclaimer system — Facebook is delaying its plans … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2018) review: waterproof, great battery life and display, but it lacks physical buttons, USB-C, and has slower Wi-Fi — On the outside, the updated Paperwhite looks a whole lot like the 2015 model, and if you've used a Paperwhite anytime within the last few years, you'll know what to expect.| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
Uber Eats' EMEA head says it plans to increase EMEA staff from 300 to 900 next year, as it competes against local rivals such as Deliveroo and Just Eat — Uber Technologies Inc. said it'll triple headcount working on food delivery across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its fight … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Pew survey of 4,500 US adults: 34% regularly let their child on YouTube, with 47% saying they do occasionally; 61% say their kids encountered unsuitable videos — Survey shows that most parents let their children watch the Google-owned video site, amid concern it is profiting from advertisements targeting minors
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| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
Despite the furor over Khashoggi's murder, US startups continue to accept funding from Saudi-backed Vision Fund, with View and Zume raising $1.5B recently — Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have remained generally quiet about Saudi funding since grisly killing of journalist| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hackers breach StatCounter, injecting its analytics script with malicious code that currently targets users of crypto exchange Gate.io to hijack BTC withdrawals — StatCounter is still compromised but Gate.io has removed the script form its site. — Hackers have breached StatCounter …
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WeLiveSecurity, Gate.io, CoinDesk, The Register, The Next Web, NullTX, Help Net Security, The Block, and Softpedia News
Tweets: @codepo8 and @matthieu_faou
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft plans to design its own e-scooters and e-bikes and hires Liam O'Connor, who held top supply chain jobs at Apple and Tesla, to lead the project — Lyft hired Liam O'Connor, who held top supply-chain jobs at Apple and Tesla, to lead the ride-hailing firm's nascent bikes and scooters division …
Tweets: @amir and @isteslaworth0
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces Dropbox Extensions, which lets users take action directly in Dropbox on tasks like editing video in Vimeo, coming to all users on November 27 — Dropbox has had APIs for years that enable companies to tap into content stored in their repositories, and they have had partnerships …
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