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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 …

More: Federal Bureau …, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Business Insider, USA Today, Forbes, New York Times, TechCrunch, CNN, and Axios. Tweets: @joshconstine

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:

Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections

More: Facebook, CNN, Washington Post, Wired, VentureBeat, Vanity Fair, Threatpost, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, Ars Technica, Adweek, Bitdefender Labs, Softpedia News, Deadline, BleepingComputer, The Hill, Reuters, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET, Fortune, Mashable, NPR, Jonathan Albright, Gizmodo, and Engadget

Tweets: @joetidy, @bluedonkey, @snopes, @usatoday, @alexstamos, @sarahfrier, @olivia_gazis, @donie, @dnvolz, and @kevinroose. Thanks:@sal19

Jonathan Albright:

Right Wing News, one of hundreds of “inauthentic” Facebook Pages removed in October, consistently outperformed Pages like Breitbart and Fox News from 2013-2016

More: Washington Post, TechCrunch, and Jonathan Albright

Tweets: @cwarzel, @dpfunke, @charliebeckett, @stphnmaher, @leightonandrews, @riptari, and @jason_kint

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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 …

More: San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider, Telegraph, CNN, CNBC, San Francisco Chronicle, Fortune, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, The Atlantic, CBS San Francisco, The Next Web, and Mission Local

Tweets: @benioff, @ktvu, @techchronicle, and @sfexaminer

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

The new Mac mini at top specs, with T2 acting as an SSD controller, is an incredibly fast development machine, and, except for GPU, can serve as a mini Mac Pro — Watch the video review — I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer …

More: Macworld, Daring Fireball, Six Colors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, CNET, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and MacRumors

Tweets: @marcoarment, @marcoarment, @marcoarment, @marcoarment, @marcoarment, and @marcoarment

John Burek / PCMag:

Mac mini (2018) review: connectivity ports galore, many CPU choices, upgradeable RAM, and varied multi-display setup options, but Intel graphics disappoint

More: 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, Apple, ZDNet, Macworld, AppleInsider, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @peter_zopf, @themadhacker, @joshavant, and @stroughtonsmith

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 …

More: Sensor Tower Blog, TechSpot, GamesIndustry.biz, and Pocket Gamer.biz. Tweets: @gibiz

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” …

More: TechCrunch, PCMag, TechNode, Business Insider, Newsweek, The Next Web, Telegraph, and CNET

Tweets: @dakekang, @ap, @alfonslopeztena, @deploradude, and @grady_booch

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 …

More: Dropbox Blog, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Dropbox, ZDNet, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:

Federal judge says in preliminary ruling that Qualcomm must license some of its tech to competitors, in lawsuit brought by FTC against Qualcomm in early 2017 — (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that chip seller Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel Corp (INTC.O).

More: ZDNet, Inquirer, The Register, AppleInsider, Engadget, CNET, and Patently Apple

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft makes the pro version of its WhatsApp-like Kaizala app, normally available for $1.50/user/month, free for Office 365 commercial users worldwide — Microsoft's WhatsApp-like Kaizala application is rolling out worldwide to Office 365 commercial customers for no additional fee.

More: Microsoft Tech Community, SiliconANGLE, Microsoft, Windows Central, Neowin, and On MSFT

Jon Porter / The Verge:

Facebook Messenger app will soon let users remove sent messages within 10 minutes after posting, release notes for version 191.0 of the app in App Store 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.

More: CNET and Trusted Reviews. Tweets: @alexhern

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Singapore-based ride-hailing service Grab announces a $250M investment from Hyundai, bringing total raised to more than $6B — Grab, the Singapore startup that bought Uber's Southeast Asia business earlier this year, continues to announce strategic investors for its ongoing Series H funding round.

More: VentureBeat and Reuters. Tweets: @jonrussell

Takahiko Hyuga / Bloomberg:

Sources: SoftBank Group plans to raise up to $26.5B in an IPO of its Japanese mobile telecom unit, the details of which may be announced as early as next week — SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking to raise a record 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) from Japanese individuals in the initial public offering …

Tweets: @business

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 …

More: TechCrunch

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 …

More: Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @vtvolpe_bizprof

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 …

More: The Drum. Thanks:@alexhern

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 …

More: WeLiveSecurity, CoinDesk, The Next Web, Gate.io, Help Net Security, The Register, NullTX, and Softpedia News. Tweets: @matthieu_faou

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.

More: VentureBeat

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:

AWS announces new AMD EPYC-powered cloud instances, purportedly 10% less expensive than other instance types, available today — We're here at AMD's New Horizon Event to bring you up to the minute news on the company's 7nm products. This is breaking news, so check back frequently or refresh the page for updates.

More: AWS News Blog, VentureBeat, and ZDNet

Tweets: @nathankpeck and @underfox3. Thanks:@freedmanae

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

AMD announces the Zen 2 architecture for the upcoming family of 7nm chips, which it says will start shipping in 2019

More: PCWorld, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, ZDNet, and AnandTech

Tweets: @inafried and @patrickmoorhead

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

AMD unveils its Radeon Instinct MI60 graphics chips for data centers, which it says will be the world's first 7nm GPU when it debuts later this year

More: Inquirer and Ars Technica

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