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Leaked memo: Foxconn aims to cut $2.9B from expenses in 2019 and eliminate ~10% of non-technical staff, as it faces “a very difficult and competitive year” — Foxconn Technology Group, the biggest assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones, aims to cut 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) …
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @business, and @danprimack
| TechCrunch: |
Amazon emails an unknown number of customers disclosing a “technical error” that exposed emails and names, but provides few other details — Amazon's renowned secrecy encompasses its response to a new security issue, withholding info that could help victims protect themselves.
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| Reuters: |
BMW says it will begin to offer ride-hailing services in China starting in December, becoming the first global automaker to obtain a license — BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany's BMW (BMWG.DE) plans to launch ride-hailing services in China in December, the first global automaker to obtain such a license in the fast-growing market.
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
How Definers brought DC-style political trickery to tech: sources say working for Qualcomm, they promoted Tim Cook as a potential 2020 presidential candidate — SAN FRANCISCO — When Tim Miller, a longtime Republican political operative, moved to the Bay Area last year to set up a public relations shop … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's outgoing public policy head Elliot Schrage takes responsibility for hiring Definers in a memo, admits company asked Definers to investigate Soros — TechCrunch has attained an internal memo published by Facebook's outgoing head of public policy Elliot Schrage in which he blames himself for hiring PR firm Definers.
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Instagram says it is testing new profile layouts that rearrange core elements, except the grid view, in an apparent attempt to reduce focus on follower counts — Instagram announced on its press site today that the company is testing out new user profile layouts.
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| Bloomberg: |
Beijing plans to implement a social rating system to judge all of its 22M citizens by the end of 2020, pooling data from several departments — - China capital plans ‘social credit’ system by end of 2020 — Citizens with poor scores will be ‘unable to move’ a step| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
For a company that can touch every aspect of our daily lives, Amazon is surprisingly bad at its primary job: running a website that sells stuff — So there I am last week, five minutes into my adult community concert band rehearsal, and my bassoon seat strap BREAKS. Ughhhhh.
Tweets: @katienotopoulos, @shiraovide, @jeffspross, and @mat
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
USPS patches API flaw that let anyone with a usps.com account view details of 60M users, over a year after a researcher says he disclosed the vulnerability — U.S. Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is working to persuade brick-and-mortar merchants to accept its Amazon Pay digital wallet, starting with gas stations, restaurants, and others — Amazon is looking to start by working with gas stations, restaurants and other merchants that aren't its direct competitors
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Tweets: @mgsiegler, @db, @mdudas, @alexhern, and @norakali
| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Sources detail meeting in India between Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde, and others, after photo of Dorsey holding sign criticizing caste system goes viral — At a round table discussion in New Delhi last week, Twitter's top executives seemed unaware of caste-based abuse taking place …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google Duplex via Assistant now rolling out to a small group of US Pixel owners in “select cities” to book restaurant reservations — Google Duplex-powered calls have finally arrived. Sort of. For some people. — A spokesperson confirmed to VentureBeat that Duplex … | Frank Chung / NEWS.com.au: |
Amazon resumes shipping to Australia from its US store, less than five months after controversial GST ban; third-party seller stock is not yet eligible — Amazon has been forced into a spectacular backflip on a move that sparked outrage earlier this year — and it's great news for shoppers.| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Google says it will require advertisers to submit documents and receive verification before being able to pay for political ads in the EU, starting in January — - Like Facebook, Google to publish info about EU political ads — Changes come ahead of European Union elections in May 2019| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
How a group of East African Amazon warehouse workers in Minneapolis became the first known collective to get Amazon management to negotiate better terms — Labor organizers and researchers said they had not heard of Amazon previously coming to the table after worker pressure, even for private discussions.
Facebook: U.S. Senator Tina Smith. Tweets: @mukhtaryare, @mukhtaryare, @ocasio2018, @kyweise, and @ilhanmn
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