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| @jack: |
[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political and issue ads on its platform globally starting on November 22 — We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons...🧵
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Facebook: Senator John S. McCollister. Tweets: @jack, @jack, @aoc, @jack, @jack, @jack, @jack, @hillaryclinton, @nedsegal, @jack, @jack, @jack, @mcclure111, @mcclure111, @jack, @kurtwagner8, @charlottejee, @snowden, @alexstamos, @benthompson, @benedictevans, @stevekovach, @manvsgame, @kirstinestewart, @tpcarney, @nickconfessore, @jonlovett, @mathewi, @danriffle, @michelleinbklyn, @sarahfrier, @b_fung, @jeffjarvis, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @carolecadwalla, @oneunderscore__, @kt_so_it_goes, @jimwaterson, @randfish, @pinboard, @epro, @mikeisaac, @panzer, @jason_kint, @laguarda, @zeynep, @kurtwagner8, @panzer, @panzer, @panzer, @danprimack, @sarafischer, @laurengoode, @sarafischer, @joshsternberg, @mikeisaac, @kateconger, @jbenton, @stevekovach, @shiraovide, @b_fung, @rmac18, @kifleswing, @bcmerchant, and @davepell
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In an earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's political ads policy, estimates ads from politicians will be less than 0.5% of company's revenue in 2020 — As Jack Dorsey announced his company Twitter would drop all political ads, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg doubled-down on his policy of refusing to fact check politicians' ads.
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Twitter's political ad ban will run into enforcement issues on defining issue ads and possibly disadvantage lesser-known or nontraditional candidates — If you've ever wondered about the value of having multiple social networks competing to develop the best products and policies, Wednesday offered us a clear example.
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| Emily Stewart / Vox: |
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| Canalys: |
Canalys: Huawei shipped 41.5M smartphones in China in Q3, up 66% YoY, growing its country marketshare to 42% from 25% last year — The China (mainland) smartphone market improved sequentially in Q3 2019 as shipments reached 97.8 million, from 97.6 million units in Q2.</a> China is still shrinking … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Tim Cook suggests iPhone upgrade plans are akin to the idea of a “prime subscription” and says Apple sees it as a major growth area — - Some investors want Apple to sell its iPhone on a subscription basis to shift more of Apple's revenue from transactional sales to recurring revenue.
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| Apple: |
Apple reports Q4 revenue of $64B, up 2% YoY, of which $51.5B came from products and $12.5B from services; Q1 2020 revenue expected to be $85.5B-$89.5B — Services Revenue Reaches All-Time High of $12.5 Billion — EPS Sets New Fourth Quarter Record of $3.03
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Tweets: @macrumors, @neilcybart, @benbajarin, @cnbcnow, @cnet, @neilcybart, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @neilcybart, @mrinaldesai, and @stevesi
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Reuters: |
Sources: senior government and military officials in at least 20 countries, including US allies, were among the known targets of NSO Group's WhatsApp malware — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
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| FireEye: |
FireEye: Chinese state-backed hacker group APT41 is using malware called MESSAGETAP to parse and save SMS traffic from a telecom's network at scale — FireEye Mandiant recently discovered a new malware family used by APT41 (a Chinese APT group) that is designed to monitor and save SMS traffic …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Samsung posts Q3 operating profit of $6.6B, down 56% YoY, on revenue of $53B, while the revenue from its mobile division grew 17.4% YoY to ~$25.2B — Samsung was hit hard in its third quarter by the slowdown in tech. The company on Wednesday reported a steep drop in operating profit amid ongoing weakness in the chip industry.| Sarah Emerson / OneZero: |
An investigation into the supply chain of AmazonBasics batteries shows how Amazon masks its private label operations through a discreet network of outsourcing — One of Amazon's smallest and most popular products has a surprisingly large footprint — heard the “pop!” from my living room …
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @joshelman, @ozm, and @anrao
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo beats estimates in Q2 with sales of 4.8M Switch consoles, up 50% YoY, and operating income of ~$615M on revenue of ~$2.5B — - Switch sales climb 50% from a year ago to 4.8 million units — Nintendo sticks with conservative full-year earnings outlook
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is deciding whether to launch a reduced $10B Hong Kong IPO in November or wait until next year, as global economic uncertainty mounts — - Its required Hong Kong listing hearing is still pending — The company is pondering when to launch its mega listing| Josh Barro / New York Magazine: |
A look at how US airports like LAX and O'Hare are trying to solve congestion caused by ride-hailing pickups by experimenting with ideas like PIN-based pickup — Earlier this month, I landed at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas and got out my phone to call an Uber.
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Tweets: @cwarzel, @jbarro, @siddharth3, @evanchill, and @travis_robert
| Jager McConnell / Crunchbase: |
Crunchbase, a platform for finding business information about private and public companies, raises $30M Series C led by OMERS Ventures — We are excited to share that Crunchbase just closed a $30 million dollar Series C funding round led by OMERS Ventures.
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Tweets: @ingridlunden and @alex
| Kevin Townsend / SecurityWeek: |
Report: 21M stolen credentials from global Fortune 500 organizations were found for sale on the dark web, 16M of which were compromised in the last 12 months — There have been many studies and investigations into the number of stolen credentials available on the dark web.
| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q3 revenue of $17.7B, up 29% YoY; DAUs rose 9% YoY to 1.62B as MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.45B; headcount increased 28% YoY to 43,030 — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. — “We had a good quarter and our community …
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