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Facebook says it won't back down from allowing lies in political ads but will give users the option to see fewer political ads in their feed and in Instagram — The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies. But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.
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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Zuckerberg gives up annual personal challenges, shares his goals for the next decade including a new private social platform, AR/VR, and new forms of governance — Every new year of the last decade I set a personal challenge. My goal was to grow in new ways outside my day-to-day work running Facebook.
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| Emma Williams / Microsoft 365 Blog: |
Microsoft says it will roll out Teams features aimed at deskless workers, like Walkie Talkie, SMS sign-in, and shared device sign-out, later this quarter — Companies at the forefront of digital transformation recognize how critical it is to enable all of their people with the right technology and tools.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Lime says it is laying off about 14% of its workforce, roughly 100 employees, and shuttering operations in 12 markets as it seeks to become profitable this year — Scooter company Lime is laying off about 14% of its workforce (roughly 100 employees) and shuttering operations in 12 markets …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
MalwareBytes: an Android phone offered free by Assurance Wireless as part of the US Lifeline Assistance program comes pre-installed with Chinese malware — For years, low-income households have been able to get cheap cell service and even free smartphones via the U.S. government-funded Lifeline Assistance program.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Brochure shows a surveillance vendor is offering spying capabilities to local police via hidden cameras in tombstones, vacuum cleaners, and baby car seats — A surveillance vendor that works with U.S. government agencies, such as the FBI, DEA, and ICE, is marketing spying capabilities … | Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
dot.LA, a tech news site by former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff raises a $4M seed round from Comcast Ventures, Snap, others, will launch news coverage on Jan. 27 — Nearly a year after stepping down as CEO of Seattle-based Zillow Group, Spencer Rascoff has turned his focus to the tech … | Bloomberg: |
Government data shows iPhone sales in China rose by 18.7% YoY to ~3.18M units in December while overall smartphone shipments were ~30M, down 13.7% YoY — - December numbers validate confidence in Apple's latest models — The U.S. phone maker is defying a slump in the local market
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Amazon warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a browser extension for comparison shopping and rewards acquired by Paypal for $4B in November, was a “security risk” — The retail giant warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a popular browser extension, was a “security risk.” Honey denies the claim.| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Microsoft releases “Project Artemis”, a tool that scans online chats for patterns that may indicate a predator is grooming children for sexual abuse — Microsoft released a new tool Thursday that scans online chats for people seeking to sexually exploit children.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Verizon eliminates bundles and contracts for Fios line of TV, broadband, and phone services, will now sell them as standalone products via “Mix & Match on Fios” — Verizon — feeling the pain of customer cancellations over high pay-TV prices — is killing off bundles … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Insight Partners buys cloud data management provider Veeam Software for $5B in a deal expected to close in Q1 2020 — The equity firm says the deal will ensure Veeam's billion-dollar business reaches the global stage. — Insight Partners has announced the acquisition of Veeam Software … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Mozilla patches an actively exploited Firefox zero-day flaw that could allow attackers to take control of computers by accessing sensitive memory locations — Flaw allows attackers to access sensitive memory locations that are normally off-limits. — Mozilla has released a new version …
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Facebook moderators in Ireland say company policies, including tracking toilet breaks and setting unrealistic quality standards, add to their trauma — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — DUBLIN — When Valera Zaicev began working in Dublin …
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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Facebook starts testing a desktop redesign, announced last April, with a small set of users, plans to offer the new look more broadly sometime before the spring — The new design, announced last year, has a less cluttered look and brighter icons. Facebook's started offering test access to some users.Thanks:@iansherr
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
SoftBank-backed Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup operating in Latin America, says it is laying off around 6% of its workforce, or around 300 people — Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup operating in Latin America, this week began laying off hundreds of employees, Axios has learned.| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Alphabet's Verily hires Deepak Ahuja, the former CFO of Tesla who helped take it public, as its CFO — - Deepak Ahuja, a former Tesla executive who spent two stints at the electric car maker and helped take it public, is joining Verily as its CFO. — Verily is a health and life sciences unit …
| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Medical technology company Masimo sues Apple, claims it infringes on 10 patents and has stolen its tech related to blood oxygen level and heart rate monitoring — - Medical technology company says Watch uses stolen secrets — Apple accused of stealing technology for non-invasive monitors| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Business analytics software company Sisense raises $100M at a $1B+ valuation and says it now has 2,000 customers, including Tinder, Philips, and Nasdaq — Sisense, an enterprise startup that has built a business analytics business out of the premise of making big data as accessible as possible to users …
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| Bloomberg Law: |
Docs: Lyft has offered to pay NY ride-share drivers about $100-$600 each to settle a lawsuit alleging it misclassified them as contractors instead of employees — Lyft Inc. has offered to pay New York ride-share drivers about $100 to $600 each to settle a lawsuit alleging the company misclassified … Sponsor Posts
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