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Sheryl Sandberg says allegations that she and Zuckerberg hid info about Russian interference are untrue, claims she didn't know Facebook hired Definers — I want to address some of the claims that have been made in the last 24 hours. — On a number of issues - including spotting …
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How Definers provided reporters with ammunition to suggest senators grilling Sheryl Sandberg were hypocritical for criticizing Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — A small firm called Definers Public Affairs brought the dark arts of Washington's back-room politics to Silicon Valley when … | Alistair Barr / Bloomberg: |
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| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
Facebook to demote borderline content in News Feed by default, publish minutes of policy meetings, and let users appeal content decisions to an independent body — My focus in 2018 has been addressing the most important issues facing Facebook. As the year wraps up, I'm writing a series …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook's second content moderation report: from April to September, 1.5B fake accounts were closed and 23.3M instances of violent content were removed — Facebook's latest transparency report shows a big jump in spam and violent content takedowns, some advances in proactively identifying hate speech …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet:NEW |
Microsoft has begun accepting 64-bit ARM apps for the Microsoft Store, updated Visual Studio to support recompiling Win32 apps to run natively on ARM devices — Developers can now recompile Win32 apps to run natively on Windows 10 on Arm devices. — With new Lenovo and Samsung Windows 10 …
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| Brian Crecente / Variety: |
Sony says it will not attend next year's E3, the annual video game trade show, the first time in E3's 24-year history that Sony will not be there — Sony Interactive Entertainment, currently riding high on record sales of its PlayStation 4 gaming console, won't be hosting its annual press conference …
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| Mike Minotti / VentureBeat: |
Sony says it has sold 86.1M units of PlayStation 4 since the console debuted 5 years ago, 777.9M copies of software were sold on the platform — Sony revealed today that the PlayStation 4 has sold over 86.1 million systems. The info came in a blog post celebrating the console's fifth anniversary.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Voxox left database unsecured, exposing a near real-time stream of millions of SMS texts including password reset links and 2FA codes from Google, Yahoo, others — A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
BlackBerry to acquire cybersecurity firm Cylance, which provides an AI-based advanced threat detection platform, for $1.4B in cash — The rumors, it seems, were true — BlackBerry is acquiring cybersecurity startup Cylance in an all-cash deal worth $1.4 billion.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
FCC gives SpaceX permission to deploy over 7,000 Starlink internet satellites, as part of a full network of 12,000 — Federal regulators are allowing entrepreneur Elon Musk to use an expanded range of wireless airwaves for his plan to deliver cheap, high-speed Internet access — from space.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds third-party workflow extensions to Final Cut Pro X for the first time, with support from Frame.io, Shutterstock, and CatDV at launch — Apple has released a major update to its video editing software professionals with Final Cut Pro X version 10.4.4.| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Oracle to acquire San Jose-based SD-WAN company Talari Networks, which was founded in 2009 and has so far received $53.5M in VC funding — Oracle Corp. said today it's acquiring a software-defined wide area network company called Talari Networks Inc. in order to build out its cloud and networking businesses.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram adds new shopping features: redesigned business profiles, shop items from video posts, and save items to a shopping collection — Instagram is continuing to build out its shopping features today with the announcement of three new product updates.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Canalys: 19.7M smart speakers were sold globally in Q3, up 137% from 8.3M in Q3 2017; US and China now account for 70% of the global market — Market momentum for smart speakers shows no sign of slowing — quite the opposite, in fact. A new report published by research firm Canalys shows … | Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Citrix says it acquired Sapho, which makes micro-apps for team collaboration apps like Slack, for $200M in an all cash deal; Sapho has raised $27.9M — Citrix Systems today announced it acquired Sapho in an all-cash $200 million deal, a Citrix spokesperson told VentureBeat in an email.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook publishes 13 NSLs between 2014 and 2017 for several Facebook and Instagram accounts, says number of worldwide government requests for data rose 26% YoY — Facebook has published the details of 13 historical national security letters it's received for user data.Sponsor Posts
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