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Facebook rolls out new code to nullify adblock workaround introduced by Adblock Plus — Adblock Plus launched a workaround to Facebook's ad block bypass today that ham-handedly removes posts from friends and Pages, not just ads, according to a statement provided by Facebook to TechCrunch.
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See also Mediagazer| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Ten former employees shed light on Twitter's 10-year failure to stop abuse on its platform — For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it's virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating …
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Twitter says BuzzFeed story contains “inaccuracies in the details” and “unfair portrayals” without offering specifics, pledges to continue making Twitter safer — In response to today's BuzzFeed story on safety, we were contacted just last night for comment and obviously …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: in 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive replies to President Obama during a Q&A session — In 2015, Then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to President Obama during a Q&A session, sources tell BuzzFeed News.
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See also Mediagazer| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires Beam, a livestreaming service that lets viewers interact with videogame streamers during broadcasts — Microsoft has acquired Beam, a Seattle-based interactive game streaming service that lets viewers play along with streamers as they watch.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers find cryptographic keys shared by millions of Volkswagen vehicles can allow them clone key fobs using cheap radio hardware — In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Source: Arianna Huffington is leaving the Huffington Post because Verizon's acquisition of Yahoo threatened her website's status as a dominant property — Arianna Huffington surprised the media world this morning when she announced that she was leaving the Huffington Post, one of the most powerful properties in digital publishing.
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See also Mediagazer| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquires SGI for $275 million — Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which split from HP last year, today announced that it has acquired SGI, a company that makes servers, storage, and software for high-performance computing, for $275 million in cash and debt.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Logitech launches Pop Home Switch for smart home control, on sale this month for $99.99 — Logitech has a new device called the Pop Home Switch, and it's a bit different from their usual offerings. A company known for Universal Remotes encrusted with physical keys, touchscreen displays … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
CVS Health launches mobile payments app CVS Pay for iOS and Android, starting in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and nationwide by year end — CVS Health today is launching its own mobile payments solution that will allow customers to pay for products, pick up prescriptions …
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Thanks:@brianroemmele| Anya George Tharakan / Reuters: |
Nvidia Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $1.43B, with net income $253M, up from $26M one year ago — Chipmaker Nvidia Corp reported its fastest quarterly sales growth in nearly five years, powered by strong demand for the company's processors used in gaming computers and in data centers.
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NVIDIA Newsroom, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, TechSpot, AnandTech, SiliconANGLE, The Register and RTTNews
| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Google fined $6.8M for breaking Russian antitrust rules with Android, for favoring its own services over rivals — Russian antitrust officials fined Google a mere $6.8 million on Thursday, a penalty that, while small, represents the latest in a growing list of global regulatory problems for the American search giant.
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