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US government officially blames Russia for hacking Democratic National Committee to “interfere with the US election process” — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the Russian government of stealing and disclosing emails from the Democratic National Committee …
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| Aditya Koolwal / Facebook: |
Facebook launches standalone Events app on iOS to help you find, track, and manage events; Android version is coming soon — Every day, more than 100 million people use Facebook events to discover things they can do with their friends — from festivals and 5Ks to neighborhood fairs and nightlife.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
How a co-founder of a startup called Luka built an AI chatbot, trained on past messages, for texting with her deceased friend — When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence — When the engineers had at last finished their work, Eugenia Kuyda opened a console on her laptop and began to type.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
After Samsung Galaxy Southwest Airlines incident, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile now offer exchange options for Note7 replacement models — A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking and burned through the carpet on board a Southwest flight this week.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Google is demoting Hangouts to “optional” in the Google Apps package for Android, to be replaced by Duo — In an email sent to Google Mobile Services partners on October 5th, Google outlined a significant change to the core GMS package (AKA gapps) for telephony-enabled Android devices (basically, smartphones).
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Fidelity Investments led institutional shareholder campaign against Twitter acquisition; one source says potential deal has been halted — SAN FRANCISCO — The investor pressure began building on Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce.com, two weeks ago.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Source: email scanner installed after government order was not a modified spam filter; Yahoo's security team thought it was a rootkit when they discovered it — The spy tool that the US government ordered Yahoo to install on its systems last year at the behest of the NSA or the FBI was a …
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Tweets: @mattblaze, @theintercept, @rj_gallagher, @lorenzofb, @derektmead, @dinodaizovi, @trevortimm and @glynmoody
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft sends invites for October 26 event where its expected to debut an all-in-one Surface PC; sources say Surface Pro and Surface Book won't be refreshed — Microsoft is holding a special Windows 10 and Surface event in New York City later this month.
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Tweets: @saschasegan, @benbajarin, @kylebrussell and @zdnet
| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
With many NetSuite shareholders opposing a deal, Oracle extends stock tender deadline until Nov. 4, says it'll walk away if independent shareholders won't sell — Oracle is playing an unusual game of chicken with the shareholders of NetSuite. On Friday, Oracle extended the deadline …
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| Marshall Honorof / Tom's Guide: |
$30 Roku Express review: large channel selection but performance is sluggish; pricier alternatives like Chromecast are a better value — The Roku Express ($30) is the absolute cheapest name-brand streaming player on the market, and it's also one of the least impressive.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Verizon to offer data plans for drones and plans on testing drones that could act as aerial cell towers to plug holes in network coverage — Verizon will soon start offering data plans for drones, allowing pilots to connect their devices to the telecom's network to stream video and transmit … | Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide — Go over that amount and you could face overage charges. Unlimited data costs $50 extra. — Comcast's data restrictions are going from testing to reality for most of its customers. Its 'XFINITY Terabyte Internet Data Usage Plan … Sponsor Posts
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