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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea” — “Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.” — After a day of criticism over his company's role …
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See also Mediagazer| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Tech CEOs send company-wide memos encouraging decency and kindness after Donald Trump's win — An ‘emotionally-charged election’ — Over the past 24 hours, top executives at Apple, eBay, Box, and Microsoft have sent company-wide memos urging employees to try to move forward and expressing the belief that people are inherently good.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says “there's so much more we need to do” to stop spread of fake or misleading posts and vows to “keep improving our ability to detect misinformation” — Facebook has responded to widespread criticism of how its Newsfeed algorithm disseminates …
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Primack / LinkedIn: |
Sources: Peter Thiel has agreed to join Donald Trump's presidential transition team — Peter Thiel has agreed to join Donald Trump's presidential transition team, according to multiple sources close to the situation. Thiel, a venture capitalist and hedge fund manager who also serves …
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Spotify app for Windows, Mac, and Linux writing gigabytes of junk data to storage drives when idle; company says they're rolling out an update with fix for bug — Streaming app used by 40 million writes hundreds of gigabytes per day. — For almost five months—possibly longer … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Microsoft Office for Android supports Chrome OS, but an Office 365 subscription is required to create, edit or print documents on devices larger than 10.1" — Earlier this week we caught word that some Chromebooks with Play Store access were being blocked from downloading Microsoft's Office apps, specifically on the ASUS Flip.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Russian hacking group The Dukes, suspected of hacking DNC servers, has launched at least five phishing attacks on US NGOs and think tanks — Less than six hours after Donald Trump became the presumptive president-elect of the United States, a Russian hacker gang perhaps best known for breaking …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Russia prepares to block access to LinkedIn over a dispute about the storage of Russian user details on servers located outside the country — LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals that will soon be bought by Microsoft, is to be blocked in Russia on Thursday after a local court ruled …
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| Saba Hamedy / Mashable: |
Hands-on with Snap's Spectacles: light-weight, pairing with phone is easy, Snapping with glasses and transfers to phone work as promised, video quality is good — Getting my hands on a pair of Snapchat Spectacles felt like getting a golden ticket. — Only instead of Willy Wonka greeting me at the …
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| Oculus Developer Cener: |
Oculus debuts Asynchronous Spacewarp, a frame-rate smoothing technique that almost halves CPU and GPU load, allowing for lower-spec VR-capable PCs — TL;DR:Oculus is releasing a new technology aimed at reducing system hardware requirements while maintaining content quality across a wider array of hardware.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T zero-rating of DirecTV data may violate net neutrality, FCC says — AT&T exempts its video from caps, charges other companies for same treatment. — The Federal Communications Commission says AT&T may be violating net neutrality rules by allowing DirecTV video to stream without counting … | Jennifer Baker / Ars Technica: |
Google rejects EU antitrust allegations, arguing that Android has expanded competition, Microsoft and Apple also preload apps and favor their own services — Search giant faces $7.4 billion fine if found to have blocked competitors in the market. — Google—as expected …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says there are now two billion active Chrome installs across desktop and mobile — Google is hosting its Chrome Dev Summit today. There hasn't been a lot of news out of the event, but one number that stood out in today's keynote by Chrome Engineering VP Darin Fisher … Sponsor Posts
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