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Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's role in the election, claims over 99% of what people see on Facebook is authentic — I want to share some thoughts on Facebook and the election. — Our goal is to give every person a voice. We believe deeply in people.
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: several Facebook execs voiced concerns about company's role in influencing elections; in all-hands meeting, Zuckerberg maintained the impact was small — SAN FRANCISCO — Late on Tuesday night, as it became clear that Donald J. Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton to win the presidential election …
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See also Mediagazer| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
FriendFinder Networks, operator of AdultFriendFinder.com, Cams.com, other sites hacked; 412M accounts exposed; LeakedSource could crack 99% of all passwords — Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company's poor security practices. Even “deleted” accounts were found in the breach.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Kaspersky accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive bundling of antivirus software — In some situations, Windows 10 will disable third party anti-malware products. — Billionaire Russian anti-virus developer Eugene Kaspersky has penned an angry blog post titled “That's It.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Lenovo Yoga 910 review: great 13.9" 4K display, extremely thin bezels, solid performance, but no Thunderbolt 3 support, and costs more than HP's Spectre x360 — $1,599 for the watchband hinge, 4K touchscreen, Kaby Lake, and more. — Lenovo's newest flagship convertible, the Yoga 910 …
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| Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed: |
Trump-supporting founder of Gab.ai, a social network popular with the alt-right, was kicked out of Y Combinator for violating its harassment policy — Milo Yiannopoulos and Gab.ai CEO Andrew Torba. — On the Friday after the US presidential election, Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab.ai …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Rhapsody/Napster posts surprise $1.6M quarterly profit after years of losses, filing reveals — Seattle-based Rhapsody International, which operates the Napster music service, posted a profit of more than $1.6 million in the third quarter on record revenue of more than $54 million … Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Sources: Siemens is nearing a deal to buy Mentor Graphics, which makes software for designing semiconductors, for between $4.5B and $4.6B in cash — Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE), Europe's biggest industrial group, is nearing a deal to buy Mentor Graphics Corp (MENT.O), which makes software … | Ethan Baron / Mercury News: |
Former Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain indicted on felony fraud charges following HP's disastrous $11B acquisition of Autonomy — Hewlett Packard complained bitterly that it had been deceived in its disastrous $11 billion acquisition of enterprise software firm Autonomy in 2011.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook mistakenly showed memorial banners on profile pages implying users were dead, apologized for a “terrible error” — RIP — Facebook is capping one of the longest weeks in American history by telling everyone that they are dead. Log on to your profile and there's …
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| New York Times: |
The US election underscores the flaws of an overreliance on large-scale data analysis, which can have unintended consequences, as it has for some tech companies — It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field — business, politics, sports and academia …
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See also Mediagazer| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T to begin throttling mobile streaming video to 480p resolution in early 2017, but customers can opt out — Cellular customers can opt out of “Stream Saver,” which limits video to 480p. — AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017.
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