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| J. Alex Halderman / Medium: |
UMich security expert says Clinton should petition for recount in PA, MI, WI given the insecurity of voting machines and sophistication of state-sponsored hacks — You may have read at NYMag that I've been in discussions with the Clinton campaign about whether it might wish to seek recounts in critical states.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Experts say election results should be audited to ease lingering doubts about voting systems — After an election marred by hacker intrusions that breached the Democratic National Committee and the email account of one of Hillary Clinton's top staffers, Americans are all too ready to believe …
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| Amelia Tait / New Statesman: |
Reddit CEO Huffman's decision to delete and alter comments on Trump thread amounts to censorship and has eroded the site's credibility with users — Even those who don't frequent “the front page of the internet” should worry about the implications of this act.
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See also Mediagazer| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google and its TV and speaker hardware partners are phasing out Google Cast branding in favor of “Chromecast built-in” — Innovating in the internet-connected TV space is hard. Finding the right way to market this technology to consumers may, however, be even harder.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft brings its Solitaire Collection to Android and iOS for free, offers $1.99/month option to remove ads — Microsoft is bringing its popular version of Solitaire to iOS and Android today. While the game as existed on Windows for more than 25 years, the modern Solitaire Collection …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Analysis shows Amazon deleted 500K+ reviews, 71% of which were “incentivized”, since changing its guidelines last month — Amazon is making good on its promise to ban “incentivized” reviews from its website, according to a new analysis of over 32,000 products and around 65 million reviews.| Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Chinese online travel firm Ctrip to buy Scotland-based travel search site Skyscanner in $1.74B deal consisting mainly of cash; Ctrip shares up 9.2% after hours — Chinese online travel company Ctrip.com International Ltd (CTRP.O) said on Wednesday it agreed to buy UK-based Skyscanner Holdings Ltd …
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| Damien Gayle / The Guardian: |
A digital economy bill headed through UK parliament includes proposal censoring online videos of non-conventional sex acts, matching standards for offline porn — Campaigners label bill targeted at online pornography a ‘prurient’ intervention that will take Britain's censorship regime back to pre-internet era
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See also Mediagazer| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Profile of Vergence Labs, a small LA startup Snap Inc. acquired in 2014 for Spectacles-related tech — Hundreds of people lined up off Venice Beach boardwalk on a sunny November morning to buy Snapchat's Spectacles from a bright yellow vending machine. — It was the first day the $130 camera glasses … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon quietly acquired video messaging app firm Biba for its patents and employees in 2015; sources say Amazon will announce new video chat service this month — Amazon's purchases of Twitch and Elemental Technologies appear to be only two parts of a bigger strategy at the company …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out a fix for the bug which prevented Outlook syncing on mobile and some apps since last Thursday — Microsoft has been having email issues for just shy of a week. A fix is finally rolling out, but will it tell customers what went wrong? — Microsoft has been having issues …
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| Claire Ruckin / Reuters: |
Sources: GoDaddy is in exclusive talks to acquire European hosting company Host Europe Group, valued at $1.8B — U.S. website domain name provider GoDaddy is in exclusive talks to buy peer Host Europe Group (HEG) as it seeks to expand in higher-margin businesses beyond the initial set-up of websites, people close to the matter said.Sponsor Posts
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