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Best 2016 Black Friday deals on TVs, audio, smart home and personal tech, cameras, drones, gaming, computers, mobiles — Black Friday isn't as much of a thing as it used to be. Almost every item worth buying is available online the day after Thanksgiving, with even more discounts following on Cyber Monday.
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Google has been warning prominent journalists and professors that their accounts are under attack from “government-backed attackers” — A flurry of social media reports suggests a major hacking campaign has been uncovered. — Google is warning prominent journalists and professors …
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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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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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Experts: a Russian propaganda campaign to undermine Clinton helped spread fake news during election using botnets, networks of sites, paid human “trolls”, more — The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created …
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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.
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ClickZ, BGR, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Good E-Reader and TheStreet.com. Tweets: @maxrogo. Thanks:@ravichandrans25
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Twitter gives Anthony Noto an additional $12M a year in stock over a four year period, for his new job as COO, replacing Adam Bain — Twitter's Anthony Noto is getting a hefty stock package worth up to $12 million per year to take on a larger role as Chief Operating Officer of the struggling internet company.| 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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| 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.| 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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Tweets: @chromecast and @shiraovide
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Trae Stephens, a principal at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, has joined Trump's defence transition team; sources says he won't take an administration role — Trae Stephens will focus on defense plans for president elect — Peter Thiel worked with Stephens at his VC firm and Palantir
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SV Angel raises $53M for its sixth seed investment fund, exceeding original $40M target — More money for more startup seed-stage investments: SV Angel, one of the more prominent early-stage investment firms in the Bay Area, has closed its latest (sixth) fund at $53 million, according to an SEC filing (via Dan Primack).Sponsor Posts
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