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Inside Trump's tech summit: Nadella talks immigration, Sandberg brings up STEM, and Bezos raises China; execs say Trump's kids involvement was inappropriate — It's almost like Recode was in the air duct at Trump Tower. — The leaders of tech were closemouthed about their meeting …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The US Election Assistance Commission, which oversees security of voting systems, was hacked around the time of the election, allegedly by a Russian hacker — The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which is responsible for testing and certifying voting systems, among other things …
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| Greg Chiemingo / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote backtracks, will no longer change its privacy policy in January after user backlash, will not let employees read notes unless users opt-in — “Trust is at the heart of our service. That means we need to be transparent, admit our missteps, and commit to making the Evernote experience …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
To fight fake news, Facebook tests easier hoax reporting, uses third-party fact checkers to flag stories, punishes stories shared less after being read, more — For weeks, Facebook has faced questions about its role in spreading fake news. The intense scrutiny has caused internal divisions …
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See also Mediagazer| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
Oracle reports $9B Q2 revenue, with SaaS and PaaS revenue up 81% YoY to $878M, IaaS up 6% YoY to $175M; firm says it beats Salesforce in cloud computing revenue — Database giant Oracle (ORCL) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue slightly below consensus, and beat by a penny on the bottom line …
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| Peter Henderson / Reuters: |
Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz to join executive committee of Donald Trump's transition team while remaining at the firm — Oracle Corp Chief Executive Safra Catz will join the executive committee of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, and she will remain at the company in the process …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Source: Apple to begin selling AirPods in its retail stores on Monday, December 19 — Apple will begin selling AirPods in its retail stores starting on Monday, December 19, according to a retail source that shared the news with MacRumors. Apple is currently informing stores about the imminent launch … | Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Facebook underreported iPhone traffic to Instant Articles tracked by comScore from Sept. 30 to Nov. 30; report says some publishers' numbers affected by 10-20% — Facebook announced on Friday it had made another measurement error, this time affecting publishers that use its Instant Articles content platform.
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Audio syncing app AmpMe updated to support music streaming across multiple Bluetooth speakers using almost any phone — iOS or Android, too — In 2015, a small company called AmpMe rolled out an app with a clever premise — it let you sync audio playback across any number of phones … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Verizon will roll out update for Galaxy Note 7 that disables device on January 7, after previously saying it would not — Waiting until after the holidays — Verizon has just announced that it plans to roll out Samsung's upcoming Note 7 update, which permanently stops the recalled smartphone …
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| Kirsten Korosec / Fortune: |
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan — General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Thursday said the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan just days …
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| Rhea Mahbubani / NBC Bay Area: |
Uber says one of its self-driving cars ran a red light in San Francisco “due to human error” — It's day one of Uber's self-driving car test in San Francisco, and already trouble is brewing amidst reports of vehicles running red lights and California regulators threatening legal action.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports Q4 revenue of $1.61B, up 23% YoY, bringing total revenue for the year to $5.85B — The company continues to push an aggressive cloud strategy toward record-setting revenue growth. — Adobe delivered strong fourth quarter financial results Thursday as the company continues …
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