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How Facebook's increasing size and scope, potential for abuse, and new use cases led Zuckerberg to rethink its neutral role and emphasize community values — The same company that gives you birthday reminders also helped ensure the integrity of the German elections.
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| Elliot Schrage / Facebook: |
About 10M people saw Russian ads on Facebook, 44% of ads were seen before Nov. 8, 50% of ads were for $3 or less; for 99% of the ads, less than $1,000 was spent — What was in the ads you shared with Congress? How many people saw them? — Most of the ads appear to focus on divisive social …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Russians used Facebook's Custom Audiences retargeting tool to ID voters and send specific ads and messages to influence them — A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP) — SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites …
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| Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon to be fined several hundred million euros in back taxes by the EU on Wednesday, after investigation into sweetheart tax deal with Luxembourg — Brussels will hit Amazon on Wednesday with a bill for Luxembourg back taxes worth several hundred million euros …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Instagram adds polling stickers to Stories, an eyedropper color-picking tool to Android and iOS, and text and sticker alignment tool, limited for to iOS now — Instagram is making its Stories a little more interactive with a new polling feature that users can add with a “poll” sticker.
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
MLB announces the Oakland Athletics is using iOS 11's NFC feature on iPhone and Apple Watch for contactless stadium entry — Today the MLB announced that the Oakland Athletics are piloting a new NFC ticketing solution which lets fans enter the stadium by tapping their phone (or Apple Watch) …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sony PlayStation chief Andrew House, who drove the strategy and launch of the PS4, is leaving after 27 years; deputy president John Kodera is taking over — Andrew House, the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has resigned from his post, and current deputy president, Tsuyoshi …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
Slack and Oracle partner to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products into the popular messaging app — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc has secured a partnership with Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google's new program will enable anyone with suitable hardware to contribute to Street View, starting with Insta360's Pro, an $3,499 8K camera — Google has a new program called “Street View ready” which will make it possible for anyone with the right hardware to contribute …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber's Otto due diligence report has been made public as part of Uber v. Waymo lawsuit — Alphabet had been fighting to get ahold of this document for months over the course of its litigation against Uber. — A report that Alphabet wants to use in its lawsuit against Uber was made public today.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
European Twilio rival MessageBird raises $60M Series A led by Accel and says it has bootstrapped its way to profitability — MessageBird, a European Twilio rival that says it bootstrapped its way to profitabilty early on, has raised its first notable equity financing via a $60 million series … | Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Waymo is preparing to launch commercial ride-sharing service powered by self-driving vehicles with no human “safety” drivers as soon as this fall — Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car unit, is preparing to launch the first commercial ride-sharing service powered … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
How the big tech platforms including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, who've pledged to provide accurate information during major crises, are failing miserably — In aftermath of Sunday evening's mass shooting in Las Vegas, visitors to Facebook's Crisis Response page for the tragedy …
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Ring debuts Protect, a $199 home security system that includes base station, keypad, contact sensor, motion detector, and range extender, launching late October — It's clearly the season for home security systems, with Ring launching Ring Protect with the promise of 24/7 monitoring and easy installation.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands data-saving Messenger Lite beyond developing markets to the Google Play Store in US, Canada, UK, and Ireland, but has no plans for iOS version — Facebook's data-conserving version of Messenger is no longer just for developing nations with slow networks.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US Senate confirms Ajit Pai for another term at FCC in 52-41 vote — Democrats objected to Pai's re-nomination, but Republicans had his back. — The US Senate today gave Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai another term on the FCC. — Pai would have had to leave the FCC … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Oracle follows others with a new blockchain cloud service, built on the Hyperledger Fabric project, like IBM's Blockchain as a Service — Oracle is working hard to be a SaaS vendor that matters, whether with its new autonomous database service or getting involved with blockchain.
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