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Sources: hackers stole NSA data on US offensive and defensive cyber capabilities from a contractor's laptop in 2015, likely via Kaspersky software — The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate U.S. networks
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| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
Netflix is raising prices in US starting today: standard $9.99 plan will be $10.99/month; premium $11.99 plan will be $13.99/month; $7.99 plan does not change — Netflix will raise prices for its US subscribers starting Thursday, the company confirmed to Business Insider.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Edge for Android and iOS in beta and relaunches Arrow Launcher for Android as Microsoft Launcher in public preview — If you want more proof that Microsoft is embracing Android and iOS, boy, do we have it for you today. The company has launched Edge for iOS in preview …
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @epro, and @dcseifert
| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Researchers: Apple granted Uber now-removed “entitlement” that let app record iPhone screen, even in background; Uber says it was to improve Watch performance — To improve functionality between Uber's app and the Apple Watch, Apple allowed Uber to use a powerful tool that could record …
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Tweets: @imeluny, @chronic, @bzamayo, @tfitzsimons, @qwertyoruiopz, and @qwertyoruiopz
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple updates High Sierra with fix for APFS Disk Utility flaw that revealed password instead of hint and Keychain vulnerability that let apps dump passwords — Apple today released a supplemental update to macOS High Sierra 10.13, the first update to the macOS High Sierra operating system …
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Matheus Mariano, Apple Support, iMore, MacRumors, ZDNet, Ars Technica, The Register, Macworld, iPhone Hacks, SecurityWeek, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @flyosity
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is testing its own delivery service called Seller Flex; trial began this year in West Coast states, with broader rollout planned in 2018 — Online retailer would deliver from other merchants' warehouses — Trial program underway on West Coast before national expansion
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook tests button to provide additional context on links in News Feed, such as the publisher's Wikipedia entry, trending information, and related articles — Facebook thinks showing Wikipedia entries about publishers and additional Related Articles will give users more context about the links they see.
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Facebook, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, The Hill, Marketing Land, Northeastern, The Daily Caller, Adweek, Neowin, BetaNews, Engadget, Nieman Lab, Mashable, Recode, The Verge, CNET, and Axios
Tweets: @joshconstine and @stevekovach
| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: YouTube accelerates rollout of update to search after criticism of misinformation, hate, and conspiracy videos after Las Vegas shooting and NFL protests — Debunked claims appear in top 5 videos for news about Las Vegas shooting, NFL anthem protests
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CNET, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed, Engadget, Business Insider, Neowin, The Guardian, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @jacknicas, @baekdal, @timjhanrahan, @rmac18, @stevekovach, and @mhbergen
| Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: |
Analysis of six Facebook pages linked to Russian accounts, including Blacktivists and Secured Borders, shows ~19M interactions with posts — A Columbia University social media analyst has published his findings about the reach and engagement achieved by Russia-linked Facebook pages during the 2016 election.
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Washington Post, Silicon Valley Business …, CNN, and The Guardian
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
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Tweets: @davidnather, @axios, and @cnn
| Surur / MSPoweruser: |
Now-deleted Microsoft Store listing said Harmon Kardon Cortana-powered speaker will cost $200 with six months of free Skype calls, on sale October 22 — The official store listing for the Harman Kardon Invoke has leaked, and with it comes the final price of the smart speaker.
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The Verge, Windows Central, Engadget, ZDNet, On MSFT, Featured Articles, Tom's Guide, Trusted Reviews, Ubergizmo, Neowin, and GSMArena.com
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Losing the 3.5mm jack pushes consumers into the Bluetooth audio market, where choices are limited and proprietary, like Apple's handful of W1 chip products — Enjoy your four choices — Yesterday, Google announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, two phones I've been excited about for a while now.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, The Daily Caller, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, The Verge, TechCrunch, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @reckless, @ow, @thedextriarchy, @backlon, @dcseifert, @stevesi, and @waltmossberg
| Bloomberg: |
Inside Apple and Qualcomm's billion dollar patent war, during which Apple stopped paying $2B a year in royalties to Qualcomm — IPhone season, that extravaganza of novelty and surprise, began in mid-September with a two-hour-long presentation at Apple Inc.'s brand-new, spaceshiplike campus.
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SiliconBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Insanely Great Mac, 9to5Mac, iMore, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, and Financial Times
Tweets: @benbajarin, @kifleswing, @sudecker1, and @jimaley
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Lenovo unveils limited edition 25th anniversary ThinkPad, styled on IBM's original, with Intel Kaby Lake i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, starting at $1,899 — IBM's first ThinkPad debuted exactly 25 years ago today, with a bright red TrackPoint nub and a classic design that still exists in a modern form.Sponsor Posts
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