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Tuesday Senate hearing: Google explains delay in cutting RT from ad program; Twitter says ~5% accounts are spam; Facebook says it revealed all known Russian ads — A live look at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian election interference. — Facebook, Google and Twitter …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Lawyers from Facebook, Google, Twitter stuck to prepared statements and vague promises during Tues. Senate hearings, and none promised to support Honest Ads act — In a high-stakes meeting, lawyers stick to the script — A bipartisan group of Senators grilled tech companies today …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google announces Fast Pair, for Android 6 and higher, which will make Bluetooth pairing easier for devices that support the feature — But the convenience depends on accessory makers adopting it — Apple users are quickly growing accustomed to effortless wireless pairing between the iPhone … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM launches Cloud Private platform to bring cloud native apps to on-premises data centers; it works with multiple clouds, hardware, and existing infrastructure — IBM is betting that its Cloud Private platform can be the middleware and platform architecture connecting data center hardware of all stripes with a cloud operating model.
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| Lorraine Bardeen / Microsoft Devices Blog: |
Microsoft expands its HoloLens mixed reality headset to 29 new European markets targeting firstline workers and information workers — At Microsoft, we are on a mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Mixed reality has the potential to help customers …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
New York terror attack suspect was an Uber driver for the past six months with over 1,400 trips; Uber is now in contact with FBI about the incident — New York terror suspectSayfullo Saipov was a driver for Uber, the company confirms. He has been accused of driving a truck into a crowd near …
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Technologists, academics, politicians and journalists suggest ways to improve Facebook as a product and company — Colin Stretch, the general counsel of Facebook, appeared on Tuesday before senators who are investigating how Russia spread misinformation online during the 2016 presidential campaign.| David Pierce / Wired: |
Doppler Labs, the smart earbuds startup which raised a total of $50M+, is shutting down — ON OCTOBER 23, Doppler Labs founder Noah Kraft got a Facebook notification. One of those “On This Day” pop-ups, resurfacing a post from exactly two years ago, when Kraft had appeared on CNBC to make the case for his company.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Shippo raises $20M Series B led by Bessemer for its multi-carrier shipping API for ecommerce — Her voice weakened by a temporary illness, Shippo CEO Laura Behrens Wu couldn't resist pitching another customer on a recent October morning. She was in a Lyft and had discovered her driver created …
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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple changed its standard iPhone review PR strategy for the iPhone X, prioritizing YouTubers and celebrities over established names in tech journalism — ‘Unusual’ change in strategy means latest phone got less testing than most of its predecessors before reviews could be published
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
London-based DIY computing and coding kit maker Kano raises $28M Series B led by the Thames Trust and Breyer Capital to expand in US retail stores — Kano, the company behind the popular DIY computing and coding kits, has raised $28 million in a series B round of funding led by the Thames Trust …
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| Dana Hull / Bloomberg: |
How a DARPA-funded series of contests a decade ago boosted autonomous driving tech; engineers from its top teams are leading today's self-driving startups — A Pentagon-funded contest spawned today's self-driving startups. The competitors are now struggling to perfect what they created a decade ago.
Tweets: @a_riley17
| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Amazon adds ARKit support to its iOS app, letting you place items inside your home using AR — Following in Ikea and Target's footsteps — Amazon has added an AR component to its app, using Apple's ARKit to let customers place various items in their house virtually before buying them.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 11.1 with new emoji, 3D Touch app switcher, UI and security bug fixes — Apple today released iOS 11.1, the first major update to the iOS 11 operating system available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iOS 11.1 comes more than a month after iOS 11 was first released …
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