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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook's efforts to prevent abuse will cut into future profits as company plans to double employees to police its platform — Under fire, the social network plans to spend big on security — Facebook was front and center in the news today, testifying before legislators …
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Facebook reports Q3 profit of $4.7B, up 79% YoY; revenue of $10.3B, up 47% YoY, vs. $9.84B expected; headcount hits 23,165, up 47% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. — “Our community continues to grow and our business …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Facebook says 10% or ~207M accounts are estimated to be duplicates, up from 6% and fake accounts total ~60M, up to 2-3% from 1%, as detection methods improve — - Facebook quietly increased its number of estimated duplicate accounts from 6% to 10%. — Estimated fake accounts were raised to 2-3% from 1%.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Internal document: Twitter offered Russia Today 15% “share of voice” on 2016 US election advertising for $3M, while CNN held 56% and Fox 32%; RT declined — Twitter wanted RT to spend big ahead of the 2016 US election, offering a significant portion of its election-related ad inventory in return.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Razer Phone: 5.7" 120Hz 1440p display, 8GB RAM, Snapdragon 835, 12MP dual cameras, 4000mAh battery, but no audio jack, Oreo update 2018; ships Nov. 17 for $699 — Can you actually make an Android phone for gamers? Aren't they all spec-heavy beasts of incredible processing burden?
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
SEC: paid endorsements of ICOs may be illegal if compensation is not properly disclosed, and, even with disclosure, paid promoters may be liable in some cases — The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a stern warning to the celebrities, athletes and social media stars pitching investment opportunities in virtual currencies.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
The value of the Bancor token has dropped 56% since the June ICO, which raised ~$153M — Bancor has lost more than half of value since June offering — Developers question usefulness of market-making token — Bancor, one of the most successful initial coin offerings in the short history …
| 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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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Face ID Unlocks an iPhone More Slowly Than Touch ID, but is Faster in Day-to-Day Usage — Apple's new Face ID facial recognition system coming in the iPhone X unlocks an iPhone more slowly than Touch ID did, according to Tom's Guide. — Tom's Guide is one of the sites that was provided …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google announces Poly 3D object library for ARCore, ARKit, and other VR development platforms — Google is opening a new platform called Poly where people can find and distribute virtual and augmented reality objects. The tool is integrated with Tilt Brush and Blocks …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Qualcomm reports Q4 revenue of $5.96B, vs $5.8B est., down from $6.17B a year ago, amid costly Apple patent battle that hit its licensing business hardest — The semiconductor giant's licensing business took a hit as its dispute with Apple continues, but its core business saw decent growth.
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| Joan Lowy / Associated Press: |
Sources: Trump admin quietly set aside Obama-proposed mandate requiring new cars to have wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology — https://apnews.com/9a605019eeba4ad29347 41091105de42 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly set aside plans …
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| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Source: VMware to acquire software-based networking startup VeloCloud; VeloCloud has raised $84M in funding since launch in 2012 — VMware has struck a deal to acquire software-based networking startup VeloCloud Networks, according to a person close to VeloCloud, in a move that is likely …
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