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Twitter says users can now have verified status revoked, unveils new guidelines for verified accounts as it works on authentication and verification program — A risky new step in the fight to reduce harassment — Twitter will begin removing verification badges from users who violate its rules, the company said today.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Sources: FCC's Ajit Pai expected to roll out details on reversing net neutrality next week, seeking a final vote on the plan Dec. 14 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is set to unveil plans next week for a final vote to reverse a landmark 2015 net …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Surface Book 2 Review: powerful, great keyboard and trackpad, Xbox Wireless support, but power supply isn't enough for gaming and no Thunderbolt 3 support — A powerful portable desktop PC — I always wanted Microsoft to build a laptop, and it finally went ahead and built one without any tricks earlier this year.
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| David Pierce / Wired: |
Google Pixel Buds review: great sound, but Assistant only works on Android, Translate is only available to Pixel owners, and pairing via case sometimes fails — In your ears, Google's earbuds work beautifully—but it takes way too much work to get them there. — I CAN'T FIGURE out the Google Pixel Buds.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google updates Assistant with developer support for Spanish, Italian, and other languages, ability to recognize implicit requests, more — Also, the Nexus Player is back — Google has announced a bunch of new updates coming to Assistant today that should make it possible for developers … | Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
Tech companies, including Facebook and Google, along with some news outlets join The Trust Project and start displaying tags to identify trustworthy news — “The hope is that, if news organizations are more clear and transparent about what they're doing, then users can make their own decisions."
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| Julia Reda: |
New measure passed by EU Parliament would let consumer protection authorities order any third party to block access to websites without judicial authorization — Today, the European Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Cooperation regulation. Unfortunately, it contains an overreaching general website blocking provision.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
UnitedMasters, which helps artists distribute music on streaming platforms and advertise to fans, raised $70M Series A led by Alphabet; Ben Horowitz joins board — Record labels are obsolete. They haven't kept up as music evolved from selling CDs to streaming songs to promoting concert tickets and merchandise.
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| Mark Harris / Wired: |
Interview with Anthony Levandowski on his AI-focused religion, Way of the Future, of which he's the Dean, which aims to find and worship “a Godhead based on AI” — Anthony Levandowski makes an unlikely prophet. Dressed Silicon Valley-casual in jeans and flanked by a PR rep rather …
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
Profile of UK government's annual Cyber Security Challenge that tests contestants' abilities during cyberwar simulations and is used by companies to hire staff — Realistic scenarios help wannabe cybersecurity experts strut their stuff — A major shipping company is under attack.| CNBC: |
Rider in California sues Uber, claiming it did not take sufficient measures to protect her from a driver who was charged after allegedly raping her — - An anonymous Uber rider is suing the company in California Superior Court, claiming it didn't do a sufficient background check on a driver who allegedly raped her.| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Trump administration publishes inter-agency rules for disclosing or keeping secret cyber security flaws, with decisions to retain flaws being revisited annually — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration publicly released on Wednesday its rules for deciding whether …
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