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Facebook plans to roll out tool to show users if they liked or followed a Russia-linked account on Facebook or Instagram but not if they saw Russia-linked ads — So far, Google and Twitter have not detailed their plans. — Facebook is trying to alert some U.S. users that they fell victim …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
YouTube details steps it's taking in ongoing effort to clamp down on videos that exploit children, will ramp up removal of offensive material, halt monetization — After BuzzFeed News provided YouTube with dozens of examples of videos — with millions of views — that depict children … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
PC vendors scramble to issue patches after Intel announced firmware flaws allowing remote code execution affecting a wide range of chips and millions of devices — Millions of computers could be remotely hijacked through bug in firmware code. — Intel has issued a security alert …
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| Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Source: Samsung plans to showcase Galaxy S9 and S9+ at CES in January; phones will have similar appearance to S8, same screen size, more RAM, second back camera — EXCLUSIVE: — Samsung is planning to show off its next-generation Galaxy S handsets a bit earlier than usual …
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Sources: Kalanick and CSO Joe Sullivan ordered $100K ransom to be paid; Uber tracked the hackers, pushed them to sign NDAs, disguised the payment as bug bounty — SAN FRANCISCO — In November 2016, Uber executives faced an expensive — and risky — decision.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Uber fires CSO, says in Oct '16 personal info of 50M riders, 7M drivers, including 600K driver's license numbers, stolen; Uber paid hackers $100K to delete data — Company paid hackers $100,000 to delete info, keep quiet — Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and another exec ousted
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
California DMV website shows Lyft has secured a permit to test self-driving cars — Lyft is the latest company to get a permit from the to test self-driving cars on California's public roads, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles website.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Scalyr raises $20M Series A led by Shasta Ventures to analyze infrastructure logs, claims users of its platform can search up to 1TB of log data per second — Analyzing infrastructure logs is at once among the most important and the most difficult parts of administrators' work.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
NY AG says the FCC has ignored multiple requests for logs and records amid NY's investigation of the flood of fake net neutrality comments to the federal agency — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman revealed today that his office has been investigating a flood of spam FCC comments …
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| Bloomberg: |
Locus Robotics, maker of automated warehouse robots, raises $25M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners — Locus Robotics is raising serious cash in its bid to automate warehouses, bringing industry investment to $70 million this year. — A few years ago, Amazon.com Inc. triggered …
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| Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News: |
Casa Systems, maker of cable, wireless, and optical network gear and software, files for $150M IPO on Nasdaq — Key maker of cable access and optical network gear and software has also been investing in wireless (Updated) — Casa Systems, a maker of cable modem termination system …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK government debuts Autumn Budget with new tech-focused initiatives: looser rules for testing self-driving cars, AI advisory body, £2.5B+ investment fund, more — With the UK government continuing to face down criticism over how it is handling plans to remove the UK from the European Union …
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