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US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections — The special counsel's office said Friday that a federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Russia used US VPNs, matching stolen photo IDs and SSNs, fake PayPal accounts to make it hard for Facebook, Twitter spot illicit influence of the 2016 election — How do you stop a troll with an entire fake identity? — The Russian troll farm has been hit with its first major indictment.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter says Twitter for Mac app will no longer be available for download starting today, will end support for the app in 30 days — The company will no longer support the client after 30 days — Twitter's erratic support for its dedicated desktop Mac application is coming to an end …
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| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
National Labor Relations Board memo: statements in James Damore's memo were “so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive” that Google had a right to fire him — Engineer claimed tech giant violated his labor law rights — U.S. lawyer said ‘discriminatory statements’ aren't protected
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| Jen Wieczner / Fortune: |
Hackers stole an estimated $50M+ over 3 years by buying Google Search ads, sending users to fake domains that looked like popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info — For years, hackers have robbed Bitcoin investors, emptying their cryptocurrency wallets without fear of being caught thanks to the relative anonymity of the blockchain.
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| Daniel Nazer / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
District court in New York rules that by embedding a tweet with copyrighted content, websites may violate copyright, rejecting years of settled legal precedent — Rejecting years of settled precedent, a federal court in New York has ruled [PDF] that you could infringe copyright simply by embedding a tweet in a web page.
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| Klint Finley / Wired: |
Google says 42% of sites notified made preemptive changes ahead of Chrome ad blocker launch; fewer than 1% of most popular sites violate suggested ad guidelines — YOU MIGHT SEE fewer ads on the web from now on. But you probably won't. — On Thursday, Google Chrome …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook apologizes for 2FA-related SMS notifications spam and auto-posting replies on user Facebook profiles, says fix rolling out in coming days — The company also plans disable a feature that automatically posts SMS replies as status updates — Facebook this evening clarified … | Sahil Patel / Digiday: |
Wojcicki sees YouTube Red as a music service, has no plans to compete with video streaming services; media execs say subscriptions make creators little revenue — What, exactly, is YouTube Red? That's a question creators and YouTube network executives might want to ask more than two years … | Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
Waymo received permit in Arizona to operate a transportation network company, says it is “taking all the steps necessary to launch commercial service this year” — Waymo is preparing to launch a ride-hailing service akin to Uber's, but with driverless cars.
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| Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Profile of John Legere, who has more than doubled T-Mobile's revenue since 2012 with brash messaging and relentless focus on customers and frontline employees — The crowd in the ballroom at the Westin New York at Times Square on this February afternoon is in a partying mood well before sundown.| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
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