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Sources: Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman apologized internally for his tweetstorm about Russian interference, saying “I conveyed my view poorly” — ON FRIDAY MORNING, just before 10am on the West Coast, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller published his indictment … | Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Fact-checking the tweetstorm by Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman on the Mueller indictment and Facebook's role in election interference by Russia — Rob Goldman, Facebook vice president for ads, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. We fact-checked Mr. Goldman.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay begins its global rollout, replacing Android Pay, with the home screen showing a personalized list of relevant stores accepting Google Pay — As we reported last month, Google is uniting all of its different payment tools under the Google Pay brand.| Mishaal Rahman / xda-developers: |
Nuance discontinues Swype keyboards for iOS and Android after buying Swype for $100M in 2011, says it will focus on AI for businesses instead — For the longest time, one of the advantages of Android over iOS was the ability to use third-party keyboard apps available on the Play Store.
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Qualcomm raises its bid for NXP Semiconductors from ~$38B to ~$44B, or from $110 to $127.50 per share, in an effort to win shareholder support — (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) raised its offer to buy NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI.O) to $127.50 per share from $110 …
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One hour after news broke about the Florida school shooting, hundreds of suspected Russian-linked Twitter bots released divisive posts on the gun control debate — SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Research from Alphabet's Verily shows that blood pressure, age, whether someone smokes, and more can be deduced by analyzing scans of patients' retinas with AI — Experts say it could provide a simpler way to predict cardiovascular risk — Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily …
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Data indicates that Tether may hold sufficient reserves in Puerto Rican bank; main danger for Tether is shutdown by authorities due to money laundering concerns — Abstract: Tether is a crypto token based on top of Bitcoin and Ethereum's blockchains, and the value of the token is pegged to the US dollar by centralised USD reserves.
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| Mark Wilson / Co.Design: |
After opening Snap Store this month, Snap sells special Jordan shoes at LA concert via QR code that sent customers to Snapchat for purchase, shipped same night — The social media company is looking at e-commerce as its next big revenue channel, and it's starting with some brand-new Jordans.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 11.2.6, macOS 10.13.3 Supplemental Update, tvOS 11.2.6, and watchOS 4.2.3, fixing issue where an Indian character would crash apps — Apple has released new software updates to address the Telugu character bug that affected devices running the latest public version of Apple's software.
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| Ari Rabinovitch / Reuters: |
Israel's OrCam, maker of an eyeglass camera for the visually impaired that can read text aloud and recognize faces, announces $30.4M round at $1B valuation — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's OrCam, which has developed a visual aid for the blind, has completed a funding round that values … | Usama Jawad / Neowin: |
Google discloses security flaw of “medium” severity in Microsoft Edge after privately reporting the flaw to Microsoft in November 2017; no patch available yet — Google's Project Zero initiative tasks its security researchers with finding flaws in various software products developed … Sponsor Posts
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