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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Police confirm four shot at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, three hospitalized, one dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound, suspected shooter was a woman — San Bruno received multiple 911 calls from headquarters, report says — Police have responded to multiple 911 calls at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, CA.
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| Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed: |
Alleged YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam had denounced the platform for age-restricting videos on her website; her father warned police she might visit YouTube HQ — The woman posted frequently on the video sharing platform about animal cruelty, vegan recipes, and said she believed YouTube was discriminating against her.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Twitter account of YouTube product manager Vadim Lavrusik was hacked and shared fake news during YouTube HQ shooting; Twitter deleted hoax tweets from account — As Twitter users searched for news about today's shooting at YouTube headquarters, hackers were actively compromising a verified employee account to spread misinformation.
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| New York Times: |
Apple hires John Giannandrea, formerly Google's chief of search and AI, to run Apple's machine learning and AI strategy, reporting to Tim Cook — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has hired Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, a major coup in its bid to catch …
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| Alex Stamos / Facebook: |
Facebook deletes 70 FB accounts, 138 FB Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by Russia's Internet Research Agency this morning, shares samples of IRA content — This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).
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Facebook is rolling out an “About this article” button in the US, showing where an article's been shared, the publisher's Wikipedia entry, and related stories — By Taylor Hughes, Software Engineer; Jeff Smith, Product Designer; and Alex Leavitt, UX Researcher
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts new feature in settings that makes it easy for users to bulk remove third-party apps and an option to delete posts from those apps — Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, users have flocked to their Facebook privacy settings to sever their connection to third-party apps …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
1Password launches 1Password Business with compliance controls, automated provisioning, free 1Password Families memberships for each user, and more — Popular password and data manager 1Password is out today with an all new offering, 1Password Business. Launching today, developer AgileBits …
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| Ry Crozier / iTnews: |
Australian regulator AUSTRAC approves first two digital currency exchanges, Independent Reserve and CoinSpot, as compliant with new regulations — Seen to legitimise fledgling industry. — Australian digital currency exchanges Independent Reserve and CoinSpot are the first to confirm compliance … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Overview of gaming laptops using Intel 6-core CPUs, including Samsung Notebook Odyssey Z, Acer Nitro 5, Gigabyte AERO 15/15x, Asus ROG Zephyrus M, Asus ROG G703 — Gaming laptops are getting faster and thinner — Intel unveiled its first Core i9 chip for laptops earlier today … | Fast Company: |
An in-depth look at how Twitter is scrambling to combat abuse on its platform, after initially being blinded to safety concerns by its zeal for free speech — For years, the company's zeal for free speech blinded it to safety concerns. Now it's scrambling to make up for lost time.Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Spotify closes at $149.60 on its first day, down ~10% from opening but still far above private market price of ~$132, giving the company a market cap of ~$26.5B — Spotify is done with its long-awaited “direct listing” experiment. The music streaming company went public without the IPO.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Internal Facebook white paper says Trump campaign spent $44M on FB ads while Clinton team spent $28M from June-November 2016; Trump team ran 5.9M ad versions — The president's ad campaign was 'more complex than Clinton's' — Trump focused on new donors; Clinton on ensuring broad appeal| Forbes: |
36 female VCs launch All Raise, an initiative to increase funding for women from 15% to 25% in 5 years and double the percentage in partner roles in 10 years — AILEEN LEE STARED at the email in her drafts folder for nearly a month, unsure what to do. The summer of 2017 had been brutal for venture capital.
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| BBC: |
Eurocontrol says a failure of its air traffic management software, the second in 20 years, is now fixed, but could delay ~15,000 flights in Europe — The organisation responsible for co-ordinating European air traffic says it has fixed an earlier fault which led to widespread flight delays.
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| Michael D. Francois / The Keyword: |
Google announces its investment in the Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) Cable System to boost cloud performance between Australia and Southeast Asia — Earlier this year, we announced that we are expanding our global infrastructure with new regions and subsea cables, advancing our ability to connect …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft acquired enterprise report rendering tech from Forerunner Software; Forerunner says it will support customers through Oct. 2020 — Microsoft has bought Forerunner Software's Mobilizer and Report Viewer products with the intent of improving its client-side report rendering capabilities.
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| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
In letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, DHS acknowledges existence in Washington DC of unauthorized “stingray” devices, used to track cell phones, intercept SMS messages — For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear …
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