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Microsoft says hackers linked to the Russian military intelligence agency formerly known as the GRU targeted conservative US think tanks that challenge Moscow — BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target …
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Facebook assigns a trustworthiness score to each of its users, tracking things like whether an article a user flags as false turns out, after review, to be true — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.
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Netflix is testing bypassing iTunes payment method in 33 countries, redirecting users to the mobile web version to log payment details directly with Netflix — Netflix is one of the highest-grossing apps on the iOS App Store, but it looks like the video streaming giant is contemplating …
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Slack raises $427M Series H led by Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic at a valuation of over $7.1B — Slack, the workplace communications platform, has taken off like a rocket since launching in 2013 and now has more than 8 million daily active users and 70,000 teams paying to use it.
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Research that looked at every anti-refugee attack in Germany over two years shows more attacks on refugees happened where Facebook use was higher than average — ALTENA, Germany — When you ask locals why Dirk Denkhaus, a young firefighter trainee who had been considered neither dangerous nor political … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Fit on iOS and Android is redesigned with “move minutes” and “heart points” to encourage cardiac exercise, new health-tracking rings, and activity goals — You'll collect ‘Heart Points’ instead of counting steps — Today, Google is rolling out a complete redesign …
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Y Combinator says it's accepting all 15,000+ applicants to its Startup School program after a glitch sent acceptance emails to those who had been rejected — - Y Combinator emailed tech founders this week saying they had been accepted into Startup School, its free online course for entrepreneurs.
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A look at the 60+ startups that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2018 Demo Day 1, including B2B software and services, healthcare, and consumer services — From “cheese 2.0” to connecting flights for satellites, Y Combinator showed off a wide array of early stage startups fresh from its YC Summer 2018 batch.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Costco finishes rolling out contactless payments in US except at its gas stations, letting customers use Apple Pay, Google Pay Send, Samsung Pay at 750 stores — Apple Pay is now accepted at all Costco warehouses in the United States, at in-store checkouts, according to the wholesale retailer.
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Uber says it has hired Nelson Chai, formerly CEO of Warranty Group and CFO at NYSE and others, as its CFO, a position that's been empty since 2015 — Uber on Tuesday announced that it has hired veteran Wall Street executive Nelson Chai as chief financial officer, a position that has been empty since 2015.
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Facebook says it plans to remove over 5,000 ad targeting options by this fall in an effort to prevent discriminatory advertising — Facebook is planning to remove more than 5,000 ad targeting options in an effort to prevent discriminatory advertising. — The bulk of the 5,000 targeting options …
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Cloud-based file transfer company WeTransfer acquires FiftyThree, which makes the popular Paper app, including its entire patent portfolio and executive team — File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Semmle, which helps proactively spots problems in code, raises $21M Series B led by Accel Partners, bringing total investment to $31M — Semmle, a startup that originally spun out of research at Oxford, announced a $21 million Series B investment today led by Accel Partners.
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HTC announces Vive Wireless Adapter, coming Sept. 24 for $300, allowing wireless usage of Vive and Vive Pro, though the Pro needs a $60 compatibility add-on — HTC's long-awaited Vive Wireless Adapter is almost ready to purchase, the company announced today, as the cutting-edge collaboration between …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
School districts are increasingly using social media monitoring systems from companies like Firestorm to prevent sexting, bullying, mass shootings, and more — New teachers, new backpacks, new crushes—and algorithms trawling students' social media posts. — Blake Prewitt …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
22 states ask US appeals court to reinstate net neutrality rules, and firms including Etsy and Vimeo filed a separate legal challenge to overturn the FCC ruling — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia late Monday asked a U.S. appeals court … | Mya Frazier / Bloomberg: |
AWS often strikes secret deals with energy companies and states for electricity discounts that critics say pass on the cost to households and local businesses — The company's rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else. — For a little while earlier this year … | Diar: |
Research: the largest seven DApps by usage at their peaks saw average user drops of 74%, as CryptoKitties experienced 96% drop and Numerai's use fell 97% — Decentralized Apps (Dapps) are facing problems in maintaining a userbase. The largest Dapps being used currently are exchanges.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US — Tinder officially announced today that it's launching a service called Tinder U, a version of Tinder that's only available to college students.
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Sources: Apple to debut a pro-focused upgrade to Mac mini and a low-cost laptop like MacBook Air but with smaller bezels and a retina 13" screen later this year — - Retina laptop, pro-focused Mac mini desktop coming this year — Apple reported fewest Mac sales since 2010 during last quarter
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Michael Rothenberg files suit against Silicon Valley Bank, alleges it transferred $4.25M to the wrong account, making it appear he had misappropriated funds — Mike Rothenberg's story has all the elements of a Silicon Valley drama: A wunderkind shakes up the venture capitalist business … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
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