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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Facebook deploys AI system called Rosetta to extract text in real time from images and video frames to improve search, detect images with hate speech, and more — People online tend to communicate not just with words, but also with images. For a platform like Facebook …
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Facebook Code, The Verge, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Mashable, CNET, Geek News Central, and SlashGear. Tweets: @fb_engineering
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Coinbase, Circle, and other crypto companies are forming the Blockchain Association, the first lobbying group in DC representing the cryptocurrency industry — The price of bitcoin may be down, compared with last year's meteoric heights. But industry officials aren't waiting for the next spike …
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Politico, Coin Center, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, and Blockchain Association
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Media center app maker Plex announces it's shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November, citing costs — Media center app maker Plex informed its users Tuesday that it is shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November. Plex Cloud was meant to simplify the management …
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
In a letter, the FCC has told Sprint and T-Mobile that it needs more time to review their proposed merger — - The agency has paused an “informal” 180-day transaction clock “to allow for thorough staff and third-party review” of recently submitted materials.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Verizon says its wireless 5G home broadband service will launch Oct. 1 in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento starting at $50/mo after free trial — Verizon announced that, starting Thursday, customers in its four 5G launch markets will be able to sign up for Internet service.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
RiskIQ report on British Airways data breach links it to Magecart group, active since 2015, which used tactics similar to their recent Ticketmaster breach — ON FRIDAY, BRITISH Airways disclosed a data breach impacting customer information from roughly 380,000 booking transactions made between August 21 and September 5 of this year.
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| Rani Molla / Recode: |
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that come from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8% — Amazon-sponsored product ads have been around since 2012. But lately, as the company has invested in growing its advertising business, they've become more aggressive.
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| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Interviews with 31 current and former delivery drivers for Amazon's third-party partners describe missing or late pay, no health insurance, pace pressure, more — - Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it's like to deliver packages for Amazon.
Tweets: @businessinsider, @hcpeterson, @ajs, @yoda, @harringtonbecca, @julie188, @aflcio, and @mims
| Greg Sandoval / INSIDER: |
A look at upcoming Google Cloud head of AI Andrew Moore's military ties, including leading a task force with Robert Work, who reportedly created Project Maven — - Andrew Moore, the new chief of Google Cloud AI, co-chairs a task force on AI and national security with deep defense sector ties.| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Researcher shows flaw to spoof URLs in Safari and Edge while visiting a malicious link; weeks after disclosure, Microsoft has patched the flaw, but Apple hasn't — Egghead says Apple has yet to patch spoofing vulnerability — A security researcher has disclosed a flaw that could be used … | Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress: |
ThinkProgress alleges censorship after its story on Kavanaugh's approach to abortion was deemed “false” by the Weekly Standard, a Facebook fact-checking partner — A perfect example of how Facebook is catering to conservatives. — Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
eBay open sources HeadGaze, an ARKit-based tool that uses the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to help visually impaired users interact with apps via head movements — eBay has lifted the lid on new technology that helps physically impaired users interact with their iPhone X screen through head movements.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US federal judge rules that a pair of allegedly fraudulent ICOs may fall under securities laws, allowing the criminal case to proceed to trial next year — A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a pair of reportedly fraudulent initial coin offerings fall under securities laws.
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Before EU's top court, the EU's executive arm joined Google in opposing expanding “right to be forgotten” beyond EU; a non-binding court opinion expected Dec 11 — European Commission argued that a global application would stretch privacy laws beyond their intended scope
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
California bill that would require “reasonable security” for all new IoT devices, the first of its kind in US, heads to governor's desk to be signed into law — California IoT security bill criticized by security researcher. Expert says bill “is based upon an obviously superficial understanding of the problem.”
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Source: Google's location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona, in probe initiated by the AG a week after a bombshell report about the practice — Google's alleged practice of recording location data about Android device owners even when they believe they have opted … | Joseph Pisani / Associated Press: |
Amazon to sell $115 7-foot Fraser firs, per an Amazon holiday preview book, and other holiday plants, offering preorders, with some trees to have Prime shipping — NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out for the 7-foot box on the doorstep. Amazon plans to sell and ship fresh, full-size Christmas trees this year.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Opendoor acquires Open Listings, which automates much of the home sales process, in its first acquisition as sources say funding from SoftBank is imminent — Opendoor, a four year-old, San Francisco-based company, has from the outset intended to make it possible to buy and sell residential real estate with a few key strokes.
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Houston Chronicle and GeekWire
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone event will be live streamed on Twitter for the first time — Apple's iPhone press event will be live streamed on Twitter for the first time, TechCrunch has confirmed. This news backs up an earlier report from last month, which claimed Apple would expand the ability to watch …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Mashable, MySmartPrice, KnowTechie, SlashGear, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, The Verge, BetaNews, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, iLounge, MacStories, Insanely Great Mac, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @apple and @film_girl
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says sales from Amazon Business, its business-to-business platform that launched in 2015, hit an annualized rate of $10B globally — - Business-to-business platform launched three years ago — Customers include schools, hospitals and corporations
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Amazon Business Blog, CNBC, Business Insider, GeekWire, and Digital Commerce 360
Tweets: @amazonbusiness, @libertyrpf, @isaackrasny, and @matt_townsend
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Comma.ai's George Hotz steps down as CEO, joins new Comma.ai research division focusing on building out AI models for cars; new CEO to be named Friday — A new CEO will be named Friday. — 7 hours — Comma.ai's board, of which founder George Hotz is the only member … | Kevin Maney / BREAKER: |
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