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Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections — Facebook announced Monday evening that it had blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
MacBook Air (2018) review: Retina display, great new trackpad, Touch ID, and a modest speed bump make it a nice upgrade for the owners of older MacBook Airs — Completely whelming — The fan is blowing on this brand-new MacBook Air with Retina Display. It's a familiar sound …
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| John Burek / PCMag: |
Mac mini (2018) review: connectivity ports galore, many CPU choices, upgradeable RAM, and varied multi-display setup options, but Intel graphics disappoint — Editors' Rating: — 4.00 — EXCELLENT — PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page.
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| Alex Warofka / Facebook: |
Facebook posts results of commissioned report on Myanmar that found Facebook wasn't doing enough to prevent it from being used to incite offline violence — We want Facebook to be a place where people can express themselves freely and safely around the world.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Crypto wallet Blockchain partners with Stellar Development Foundation for XLM airdrop, will distribute $125M in Stellar lumens to all Blockchain wallet holders — Crypto wallet provider Blockchain plans to stage what it's calling the “largest crypto giveaway in history” with a $125 million airdrop.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
VMware acquires Heptio, a startup founded by two Kubernetes co-founders; Heptio was valued at $117M according to PitchBook when it raised $25M Series B in 2017 — During its big customer event in Europe, VMware announced another acquisition to step up its game in helping enterprises build …
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SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, The New Stack, Cloud-Native Apps, ZDNet, NASDAQ.com, and Seeking Alpha. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Paris Martineau / Wired: |
Gab is back online; its domain has migrated to Seattle-area-based registrar Epik, and Cloudflare is shielding who actually hosts the site — AFTER IT WAS revealed that the suspect in the shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue had threatened on the social media network Gab to kill Jews …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Bird launches e-scooters in London but only on private land in Olympic Park because regulators deem e-scooters illegal under UK's Highway Act of 1835 — It was only a matter of time before the electric scooters infiltrated the U.K. — Today, the well-funded startup Bird is launching …
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| Kate Holton / Reuters: |
UK's Information Commissioner has referred Facebook to the EU's data watchdog over issues regarding the way the social network targets and monitors its users — LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Information Commissioner has referred Facebook to Ireland's data watchdog, the lead authority …
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| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Amazon plans to split HQ2 evenly between two cities, a decision driven by the need to recruit enough talent; sources: announcement could come next week — Amazon.com plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two locations rather than picking one city for HQ2 …
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| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Bitfury, a cryptocurrency mining technology startup, raises $80M led by Korelya Capital — Cryptocurrency mining technology firm Bitfury Group has just closed an $80 million funding round led by venture capital firm Korelya Capital. — Also participating in the private placement … | Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
A look at VoteWithMe and OutVote, apps that show public information on how people in a users' contact list voted in past elections and their party affiliations — My dentist, a registered Republican, did not vote in the last midterm elections, in 2014. — But the owner of my local bookstore, a registered Democrat, did vote then.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Barnes & Noble announces the Nook 10.1", a tablet with 32GB of storage, front and rear cameras, a headphone jack, and Bluetooth, out Nov. 14 for $129.99 — Today is just another day online. It's also a day when we received news of a new Nook tablet from Barnes & Noble.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Engineer.ai, which has developed a human-assisted AI that aims to empower everyone to build and operate bespoke software, has raised $29.5 million in a Series A — Engineer.ai, which has developed a human-assisted AI that aims to empower everyone to build and operate bespoke software, has raised $29.5 million in a Series A round.
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RapidSOS, which provides software for 911 response centers and an API for companies like Google, Apple, and Uber to handle emergency calls, raises $30M — Every day, there are around 650,000 emergency service callouts via 911 for medical, police and fire assistance in the US … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Taranis, an Israel-based startup that uses aerial scouting and deep learning to identify potential crop issues, raises $20M Series B — Taranis, an ag-tech startup that uses aerial scouting and deep learning to identify potential crop issues, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series B led by Viola Ventures.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
PredictHQ, which uses big data to predict spikes in local demand for companies like Uber, Domino's, and Booking.com, raises $10M Series A — If you've ever tried to hail an Uber in the midst of a major sports event or during a torrential downpour, you may have noticed that the price you're quoted is higher than normal.
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GlobeNewswire News Room, FinSMEs, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Financial Review, and PE Hub Blog. Thanks:@dstickler_01
| David Meyer / ZDNet: |
Russia decrees that operators of messaging apps must identify all their users by verifying user data via mobile carriers; rules come into effect in 6 months — New decree means messaging services will have to check users' registration data with their mobile operator.| Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg: |
Tencent says it will expand its age and ID verification system, used in Honour of Kings, to its entire games library by 2019 — - The company started doing so for hit title Honour of Kings — It will expand to all games as the volume of criticism rises
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| Whitney Filloon / Eater: |
Restaurant reservation startup Resy acquires its smaller rival Reserve, which launched from startup studio Expa, and will now serve about 4000 US restaurants — Resy is now the largest privately held restaurant reservation service in the country, and a viable competitor to OpenTable
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPad Pro (2018) review: very powerful with a beautiful screen, but iOS limitations like no USB-C storage support means it is still a poor laptop replacement — The thing about bullet trains is that they're always on rails — Apple introduced the new iPad Pro with a spectacular series …
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