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The new Mac mini at top specs, with T2 acting as an SSD controller, is an incredibly fast development machine, and, except for GPU, can serve as a mini Mac Pro — Watch the video review — I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer …
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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 — Terms of use. — Starting Configuration Price — $799.00 — PROS — Deep connectivity for its size, including four Thunderbolt 3 ports.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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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| Jonathan Albright: |
Right Wing News, one of hundreds of “inauthentic” Facebook Pages removed in October, consistently outperformed Pages like Breitbart and Fox News from 2013-2016 — Part III: Granular Enforcement — The third part of my midterm election-time study looks at granular enforcement … | Jonathan Albright: |
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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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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Corporate VP of Cortana, Javier Soltero, is leaving the company by year's end, as Cortana moves from AI + Research to the Experiences & Devices team — Microsoft's head of Cortana is going to depart the company before the year is over, as Microsoft brings more of its research projects …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces Dropbox Extensions, which lets users take action directly in Dropbox on tasks like editing video in Vimeo, coming to all users on November 27 — Dropbox has had APIs for years that enable companies to tap into content stored in their repositories, and they have had partnerships …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AWS announces new AMD EPYC-powered cloud instances, purportedly 10% less expensive than other instance types, available today — We're here at AMD's New Horizon Event to bring you up to the minute news on the company's 7nm products. This is breaking news, so check back frequently or refresh the page for updates.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft makes the pro version of its WhatsApp-like Kaizala app, normally available for $1.50/user/month, free for Office 365 commercial users worldwide — Microsoft's WhatsApp-like Kaizala application is rolling out worldwide to Office 365 commercial customers for no additional fee.
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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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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hackers breach StatCounter, injecting its analytics script with malicious code that currently targets users of crypto exchange Gate.io to hijack BTC withdrawals — StatCounter is still compromised but Gate.io has removed the script form its site. — Hackers have breached StatCounter … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Federal judge says in preliminary ruling that Qualcomm must license some of its tech to competitors, in lawsuit brought by FTC against Qualcomm in early 2017 — (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that chip seller Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel Corp (INTC.O).
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| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Opera for Android now has an option to automatically block in-page prompts to accept cookies — The latest version of Opera for Android now blocks those annoying GDPR cookie notifications. — Starting from today, users of the niche mobile browser can activate a setting which automatically hides cookie alert dialogs.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based ride-hailing service Grab announces a $250M investment from Hyundai, bringing total raised to more than $6B — Grab, the Singapore startup that bought Uber's Southeast Asia business earlier this year, continues to announce strategic investors for its ongoing Series H funding round.
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Match says Tinder had 4.1M paid users in Q3, up from 3.8M in Q2, and that Tinder's direct revenue is up 100% YoY; Match stock down 8%+ after hours on Q4 outlook — Facebook Dating is no challenger to Tinder-owner Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), which posted third-quarter earnings per share of 44 cents on Tuesday.
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| Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: |
Facebook's own data shows that by the time the company pulled Trump's anti-immigration ad, between 3M-5M people had likely already seen it — After the Trump campaign produced and distributed a campaign ad last week that conflated the issue of violent crime and the so-called caravan …
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Lime names GV partner Joe Kraus, already on the scooter company's board of directors, as its first COO — Lime announced more big hiring news this morning with the appointment of Joe Kraus, a general partner at Alphabet's venture arm GV and an existing member of the bike …
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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, raises $29.5M 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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