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November 7, 2018, 7:45 AM

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook says that over 100 accounts it removed Monday were linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency  —  The 115 accounts Facebook took down yesterday for inauthentic behavior ahead of the mid-term elections may indeed have been linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency …
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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
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 …
John Burek / PCMag:
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 …
Dake Kang / Associated Press:
Chinese authorities have begun deploying “gait recognition” AI software in Beijing and Shanghai that identifies people via their body shapes and how they walk  —  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” …
Shirin Ghaffary / Recode:
SF voters pass Proposition C to raise city's gross receipts tax by ~0.5% on annual gross receipts of $50M+ that companies like Square, Lyft, Salesforce generate  —  The contentious measure, Prop C, has divided tech leaders.  —  San Francisco voters passed a measure that has divided …
Giles Turner / Bloomberg:
Uber Eats' EMEA head says it plans to increase EMEA staff from 300 to 900 next year, as it competes against local rivals such as Deliveroo and Just Eat  —  Uber Technologies Inc. said it'll triple headcount working on food delivery across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its fight …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Facebook Messenger app will soon let users remove sent messages within 10 minutes after posting, release notes for version 191.0 of the app in App Store say  —  Soon you can have Zuckerberg powers  —  Facebook Messenger will soon allow you to delete sent messages up to 10 minutes after you've originally sent them.

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