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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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| 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 …
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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.| 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: |
Sources: Microsoft VP of Cortana Javier Soltero is leaving the company by year's end, after Cortana's move 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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| 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: |
AMD announces the Zen 2 architecture for the upcoming family of 7nm chips, which it says will start shipping in 2019 — Advanced Micro Devices revealed the Zen 2 architecture for the family of processors that it will launch in the coming years, starting with 2019.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces Dropbox Extensions that let 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GraphQL, the Facebook-incubated open source data query language, is getting its own foundation with an open governance model, hosted by the Linux Foundation — GraphQL, the Facebook -incubated data query language, is moving into its own open-source foundation.
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| 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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| 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 …
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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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| 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, and Financial Review. 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.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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 … Sponsor Posts
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