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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces new blockchain services: Amazon Quantum Ledger Database, in preview today, and AWS Managed Blockchain — Amazon last year dismissed the idea of getting into the blockchain with AWS, but today that's changed. The company announced a new service called Amazon Quantum Ledger Database …
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| Bloomberg: |
AWS debuts Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, to sway customers from Microsoft, and Glacier Deep Archive as a cheaper data storage option, coming in 2019 — - Internet giant seeks to maintain lead in cloud computing — New tools aim to lower costs, win business from Microsoft
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rebrands Project Fi to Google Fi and adds support for iPhones, currently in beta, and the “majority” of Android devices — Looks like the MVNO is here to stay — Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid worries about demand for iPhone XR, Apple VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak says it's “been our most popular iPhone” every day since it became available — Apple's iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DOJ indicts two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware, which caused $30M in losses and had 200+ victims — U.S. federal prosectors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware. — Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34 …
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| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Steemit, a social network that rewards users with its own cryptocurrency, says it's laying off nearly 70% of its team, after its currency declined 96% — Steemit, the company behind a blogging website that uses the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrency to reward publishers and curators …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram begins rolling out a tool that describes photos for visually impaired users using AI or user descriptions — They'll know what they're seeing — Instagram announced today that it's rolling out new features that'll make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is launching its “Today In” local news section in 400 US cities, after beginning testing it in January — Facebook has a new area of its app it will have to police for fake news and biased sensationalism. Facebook is launching “Today In”, its local news aggregator …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Starting next year, YouTube says its original content will be free and supported by ads, instead of being behind a premium paywall — YouTube has concluded that its investments in original programming should have a home on the free, ad-supported side — not just tucked behind a paywall.
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Tweets: @bingchen and @martinsfp
| Jessi Hempel / LinkedIn: |
Silicon Valley should move past its glowing perception of the Zuckerberg-Sandberg paradigm, where the challenges created by a brash CEO are tackled by the COO — Sheryl Sandberg had been working at Facebook for just 13 days the first time we sat down for an interview.
Tweets: @danroth, @kerrymflynn, @work_matters, @mekosoff, @wnd, @mekosoff, @katies, and @melissagira
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG puts Brian Kwon, head of its hugely profitable home entertainment business, in charge of its struggling smartphone division — Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company's long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it is phasing out sponsored product ads on baby registries, which attach a small “sponsored” label, after some users found them deceptive — Unwanted gifts arrive after friends say company's baby registries tricked them — Kima Nieves recently received two Aveeno bath …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Dell says it detected hackers “attempting to extract Dell.com customer information”, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords, on Nov. 9 — Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on December 5 regarding claims the company is biased against conservatives — Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing …
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TechCrunch, House Judiciary Committee, CNN, The Next Web, The Verge, CNET, Reuters, Mashable, 9to5Google, CNBC, Engadget, Ars Technica, Engadget, Firstpost, Business Insider, and SiliconANGLE
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
The Army says Microsoft has won a $480M contract to supply prototypes for AR systems for combat missions and training, may buy up to 100K HoloLens devices — Microsoft Corp. has won a $480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said.
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The Verge and Thurrot
Tweets: @chriscornillie, @robertmclaws, @joshuabrustein, @joshuabrustein, @joshuabrustein, and @joshuabrustein
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Pew survey of 743 US teens: 81% feel social media makes them more connected, 69% say it helps diversify friend groups; 26% say it makes them feel worse — The vast majority of teens in a new survey believe social media is actually good for them, a Pew Research Center report shows.
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Tweets: @zck, @mat, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @margarita, @pewinternet, @mims, @katienotopoulos, and @pewinternet
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
The DOJ indicts eight men on charges related to a global ad fraud scheme discovered with the help of about 15 tech companies, including Google and White Ops — In August 2017, the FBI organized a secret meeting of digital advertising and cybersecurity experts in a secure room in a Manhattan federal building.
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U.S. Department of Justice, US-CERT, The Hacker News, AdExchanger, Dark Reading, Proofpoint, Softpedia News, CSO, Symantec, BetaNews, Malwarebytes Labs, Fossbytes, Washington Post, Business Insider, Threatpost, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, and Gizmodo
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