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8chan struggles to stay up after Cloudflare quit servicing it; 8chan appears to have switched domain registrars to Epik, now hobbled by one of its own vendors — Protesters hold a rally against gun violence outside of New York Public Library in response to recent mass shootings in El Paso …
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| Thomas Kaplan / New York Times: |
Since January, Trump's campaign has posted 2,000+ immigration-focused Facebook ads that use the word “invasion”; report suggests the ads cost $1.25M — Some of President Trump's re-election ads have repeated his inflammatory claims about an “invasion” on the southern border … | Robert Evans / bellingcat: |
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Sources: on Google's internal forum, a memo viewed by 10,000+ alleges retaliation by managers for being pregnant and that things got worse when HR was contacted — The memo, titled “I'm Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and Here is Why," has been read by more than 10,000 employees at the company.
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IBM says cyberattacks against industrial targets have doubled in the last six months; when an enterprise is hit, 12,000+ workstations are damaged on average — 12,000 workstations on average will be damaged in cases of destructive malware. — Cyberattacks designed to cause damage … | Politico: |
A look at the 14 US states that used paperless voting machines in 2018, which experts say can easily be hacked, and the slow and uneven efforts to replace them — Paperless voting devices are a gaping weakness in the patchwork U.S. election system, security experts say.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it blocked Russia-linked hacking group Fancy Bear from using compromised IoT devices to breach enterprise networks in April — Microsoft said it detected Strontium (APT28) targeting VoIP phones, printers, and video decoders. — One of Russia's elite state-sponsored hacking groups …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
As US-China trade tensions rise, shares of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Facebook dropped between 3% and 5.2% Monday, losing a combined $162B in value — KEY POINTS — Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook each lost more than 3% on Monday, wiping out over $160 billion in shareholder value.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Google says it's shutting down its Trips app for mobile and will incorporate many of the features into its Travel site, Maps app, and Search — Google is shutting down its Trips app for mobile phones, but incorporating many of the functionality from the service into its Maps app and Search features … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Microsoft debuts Azure Security Lab, to let researchers test Azure infrastructure in a contained environment, and expands Azure bug bounty rewards up to $40K — Researchers can earn up to $40,000 for reporting Azure vulnerabilities. — Microsoft is pushing for enhanced security …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Watch Active 2 with a new bezel control, 40mm and 44mm sizes, and optional LTE, arriving Sept. 27 for $279+; ECG capability coming soon — Just six months after the first Watch Active, there's a new model in town — Earlier this year, Samsung released the Galaxy Watch Active …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust experts say Amazon's practice of making items harder to find if they're priced lower on other platforms, influencing sellers, will draw scrutiny — - Amazon doesn't explicity tell them to raise prices elsewhere — The practice could draw antitrust scrutiny from regulators
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| Adele Peters / Fast Company: |
Google says that by 2020 all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral; by 2022, all Made by Google products will include recycled materials — The company announced today that by 2022, all “Made by Google” products will include recycled materials.
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