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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google says it has shut down 210 YouTube channels after it found they had been tied to misinformation about Hong Kong protesters — KEY POINTS — In a blog post Thursday, Google said it axed more than 200 YouTube channels due to misinformation around Hong Kong protests.
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Tweets: @shanehuntley, @rmac18, @sarafischer, @maryhui, @rmac18, @sarahfrier, @aaronmcn, and @dellcam
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service called Knewz, to address publisher concerns about Google and Facebook — Knewz.com will surface articles from hundreds of news sources, using software and human curation — News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service meant …
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Engadget, Axios, The Verge, Beyond Search, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Variety, 9to5Google, and Seeking Alpha
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| James Loke Hale / Tubefilter: |
Report: Facebook has pushed Instagram into doubling the number of ads since last year; Instagram is testing two back-to-back ads in Stories — Instagram is about to get even more ads. — Beginning this week, the platform is running a test with what it told AdWeek is a “small percentage” of users.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
VMWare to acquire cybersecurity company Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B — KEY POINTS — VMware is acquiring Carbon Black, a cybersecurity company that went public in 2018, the companies announce as part of VMware's quarterly earnings report.
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TechCrunch, GlobeNewswire News Room, VMware, Inc., cloudpro.co.uk, Barron's Online, SiliconANGLE, The Register, ZDNet, Tehrani.com, and Axios. Tweets: @jordannovet
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google's Chrome team proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting open standard to make it harder for marketers and advertisers to track users across the web — Google today announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track you across the web.
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| Sameer Samat / The Keyword: |
Google stops using dessert-themed names for Android for better worldwide accessibility, names Android Q Android 10, and refreshes Android brand logo and color — Over the last decade, Android's open platform has created a thriving community of manufacturers and developers that reach a global audience with their devices and apps.
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Tweets: @android, @cgartenberg, @rdrv3, @codinghorror, @ronamadeo, @rdrv3, @pranavdixit, and @backlon
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
DoorDash announces a new tipping policy that will let drivers keep 100% of tips, rolling out next month, and pledges to bump up base pay across the board — The changes are arriving a month after DoorDash's CEO promised to address the issue — DoorDash today announced more concrete details …
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DoorDash, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, CNET, Gizmodo, Vox, Engadget, TechCrunch, WTVR-TV, Fast Company, Mashable, and Axios
Tweets: @chillmage, @amir, @nickstatt, and @jimprosser
| ProPublica: |
Interviews with 36+ DOD and tech officials shed light on tech giants' fight for $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract using backdoor lobbying and an advisory board — Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised flags has paid the price.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
HP says its CEO Dion Weisler will step down and Enrique Lores, president of HP's imaging, printing, and solutions business, will become new CEO from November 1 — KEY POINTS — HP CEO Dion Weisler will step down from the company “due to a family health matter,” HP announced Thursday.
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HP - Home, Inquirer, ZDNet, The Verge, The Register, SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, CRN, Bloomberg, Engadget, Financial Times, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @caseynewton
| Alison Frankel / Reuters: |
Oracle board committee recommends court to proceed with the shareholder lawsuit against Larry Ellison and Safra Catz over the $9.3B NetSuite acquisition in 2016 — (Reuters) - Shareholder derivative suits exist because corporate directors can't always be trusted to put aside their own interests …
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Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @adam_mansfield_, @polixenes13, and @skupor
| CNBC: |
Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after his comments about being involved in a “Deep State” investigation of 2016 election — - Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after making controversial comments about his role in the “Deep State.”
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Tweets: @joncoopertweets, @berthacoombs, @kris_sacrebleu, @thestalwart, @imagineworldas1, @realsaavedra, @cnbc, and @seth_hettena
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Sources: new data dump of 5.3M+ credit card accounts is linked to compromised gas pumps, coffee shops, and restaurants operated by Hy-Vee supermarket chain — On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced …
Tweets: @briankrebs
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon buys a 49% stake in Future Coupons, which, filings show, may be worth ~$104M, giving Amazon a 3.58% stake in India's No. 2 retail chain Future Retail — Amazon, which has invested more than $6 billion in India's growing internet market, just invested a little more as it moves to expand …
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Business Standard, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, Livemint, Seeking Alpha, Moneycontrol, Bloomberg, Inc42 Media, and Reuters
| Washington Post: |
Palantir's revenue from US government contracts under Trump surpassed its total under Obama's second term, as sources describe staff debates about work with ICE — After Google dropped a defense contract over employee pressure, Palantir's leaders doubled down on controversial work with the U.S. government
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Tweets: @dmac1, @rmac18, @rmac18, @jeffbercovici, @mattzeitlin, and @rmac18
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and seven other US carriers announce an agreement with 51 attorneys general to implement new tech to block robocalls — Twelve of the country's largest telephone companies on Thursday pledged to implement new technology to spot and block robocalls …
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Tweets: @sencortezmasto, @joshstein_, @davemcclure, @agericschmitt, and @gigibsohn
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Girls Who Code study of 1,000 young women highlights the challenges faced when seeking internships, often an unpleasant experience in a male-dominated workplace — IN 2018, MEI'LANI Eyre, an 18-year-old computer science student at Cascadia College in Washington state, was in the middle … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
As Microsoft moves Lynda.com users to LinkedIn Learning, libraries protest the requirement for patrons to create a LinkedIn profile, citing privacy concerns — As students and faculty return to school, many are discovering Lynda.com content is now only offered via LinkedIn Learning.
Tweets: @hiep_co
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Research covering two states, Missouri and Virginia, finds ~38% of rural homes and businesses that the FCC counts as having broadband access actually do not — The FCC likely counts millions of unserved homes as having broadband. — A new broadband mapping system is starting to show …
Tweets: @hypervisible and @gretabyrum
| Georgina Torbet / Engadget: |
Google is rolling out its face-grouping feature in Google Photos, first introduced in 2015, across Europe — Google Photos recently hit one billion users after being spun out from Google+ just four years ago. One reason the product grew so quickly is its frequent updates …
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9to5Google, Android Police, The Verge, Android Central, and Memeburn
Tweets: @googlephotos and @hunterwalk
| Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
Amazon says it will no longer use tips or supplemental earnings to cover promised wages of Flex drivers, who deliver for Prime Now, Fresh, and Whole Foods — Amazon delivery drivers were surprised to learn earlier this year that the e-commerce giant would at times dip into their tips to cover their promised wages.Sponsor Posts
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