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Facebook bans networks, three originating in Iran and one in Russia, running “inauthentic” accounts, Pages, and Groups misleading users in the US, Latin America — Today, we removed four separate networks of accounts, Pages and Groups for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Facebook says it will more prominently label content that fact-checkers deem false on Facebook and Instagram, will ban ads suggesting voting is pointless — We have a responsibility to stop abuse and election interference on our platform. That's why we've made significant investments since 2016 …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
NordVPN confirms it found out a few months ago that one of its datacenters was hacked in March 2018, leaving it vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks — NordVPN, a virtual private network provider that promises to “protect your privacy online,” has confirmed it was hacked.| Financial Times: |
Joint UK and US probe finds that a Russian cyber espionage unit hacked the tools of a hacker group linked to Iran's government to lead attacks in 35+ countries — A Russian cyber espionage unit has hacked Iranian hackers to lead attacks in more than 35 countries, a joint UK and US investigation has revealed.| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Hackers breached the internal network of Avast likely aiming for another supply chain attack on CCleaner; Avast says it didn't find malicious changes to the app — Hackers accessed the internal network of Czech cybersecurity company Avast, likely aiming for a supply chain attack targeting CCleaner.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers show how malicious voice apps for Alexa or Google Home eavesdrop on users, as Amazon and Google take a lax approach to vetting the platforms — Exclusive: Amazon, Google fail to address security loopholes in Alexa and Home devices more than a year after first reports.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: fast face unlock, smooth display, and great still camera, but average video recording and battery life, and no ultrawide camera — There's a baseline for “fast enough” on Android phones, and the Pixel 4 more than hits it. It might not be the fastest Android phone …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft acquires Edmonton-based Mover to bolster its cloud migration solutions, just weeks after acquiring Movere, another cloud migration company — Microsoft today announced that it's acquired Mover, an Edmonton-based provider of admin-led and self-service cloud file migration offerings.
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| Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, two of whom were hired — - Facebook CEO, wife privately recommended hires to Democrat — Zuckerberg facing barrage of criticism in DC for bias, privacy| CNBC: |
Sources: SoftBank to take control of WeWork, spending $4B-$5B on new equity and existing shares in The We Company, in a deal that values it between $7.5B to $8B — KEY POINTS — Softbank to spend $4 billion to $5 billion on new equity, existing shares, sources say.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Secured-core PCs, which will come from many vendors like Dell and adhere to security best practices for better firmware attack protection — Microsoft today announced a new initiative to combat threats specifically targeted at the firmware level and data stored in memory: Secured-core PCs.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Surface Laptop 3 (15") review: great keyboard and trackpad, AMD config performs well for productivity tasks, but GPU struggles, and has only two USB ports — The new 15-inch Surface Laptop is a familiar package with new dimensions — The 15-inch version of the Surface Laptop 3 represents …
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Sources: Founders Fund is raising ~$3B for two funds, and the bulk of it is intended for more mature startups like Stripe and existing investments — The firm, co-founded by the early Facebook investor, wants cash to pump into aging tech startups that have remained private
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google hires Javier Soltero, Acompli co-founder and former head of Microsoft Outlook, to run G Suite — In its bid to take on Microsoft Office, Google has hired someone who knows the product well: Former Outlook boss Javier Soltero. — Why it matters: Google and Microsoft are in a tough battle … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Commercetools, which offers an e-commerce platform for enterprises to sell to consumers, raises $145M led by Insight Partners, source says at a ~$300M valuation — Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built …
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Business Wire, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Retail Technology …, and Market Research Reporting. Thanks:@ingridlunden
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The Indian government is trying to tempt cellphone manufacturers with lower taxes, incentives, and less red tape, to make the country a major source of exports — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is trying to tempt cellphone makers, manufacturers with lower taxes and less red tape as economy slows down
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Firstpost Tech, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @newley, @ericbellmanwsj, @prasannavishy, @timmaughan, @nileshjrane, @srirags, and @wsj
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Nielsen's SVOD Content Ratings now tracks Amazon Prime Video, two years after launching with ratings for Netflix — Nielsen announced this morning it will now be able to measure the viewing taking place on Amazon Prime Video, through its Subscription Video on Demand Content Ratings solution.Sponsor Posts
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