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Facebook and Google's self-imposed ban on political ads in Washington state, which led to uneven enforcement and confusing rules, is a cautionary tale for 2020 — A troubling omen for Twitter's global ban — On Wednesday, Twitter announced that it will ban all forms of political advertising starting …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In an earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's political ads policy, estimates ads from politicians will be less than 0.5% of company's revenue in 2020 — As Jack Dorsey announced his company Twitter would drop all political ads, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg doubled-down on his policy of refusing to fact check politicians' ads.| @jack: |
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| Canalys: |
Canalys: Huawei shipped 41.5M smartphones in China in Q3, up 66% YoY, growing its country marketshare to 42% from 25% last year — The China (mainland) smartphone market improved sequentially in Q3 2019 as shipments reached 97.8 million, from 97.6 million units in Q2.</a> China is still shrinking …
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| Allie Conti / VICE: |
A scam spanning eight US cities and nearly 100 listings shows how easy it is to exploit Airbnb's poorly written rules through phony listings and fake reviews — While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
GitHub doubles down on its ICE contract, saying cancellation could “hurt” the immigrants that “we all want to help” in internal memo, amid rising employee anger — When GitHub Chief Executive Nat Friedman announced on Oct. 9 his company would donate half a million dollars …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: senior government and military officials in at least 20 countries, including US allies, were among the known targets of NSO Group's WhatsApp malware — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software …
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| FireEye: |
FireEye: Chinese state-backed hacker group APT41 is using malware called MESSAGETAP to parse and save SMS traffic from a telecom's network at scale — FireEye Mandiant recently discovered a new malware family used by APT41 (a Chinese APT group) that is designed to monitor and save SMS traffic …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon says Alexa skill personalization, which allows developers to provide personalized experiences for different customers, is now generally available — Future voice skills built for Alexa might respond uniquely to your voice. That's thanks to Alexa skill personalization …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
The Defense Innovation Board, a Pentagon advisory board led by Eric Schmidt, unveils principles for the US military to apply to combat and non-combat AI systems — The Defense Innovation Board, a panel of 16 prominent technologists advising the Pentagon, today voted to approve AI ethics principles for the Department of Defense.| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
ACLU sues DOJ, FBI, and DEA in federal court, detailing their use of facial recognition software and arguing it constitutes a nationwide surveillance system — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sued the Justice Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI …
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| Alex Marshall / New York Times: |
How Netflix is navigating strict, sometimes vague, censorship standards in countries like Turkey and India, while viewers decry the concessions to censorship — The streaming giant is having to navigate different political and moral landscapes, and calls for government oversight, as it seeks subscribers worldwide.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q3 revenue of $280M, up 47% YoY, net loss of $125M, up from $19M in Q3 2018, global MAUs up 28% YoY to 322M; stock down 18%+ after hours — - Following Google's reported advertising growth of 17% and Facebook's growth of 28%, Pinterest showed on Thursday that it's picking … Sponsor Posts
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