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October 23, 2020

Rokt, which helps e-commerce companies make personalized marketing offers during and after transactions, raises $80M Series D, at a valuation of $450M+ (Sahil Patel/Wall Street Journal)

Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: Rokt, which helps e-commerce companies make personalized marketing offers during and after transactions, raises $80M Series D, at a valuation of $450M+ — Rokt tools let companies make personalized marketing offers during and after transactions — Rokt Pte Ltd., an eight-year-old e … Rokt, which helps e-commerce companies make

October 23, 2020

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx was so good at grabbing asteroid rocks that they’re overflowing

The end of OSIRIS-REx’s sample collector, showing asteroid sample leaking out into space | Image: NASA NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft did its job a little too well on Tuesday, when it tried to scoop up a handful of rocks from an asteroid named Bennu more than 200 million miles from Earth. The vehicle actually grabbed too

Skype is back, and wants to take on Zoom

Windows 10 users will soon be able to launch a Skype Meet Now video call right from their taskbar. Skype is back, and wants to take on Zoom Source: Tech Radar Software

October 23, 2020

Facebook wants the NYU Ad Observatory to quit collecting data about its ad targeting

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook wants a New York University research project to stop collecting data about the social platform’s political ad-targeting, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Ad Observatory, a project of NYU’s engineering school with more than 6,000 volunteers, uses its AdObserver browser extension to scrape data from political ads

NASA steals bits of asteroid Bennu: What you need to know about the mission – CNET

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft swiped souvenirs from Bennu on Tuesday to bring home to Earth. NASA steals bits of asteroid Bennu: What you need to know about the mission – CNET Source: CNet

October 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 17 on their platforms' handling of NY Post story and the election (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 17 on their platforms’ handling of NY Post story and the election — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 17th. Mark Zuckerberg and Jack

October 23, 2020

A Plethora of Power Delivery Potential

Here at the Hackaday we’ve been enjoying a peculiar side effect of the single-port USB-C world; the increasing availability of programmable DC power supplies in the form of ubiquitous laptop charging bricks. Once the sole domain of barrel jacks or strange rectangular plugs (we’re looking at you Lenovo) it’s become quite common to provide charging

October 23, 2020

GitHub removes 18 projects related to YouTube download library youtube-dl after RIAA sent a letter saying it enabled infringement (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: GitHub removes 18 projects related to YouTube download library youtube-dl after RIAA sent a letter saying it enabled infringement — Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and

October 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Photo by Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 17th. “The hearing will focus on the platforms’ censorship and suppression of New York Post articles and provide a valuable opportunity to review the companies’ handling of the 2020 election,” according to

State, federal antitrust charges against Facebook could come as soon as November, sources say

State and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November, according to four people familiar with the matter, embarking on a massive legal challenge against the tech giant and its perceived ironclad grip over social media. State, federal antitrust charges against Facebook could come as soon as November, sources

NASA says it collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. Maybe too large.

Some of the sample the spacecraft collected on Tuesday has kept a lid from closing properly, allowing the material to leak. NASA says it collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. Maybe too large. Source: Washington Post Tech

October 23, 2020

Sources: state and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Tony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: state and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November — State and federal investigators are expected to file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as November, according to four people familiar with the matter … Sources: state and federal investigators are expected

October 23, 2020

Judge again blocks Trump administration push to ban WeChat in the US

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A judge in California has rejected a request from the Department of Justice to reverse a previous decision allowing WeChat to remain active in US app stores. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said new evidence the government presented did not change her opinion about the messaging app, owned

Senators seek IG probe of border agency’s warrantless use of phone location data

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are refusing to tell members of Congress what gives them the legal right to use cellphone location data to track people inside the country without a warrant. Senators seek IG probe of border agency’s warrantless use of phone location data Source: Washington Post Tech

U.S. Issues Sanctions on Russian Center Involved in Potentially Deadly Cyberattacks

The penalties were aimed at a Russian research center that developed tools used in a cyberattack on a Saudi petrochemical plant, which took out the safety controls used to prevent an explosion. U.S. Issues Sanctions on Russian Center Involved in Potentially Deadly Cyberattacks Source: NY Times Tech

There's a huge, secret war brewing between Google and YouTube Downloaders

Behind the scenes, Google and YouTube are trying to put a stop to stream ripping, but seem to be having little impact. There's a huge, secret war brewing between Google and YouTube Downloaders Source: Tech Radar Software

RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos

Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services. RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos Source: ZDNet Microsoft

Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid

The hacking group, Energetic Bear, is among Russia’s stealthiest. It appears to be casting a wide net to find useful targets ahead of the election, experts said. Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid Source: NY Times Tech

October 23, 2020

How to Sell Your Leased Car for Profit

With used vehicles sales soaring 15% in the last quarter, your leased vehicle could be worth more on the open market than the cost of buying it out. With some finesse, you could pocket the difference and make some money. Here’s what you need to know. Read more… How to Sell Your Leased Car for

NFL 2020: How to watch Steelers vs. Titans, Bucs vs. Raiders, RedZone and the rest of Week 7 without cable – CNET

You don’t need cable to watch all Week 7 action. NFL 2020: How to watch Steelers vs. Titans, Bucs vs. Raiders, RedZone and the rest of Week 7 without cable – CNET Source: CNet

Xbox Game Pass: 14 awesome Xbox One and PC games to play right now – CNET

Including classics, memorable newer games and indie gems. Xbox Game Pass: 14 awesome Xbox One and PC games to play right now – CNET Source: CNet

October 23, 2020

Officials say Russian hacking group Energetic Bear breached the system that SFO staff and travelers use to access the airport's Wi-Fi, in an attack in March (Nicole Perlroth/New York Times)

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: Officials say Russian hacking group Energetic Bear breached the system that SFO staff and travelers use to access the airport’s Wi-Fi, in an attack in March — The hacking group, Energetic Bear, is among Russia’s stealthiest. It appears to be casting a wide net to find useful targets ahead

October 23, 2020

Among Us developers scramble to block massive ‘Eris Loris’ spam attack

Image: InnerSloth The developer of Among Us, a social intuition murder mystery game that’s fast become one of the most popular multiplayer titles of the year, is currently battling against a particularly pernicious spam attack. The spam is promoting a mysterious online handle, “Eris Loris,” and it became bad enough that Among Us studio InnerSloth

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins votes from ISS: 'If we can do it from space…' – CNET

In-space votes are electronically delivered back to Earth to be officially recorded. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins votes from ISS: 'If we can do it from space…' – CNET Source: CNet

Microsoft announces tech training partnership with Brazilian government

The expectation is to train 5,5 million people in areas such as data science, cloud and artificial intelligence until 2023. Microsoft announces tech training partnership with Brazilian government Source: ZDNet Microsoft

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