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Facebook effectively allows lies in political ads because it considers them to be expressions of opinion and will not send them to fact-checkers for review (Judd Legum/Popular Information)

Judd Legum / Popular Information: Facebook effectively allows lies in political ads because it considers them to be expressions of opinion and will not send them to fact-checkers for review  —  This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter.  You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week. Facebook effectively allows

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Study: Ocean ecosystems take 2 million years to recover after mass extinction

{$inline_image}Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species. The asteroid was equally devastating at a microscopic level, driving ocean plankton to near-extinction. This crippled the base of the marine food chain and shut down important ocean functions, such as the absorption

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Bangalore-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo raises $45M Series D from Lightbox, Google, and others, sources say at a ~$200M valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bangalore-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo raises $45M Series D from Lightbox, Google, and others, sources say at a ~$200M valuation  —  An Indian startup that is increasingly posing a threat to established food and grocery delivery businesses and e-commerce giants just closed … Bangalore-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo raises M Series

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$1.2M seized from Bitcoin Ponzi stuck in frozen Indian bank account

Authorities in India have found themselves in a crypto-conundrum: they can’t access cryptocurrency seized from a Ponzi scheme because such transfers have been prohibited, reports Times of India. To make matters worse, police had hired the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Koinex to convert Rs 8.42 crore ($1.19 million) of the seized Bitcoin into local currency — but the

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Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day vulnerability, giving them control of ~18 phone models, including four Pixel models, via a malicious app (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day vulnerability, giving them control of ~18 phone models, including four Pixel models, via a malicious app  —  Vulnerable phones include 4 Pixel models, devices from Samsung, Motorola, and others.  —  Attackers are exploiting a zero … Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day

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