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UK parliament seizes documents, first obtained in a US civil case, allegedly shedding light on Facebook policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Carole Cadwalladr/The Guardian)

Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: UK parliament seizes documents, first obtained in a US civil case, allegedly shedding light on Facebook policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal  —  Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant … UK parliament

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Adobe: online sales rose to $6.2B on Black Friday, up 23% YoY, 33% of sales came from mobile devices; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $7.8B, up 18% YoY (Lauren Thomas/CNBC)

Lauren Thomas / CNBC: Adobe: online sales rose to $6.2B on Black Friday, up 23% YoY, 33% of sales came from mobile devices; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $7.8B, up 18% YoY  —  – Online sales Black Friday jumped 23.6 percent from a year ago, according to a new report from Adobe Analytics.

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Agilent LCR Meter Teardown

Since 1999, one of the more popular manufacturers of test equipment has been Agilent, the spun-off former instrument division of Hewlett-Packard. From simple multimeters to fully-equipped oscilloscopes, they have been covering every corner of this particular market. And, with the help of [Kerry Wong] and his teardown of an Agilent LCR meter, we can also

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Jeff Bezos' Day One Fund announces its first grants, worth $97.5M, awarded to 24 non-profits that provide emergency shelter and access to permanent housing (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg)

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: Jeff Bezos’ Day One Fund announces its first grants, worth $97.5M, awarded to 24 non-profits that provide emergency shelter and access to permanent housing  —  – First awards distributed from the $2 billion Day One Fund  — Grant awards those who do ‘needle-moving work’ for families Jeff Bezos' Day One Fund

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Sheryl Sandberg deserves much blame for the bad decisions at Facebook but, with most criticism directed at her, Mark Zuckerberg largely escapes scrutiny (Kara Swisher/New York Times)

Kara Swisher / New York Times: Sheryl Sandberg deserves much blame for the bad decisions at Facebook but, with most criticism directed at her, Mark Zuckerberg largely escapes scrutiny  —  Perhaps it’s only fair that, as women like Sheryl Sandberg rise to power, they pay the price for failure. Sheryl Sandberg deserves much blame for

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How Predictim uses AI to generate a score of babysitters' character by analyzing years of online activity and provides questionable recommendations to parents (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: How Predictim uses AI to generate a score of babysitters’ character by analyzing years of online activity and provides questionable recommendations to parents  —  When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … How Predictim uses AI to generate a score

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A look back at Diane Greene's tenure as Google cloud boss: a struggle to catch up with AWS and Azure, and tension with Sundar Pichai on Github and Project Maven (CNBC)

CNBC: A look back at Diane Greene’s tenure as Google cloud boss: a struggle to catch up with AWS and Azure, and tension with Sundar Pichai on Github and Project Maven  —  – Google poured resources into its cloud unit during Diane Greene’s three-year run at the helm, but the company has still struggled against

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