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Report: Facebook notified some Instagram users that a now fixed bug in its data download tool sent their passwords in plaintext in a URL that the users received (Richard Lawler/Engadget)

Richard Lawler / Engadget: Report: Facebook notified some Instagram users that a now fixed bug in its data download tool sent their passwords in plaintext in a URL that the users received  —  According to The Information, Instagram has suffered a serious security leak of its own that could’ve exposed user’s passwords. Report: Facebook notified

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YouTube quietly began showing ad-supported free feature-length movies in October, giving users access to around 100 titles including "The Terminator" (Garett Sloane/Ad Age)

Garett Sloane / Ad Age: YouTube quietly began showing ad-supported free feature-length movies in October, giving users access to around 100 titles including “The Terminator”  —  Streaming on a small screen near you: blockbuster fare like ‘Rocky’ and ‘Terminator’  —  Last month, YouTube quietly began … YouTube quietly began showing ad-supported free feature-length movies in

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eMarketer forecast: Walmart to overtake Apple as No. 3 US online retailer by the end of 2018, after capturing 4.0% of all online retail spending, up 39.4% YoY (eMarketer Retail)

eMarketer Retail: eMarketer forecast: Walmart to overtake Apple as No. 3 US online retailer by the end of 2018, after capturing 4.0% of all online retail spending, up 39.4% YoY  —  Big-box retailer has one of the fastest-growing online businesses  —  Heading into the fiercely competitive holiday shopping season … eMarketer forecast: Walmart to overtake

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An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary images on Facebook are spreading in Nigeria, where police say they contributed to a dozen recent killings (BBC)

BBC: An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary images on Facebook are spreading in Nigeria, where police say they contributed to a dozen recent killings  —  Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people  —  Nigerian police say false information and incendiary images … An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary

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How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion, became a seductive mode of storytelling that can sometimes be manipulative (Rebecca Mead/New Yorker)

Rebecca Mead / New Yorker: How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion, became a seductive mode of storytelling that can sometimes be manipulative  —  In our frenetic age, audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion.  But this intimacy can become manipulative. How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a

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Microsoft says HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for app developers it acquired in 2014, will fully transition to Visual Studio App Center on Nov. 16, 2019 (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Microsoft says HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for app developers it acquired in 2014, will fully transition to Visual Studio App Center on Nov. 16, 2019  —  Microsoft has revealed that it is sunsetting HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for app developers, on November 16, 2019. Microsoft says HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for

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A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon in their HQ2 bids, including an exclusive airport lounge, relocation expenses for employees, and more (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News: A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon in their HQ2 bids, including an exclusive airport lounge, relocation expenses for employees, and more  —  Amazon’s competitive search for a location for its second headquarters — dubbed HQ2 — inspired a fierce bidding war. A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon

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