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    • The debate over Facebook's political ads policy has been too US-centric and the company hasn't explained how that policy will work in other countries (Julia Carrie Wong/The Guardian)

    Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: The debate over Facebook’s political ads policy has been too US-centric and the company hasn’t explained how that policy will work in other countries  —  When Facebook wrote to Joe Biden’s campaign to say it would not back down from its decision to exempt politicians from its ban …

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    • Google can make a success of Fitbit if it can be managed as well as the integration of HTC's smartphone team, but it can also end up as a fiasco like Nest (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

    Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Google can make a success of Fitbit if it can be managed as well as the integration of HTC’s smartphone team, but it can also end up as a fiasco like Nest  —  The HTC acquisition went well, Nest did not — will this?  —  Google is buying Fitbit and

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    • Russia's "sovereign internet" law, which aims to enable disconnecting the country's internet from the rest of the world, went into effect on Friday (Elizabeth Schulze/CNBC)

    Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: Russia’s “sovereign internet” law, which aims to enable disconnecting the country’s internet from the rest of the world, went into effect on Friday  —  – The law tightens Moscow’s control over the country’s internet infrastructure and aims to provide a way for Russia to disconnect its networks from the rest of

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    • Google releases patch for a Chrome zero-day vulnerability being used in the wild that allows hackers to escape sandbox protections via malicious websites (Swati Khandelwal/The Hacker News)

    Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News: Google releases patch for a Chrome zero-day vulnerability being used in the wild that allows hackers to escape sandbox protections via malicious websites  —  Attention readers, if you are using Chrome on your Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, you need to update your web browsing software immediately … Google

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    • Some employees say Google's new community standards smack of censorship after memes about hiring of an ex-DHS staffer are deleted from an internal message board (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

    Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Some employees say Google’s new community standards smack of censorship after memes about hiring of an ex-DHS staffer are deleted from an internal message board  —  – Critical memes deleted at company known for open debate  — New hire tied to Trump immigration policies poses a test Some employees say Google's

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    • Apple AirPods Pro review: noise cancellation is surprisingly effective, better sound quality and fit than standard AirPods but no improvements to battery life (Chris Welch/The Verge)

    Chris Welch / The Verge: Apple AirPods Pro review: noise cancellation is surprisingly effective, better sound quality and fit than standard AirPods but no improvements to battery life  —  The big obvious change is the new design, which switches to an in-ear construction with silicone tips. Apple AirPods Pro review: noise cancellation is surprisingly effective,

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    • Google's Fitbit acquisition feels like a top-down decision of executives who found enough yes men to agree to the delusion that Fitbit can revive Wear OS (David Ruddock/Android Police)

    David Ruddock / Android Police: Google’s Fitbit acquisition feels like a top-down decision of executives who found enough yes men to agree to the delusion that Fitbit can revive Wear OS  —  Google announced today that it would purchase Fitbit, the ailing manufacturer of fitness-focused wearables and smartwatches, for $2.1 billion. Google's Fitbit acquisition feels

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