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    • Researchers discover "Fishwrap" disinformation campaign recycling images and reports from past terrorist attacks and presenting them as breaking news (Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica)

    Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: Researchers discover “Fishwrap” disinformation campaign recycling images and reports from past terrorist attacks and presenting them as breaking news  —  Over 215 social media accounts tied to effort to get followers through disinformation.  —  Researchers at Recorded Future … Researchers discover "Fishwrap" disinformation campaign recycling images and reports from past

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    • Vade Secure, which develops an email filtering stack to protect against phishing, malware, and spam, raises $79M led by General Catalyst (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Vade Secure, which develops an email filtering stack to protect against phishing, malware, and spam, raises $79M led by General Catalyst  —  Vade Secure, a France- and Boston-based company developing an email filtering stack to protect against phishing, malware, and spam … Vade Secure, which develops an email filtering stack to

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    • Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

    Andy Greenberg / Wired: Critics question Alphabet’s Jigsaw subsidiary’s decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation  —  FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia’s Internet Research Agency … Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire

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    • Huawei's chief strategy architect says the company is working on autonomous AI platforms for Audi, VW, Toyota, and others, potentially launching from 2021 (Financial Times)

    Financial Times: Huawei’s chief strategy architect says the company is working on autonomous AI platforms for Audi, VW, Toyota, and others, potentially launching from 2021  —  Huawei, the Chinese company at the centre of the US-China tech storm, is working with European, Japanese and Chinese car companies … Huawei's chief strategy architect says the company

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    • Study by Equality Labs into Facebook's content moderation in India finds it failed to delete hundreds of posts targeting minorities despite flagging (Megha Rajagopalan/BuzzFeed News)

    Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News: Study by Equality Labs into Facebook’s content moderation in India finds it failed to delete hundreds of posts targeting minorities despite flagging  —  TUNIS, Tunisia — Facebook failed to delete hundreds of memes, images and posts targeting caste, LGBT and religious minorities in India reported … Study by Equality Labs

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    • Symphony, a messaging platform for Wall Street firms created by Goldman Sachs and others, raises $165M; source says its valuation is now $1.4B (Aradhana Aravindan/Reuters)

    Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters: Symphony, a messaging platform for Wall Street firms created by Goldman Sachs and others, raises $165M; source says its valuation is now $1.4B  —  SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Symphony Communication Services, a chat and collaboration platform, said on Wednesday it has raised $165 million in fresh funds … Symphony, a messaging platform

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    • Following successful tests elsewhere, Facebook says it will bring its blood donation sign up feature to select US cities ahead of a wider rollout (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

    Mariella Moon / Engadget: Following successful tests elsewhere, Facebook says it will bring its blood donation sign up feature to select US cities ahead of a wider rollout  —  Facebook says its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Pakistan has been doing so well, over 35 million users have signed up to be

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