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    • Crypto startup Amun says it has been given the green-light to list the first crypto Exchange Traded Product on Switzerland's SIX Swiss Exchange (Trustnodes)

    Trustnodes: Crypto startup Amun says it has been given the green-light to list the first crypto Exchange Traded Product on Switzerland’s SIX Swiss Exchange  —  The world’s first crypto Exchange Traded Product (ETP) is to start trading next week on Europe’s fourth biggest exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, with a market capitalization of $1.6 trillion. Crypto

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    • Microsoft is now selling Amazon's Echo smart speakers from its retail and online stores (Paul Thurrott/Thurrott.com)

    Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: Microsoft is now selling Amazon’s Echo smart speakers from its retail and online stores  —  In yet another not-so-subtle indication that it is pushing Cortana aside for Amazon’s digital personal assistant, Microsoft is now selling Echo smart speakers from its retail and online stores. Microsoft is now selling Amazon's Echo smart

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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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