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    • Sources: Facebook tentatively finds hack affecting 30M users was perpetrated by spammers masquerading as a digital marketing company, not by a nation-state (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Sources: Facebook tentatively finds hack affecting 30M users was perpetrated by spammers masquerading as a digital marketing company, not by a nation-state  —  Facebook Inc. FB .40% believes that the hackers who gained access to the private information of 30 million of its users were spammers looking … Sources: Facebook tentatively finds

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    • Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its detection of suspicious transactions (William Suberg/Cointelegraph)

    William Suberg / Cointelegraph: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its detection of suspicious transactions  —  Crypto compliance provider and research firm Chainalysis announced it had partnered with exchange Binance in a press release Wednesday … Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its

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    • Pixel USB-C earbuds review: sound great and are comfortable, compatible with most modern devices, and affordable at $30, but lack a good seal in the ear (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

    Vlad Savov / The Verge: Pixel USB-C earbuds review: sound great and are comfortable, compatible with most modern devices, and affordable at $30, but lack a good seal in the ear  —  Healing the wound left by the removal of the headphone jack  —  Unmentioned during Google’s big hardware event this month … Pixel USB-C

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    3D Printing, Halloween Style

    The wonders of 3D printing don’t stop coming. Whether it’s printing tools on the International Space Station, printing houses out of concrete, or just making spare parts for a child’s toy, there’s virtually nothing you can’t get done with the right 3D printer, including spicing up your Halloween decorations. Not only is this pumpkin a

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    • Following a cease-and-desist letter sent in early October, eBay sues Amazon, accusing it of illegally poaching eBay sellers via eBay's internal messaging system (Laura Stevens/Wall Street Journal)

    Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: Following a cease-and-desist letter sent in early October, eBay sues Amazon, accusing it of illegally poaching eBay sellers via eBay’s internal messaging system  —  Lawsuit claims Amazon infiltrated and exploited eBay’s internal member email system to recruit high-value sellers Following a cease-and-desist letter sent in early October, eBay sues

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    • Twitter says it will show whether a tweet was deleted by the user who posted it or because Twitter took an action, starting in the coming weeks (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

    Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter says it will show whether a tweet was deleted by the user who posted it or because Twitter took an action, starting in the coming weeks  —  Twitter is making a change to how its tweet reporting procedures will work.  Before, Twitter had experimented with both showing or hiding …

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    • Sidestepping App Stores, Facebook Lite and Groups get Instant Games, which launch in browsers (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Sidestepping App Stores, Facebook Lite and Groups get Instant Games, which launch in browsers  —  HTML5 almost ruined Facebook when baking in the mobile web standard to speed up development slowed down the performance of the social network’s main iOS and Android apps. Sidestepping App Stores, Facebook Lite and Groups get

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    • A look at how the Democratic National Committee has beefed up cybersecurity since 2016, hiring staff from Silicon Valley, warning about phishing, and more (Eric Geller/Politico)

    Eric Geller / Politico: A look at how the Democratic National Committee has beefed up cybersecurity since 2016, hiring staff from Silicon Valley, warning about phishing, and more  —  The DNC’s chief technology officer has led a massive cybersecurity overhaul at the committee and its sister organizations. A look at how the Democratic National Committee

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    • How a loophole in Facebook's political ad review system, letting verified buyers put anything in the "paid for by" field, has been weaponized in a Virginia race (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

    Kevin Roose / New York Times: How a loophole in Facebook’s political ad review system, letting verified buyers put anything in the “paid for by” field, has been weaponized in a Virginia race  —  A competitive race in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District has an alarming new element: anonymous attack ads on Facebook. How a loophole

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    • Spotify announces a standalone app for Wear OS that lets users control and browse music, rolling out over the next week (Valentina Palladino/Ars Technica)

    Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: Spotify announces a standalone app for Wear OS that lets users control and browse music, rolling out over the next week  —  Browse, play, and add songs to your library from Spotify’s new on-wrist app.  —  Wear OS gains a popular new app today that many have been waiting for

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    • Softbank COO says "there is no certainty" that there will be another Vision Fund, as the firm is "anxiously looking" at fallout from Khashoggi's disappearance (Financial Times)

    Financial Times: Softbank COO says “there is no certainty” that there will be another Vision Fund, as the firm is “anxiously looking” at fallout from Khashoggi’s disappearance  —  SoftBank has voiced its doubts about the likelihood of a second $100bn Vision Fund for the first time … Softbank COO says "there is no certainty" that

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