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Carmakers took less than a week to make ads for Saudi women who'll soon be able to drive
From Volkswagen to Ford, companies are reaching out to Saudi Arabian women.
Airbnb asks for hosts to open their homes to volcano evacuees in Bali
Five people have offered homes so far.
By Victoria Ho
Bad news for YouTube creators who depend on Patreon
YouTube is denying some creators the ability to embed links to outside sites.
By Patrick Kulp
Walmart's Jet.com is launching its own line of groceries to compete with Amazon
Jet is the latest entry in the grocery war.
By Patrick Kulp
The EU wants tech giants to automatically remove hate speech and 'terrorist material'
The European Union wants companies to detect and eliminate hate speech as soon as it appears on their social platforms.
Russians coordinated their election attacks across Twitter and Facebook
Trump's favorite network uncovered Russian-linked accounts.
By Kerry Flynn
Ellen Pao's ‘Reset’ is required reading for anyone in tech
Pao's side of the story is worth your time.
Moscow's facial recognition CCTV network is the biggest example of surveillance society yet
The 160,000-camera system deploys facial recognition on 95% of apartment building entrances.
Of course brands are already joking about Twitter's new 280-character limit
Corporations can make jokes, too.
By Patrick Kulp
Zuckerberg's non-statement on Trump and fake news is a total cop out
Not that anyone expected anything else.
By Jack Morse
Zuckerberg fires back at Trump over Facebook’s role in the U.S. election
The CEO responded with a defensive post about Facebook's role in the election, and why he feels both conservatives and liberals are "upset" with his company. But he also expressed a bit of regret, too.
U.S. Senate to Mark Zuckerberg: Come in and chat on Russia
A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 1.
By Kerry Flynn
Amazon Echo Spot is coming for your alarm clock
It looks like an alarm clock, but Echo Spot is so much more.
Facebook just pulled back the curtain on how it influences elections
For the German election, Facebook surfaced articles showing different sides of issues.
By Kerry Flynn
Amazon unveils Echo Plus, its first true smart home hub
Amazon's new Echo is also a hub.
Trump, Sanders and Stein got love from Facebook ads linked to Russia. Clinton did not.
The ads were more about undermining Clinton than boosting Trump.
Amazon is showing off a lot of new Alexa-powered products today
Amazon will unveil a lot of new gadgets.
By Karissa Bell
Comcast is launching a live TV streaming service for cord-cutters
A new challenger appears!
Twitter actually has a pretty good reason for its new character limit
Tweeting across languages.
Twitter can keep its extra characters, I want to edit tweets
Just let us edit tweets already!
Delta will offer free messaging on flights, but never, never phone calls
Free iMessage, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.
Apple promises to fix annoying iPhone 8 'crackling' issue
At least it's not a hardware issue.
By Mark Kaufman
Twitter is testing a 280-character expansion and everyone is making the same joke
Who ever runs out of charac...
After a death in my family, I now understand why we use social media to mourn
Sometimes, it's okay to share.
