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Research: CIA, NSA, DOD among federal agencies that have yet to implement DMARC email security on all their domains, despite a DHS directive to do so by Tuesday
YouTube is experiencing a major outage across the world; the company says it is working to resolve access issues for YouTube, YouTube TV, and YouTube Music
Chartbeat: traffic to publishers from Facebook down nearly 40% since January 2017, but direct mobile traffic to publishers' websites and apps has grown 30%+
Google launches Chrome 70 with option to disable linked sign-ins, which are enabled by default, support for PWAs on Windows and an AV1 decoder, and more
UK cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor becomes the first company to gain a licence to operate under Gibraltar's new blockchain-specific legislation
Hands-on with Huawei's fitness-focused Watch GT, which has two versions for €199 or €249, a 1.39" OLED display, GPS, and runs a proprietary OS called LiteOS
Apple says devs can now sell 10 apps in a bundle, create app bundles for Mac apps, and make bundles that include free apps with auto-renewable subscriptions
Twitter bans ~1,500 accounts, source says for spreading misleading election-related content; the "NPC" accounts were 4chan and Reddit users posing as activists
After criticism from FCC's Pai and Florida Gov. Scott, Verizon offers 3 month credit to customers hit hardest by Hurricane Michael; AT&T also giving credits
Facebook says it will demote links in the News Feed to websites that illicitly scrape and republish content from other sources with little or no modification
On-demand delivery startup Postmates expands to 134 more US cities, bringing the tally of US cities it operates in to 550, covering about one in two US homes
IBM reports Q3 revenue of $18.76B, down 2% YoY, vs $19.10B est., Cognitive Solutions revenues of $4.1B, down 6% YoY; stock down 4%+ after hours
Barcelona-based business travel management platform TravelPerk raises $44M Series C, after raising a $21M Series B six months ago
Coinbase now lets users buy and sell ZRX, the token representing the 0x Project, joining BTC, BCH, ETC, ETH, and LTC a week after adding ZRX to Coinbase Pro
Netflix Q3: streaming revenue of $3.91B, up 36% YoY, and global membership surpassing 130M paid and 137M total; stock up 13%+ after hours
Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered
Journalism blockchain network Civil says the sale of its CVL token fails to hit $8M goal, buyers will be offered full refunds, and another token sale in works
Irish Data Protection Commission says about 3M Europeans were affected by Facebook's security breach, announced in Sept., where personal info was accessed
Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website
After saying last week no data collected through Portal would be used to target users with ads on Facebook, it now says the data can be used to target ads
Facebook's ex-CSO Alex Stamos to announce the Stanford Internet Observatory, an institute to help companies work together on solving tech's "negative impacts"
As the scandal of Khashoggi's disappearance grows, Silicon Valley has stayed mum on its connections to Saudi Arabia, the largest funding source for US startups
Syncron, which offers a SaaS to help manufacturers move to a service model, raises $67M led by Summit Partners, source says at a $175M post-money valuation
Huawei unveils Mate 20 Pro with 6.4-inch OLED display, in-display fingerprint sensor, two-way wireless charging, three rear cameras, and 4,200mAh battery
Instacart raises $600M at a $7.6B valuation led by hedge fund D1 Capital Partners
Amazon unveils waterproof Kindle Paperwhite with higher 300ppi resolution, starting at $129, available for preorder now, shipping November 7
CIRP: Amazon US Prime membership growth slows, up 8% over the past 12 months to 97M, as members spent $1,400/year on average, versus $600 for non-Prime users
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