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Twitter suspends account that may be tied to suspected mail bomber

Twitter suspended an account appearing to have been linked to Cesar Sayoc. who was arrested Friday in connection with mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump. Sayoc allegedly sent 13 suspicious packages to people including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe…

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Facebook blocks 115 accounts suspected of ‘inauthentic behavior’

Law enforcement officials believe the accounts may be linked to “foreign entities,” Facebook says. Facebook said late Monday it had blocked more than 100 Facebook and Instagram accounts suspected of engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections. . The report, conducted by the nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility, also offered Facebook…

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Bird scooters CEO: ‘Where there’s no laws, that’s where we go in’

Birds electric scooters are now in 100 cities and that number is growing. But some places, like New York, won’t see the scooters anytime soon. Travis VanderZanden, Bird’s CEO, explained Tuesday how the company decides where to launch its dockless, rentable scooters: It depends on the local laws. If there are already laws on the…

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Microsoft’s Project xCloud will stream Xbox games to phones, tablets and more

Microsoft revealed Monday that it’s testing an Xbox game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud. The company demonstrated its work on the service so far in a video showing Forza and Halo, games designed to be run on an Xbox One console, being played on Android phones and tablets. The games work both with an…

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Apple pumps up its Amazon listings with iPhones, iPads and more

Amazon has signed a deal to expand the selection of Apple products on its sites worldwide. The world’s largest e-commerce company said Friday it’ll soon start selling more Apple products. Directly and have access to Apple’s latest devices, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as…

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