Facebook shut down a spam network in Brazil
"Facebook's crackdown on misleading content continues, this time in Brazil. The social network gave the boot to 68 pages and 43 accounts -- all linked to a single marketing group -- for violating the company's policies on misrepresentation and spam."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/facebook-shuts-down-brazil-spam-campaign/ASUS' latest low-cost Chromebooks are available now
" Just because there's been a slew of premium Chrome OS devices in recent weeks doesn't mean you'll have to go without modern, budget-friendly options. ASUS has launched its latest Chromebook designs in the US, and they're tempting if you want some basic comput…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/asus-chromebook-c223-c423-c523/GM brings its peer-to-peer car-sharing service to 10 US cities
" Earlier this year, GM unveiled a peer-to-peer car-sharing service, expanding its Maven platform to allow GM owners and qualified lessees to rent out their own vehicles. At the time, the company said the service was in beta in Chicago, Detroit and Ann..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/gm-maven-peer-to-peer-car-sharing-10-us-cities/The Ducati Multistrada 1260S is ready for anything
" "Let's go on an adventure," I whispered to the Ducati Multistrada 1260S. For many, motorcycles represent something more than a simple means of transportation. It's everything from the idea of embracing a counterculture (the movie Easy Rider cemented that life…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/2018-ducati-multistrada-1260s-review/Facebook is finally decluttering Messenger
" Facebook has just announced a brand new Messenger app, and it promises to be a lot simpler than previous iterations. In Messenger 4, you'll get three tabs instead of nine. There's the Chats tab which houses all of your conversations, the People tab w..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/facebook-messenger-4/Lenovo updates Smart Display with Google Home Hub features
"Google isn't being stingy about its recently announced Home Hub features -- it's going to be available on all Assistant smart displays, regardless of manufacturer. But we assumed it would be awhile before we actually saw these features. However, the..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/lenovo-smart-display-google-home-hub-features/'No Man's Sky' is getting a spooky update next week
" Few games in recent memory have enjoyed as strong a resurgence as No Man's Sky. The galaxy exploration game was widely criticized when it was released in 2016, as it had some teething problems, including not having much to actually do. It was only af..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/no-mans-sky-halloween-update-the-abyss/Lyft buys an AR company to bolster its self-driving car efforts
" Lyft is ramping up it self-driving car strategy on two fronts. To start, the ridesharing mainstay has acquired Blue Vision Labs, a UK-based augmented reality firm whose underlying technology helps cars both know their location and understand their s..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/lyft-buys-ar-company-blue-vision/Twitter bans 18 more InfoWars-related accounts
" Twitter banned 18 more Twitter accounts related to Alex Jones and his InfoWars media outlet on Monday. The accounts were sharing content from the organization, and Twitter told CNN it permanently suspended them following a number of "violations and warnings" …"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/twitter-infowars-alex-jones-account-bans/Baidu develops its own take on real-time translation
" Google isn't the only big game in town when it comes to real-time translations. Chinese search giant Baidu has developed its own system, STACL (Simultaneous Translation with Anticipation and Controllable Latency). Like its rival, it can start trans..."
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