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Meta alerts 50,000 users to targeting by ‘surveillance-for-hire’ companies

The Verge

These companies are part of a sprawling industry that provides intrusive software tools and surveillance services indiscriminately to any customer — regardless of who they target or the human rights abuses they might enable,” wrote Meta’s director of threat disruption, David Agranovich, and head of cyber espionage investigations, Mike Dvilyanski.

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What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

The Verge

Riehle says he would prefer a Chromebook because he has an Android phone and often uses Google services. Matej Plavevski, a junior at Yahya Kemal College in North Macedonia, recommends looking for an Ethernet port in case slower connections disrupt meetings.

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

Data from FDI Markets * , the Financial Times’ cross-border investment monitoring service, indicates that London has attracted the highest number of foreign direct investments ( FDI ) into tech from international companies for the past few years, ahead of Singapore, Dubai, and New York. . Cross-border investments.

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HBO Max is coming to parts of Europe on October 26th

The Verge

HBO Max will launch in Europe next month on October 26th, the streaming service announced today. The list of territories corresponds to the regions currently covered by HBO Europe , which operates a handful of different streaming services on the continent including HBO España, HBO Nordic, and HBO Go.

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Disney Plus keeps pressure on Netflix with launch in 42 more countries this summer

The Verge

It’s a significant expansion that could keep the pressure on other streaming services like Netflix and HBO Max. However, while Disney said in October that the service has 118.1 Disney is planning to launch Disney Plus in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. million from the previous quarter.