Summary: It’s been a heavy week of Congressional hearings over foreign influence in a U.S. election and another terrorist attack in New York City — and technology was all over both events. El Kaiser and J.D. ponder the recent developments, as well as the arrival of the iPhone X and an iOS 11.1 update that brings a hedgehog emoji character at last. El Kaiser also has an in-depth interview with two opinionated technology experts on the gear they’ve incorporated into their everyday lives. Come join us for Episode 253!<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/technology/russia-investigation-tech-companies.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Russia Investigation Has Tech Giants Shying From ‘Social’ Label</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/russian-ads-now-publicly-released-show-sophistication-of-influence-campaign/2017/11/01/d26aead2-bf1b-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html?utm_term=.1c7d5993c1ec" rel="nofollow">Russian ads, now publicly released, show sophistication of influence campaign</a> (The Washington Post)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/01/how-russian-trolls-got-into-your-facebook-feed/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How Russian trolls got into your Facebook feed</a> (The Washington Post)<br> * <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/1/16593812/facebook-earnings-q3-third-quarter-2017" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook’s business is booming, but it says preventing abuse will cut into future profits</a> (The Verge)<br> * <a href="https://www.recode.net/2017/11/1/16588374/live-updates-facebook-google-twitter-testify-senate-congress-russia-president-election" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Live updates: Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before Congress again</a> (Recode)<br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104146268321841" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mark Zuckerberg statement on Facebook</a><br> * <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/prosecutors-consider-bringing-charges-in-dnc-hacking-case-1509618203" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">U.S. Prosecutors Consider Charging Russian Officials in DNC Hacking Case</a> (The Wall Street Journal)<br> * <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/snap-maps-offered-real-time-coverage-of-tuesdays-terror-attacks-in-manhattan-plus-a-lot-of-emoji/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Snap Maps offered real-time coverage of Tuesday’s terror attacks in Manhattan (plus a lot of emoji)</a> (Nieman Journalism Lab)<br> * <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/01/google-assistant-android-supports-spanish-italian/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google Assistant for Android now supports Spanish and Italian</a> (Engadget)<br> * <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/31/ios-11-1-new-emoji/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple releases iOS 11.1 with hundreds of new emoji, 3D Touch multitasking fix, more</a> (9to5Mac.com)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/technology/personaltech/apple-iphone-x-review.html">The iPhone X Is Cool. That Doesn’t Mean You Are Ready for It.</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-apple-brassiere-photos-nude-pictures/">iPhone sorts your semi-nude photos in ‘brassiere’ folder</a> (CNET)<br> <br> (Hopefully) Helpful Hint<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/253432/how-to-enable-one-handed-mode-in-androids-google-keyboard/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How to Enable One-Handed Mode in Android’s Google Keyboard</a> (How-To Geek)<br> * <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202178" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">About the keyboards settings on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch</a> (Apple)<br> <br>
