Facebook blocks advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words like "gender-neutral" for being political, says majority of rejections were in error (Eli Rosenberg/Washington Post)

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Facebook blocks advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words like “gender-neutral” for being political, says majority of rejections were in error  —  The advertisements all seemed innocuous at a glance.  —  A ribald sendup of fairy tales hosted by a comedian in Los Angeles.

Wikipedia editors have voted to classify Breitbart as an unreliable reference for facts and decided that Infowars should be generally prohibited as a source (Samantha Cole/Motherboard)

Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
Wikipedia editors have voted to classify Breitbart as an unreliable reference for facts and decided that Infowars should be generally prohibited as a source  —  Alex Jones' InfoWars and the far-right media outlet Breitbart can't be used as a source of fact in Wikipedia articles anymore, “due to its unreliability.”

Hortonworks and Cloudera announce all-stock merger valuing the new company at $5.2B; the two companies helped commercialize Hadoop open-source big data software (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Hortonworks and Cloudera announce all-stock merger valuing the new company at $5.2B; the two companies helped commercialize Hadoop open-source big data software  —  Cloudera stock jumped 17 percent on Wednesday after it announced an all-stock merger of equals with competitor Hortonworks.

iPhone XS Max Impresses DxOMark Team, But Ranked Behind Huawei P20 Pro

The Apple iPhone XS Max has received an overall score of 105, which is higher than the overall score of 103 achieved by the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 but lower than the Huawei P20 Pro that received an... https://ift.tt/2zQry45

Giving Up Your Data for Better Services Is 'A Bunch of Bunk': Tim Cook

Cook positioned Apple's business as one that stands apart from tech giants that compile massive amounts of personal data and sell the ability to target users through advertising. https://ift.tt/2P6bqkg

We Played Civilization VI on the iPhone, Here's What You Need to Know

Not content with being on PC, iPad, and soon, the Nintendo Switch, Civilization VI is now available on the iPhone. https://ift.tt/2QtgP4X

Amazon Great Indian Festival Starts October 9 for Prime Users: Top Deals

Amazon Prime members will also be able to participate in an exclusive flash sale of the Mi TV Pro series at 9pm IST on October 9, as well as buy the Vivo V9 Pro first. https://ift.tt/2P7vIcY

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Season Pass Price for PS4, Xbox One Revealed

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Season Pass will cost GBP 40 (about Rs. 3,800) on PS4 and Xbox One, a new listing has revealed. https://ift.tt/2O5Ezzi

New Nintendo Switch Model Coming in Summer 2019: Report

A new Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Pro release date may be sooner than you think according to a recent report. https://ift.tt/2Qyc5eH

Jon Favreau's Star Wars TV Series Is Called The Mandalorian

Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars TV series is called The Mandalorian and will "follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New... https://ift.tt/2ICRZwS

Samsung Galaxy A9 Specifications Leaked, Four Rear Cameras Detailed

A new report has now surfaced online that claims to reveal most major specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A9. https://ift.tt/2IB33e3

Facebook Security Breach: Here's Everything We Know So Far

Facebook said that "up to 50 million accounts" were directly affected. https://ift.tt/2OFjaMS

NASA Addresses Unexplained Space Station Hole but Mystery Remains Unsolved

NASA sought on Wednesday to tamp down speculation that sabotage caused a tiny hole found last month in the side of a Russian module docked at the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/2NmecjF

LG Launches Watch W7, Its First Hybrid Smartwatch

LG Watch W7, priced at $449.99 (about Rs. 33,200) in the US, is the first wearable from the company to run Wear OS by Google platform. https://ift.tt/2QvZjgH

Toyota and SoftBank Said to Team Up in Self-Driving and Other Technology

Japan's highest-profile companies will announce that they will partner up to develop self-driving vehicles and other new mobility technologies. https://ift.tt/2y9KqJi