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Facebook cracks down again, ahead of the election, Apple make some interesting acquisitions, how many cameras does a smartphone need, and Dieter Rams just wants Silicon Valley to slow down.

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• Facebook purged over 800 accounts and pages pushing political messages for profit (The Washington Post)
• Apple inks $600M deal to license IP, acquire assets and talent from Dialog to expand chipmaking in Europe (TechCrunch)
• Apple buys machine learning AR firm specializing in mixed realities (Apple Insider)
• Samsung’s Galaxy A9 is the first quad camera phone (Engadget)
• Samsung hopes these four cameras will save its mid-range phone lineup (The Verge)
• Gartner: Microsoft passes Acer to become top 5 PC vendor in the U.S. (Venture Beat)
• Apple plans to give away original content for free to device owners as part of new digital TV strategy (CNBC)
• Coinbase's Active Customers Drop 80% in Crypto Slump, Study Says (Bloomberg)
• Plan to Fix Journalism With Cryptocurrency Draws Skepticism (WSJ)
• Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop (Fast Company)