10 things in tech you need to know today, August 23

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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this
Thursday.

1.
Facebook’s former security chief Alex Stamos warned that “it’s
too late to protect the 2018 elections” from
meddling. Stamos was in charge of Facebook’s
response to Russian hacking and meddling during the 2016
election, and he says it now risks happening again.

2.
Apple banned Facebook’s security app Onavo Protect that also
reports back on which apps people are
using. Apple determined that the app violated
its new rules on data collection, and it has now been removed
from the App Store.

3.
The $3.2 billion self-driving car company Zoox has ousted its
CEO. CEO and founder Tim Kentley-Klay
says that he was ousted “without a warning” because “the
board chose a path of fear.”

4.
Facebook has suspended 400 apps as part of its investigation into
developer data. Facebook launched the investigation
in March after the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal.

5. Facebook
is warning 4 million users that another app may have mishandled
their data. It took action against
“myPersonality” after the developers failed to submit to the
Facebook app auditing process.

6.
Iran’s fake news push was much bigger than Facebook, and spread
to Twitter and Google. A report from
cybersecurity firm FireEye revealed fake accounts and information
on Google+ and YouTube.

7.
Uber will pay $1.9 million to former and current employees
claiming sexual harassment. The ride-hailing
company will pay an average settlement of just under $34,000 each
to 56 current and former employees claiming sexual harassment.

8.
Reddit users shared thousands of links from fake Iranian news
sites which were exposed as
misinformation. The links came from six sites
exposed by security firm FireEye as hoaxes, rather than the
genuine British and American news sites they appeared to be.

9.
One of Facebook’s key dealmakers is leaving the company to be
with his family in Hawaii. Facebook VP of
Partnerships Dan Rose says he is leaving the company early next
year.

10.
It sounds like Jack Dorsey wants to massively change how you
follow people on Twitter. In an interview with
Buzzfeed, Jack Dorsey addressed the issue of bias on Twitter, and
suggested that one fix would be to “break” the way people follow
specific accounts and hinted instead that people would follow
broader general topics.

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