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Introducing the newest member of our family, the YouTube Kids app—available on Google Play and the App Store — Like most parents, I love helping my kids learn more about something they're interested in. For example, right now, I spend a lot of time on YouTube with my 3-year-old son …
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Apple to invest €1.7B for new data centres in Ireland and Denmark running on 100% renewable energy — Apple to Invest €1.7 Billion in New European Data Centres — State-of-the-art facilities in Ireland and Denmark will run on 100 percent renewable energy
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| Will Carty / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter announces that it is backing the FCC's net neutrality proposal — Why Twitter faves #NetNeutrality — The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to act on a “net neutrality” proposal that will put vital consumer and competitive protections back on the books … | New York Times: |
Android Auto and CarPlay-enabled cars are coming, but some auto manufacturers are slow to adopt either platform — Rivals Google and Apple Fight for the Dashboard — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — When Google hosted a boot camp here this month for its Android operating system, there were some new faces in the room: auto manufacturers.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
SSL-busting code that threatened Lenovo users found in a dozen more apps — “What all these applications have in common is that they make people less secure.” — The list of software known to use the same HTTPS-breaking technology recently found preinstalled on Lenovo laptops has risen dramatically … | Lee Gomes / IEEE Spectrum: |
Facebook AI Director Yann LeCun on His Quest to Unleash Deep Learning and Make Machines Smarter — Deep Learning expert Yann LeCun leads Facebook's AI research lab. — Artificial intelligence has gone through some dismal periods, which those in the field gloomily refer to as “AI winters.”| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Facebook is violating European consumer protection law despite January privacy policy update, according to Belgian privacy commission study — Facebook's privacy policy breaches European law, report finds — Belgian privacy commission study concludes company's use of user data violates privacy …
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| Andrew McLaughlin / Medium: |
Snapchat's unusual interface confuses some, but it fosters privacy, intimacy, and creativity — The Snapchat and The Platypus — Scissor-testing A New Branch of the Mobile Evolutionary Tree — Image by Juan Torres: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ santoplacido/8626628186
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Invite Program To Bring Inbox To Google Apps For Work Customers — Last Fall, Google started its (slow) rollout of Inbox, its completely redesigned email experience for Gmail on the web and mobile. Even today, it's still an invite-only service (but invites are pretty easy to come by these days).
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Architect Eli Attia claims Google X stole his idea for Flux Factory in new lawsuit — The moonshot that missed — For decades, architect Eli Attia has been filling notebook after notebook with ideas for a new way to think about constructing buildings. He developed a process … | Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Voice commands in Google Search on Lollipop can toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and flashlight — PSA: Toggling WiFi, Bluetooth, And The Flashlight Works Flawlessly With Voice Commands In Google Search In Lollipop — Back in 2014, one of the changes spotted in Google Search was support for settings toggles through voice commands.
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