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Facebook introduces the Facebook Journalism Project to collaborate with news organizations on products, offer training to reporters, and try to curb fake news — Facebook is a new kind of platform and we want to do our part to enable people to have meaningful conversations, to be informed and to be connected to each other.
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How BitTorrent has failed to find a successful business model despite its widely used protocol and has pursued a costly, fruitless path under new leadership — How a group of valley outsiders blew through the company's cash and nearly left it for dead. — Last April, a pair … | Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google: |
Alphabet's Titan high-altitude drone program has been shut down after being rolled into X in late 2015; 50+ employees disperse to other units — In 2014, Google bought Titan Aerospace, maker of high altitude, solar-powered drone aircraft. At the time Google noted, “It's still early days …
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| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
Instagram will put full-screen, auto-playing, skippable ads in its Stories feature, which now has 150M daily active users five months after launch — If you're one of the millions of Instagram users who likes the service's recently added “Stories” sharing feature, get ready …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Four months after the recall, Samsung says over 96% of Galaxy Note7 devices have been returned — Samsung said today that over 96 percent of all Galaxy Note7 phones have been returned following a recall that started in September. — First introduced in August, the latest Note7 smartphone … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
JetBlue completes its rollout of Fly-Fi, with free high-speed Wi-Fi on all planes — JetBlue today announced that it has officially completed its fleet-wide rollout of Fly-Fi, bringing free wireless internet to all of its planes. The carrier first introduced the service in late 2013 …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter says it will shut down its iOS and desktop account management app Dashboard on February 3 — In June, Twitter launched Dashboard, a dedicated app brands can use to manage their various accounts, but seven months later, that's all about to change. Today, the company announced …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Techdirt's existence is threatened by costs of fighting $15M libel suit brought by Shiva Ayyadurai, represented by Charles Harder, who won against Gawker — As you may have heard, last week we were sued for $15 million by Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims to have invented email.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google adds beta encryption key management service to its Cloud Platform in select countries — Google is launching a new key management service for its Cloud Platform today that will help enterprises — especially in regulated industries like healthcare and banking — create, use …
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| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
Chrome, Safari, Opera autofill features and extensions such as LastPass can be tricked into leaking private information using hidden text boxes, developer finds — Chrome, Safari, Opera and extensions such as LastPass can be tricked into leaking private information using hidden text boxes, developer finds
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
US Department of Transportation forms new committee focusing on automation, including self-driving cars and drones; members include GM CEO, Uber and Lyft execs — The U.S. regulatory agency overseeing transportation at the federal level has announced a new official committee on automation …
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| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
iOS devices and services will have generated Apple over $1T in revenue between 2007 and the end of 2017, with developer payments currently at $20B+ per year — In its first 10 years, the iPhone will have sold at least 1.2 billion units,[1] making it the most successful product of all time.| Tesla: |
Chris Lattner joins Tesla as VP of Autopilot software — We would like to welcome Chris Lattner, who will join Tesla as our Vice President of Autopilot Software. Chris' reputation for engineering excellence is well known. He comes to Tesla after 11 years at Apple where he was primarily responsible …
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