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UK govt, Guardian, Sainsbury, others pull ads from YouTube as Times of London investigation finds ads appearing with extremist videos; Google promises changes — Guardian newspaper also halts ads, citing ‘hate-filled videos’ — YouTube owner Google says it's ‘committed to doing better’
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Internal docs: Uber's 43 self-driving cars drove 20,365 miles last week with human intervention every 0.8 miles and “critical interventions” every 200 miles — A first look at Uber's progress. — Some of Uber's self-driving cars aren't driving as smoothly as the company hoped they would.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Netflix to replace star ratings with thumbs up and thumbs down in coming weeks after A/B testing showed thumbs got 200% more ratings — Get ready to say good-bye to star ratings on Netflix: The company is getting ready to replace stars with Pandora-like thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs in the coming weeks.
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| Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily: |
MuleSoft up 45%+ on NYSE debut after raising $221M in IPO — Tech unicorn MuleSoft (MULE) popped 43% on its first day of trading Friday, drawing more attention to initial public offerings that are increasing after being historically weak since the second half of 2015.
| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Google open-sources new JPEG encoder that reduces file sizes by around 35%, and is compatible with existing browsers, photo editing apps, and the JPEG standard — New algorithm is based on human psychovisual system. Images look better, too. — Google has developed and open-sourced …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: iMessage App Store has 5K apps six months after launch, with games topping category list at 25.9%, but dev interest is waning — When the iMessage App Store first launched, it was touted as the next big platform for apps - a new way for developers to gain users and make money … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Nintendo to double planned production of Switch consoles from the initial 8M to 16M in the fiscal year starting April 1 — Company plans to manufacture 16 million or more in year starting April 1, up from an initial plan for eight million — TOKYO— Nintendo Co. has decided …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Gmail now lets desktop users stream video attachments rather than downloading them — Google's making a small but helpful change to desktop Gmail today that'll be useful for anyone who sends or receives video attachments: from now on, you'll be able to stream them on the page, rather than having to download the file first.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft says newest processors, including Intel's Kaby Lake and AMD's Ryzen, will require latest Windows version for support — It looks like a policy announced a year ago is going to kick in. — A recently published Knowledge Base article suggests that Microsoft is going to block Windows Updates …
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ZDNet, Windows Central, CNET, Inquirer, ValueWalk, Tech Times, Network World, ExtremeTech, On MSFT, and PCWorld. Tweets: @nash076
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Snapdragon processors rebranded as “Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform”; lower-end Snapdragon 200 series SoCs will now just be “Qualcomm Mobile Platform” — While all eyes are on Qualcomm for the impending release of devices containing their high-end Snapdragon 835 SoC … | Matt Burgess / WIRED UK: |
Hands-on: TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 smartwatch can swap smart and mechanical watch heads; touchscreen head has an Intel chip, 4GB RAM, Android Wear 2.0 — The watch's lugs, strap, buckle, digital face, and physical module can be swapped out. WIRED tested the watch in Switzerland
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FBI arrests person who allegedly tweeted seizure-inducing strobe at Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald — An arrest has been made three months after someone tweeted a seizure-inducing strobe at writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald. The Dallas FBI confirmed the arrest to The Verge today … Sponsor Posts
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