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Facebook's main app gets Snapchat-like Stories atop the News Feed, Direct for sharing ephemeral images and video with friends, and in-app camera effects — We want to make it fast, fun and easy for people to share creative photos and videos with whomever they choose, for however long they choose …
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Facebook copied Snapchat a fourth time, and now all its apps look the same — Facebook doesn't seem concerned with giving each of its core services a unique identity. — Facebook is copying Snapchat again: Today it launched Stories, the 24-hour photo and video montages that ultimately disappear, inside of its core Facebook app.
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Sources: Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a startup developing “direct cortical interface” tech that implants electrodes in the brain to upload, download thoughts — Startup from CEO of Tesla and SpaceX aims to implant tiny electrodes in human brains
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| Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair: |
Interviews with Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Ray Kurzweil, others on AI in coming decades, its regulation, and possible implementations — Elon Musk is famous for his futuristic gambles, but Silicon Valley's latest rush to embrace artificial intelligence scares him. And he thinks you should be frightened too.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Tinder launches Tinder Online, a web-optimized version for emerging markets, where phone storage and data plans are limited — Tinder is today introducing a new way for users to access the platform with the launch of Tinder Online, a web-optimized version of the dating app so people can Tinder at their desktops.| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi weighing $6B SoftBank-backed funding to expand R&D; Apple and Tencent considering joining investment on a pro-rata basis to avoid stake dilution — Tencent, Apple considering chipping in to avoid share dilution — The Chinese ride-sharing leader needs capital for R&D
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Payments company Square launches in the U.K., its first European market and fifth globally — Mobile payments company Square is finally landing in Europe with the news today that it's now open for U.K.-based business owners. — This launch represents the fifth market for Square …
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Twitter will start selling pre-roll ads ahead of Periscope videos — Twitter is looking for some more video ad dollars. — Twitter is going to start making some money from Periscope, its livestreaming video service. — The company announced on Tuesday that it will begin selling pre-roll video ads …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
IKEA's Trådfri system for smart home lighting goes live on Swedish website; base package costs about $85 and will be available in Swedish stores on March 31 — Smart lights on a budget — Ikea is finally getting into the home automation game with its own system for smart lighting.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 3.2 with Theater Mode, an easily accessible option to disable “Raise to Wake”, and SiriKit, which will allow users to give Siri commands — Apple today released a new software update for the Apple Watch, upgrading watchOS 3.1.3 to watchOS 3.2. watchOS 3.2 … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| Gigi Sohn / The Verge: |
Former FCC staffer explains consequences as House of Representatives prepares to vote tomorrow to repeal FCC's 2016 broadband privacy rules — Time to make some calls — Last week, on a party-line vote, the Senate voted to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's 2016 broadband …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Trump nominates ex-AT&T lobbyist Makan Delrahim as head of DoJ antitrust unit; Delrahim previously said AT&T-Time Warner merger not a “major antitrust problem” — The president nominated Makan Delrahim as his leading antitrust enforcer today.
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Amazon confirms acquisition of Dubai-based e-commerce site Souq.com in deal that sources say was valued at around $650M — Amazon today confirmed that it has acquired Souq.com, an e-commerce marketplace serving the Middle East based out of Dubai, which was already commonly described as “the Amazon of the Middle East.”
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