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Report: Facebook document shared with advertiser shows company's ability to detect feelings of teens, but Facebook denies serving targeted ads based on emotions — Leaked document reveals Facebook knows when teens feel ‘useless,’ but the company denies serving targeted ads based on emotions| Charlie Demerjian / SemiAccurate: |
Intel patches remote exploit that affects chips from 2008-2017 with Active Management Technology option enabled — Nehalem through Kaby all remotely and locally hackable — Every Intel platform from Nehalem to Kaby Lake has a remotely exploitable security hole.
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Twitter unveils 16 streaming partners for its live video service, including BuzzFeed, The Verge, Viacom, WNBA, MLBAM, PGA, Bloomberg, and Live Nation — Last year: NFL. This year: Bloomberg, the WNBA, Live Nation and our friends at The Verge. — Yesterday, Twitter announced it was building …
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Tweets: @ahess247 and @kantrowitz
| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Cisco says it will acquire Viptela, a software-defined networking startup founded by former executives, for $610M in cash and stock — Cisco Systems on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Viptela, a software-defined networking startup founded and run by several of its former executives.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect at Microsoft's education-focused hardware event: Chromebook competitor, Windows 10 Cloud — Microsoft is hosting a special hardware and software event in New York City this week on May 2nd. The software giant has consistently used New York to launch new Surface devices, but this event will be slightly different.
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| Jing Cao / Bloomberg: |
IAC to buy Angie's List in $500M+ deal; Angie's List will be combined with HomeAdvisor to form new publicly traded company called ANGI homeservices Inc. — IAC/InteractiveCorp agreed to buy consumer-recommendation website Angie's List Inc., intending to combine the business …
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| Joe Durbin / UploadVR: |
7invensun, a Chinese HTC Vive accelerator startup, plans to launch a $220 eye tracking peripheral called aGlass next month — Eye tracking is one feature that could could benefit the performance and affordability of high-end virtual reality headsets. The HTC Vive should become …
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PR Newswire, The Verge, International Business Times, 9to5Toys, and SiliconANGLE
| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
Scott Belsky, Behance founder and venture partner at Benchmark, launches Prefer, an app for on-demand “relationship-based” services — The biggest problem with “on-demand” apps, the Uber for XYZ model, is that they make whichever service they are selling a commodity …
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Google Maps, Amazon, and eBay have pulled support for Apple Watch from their iOS apps — In recent months, major companies that offered dedicated Apple Watch apps have since abandoned the platform, quietly removing support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store.
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ZDNet, Business Insider, O'Grady's PowerPage, Engadget, TechSpot, Gear | MySmartPrice, Ubergizmo, CNET, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Mashable, International Business Times, AppAdvice.com, SlashGear, Tech Narratives, The Verge, iMore, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, Tech.pinions, Digital Trends, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @joshconstine and @dcurtis
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank in talks to invest about $1.4B in One97, owner of India's largest digital payments provider Paytm, valuing the company at about $7B — SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to invest about $1.4 billion in India's One97 Communications Ltd. in a deal that would value the owner …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
UberEATS, Uber's on-demand food delivery app, launches in India, initially in Mumbai, with plans to reach six cities by year's end — Uber has launched its UberEats service in India today, where it will initially be available in Mumbai. — The company said it plans to expand the reach …
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Android Authority, BuzzFeed, Uber Global, Hindustan Times, The News Minute, and Gear | MySmartPrice
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| Adam Liptak / New York Times: |
As US courts continue using proprietary 3rd-party recidivism algorithms to contribute to decisions of sentencing, bail, and guilt, justices ponder consequences — When Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. visited Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute last month, he was asked a startling question, one with overtones of science fiction.
Tweets: @mims, @aheineike, @davidmanheim, @orinkerr, and @nytimes
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