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Apple launches repair program for small percentage of iPhone 7 devices affected by a bug that shows no available cell service even when cell coverage available — Apple today launched a repair program for iPhone 7 devices that are impacted by an ongoing bug that causes them to have no available service … | Paul Lewis / The Guardian: |
How YouTube's recommendation algorithm can promote divisive clips and conspiracy videos and may have spread disinformation during the 2016 election — An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos. Did they harm Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency?
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube says it will start labeling videos from state-funded broadcasters like PBS and RT, considers surfacing videos from credible sources alongside hoaxes — Google unit to provide more context around some videos — YouTube said it is planning changes to give users more context …
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| Alana Semuels / The Atlantic: |
Amazon's warehouse expansion around San Bernardino, CA brought jobs but data shows Amazon's warehouse staff earn less than similar US workers employed elsewhere — SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—This community was still reeling from the recession in 2012 when it got a piece of what seemed like good news.
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| Apple: |
Apple Q1: 77.3M iPhones sold, down 1% YoY, with $796 ASP; 13.2M iPads shipped, up 1% YoY; 5.1M Macs shipped, down 5% YoY; $8.5B services revenue, up 18% YoY — Revenue and EPS Hit New All-Time Records — Active Installed Base of Devices Reaches 1.3 Billion in January
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Tweets: @benedictevans and @asymco
| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Former employee of Ripcord, a paper record digitization service, says she was fired after reporting harassment, asserts CEO made lewd comments about her — - A former female employee of high-flying startup Ripcord said she was fired after reporting harassment and a toxic environment at the company.
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| Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are halting credit card transactions with known cryptocurrency exchanges; Bank of America debit card purchases not affected — A growing list of card issuers are declining crypto purchases — After recent price drops, JPMorgan doesn't want credit risk
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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed: |
Users in India shed light on the dynamics of family WhatsApp groups, which have become an integral extension of the families themselves — A still from Hum Aapke Hain Koun, a high-grossing 1994 Bollywood film that tells the story of large Indian joint families grappling with their values.
Tweets: @pranavdixit, @pranavdixit, @pranavdixit, and @pranavdixit
| Brad Sams / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft to stop offering the lightweight Windows 10 S as a separate SKU, will offer “S Mode” in all Windows 10 versions instead — When Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, it was immediately clear that this SKU didn't fit well into Microsoft's lineup.
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The Verge, Petri, Neowin, and MSPoweruser
| Nikkei: |
Foxconn to invest at least $342M in AI in 5 years to recruit top talent, deploy manufacturing applications, says it is partnering with Andrew Ng's Landing.AI — Chairman Terry Gou seeks new opportunities amid slowing mobile market — NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — Major iPhone assembler … | Mike Dano / FierceWireless: |
Sprint aims to be the first nationwide mobile 5G network by early 2019, says its 160 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum gives it advantage against competition in mobile 5G — Sprint's CEO today promised the carrier will launch mobile 5G services on its 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings on a nationwide basis in the first half of 2019.
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Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, RCR Wireless News, ZDNet, Phandroid, Droid Life, Android and Me, DSLreports, CNET, Android Police, Engadget, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead and @fiercewireless
| Mya Frazier / Columbia Journalism Review: |
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