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Instagram says it's “making changes” to ensure that newer posts are more likely to appear first and is testing a button to let users choose when to refresh — Today we're introducing changes to give you more control over your feed and ensure the posts you see are timely.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
In interview, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has made mistakes in building its platform, the fixes will not be easy and will cost “many millions of dollars” — In a wide-ranging interview, the Facebook CEO admitted that the social networking giant may have made mistakes in opening up its network so much a decade ago.
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| CNN: |
Highlights from CNN's interview with Mark Zuckerberg: “I'm really sorry that this has happened” and that he is “happy to” testify before Congress — Mark Zuckerberg is responding to the fallout following the revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the personal data of 50 million Facebook users.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rolls out the ability to send payments using Assistant through Google Pay to iOS and Android users in the US — But only via Google Pay — Google is rolling out the ability to send peer-to-peer payments with Google Assistant. Starting today (only in the US) …
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| ProPublica: |
Investigation shows IBM flouted US laws against age discrimination and estimates the company eliminated about 20K+ US employees over 40 in the past five years — FOR NEARLY A HALF CENTURY, IBM came as close as any company to bearing the torch for the American Dream.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says it will fix a privacy bug that let Siri read out hidden third-party lock screen notifications in a future update — Apple has confirmed it will fix a privacy issue in which Siri can read aloud hidden lock screen notifications from many apps on iPhones.
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| Daniel Roth / LinkedIn: |
LinkedIn Top Companies 2018 list shows most in-demand companies to work for include Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Salesforce, Tesla, Apple, and Oracle — From Starbucks to Spotify, the 2018 LinkedIn Top Companies represent the companies where professionals most want to work across the U.S. …
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| Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey says he believes bitcoin will eventually become the world's single currency, but it will probably take over ten years — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey isn't pulling his punches on Bitcoin. — While J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon sees promise in blockchain …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Files Go, an Android file manager that's popular in developing markets, with improved search, better Photos integration, improved notifications — Originally intended for Android Go and developing markets, Files Go became a small hit app for Google.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitLab brings its continuous integration/delivery features to GitHub, letting GitLab create automated builds, tests, deployments when devs push code to GitHub — Here is an interesting twist: GitLab, which in many ways competes with GitHub as a shared code repository service for teams … | Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Snap announces Map Explore, which gives users updates on what's happening in Snap Maps, rolling out globally in the next few weeks — The feature will also highlight breaking news snaps and other events from around the world — Snap is introducing a new feature called Map Explore today … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Vivaldi browser adds DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for users in private browsing windows — Vivaldi, the desktop browser app that was launched in 2016 by Opera cofounder Jon von Tetzchner, has introduced a small but interesting new feature today.
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| Bloomberg: |
Experts analyzing video of Uber's autonomous car hitting a pedestrian argue car's sensors should have detected her and a human driver could've responded quicker — Self-driving sensors should have detected victim, experts say — Footage at odds with early crash descriptions by police chief| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
GoPro will license its designs and IP to US manufacturer Jabil, which will use it to produce hardware for smart homes, military, fire, police, and others — GoPro is today announcing a multi-year deal with Jabil that aims to put GoPro technology in everything from police body cameras to video conferencing solutions.
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Engadget, The Verge, PR Newswire, CNET, TechSpot, and Digital Trends
| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft and Databricks, an Apache Spark-based analytics platform, bring the Azure Databricks cloud service out of beta — Microsoft is bringing its Azure Databricks cloud service out of beta today to help its customers better process massive amounts of data, powered by a partnership unlike anything the tech titan has done before.
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