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Facebook is building a Custom Audiences certification tool that will require a written pledge from advertisers that they have user consent for ad targeting data — Now TechCrunch has learned Facebook will launch a certification tool that demands that marketers guarantee email addresses used for ad targeting were rightfully attained.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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How Fortnite became a smash hit, reportedly making $100M+ per month, by combining the popular building and battle royale shooter genres in one accessible game — It's a shooter game for people who hate shooter games. — A recent record-breaking Twitch stream — which saw 628,000 people tuning …
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DOJ asks the Supreme Court to moot the case against Microsoft on email data stored in Ireland after the Cloud Act became law — Now that Congress has made clear that a U.S. search warrant covers emails stored overseas, the Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to moot … | Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Roundup of April Fools' Day gags and pranks from tech companies — April Fools' day is almost upon us, but each year at least a few companies are unable to restrain themselves, pushing out their pranks early. Google's various divisions do a decent job each year.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon Music is shutting down its Storage service for uploaded MP3s, will remove all songs on April 30 unless users select an option to keep them — The cloud MP3 locker is being shut down, so go save your music while you still can — We've known since last year that Amazon Music …
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Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills — Alexa's ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it's updated its Video Skill API …
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Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash on Mar. 23, and the driver didn't respond to warnings to take control of the car before the crash — After a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X that caught on fire after the crash came under investigation …
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Two former backup drivers for Uber's self-driving cars say long, monotonous, solitary work hours and a false sense of security jeopardized safety — The first time Ryan Kelley lifted his hands off the wheel of a self-driving Uber, he felt like he'd landed a role in a dress rehearsal for the future.| Bloomberg: |
China unveils tax breaks that will exempt semiconductor companies from paying corporate taxes for up to 5 years starting Jan. 1, amid rising US trade tensions — China said it cut taxes for semiconductor makers, lending new support for the pivotal industry just as U.S. President Donald Trump weighs tariffs …
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Google is shutting off URL shortener goo.gl to new users next month and will shut it down for all users next year; existing links will continue to redirect — Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer, Firebase — We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people …
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Pr0gramm, the image hosting community behind Coinhive software that hijacks browsers to mine cryptocurrency, donates $250K+ to cancer research after exposé — A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
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