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A Facebook bug set sharing settings of 14M users to public from May 18-27; Facebook has now restored users' former settings and will notify them starting today — Facebook has another privacy screw-up on its hands. A bug in May accidentally changed the suggested privacy setting …
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Tweets: @yonatanzunger, @jackshafer, @shiraovide, @amanda_zw, @rmac18, @joshconstine, @brianschatz, and @mattnavarra
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
After unease from staff, Google lays out seven principles for AI use and says it won't use AI in cases that cause “overall harm” like weapons or surveillance — - CEO releases AI principles after Project Maven employee revolt — Ethics charter forbids surveillance in some situations
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says US has struck a deal with ZTE, including a $1B penalty and a US-chosen compliance team to be embedded at ZTE — - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the U.S. has struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end crippling American sanctions.
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Sources: US lawmakers are scrutinizing Google's Android partnership with Huawei and plan to publicly criticize Google for it — Silicon Valley giant drawn into Washington's escalating digital cold war with Beijing — Members of Congress have begun scrutinizing Google's relationship …
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Fire TV Cube, an Alexa-powered set-top box, available to preorder today and shipping June 21 for $119.99 — It's been almost four years since Amazon first introduced the Echo smart speaker and its virtual assistant Alexa. It's also been just over four years since …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
TCL announces BlackBerry Key2 with 4.5-inch display, keyboard with customizable shortcut key, Snapdragon 660, and two 12MP rear cameras for $649 — Chinese electronics company TCL today announced the BlackBerry Key2, priced at $649 USD, $829 CAD, €649, and £579.
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Instagram now lets Android and iOS users with public accounts instantly repost stories that they're mentioned in to their own story — Instagram has announced a slight change to Stories. Now, when someone mentions you in their story, you'll have the option to instantly repost it, adding the photo or video to your own story.
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| Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Amazon buys rights to exclusively livestream 20 Premier League football matches per season for three seasons starting from 2019 — US online retailer will exclusively livestream 20 matches per season from 2019 — Amazon has broken Sky and BT's stranglehold on Premier League football …
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Tweets: @cg_williams, @m4tt, @pkafka, and @neilcharles_uk
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft redesigns its app for the first time in three years to emphasize shared rides and public transport, available to everyone by the end of June — ‘This is to put shared rides front and center’ — Lyft's app for riders is getting a fresh new look, with a greater emphasis put on shared rides and public transportation.
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| Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat: |
Facebook launches FB.GG, a portal where users can browse gaming livestreams, and gives emerging streamers access to monetization tools with Level Up program — Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Facebook, Variety, Adweek, Tubefilter, and Oculus Blog. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Brian Crecente / Variety: |
Interview with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on his belief that the next generation of consoles will be the last as game streaming renders them obsolete — Some believe that the dedicated game console is an increasing hindrance to the growth of the gaming population and the works created for them.
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Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, VG247, IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamasutra, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @iansherr
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Government survey finds internet use among US households with incomes below $25K per year increased to 62% in 2017, up from 57% in 2015 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet use by Americans increased in 2017, fueled by a rise among people with lower incomes, a government report viewed on Wednesday by Reuters found.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Ticketing platform SeatGeek partners with Snapchat to sell tickets via Stories, making it the first ticket buying experience built into the Snapchat app — You can now buy game and concert tickets from teams and musicians within Snapchat, thanks to an integration with SeatGeek .
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Microsoft begins next phase of Project Natick by submerging a data center off Scotland's coast, where it is designed to work without maintenance for five years — Microsoft kicked off the second phase of its experimental underwater data center project Wednesday, submerging …
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Tweets: @djangowexler, @padresj, @tomwarren, and @motherboard
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Israeli medical imaging startup Zebra Medical Vision, which creates AI-based tools for radiologists, raises $30M Series C led by health tech fund aMoon Ventures — Zebra Medical Vision, an Israeli medical imaging startup that uses machine and deep learning to build tools for radiologists …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ride-hailing service Gett raises $80M led by existing investor VW at a ~$1.4B valuation, says it will be profitable by Q1 of next year — While Uber is growing its business with a net loss on its balance sheet, a smaller rival has confirmed a round of funding, and projects that it will be profitable by Q1 of next year.
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Tech.eu, 1450 99.7 WHTC, PE Hub Blog, and Financial Times. Tweets: @ingridlunden. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
How some Facebook groups facilitate illicit trade of animal parts like elephant ivory; a complaint to the SEC alleges Facebook profits from it via ads — In Facebook groups, wildlife traffickers can hawk their wares to buyers across the globe. A team of whistleblowers hopes that an undercover sting …
Tweets: @wired and @backchnnl
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