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Yahoo will shut down Yahoo Messenger on July 17, marking the end of an era that began with Yahoo Pager back in 1998 — It's the end of an era for Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging apps on the market. Today, Oath (which also owns TechCrunch) announced that it would be winding … | AsiaOne: |
Airbnb cancels thousands of reservations in Japan ahead of the new home-sharing law coming into effect on June 15, will create $10M fund to repay travelers — TOKYO - Rental site Airbnb said Thursday (Jun 7) it had been forced by Japanese authorities to cancel thousands of reservations ahead …
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Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix appeared before UK Parliament on Wednesday, responding to questions with denials, defiance, and thinly veiled anger — The disgraced tech maven appeared before U.K. Parliament on Wednesday. It did not go well.
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Uber and Lyft have submitted applications for San Francisco's upcoming pilot program for electric scooters — Uber wants to get into the scooter business in San Francisco and is submitting an application for the city's upcoming pilot program, the company confirmed to Axios on Thursday.
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Snap to make Bitmoji's Friendmoji characters available outside of Snapchat app on iOS, letting you send stickers directly in the Messages app — Snapchat is expanding the use of its Bitmoji characters — specifically “Friendmojis” — for iOS users in the coming days.
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Verizon names CTO Hans Vestberg CEO effective August 1, 2018, replacing current CEO Lowell McAdam — Hans Vestberg, Executive Vice President and President of Global Networks and Chief Technology Officer, named CEO, effective August 1, 2018 — Lowell McAdam to serve as Executive Chairman … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Bad Robot, J.J. Abrams' media production company to partner with Tencent to form a gaming company, Bad Robot Games, to make games for PC, console, and mobile — Bad Robot, the media production company headed by famed nostalgia-lord J.J. Abrams, is expanding into the games industry with help from Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent.
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China's Ant Financial raises $14B in latest funding round, including a US dollar tranche backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, Warburg Pincus, others — - Ant has been said valued at $150 billion in latest round — Funding includes U.S. dollar, yuan denominated tranches
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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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| Henry Grabar / Slate: |
Real estate startups have not disrupted the agent model, and some depend on it, despite a sense that the internet should make selling a house easier and cheaper — Because the one thing startups can't disrupt is the real estate agent. — This article is part of Update or Die …
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Privacy policies are useful governance documents, but users should be protected regardless of what a tech company's policies say or how long or clear they are — Loading... The user agreement has become a potent symbol of our asymmetric relationship with technology firms.| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
Danke, a Chinese long-term apartment leasing platform, raises $70M Series B+ led by Tiger Global Management, after raising $100M Series B three months ago — Tiger Global Management has led a US$70 million series B+ round in Chinese long-term apartment leasing firm Danke, according to Danke's announcement.
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