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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple acknowledges unresponsive or “sticky” key problem for some MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards and launches free repair program — Apple today launched a new MacBook & MacBook Pro service program that it says covers a small percentage of users that might experience sticky, repeated characters or unresponsive keys.
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| Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
As Amazon-run private label brands grow to roughly 100 with $25B in expected revenue over the next four years, potential antitrust concerns could arise — It started with a simple battery. — Around 2009, Amazon quietly entered the private label business by offering a handful of items under a new brand called AmazonBasics.
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
A look at the increasing rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent as they vie to dominate China's digital and retail economy — Jack Ma of Alibaba and Pony Ma of Tencent have built tech titans that dominate China's digital economy. Is the world big enough for both of them?| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is working on “time well spent” features; Android app shows features like time spent in the app, reminders for self-imposed limits, and more — Are you ready for some scary numbers? After months of Mark Zuckerberg talking about how “Protecting our community …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Facebook's blend of AI and humans to screen ads continues to snare non-political ads and legitimate news, angering some publishers as the process gets refined — What do a day care center, a vegetarian restaurant, a hair salon, an outdoor clothing maker and an investigative news publisher have in common?| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple says the recent report of an iPhone brute force passcode hack “was in error, and a result of incorrect testing” — Update: Apple has provided me with the following statement, which should close the door on speculation surrounding this purported exploit:| Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Some millennials say screenshots of tweets tend to go more viral as Instagram memes because of its image-first identity, easy image discovery, and sharing tools — Content from Twitter or Tumblr finds new, remixed life on Instagram — As social media platforms grow more popular … | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
A history of landmark software patent rulings in the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, and how they have shifted the rules for software patents in the US — A controversial ruling limiting software patents has been making a comeback. — Forty years ago this week, in the case of Parker v. Flook …
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| South China Morning Post: |
Chinese online travel agent Tongcheng-eLong files for Hong Kong IPO; sources say it plans to raise between $1B and $1.5B — Tongcheng-eLong Holdings, the online travel agent cobbled together last December through a merger, is planning to raise between US$1 billion and US$1.5 billion …
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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
Instagram's IGTV had a chance to learn from the embarrassments of YouTube and Facebook, like conspiracy videos, but seems to have largely ignored the lessons — Its new video venture seems ill-prepared to weed out inappropriate content. — Facebook Inc. didn't learn from the last two years of internet scandals.| Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Tumblr has agreed to cooperate with South Korean authorities to better monitor illegal porn distribution, Korea Communications Standards Commission says — Tumblr has agreed to better monitor illegal porn distribution with South Korean authorities after initially refusing to do so.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook has hired a team that will try to spot vulnerabilities in its systems before bad actors exploit them to prevent abuses like 2016 US elections debacle — Silicon Valley's giants are looking for future crises before they happen. — In an attempt to spot vulnerabilities in its system … | Bloomberg: |
US Supreme Court rules that law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period — Law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period …
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