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September 2, 2018, 11:35 AM

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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Twitter's director of product management tweets pics of changes being weighed to make Twitter more “conversational”: improved reply threads, status indicators  —  No thanks  —  Sara Haider, Twitter's director of product management, tweeted a couple screenshots today showing off changes …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
California passes a strong net neutrality bill, which now goes to governor; EFF has called it a “gold standard net neutrality bill”  —  It heads for the Governor's desk next  —  California's legislature has approved a bill being called the strongest net neutrality law in the US.
Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com:
Microsoft says it is updating Skype to restore simplicity and familiarity, will kill its Stories-like feature called Highlights, which launched last year  —  Microsoft just announced a number of changes the company is rolling out to restore Skype's simplicity and familiarity.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
DMV report: Apple, which has 66 self-driving cars approved for road testing in CA, says one of the SUVs was rear-ended, its first self-driving collision in CA  —  Apple said that its first autonomous vehicle crash in California occurred last week.  —  The accident during …
Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
How Timehop, running out of money, ditched programmatic ad partners, built its own ad server, boosted CPMs from $2 to $14, and increased revenues 10x YoY  —  Timehop had three months of runway in the bank when it decided its current advertising solution wasn't going to cut it.
Renee DiResta / Wired:
As politicians accuse search and social media firms of censorship, the real focus should be on opaque algorithms and reckless amplification of harmful content  —  THE ALGORITHMS THAT govern how we find information online are once again in the news—but you have to squint to find them.
Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
After five years, Google Express shows little progress as the number of partner stores dwindles and retailers like Walmart invest in their own infrastructure  —  September 25 will mark five years since Google first launched Shopping Express, the e-commerce offering meant to challenge Amazon's dominance.

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