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Instagram says it will use machine learning to find and remove inauthentic likes, follows, and comments from accounts using third-party apps to boost popularity — Instagram is fighting back against automated apps people use to leave spammy comments or follow then unfollow others in hopes of growing their audience.
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| Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: |
Zuckerberg should give up his dual role as Facebook CEO and chairman, stepping down as chairman and appointing an independent director to oversee the board — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once set out a bit of digital-world wisdom that became his company's informal motto: “Move fast and break things.”
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Bitcoin hit its lowest level in more than a year on Monday, falling under $5,000, with the entire cryptocurrency market cap losing roughly $40B in the past week — - The world's largest cryptocurrency is now down 22 percent in the past week, falling as much as 12 percent Monday to its lowest level in more than a year.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft acquires Atlanta-based app provisioning and virtualization startup FSLogix, to improve Office 365 performance in “multi-user virtual environments” — Another day, another profitable exit for a well-regarded startup. Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Atlanta …
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| Kevin Kelleher / Fortune: |
The stocks of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Netflix have all declined 20% or more in value in recent months, pushing them into bear market territory — Tech investors resumed their selloff of the large-cap FAANG stocks, with the five tech giants all sustaining declines of 20% or more … | Tom Dotan / The Information: |
Sources: Evan Spiegel spends most board meetings looking at his phone and messaging on Snapchat, seemingly dismissive of some members' “short term” concerns — Until a few months ago, Snap's board meetings could be tense affairs. Benchmark partner Mitch Lasky …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
After a man was spotted last month wearing an Apple Maps backpack with LiDAR equipment, Apple confirms it will be collecting pedestrian data in six CA counties — Last month, a person wearing an Apple Maps backpack with LiDAR equipment was spotted at the intersection of Stockton and Sutter streets …
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| Axios: |
Survey: in the past year there's been a 15% spike in the number of US adults who fear big tech won't be regulated sufficiently with 55% now sharing this concern — Data: SurveyMonkey poll conducted Nov. 9 to 13 among 3,622 U.S. adults with a modeled error estimate of ±2.5 percent; Survey methodology.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Google says Chromecasts can now sync audio with Google Home speakers and similar integrations are planned for Google Home Hub and LG Xboom WK9 in coming weeks — Google Home speakers and Chromecasts can now be included in a Home audio group for music, podcasts, or audiobooks, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat in an email.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Inside Uber before its self-driving car killed a pedestrian: sources describe infighting, “perverse” incentives, and questionable decisions — Samantha Lee/Business Insider; Natalie Behring/REUTERS — On March 18 one of Uber's self-driving cars killed a pedestrian …
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| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Microsoft says Azure users globally were unable to log in using MFA on Monday due to the weight of login requests, is still working on fix for Office 365 logins — Redmond battles TITSUP multi-factor auth logins (yes, that's Total Inability To Support Users' Passcodes)
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| Edmund Lee / New York Times: |
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti suggests the site could eventually merge with rival publishers to negotiate better terms with companies like Facebook and Google — Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order to negotiate better terms with tech platforms like Facebook.
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