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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Sheryl Sandberg deserves much blame for the bad decisions at Facebook but, with most criticism directed at her, Mark Zuckerberg largely escapes scrutiny — Perhaps it's only fair that, as women like Sheryl Sandberg rise to power, they pay the price for failure.
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| Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
UK parliament seizes documents, first obtained in a US civil case, allegedly shedding light on Facebook policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
How Predictim uses AI to generate a score of babysitters' character by analyzing years of online activity and provides questionable recommendations to parents — When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Logitech has offered $2.2B+ to acquire Plantronics, a maker of unified communications systems, wireless headsets, and video-conferencing equipment — (Reuters) - Logitech International SA, a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, is in discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
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A look back at Diane Greene's tenure as Google cloud boss: a struggle to catch up with AWS and Azure, and tension with Sundar Pichai on Github and Project Maven — - Google poured resources into its cloud unit during Diane Greene's three-year run at the helm, but the company has still struggled against Amazon and Microsoft.| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
Jeff Bezos' Day One Fund announces its first grants, worth $97.5M, awarded to 24 non-profits that provide emergency shelter and access to permanent housing — - First awards distributed from the $2 billion Day One Fund — Grant awards those who do ‘needle-moving work’ for families| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Experts examine the mixed impact of Edward Snowden's leaks, published from June 2013 onwards, on government and policy — In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden's disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally. — Digital privacy has come a long way since June 2013.| Andrew Orlowski / The Register: |
OpenSignal: average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer's Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries like Australia, France, Turkey, Lebanon — And that means smartphones will need to get smarter — Ofcom's top tech bod, Mansoor Hanif, recently gave the Wi-Fi industry a roasting …
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| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Adobe: online sales rose to $6.2B on Black Friday, up 23% YoY, 33% of sales came from mobile devices; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $7.8B, up 18% YoY — - Online sales Black Friday jumped 23.6 percent from a year ago, according to a new report from Adobe Analytics.
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| Associated Press: |
Amazon workers at warehouses in UK, Germany and Spain, including ~90% at a Madrid depot, stage walkouts on Black Friday to protest unfair working conditions — MADRID (AP) — Some of Amazon's workers in Europe are protesting against what they call unfair work conditions, in a move meant to disrupt operations on Black Friday.
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
NIPS, an important conference for AI researchers, changes acronym for the event to NeurIPS after complaints the former one contributed to a sexist atmosphere — - Organizers had previously said they would stick with “NIPS” — Popular artificial-intelligence event to be known as NeurIPS
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook's in-app activity dashboard shows us that Facebook is just adding window dressing, not the overhaul it desperately needs — On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook rolled out a new feature: an in-app dashboard that allows Facebook and Instagram users to calculate (and ideally manage) …
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