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Interviews with 12 former Facebook content moderators from Tampa, three on the record, where working conditions are appalling and many experience PTSD — At Facebook's worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives
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Apple says its devices can now be repaired in 1,000+ Best Buy locations across the US, expanding on its current network of ~270 Apple stores — Since 2001, Apple has staked its claim across the world with its own first-party brick and mortar locations. But the U.S. is a big country … | Wired: |
Inside Facebook's ambitious plan to make Libra accepted as a global currency, especially for those underserved by banks, despite Facebook's tarnished reputation — NEAR THE END of 2017, on a Dominican Republic beach with his family, Facebook executive David Marcus wrestled with a question …
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London-based Kano, which makes hardware to teach younger people about computing and coding, partners with Microsoft and launches a £300 11.6" touchscreen laptop — Kano, the London-based startup that builds hardware designed to teach younger people about computing and coding …
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| Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: YouTube considering far-reaching changes to protect kids, including moving all children's content to the YouTube Kids app and turning off autoplay — Executives consider shifting children's content to a separate app, removing auto-play feature in an effort to protect young viewers
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube unveils AR Beauty Try-On, which lets viewers virtually try on makeup while watching beauty tutorials, currently in testing, coming in summer — Makeup tutorials and reviews are some of the most popular content on YouTube, as they help people learn about new products as well as how to apply them.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
New Kindle Oasis adds color temperature adjustment for night reading, goes on sale on July 24 starting at $249.99, with preorders open today — Amazon's top-tier e-reader gets a new feature — Amazon has a new version of its high-end Kindle Oasis, and it's adding the ability to change …
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| Jonathan Hoyland / The Cloudflare Blog: |
Cloudflare announces Ethereum Gateway, which makes it easier to interact with Ethereum's network and add interactive smart contract-powered elements to sites — Today, as part of Crypto Week 2019, we are excited to announce Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway, where you can interact …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In watchOS 6, many built-in apps will have their own App Store listings, letting Apple Watch users delete and redownload some currently unremovable apps — Good news for Apple Watch owners who don't want to clutter up their Watch with unused apps. With the release of the new watchOS 6 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Shopify announces a range of new updates, including a new Plus tier for enterprise, new tools for developers, and AI-powered fulfillment centers across the US — Shopify today announced a slew of enhancements to its direct-to-consumer platform for brands. The company announced a new Shopify Plus …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google rolls out Private Join and Compute, a tool that lets organizations gain insights about other parties' confidential data, as an open source project — CERTAIN STUDIES REQUIRE sensitive datasets: the relationship between nutritious school lunch and student health, the effectiveness of salary equity initiatives, and so on.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Quibi says it has booked more than $100M in ad sales with launch partners including Google, P&G, Pepsi, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch, ahead of April 2020 debut — Quibi, the ambitious short-form video venture from Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, has sold $100 million …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
GitHub acquires code review company Pull Panda, makes subscriptions free for Pull Reminders and two other services but will discontinue enterprise subscriptions — Microsoft is buying Pull Panda and immediately making all subscriptions to its tools available for free in the GitHub Marketplace.
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| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
Microsoft and Salesforce have joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium, an umbrella project for various business blockchains run by the Linux Foundation — Two of the world's largest top-10 enterprise software companies by revenue have joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla patches a Firefox zero-day exploit that was discovered by Google's Project Zero and Coinbase's security teams, and it says was being abused in the wild — Mozilla releases Firefox 67.0.3 to fix actively exploited zero-day. — The Mozilla team has released earlier today version 67..3 …
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Tweets: @davidgerard, @circl_lu, @techjournalist, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Christine Biederman / Wired: |
Inside federal prosecutors' legal fight with Backpage.com's founders, which could reshape Section 230 protections for online platforms — IN MICHAEL LACEY'S younger and more vulnerable years, his father gave him this advice: “Whenever someone pokes a finger in your chest, you grab that finger and you break it off at the knuckle.”
Tweets: @mistressmatisse, @_ashlake_, @enbrown, @pebonilla, and @robertwilonsky
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Postman, which aims to simplify development, tests, and management of APIs through its platform, raises $50M Series B led by CRV — Postman, a five-year-old startup that is attempting to simply development, tests, and management of APIs through its platform, has raised $50 million in a new round to scale its business.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Sources: Samsung will launch the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7 at an Unpacked event in New York City — Samsung will show off its Galaxy Note 10 during a flashy Unpacked event on Aug. 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to people familiar with the company's plans.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Text IQ, a machine learning system that parses and understands sensitive corporate data, raises $12.6M Series A led by FirstMark Capital — Text IQ, a machine learning system that parses and understands sensitive corporate data, has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital …
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