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| Matt Stroud / OneZero: |
The CEO of Banjo, a SoftBank-backed surveillance firm that's raised nearly $223M, was once a neo-Nazi and was involved in the drive-by shooting of a synagogue — magazine profiles and on conference stages, Damien Patton, the 47-year-old co-founder and CEO of the surveillance startup Banjo, often recounts a colorful autobiography.
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Instagram has been overrun with cash giveaways, which are often framed as charity, but are part of growth schemes run by social media marketing firms — As the coronavirus continues to disrupt lives and livelihoods, influencers are offering free money to followers — and gaining a lot more in return.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube adds fact-check info boxes to some searches, above the search results, in the US, after launching in Brazil and India last year — The program launched in Brazil and India last year — YouTube will begin adding informational panels containing information from its network …
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| Neha Alawadhi / Business Standard: |
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Shopify launches Shop, a consumer shopping app that allows users to browse recommended and local products and buy using the one-click Shop Pay checkout process — While Shopify is best-known for powering the online stores of more than 1 million businesses, the company is launching …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a way for users to fundraise for nonprofits while livestreaming, showing streamers a breakdown of donors, so they can give them a shout-out — Instagram is today launching a new way for users to fundraise for nonprofits via Instagram Live, amid the coronavirus pandemic.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
UK's NHS says it's making a contact tracing app that uses a centralized approach, giving it more insight into COVID-19's spread than Apple and Google's tools — The UK's coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model to the one proposed by Apple and Google, despite concerns raised about privacy and performance.
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| Gizmodo: |
Parolees say technical issues of Guardian, an app that uses GPS and biometric data for tracking, are causing problems like losing jobs and reincarceration — On the day Layla got out of prison and back to her home in Georgia, she was told she would need to purchase a smartphone …
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| New York Times: |
Last week Facebook displaced over two dozen employees focused on security, in a move affecting its detection-engineering and alert-response teams — The social network displaced more than two dozen employees who work on security, as the company fights threats such as foreign meddling.
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| Washington Post: |
Stanford Internet Observatory researchers say Facebook and YouTube should not allow paid political ads from state-controlled media outlets — Vanessa Molter is a graduate research assistant at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renée DiResta is the research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Sen. Josh Hawley pushes DOJ for an antitrust probe into Amazon over its reported practices of using independent sellers' data to develop private label products — The Republican urged the attorney general to make the move on Tuesday — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on federal prosecutors …
Tweets: @reckless, @johnwilson, and @karlbode
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Interviews show some companies and retail stores are equipping existing security cameras with AI software to track social distancing and mask-wearing — OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Verizon and Comcast both say they will extend a commitment through June 30 to not cancel service or charge late fees because of the coronavirus pandemic — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N), the largest U.S. wireless carrier, said Monday it will extend …
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| Vjeran Pavic / The Verge: |
DJI unveils Mavic Air 2 with upgraded camera sensor that can take 48MP photos and shoot 4K at 60 fps, claims 34 minutes of flying time, shipping May 11 at $799 — A bigger sensor, a bigger battery, and redesigned controller come to DJI's mainstream drone — Two and a half years …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Cheetah, which offers contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies, raises $36M Series B led by Eclipse Ventures, bringing its total funding to $66M+ — Cheetah, which offers contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies, has closed $36 million in a Series B funding round, the company exclusively told Crunchbase News.
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| Marne Levine / About Facebook: |
Facebook says it will stream a virtual graduation ceremony on May 15, with a commencement speech from Oprah Winfrey; highlights will be shared on Instagram — This is a bittersweet time for the Class of 2020. As students head toward graduation, it's not the day they might have imagined …
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The Verge, People.com, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Entertainment Tonight, Adweek, TechCrunch, CNET, Digital Trends, and Engadget. Tweets: @zagrrl
| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: Huawei has partnered with French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics to co-design mobile and automotive chips as it seeks a shield from US sanctions — Collaboration with Tesla supplier STMicro also set to aid self-driving goals — TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies is working …
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SlashGear, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Huawei Central
| James Cook / Telegraph: |
Deliveroo, which employs over 2,500 people, is laying off 367 and furloughing 50 employees as it struggles amid low demand — 50 employees have also been furloughed as the business prepares for an economic downturn — Deliveroo is letting go of 367 of its employees as it struggles with demand amid coronavirus lockdown.Thanks:@matthfield
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Tecton.ai, which is building an easy-to-use service to build machine learning systems, emerges from stealth with $20M Series A led by a16z and Sequoia Capital — Three former Uber engineers, who helped build the company's Michelangelo machine learning platform, left the company last year … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: TripAdvisor will cut ~300 global and ~600 US positions, shutting San Francisco and downtown Boston offices; most remaining employees to take 20% cut — TripAdvisor Inc. is cutting about a quarter of its workforce in a bid to shrink costs as the global coronavirus pandemic decimates travel.| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Secret Double Octopus, which helps companies implement passwordless authentication in the workplace, raises $15M Series B, bringing its total raised to $22.5M — Israeli passwordless authentication startup Secret Double Octopus Ltd. said today it has raised $15 million in new funding to expand …
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