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Sources and documents: research into Facebook's polarizing effect was shelved by Zuckerberg and others, weakening efforts to apply its conclusions to products — The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research
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Twitter won't remove Trump's tweets about a conspiracy involving Joe Scarborough's aide, but claims it will update policies, after letter from the aide's widow — UPDATED: Twitter is not immediately removing President Donald Trump's tweets about the 2001 death of an aide to Joe Scarborough …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple says it has fixed bug that stopped some iOS apps from opening over the past few days and led to a deluge of app updates — Apple has now resolved the bug that was plaguing iPhone and iPad apps over the weekend, causing some apps to not launch at all.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, launches CatchUp, an audio-only calling app in the US that shows which users are currently available to chat — Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched a new app called CatchUp that makes it easier for friends and family …
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| Sebastian Sinclair / CoinDesk: |
Facebook's subsidiary Calibra, which is developing a wallet app to be used by Libra, gets rebranded as Novi — In the approach to the launch of Facebook's Libra payments ecosystem, a key subsidiary has been given a new name and a new look. — According to an announcement on Tuesday …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Despite being banned in China, YouTube has automatically removed comments with certain phrases that are insulting to the Communist Party, calls it an error — These Chinese language phrases are removed within seconds — YouTube is automatically deleting comments that contain certain …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Ex-HTC CEO Peter Chou unveils XRSpace Mova, a $599 5G VR headset with a virtual world called Manova, focusing on intuitiveness and a social-first approach — Even though Peter Chou had long parted ways with the VR business he created at HTC, the former CEO continued to work in the industry …
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Tweets: @tprstly, @cnet, @bdsams, @richardlai, @rogerwcheng, and @epro
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
As the worst of the pandemic may have passed in China, officials are eager to find new uses for the virus monitoring software that's now on many phones — With the disease there mostly under control, officials are looking for new uses for the government software that's now on many phones.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple says it will reopen about 100 more stores in the US this week, some allowing walk-in customers; by week's end about 130 out of 271 US stores will be open — - Apple plans to open approximately 100 more stores in 21 states this week. — When the stores re-open, about 130 Apple stores will be operational in the United States.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
ARM announces high-end mobile designs of Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU, which will power 2021 flagship Android phones with better performance and efficiency — An early look at the future of mobile devices — ARM has announced its latest high-end mobile designs, the Cortex-A78 CPU and the Mali-G78 GPU …
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Arm, AnandTech, Arm Community, SiliconANGLE, SemiAccurate, Computer Business Review, AnandTech, Android Headlines, Bloomberg, Pocketnow, Android Authority, CNET, Android Beat, Neowin, ZDNet, Android Police, and PCWorld
Tweets: @whatthebit, @cryengine, @arm, and @armmobile
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
ESET details malware, allegedly used by Russian APT Turla against European governments, that uses Gmail for command and control and scrapes antivirus logs — Turla, one of Russia's most advanced hacker groups, has created malware that gets its orders from email attachments sent to an arbitrary Gmail inbox.
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WeLiveSecurity, CyberScoop, BleepingComputer, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Online learning courses are booming during the pandemic, with Coursera adding 10M new users from mid-March to mid-May, seven times the pace in the previous year — The pioneering online learning networks offer hard-earned lessons for what works and what doesn't with online education.
Tweets: @coursera and @stevelohr
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: major advertisers on Quibi, including PepsiCo and Walmart, are seeking to defer payments as Quibi aims to cut costs after last month's lackluster debut — Some major advertisers have asked to defer their payments or revise their billing schedules — Streaming service Quibi …
Tweets: @benmullin, @yoda, and @wsj
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