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Facebook details its process to fight terrorism: AI including image matching, increased human intervention to flag posts and remove accounts, partnerships, more — By Monika Bickert, Director of Global Policy Management, and Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager
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Facebook requests input on hard questions about censorship, such as removing false news, and plans to begin explaining how it's addressing each question — How should Facebook decide what's allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms?
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Canada's telecom regulator CRTC orders all new devices be unlocked, bans unlocking fees, effective Dec. 1 — Wireless providers will no longer be allowed to sell locked mobile devices or charge Canadians to unlock their phones for use on rival's networks, according to new rules that will erase millions in annual revenue for carriers.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft updates its AI-powered photo editing app Pix with new styles and effects — Microsoft is rolling out an update to its AI-powered photo editing app, Microsoft Pix, that aims to give Prisma and others like it some new competition. While the app was originally designed to enhance …
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Sources: EU to fine Google for abusing its search market dominance in the coming weeks; fine could top the €1B EU fined Intel in 2009 — Search giant is braced for a fine that could top €1bn with decision expected shortly — Read next … Google is braced for a fine of potentially …
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Changing course, Netflix says it'll “never outgrow” fight for net neutrality, after CEO Hastings said company was big enough that issue didn't pose a big risk — Even thought its CEO said otherwise — After a few months of wishy-washy statements on net neutrality indicating …
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Sources: Slack is raising $500M at a $5B post-money valuation, leading to acquisition interest from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce — The business communications company has gotten acquisition offers in the past from Microsoft and others — Slack, the popular business communications company …
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Snap closes at $17, a 4.9% drop from opening price, as it sinks to its IPO price amid investor concerns about future growth and profit — Shares of Snap Inc dropped 4.9 percent on Thursday to its initial public offering price, highlighting investors' loss of confidence in the social media company …
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As Amazon claims a former AWS VP violated his non-compete agreement, former employees say AWS' non-compete enforcement is selective and opaque — Career decisions are always stressful, but employees at Amazon Web Services face an additional source of anxiety when evaluating new opportunities: am I about to get sued?| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Passenger raped by Uber driver in India sues Uber, Kalanick, others in US federal court for defamation, more after it emerges they obtained her medical info — SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company and three current …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
French President Macron announces a tech-focused visa open to founders, employees, and investors with intention of making France a “country of unicorns” — - “I want France to attract new entrepreneurs, new researchers, and be the nation for innovation and start-ups," the new French president told CNBC
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| Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
DOE awards $258M to be shared among AMD, Cray, HPE, IBM, Intel, and Nvidia over next three years for R&D into exascale computers to better compete with China — The Energy Department said it would award $258 million over three years to be shared by six tech companies as the government tries … Sponsor Posts
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