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Facebook is deleting posts linking to a Daily Stormer article that attacked Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, after article was shared more than 65K times — Daily Stormer article violated community standards, company says — A blog post attacking a victim of white supremacist violence …
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Crowdfunding sites including GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo disallow crowdfunding for Charlottesville murder suspect, with multiple campaigns halted — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online fund-raising sites are turning their backs on activists looking to offer financial support for James Fields … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer moves to dark web after GoDaddy and Google bans, sharing its .onion address — Prominent neo-Nazi news site the Daily Stormer has apparently moved to the dark web after being denied domain registration from Google and GoDaddy. The site's status page tweeted …
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Amazon launches “Instant Pickup” points to fulfill pickup orders in minutes, now live near a few college campuses in the US — If you think speaking to your fellow humans is the worst part about going to the local corner store, Amazon might just have a solution.
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Microsoft acquires Cycle Computing, which makes software for orchestrating workloads in Azure, AWS, and Google clouds, will make future versions “Azure focused” — Microsoft is buying Cycle Computing, which develops software for orchestrating workloads in the Azure, Amazon and Google clouds, for an undisclosed amount.
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Instagram gets threaded comments, and Facebook News Feed gets UI tweaks like bubble-style comments — Taking inspiration from line drawings, Reddit and Messenger, Facebook is overhauling the design of the News Feed to make it more legible, clickable and commentable.
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich leaves President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, says the divided political climate is causing serious harm to critical issues — Intel said Monday that CEO Brian Krzanich was leaving President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, the latest executive …
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Uber settles with FTC over misleading customers on its privacy policies, will submit to 20 years of privacy checkups by outside auditors — In a settlement, Uber will have to submit to 20 years of privacy checkups. — The U.S. government on Tuesday issued sweeping new penalties against Uber … | Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
Texts between Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski surface in Waymo-Uber court case, covering thoughts on Tesla, Otto acquisition, DMV probe, more — The epic court case between Waymo and Uber over self-driving car secrets took a tabloid turn last week, as Waymo's lawyers filed …
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Qualcomm unveils new Spectra depth-sensing camera tech, expected to be part of the next flagship Snapdragon Mobile Platform — Dual cameras are so passé. Qualcomm is getting ready to define the next generation of cameras for the Android ecosystem.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds eBay's Daily Deals to its Marketplace on mobile — Facebook is again getting into the daily deals space, this time in collaboration with eBay. The company has launched a new feature within its Marketplace section on its mobile app, where a selection of inventory from eBay's Daily Deals program is now available.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook improves Camera with ability to go Live, shoot two-second GIFs, and make full screen text posts; all can be shared to Story, Messenger, and News Feed — Despite the tepid reception for Facebook Stories, the social network is doubling down on its full screen Camera feature.
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