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Facebook is deleting posts linking to an obscene Daily Stormer article on Charlottesville victim, after initially being shared more than 65K times — Daily Stormer article violated community standards, company says — A blog post attacking a victim of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville …
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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 … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
In the wake of a killing after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, tech firms are setting aside content neutrality in the fight against online hate — Content-neutrality concerns take a back seat after a killing at a white nationalist rally — This morning, the neo-Nazi website … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook News Feed gets UI refresh, and Instagram comments tweaked for threaded responses — 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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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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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| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
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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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
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 … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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.| Ken White / Popehat: |
Dreamhost, after working with DoJ for several months, opposes DoJ request for info on owners and visitors of anti-Trump site, including 1.3M IP addresses — I used to have DreamHost as a webhost. We parted ways, but I always admired and appreciated that they reliably stood up for their customers …
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| 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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| Eric Jackson / CNBC: |
Q&A with ex-PayPal COO David Sacks on how cryptocurrency poses long term threat to VC model and is fulfilling PayPal's initial dream to be “database of money” — - David Sacks was PayPal's COO back in its early days, and says cryptocurrency is now fulfilling … | 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.| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
MIT researchers unveil Pensieve, a machine learning system for enabling smoother streaming of high-quality online video with less rebuffering — The “Pensieve” system automatically adjusts video quality based on network conditions — Buffering and pixelation are the scourge of streaming video.
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