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| Samidh Chakrabarti / Facebook: |
Facebook says social media has mixed effect on democracies: it gives many a voice, but paves way for false news, foreign interference, echo chambers, harassment — Around the world, social media is making it easier for people to have a voice in government — to discuss issues, organize around causes, and hold leaders accountable.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft reveals new Windows 10 laptops for schools starting at $189 to challenge Chromebooks, announces chemistry-focused Minecraft: Education Edition update — When it comes to the lucrative education market, Microsoft doesn't want to be left behind — especially when that Google's Chromebooks are increasingly popular with schools.
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Facebook to spend €10M expanding its French AI center, doubling Paris-based team to 60, and will also open digital training centers in Spain, Poland, and Italy — Facebook will double the number of scientists working on artificial intelligence (AI) research at its Paris base to 60, the company has announced.
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How scammers are getting rich using social media, scam news sites, and private pump and dump group chats to spread false information about cryptocurrencies — In the largely unregulated world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, fraudsters are getting rich by deliberately spreading false information … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber Eats acquires New York-based Ando, the food delivery startup from David Chang that makes its own food — As food delivery hopefuls like Deliveroo and Amazon get more involved in the making of food themselves, Uber's food delivery branch Uber Eats has made an acquisition that could see the company …
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VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Crunchbase News, Ubergizmo, and PYMNTS.com
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Intel tells customers to stop deploying buggy Spectre/Meltdown patch, as it resulted in “higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior” — More problems from the massive processor vulnerability — Intel has a patching problem.
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| Steve Ranger / ZDNet: |
Linux creator Linus Torvalds criticizes Intel's “garbage” Spectre and Meltdown patches, saying they “do things that do not make sense” — Linux guru complains about approach to patching the chip flaw. — Linus Torvalds is not happy about the patches that Intel …
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| Anna Irrera / Reuters: |
Study of 372+ ICOs shows that ~$400M of the total $3.7B funds raised to date have been stolen, with phishing as the most widely used hacking technique — NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 10 percent of funds raised through “initial coin offerings” are lost or stolen in hacker attacks …
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USA Today, Gizmodo, Bank Innovation, PR Newswire, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @annairrera
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: YouTube Live has ~300,000 subs, and Hulu's Live TV service has ~450,000; both services trail DirecTV Now and Dish Sling, which have millions of subs — - Hulu and YouTube both launched live TV services last year, in an effort to take on cable channels.| Matthew Gault / Motherboard: |
A look at VRChat, a free app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with over 1.5M installs on Steam, which lets users create and explore virtual worlds with other people — It was in the depths of the Mickey Mouse dungeon, the music of the Mouse's rap album coursing through my headphones, that I decided VRChat was brilliant.
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The Verge, Boing Boing, Motherboard, Gizmodo UK, WWG, Kotaku, The Daily Dot, Mashable, Boing Boing, and Polygon
| Anastasia Lyrchikova / Reuters: |
Two of Microsoft's official distributors in Russia have imposed restrictions on sales of Microsoft software to 200+ Russian firms, to comply with US sanctions — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two of Microsoft's official distributors in Russia have imposed restrictions on sales of Microsoft software …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Instead of limiting time children spend on devices, some researchers argue for increasing it, provided children use the time for learning and creative play — New guidance on children and technology makes the distinction between passive exposure and active play and learning with screens
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9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, and 9to5Google
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Coinbase hires former Twitter executive Tina Bhatnagar as its VP of Operations and Technology — The digital currency exchange Coinbase has been on a rocket ship ride for the last year, signing up a flood of new retail and institutional clients eager to be part of the ongoing crypto craze.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, The Coinbase Blog, and Financial Times
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