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Facebook confirms test of “downvote” button on some comments for users to give feedback to company, with options like “Offensive”, “Misleading”, “Off Topic” — How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users?
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| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is preparing to launch a delivery service for businesses, “Shipping with Amazon”, in Los Angeles in coming weeks with its third-party merchants — The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly
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Google says Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” starting in July 2018 with release of Chrome 68 — For the past several years, we've moved toward a more secure web by strongly advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption. And within the last year …
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Sources: Ant Financial plans to raise up to $5B in fresh equity that could value the online payments giant at $100B+ in what is viewed as pre-IPO fundraising — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Financial Services Group is planning to raise up to $5 billion in fresh equity that could value … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Nest co-founder, chief product officer Matt Rogers says he's leaving to focus on his venture firm Incite.org but will help with Nest's transition into Google — Nest co-founder Matt Rogers says he's leaving the maker of smart home gadgets. — The move comes a day after Google's parent Alphabet … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $2.91B, up 34% YoY or 10% QoQ, net income of $1.1B, up 71% YoY or 33% QoQ, and fiscal 2018 revenue of $9.71B, up 41% YoY — Nvidia used to be synonymous with graphics chips for game machines. But now it is using those same chips to drive artificial intelligence calculations …
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Didi and SoftBank announce partnership to provide ride-hailing, other services for Japan's taxi industry this year, starting in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Chuxing will set up a venture with SoftBank Group Corp to provide ride-hailing … | Qualcomm: |
Qualcomm's board unanimously rejects Broadcom's revised unsolicited $121B acquisition offer and offers to meet them to address “serious deficiencies in value” — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) ("Qualcomm" or the “Company") today announced that its Board of Directors …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
After using DMCA notice to remove iOS 9 “iBoot” code leak on GitHub, Apple says “the security of our products doesn't depend on the secrecy of our source code” — Apple has responded to security concerns surrounding leaked iPhone source code, pointing out that any potential vulnerabilities would be outdated.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Hired data: on average, white tech workers ask for $130K salary, receive $136K offer; Hispanic and black workers ask for $124K, receive ~$130K offer — Pay discrimination and discrepancies based on gender and race are nothing new. Unfortunately, it seems that little has changed over the years.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, stopping an income stream estimated to be worth $1M+ per month — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.
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| Reuters: |
India antitrust watchdog fines Google 1.36B rupees, or $21.17M, for search bias and abusing its dominance in search and search advertising markets — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust watchdog on Thursday imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.17 million) fine on Google for “search bias” …
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