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Twitter's updated API will limit users from performing simultaneous actions across multiple accounts and using automation; gives developers until 3/23 to comply — Keeping Twitter safe and free from spam is a top priority for us. One of the most common spam violations we see is the use …
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
YouTube, Facebook remove some of the conspiracy videos claiming Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was an actor but, in many cases, only after promoting them — - YouTube promoted a video featuring a conspiracy theory claiming that one of the survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, is a paid actor.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invests $50M in newly-formed Signal Foundation, a non-profit that will maintain Signal app, and joins as its executive chairman — IN THE FOUR or so years since it launched, end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has become the security community's gold standard …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Elon Musk, an OpenAI co-founder, leaves OpenAI board to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla's AI efforts, will stay on as a donor and advisor — Musk will remain a donor to the nonprofit organization, which focuses on AI safety and ethics — Tech billionaire Elon Musk is leaving the board of OpenAI …
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| Om Malik: |
Despite recent moves to strengthen social connections, Facebook's real agenda and core DNA is to extract user data and make more money by keeping users addicted — Facebook's (much deserved) media nightmare continued this week when it came under criticism for spamming members who signed up for two-factor authentication.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Google unveils recommendations for Android enterprise customers: select Android 7+ devices from BlackBerry, Google, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Nokia; Samsung omitted — Google's Android Enterprise Recommended program includes a big chunk of the Android device field, but omits Samsung.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel begins rolling out updated patches for Spectre flaws in Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake processors, after first patches caused some systems to crash — All 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Core processors now have microcode available. — Intel reports that it has developed …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Former employee sues Google, claiming he was wrongfully fired for criticizing Damore memo and posting “politically liberal” content on internal message boards — IN JANUARY, FIRED Google engineer James Damore filed a lawsuit alleging that Google discriminated against white men and political conservatives.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Nest adds Google Assistant support to its Cam IQ security camera and launches new $5/month tier for Nest Aware service with five days of video uploading — An update to the Nest Cam IQ will let you manage smart home devices with your voice — Smart home company Nest today announced … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
AWS Serverless Application Repository, which automatically manages machine resources, is now generally available and can be accessed from the Lambda Console — Following a speedy beta testing phase, Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that its AWS Serverless Application Repository …
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Sources: Telegram contacts investors for second pre-ICO sale, amount still being determined but estimated to bring total raised to $1.6B+ before public ICO — The company is raising even more cash for its controversial blockchain-powered network — You have to admire Pavel Durov's audacity.
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @mikeisaac
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 845 standalone AR/VR reference headset with eye and body tracking, faster graphics, and higher battery efficiency — Qualcomm has revealed its Snapdragon 845 Xtended Reality (XR) platform for both mobile virtual reality and augmented reality mobile headsets.
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Inside the competition over mapping for self-driving vehicles among companies like Google, GM, and Uber, with many keen to stop Google from dominating — Self-driving cars need painfully detailed data on every inch of street. Can automakers solve the problem without the reigning superpower of maps?
Tweets: @shiraovide, @mhbergen, @bradstone, @mhbergen, @taralach, @kyweise, and @mhbergen
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber launches Express Pool, which gives cheaper fares to those willing to walk to shared rides, in SF, DC, LA, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego, Denver, Boston — Uber's first new product in three years — UberPool has long occupied a weird place in the ride-hailing company's lineup of services.
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Tweets: @_chrisschreck, @andyjayhawk, @joshconstine, @faizsays, @wired, and @andyjayhawk
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google launches AdSense Auto ads that use machine learning to optimize placement and monetization choices — Google is today unveiling a new ad unit for AdSense that taps into the company's big push to add more artificial intelligence into its business, and to potentially bring on more publishers …
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