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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Source: after Amazon refused to sell newer Nest products like its latest thermostat and alarm system, Nest decided to stop selling any of its products on Amazon — - Amazon decided not to sell any of the newer products from Google's smart home division Nest.
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Sources: Snap is working on new Spectacles for Q3 focusing on performance; 3rd gen planned for 2019 with 2 cameras for 3D-like depth effects in videos for $300 — Snap Inc. plans to launch a second version of its Spectacles glasses this year followed by a more ambitious third version equipped …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Google AI can now easily replace the video background in YouTube stories on mobile, available in beta to a limited number of YouTube creators — Google researchers know how much people like to trick others into thinking they're on the moon, or that it's night instead of day …
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Michael Arrington says he received SEC subpoena related to ICO investment, as did every crypto fund he talked to; source: SEC subpoenaed ~80 firms in ICOs probe — - “We received a subpoena. Every [crypto]fund I've talked to has received one," said Michael Arrington … | Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
China is prosecuting a citizen who shared a critical message on WhatsApp; message was likely obtained by hacking a phone or via spy in a WhatsApp group — SHANGHAI — Within its digital borders, China has long censored what its people read and say online. Now, it is increasingly going beyond …
Tweets: @ehundman, @nytimestech, @dgtam86, @jmohanmalik, @rasmus_kleis, @paulmozur, and @scs_disputes
| Pew Research Center: |
Study: in the US, 78% of 18-24 year olds use Snapchat, 71% use Instagram, 45% use Twitter; nearly 75% of US adults and 94% of 18-24 year olds use YouTube — A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram| John McCrank / Reuters: |
Equifax expects $275M in 2018 costs from the data breach, says 2.4M additional customers were affected by 2017 cyber attack — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said on Friday it expects $275 million in costs in 2018 related to the credit reporting company's massive data breach last year …
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Tweets: @toddheberlein, @mikaelthalen, @skuranda, @lichtspektrum, and @zdnet
| Nathan Vanderklippe / Globe and Mail: |
Human Rights Watch: China's Xinjiang region uses big data on everyday habits and AI for predictive policing to send people to political re-education camps — Barely seven months ago, a senior Chinese official promised that artificial intelligence could one day help authorities spot crime before it happens.
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| Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: |
Toyota is teaming up with two other Japanese companies to form a $2.8B Tokyo-based company to develop software for self-driving cars — New company's goal is software of high enough quality to be used in passenger cars — TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. TM -.94% said it would spend nearly $3 billion …
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook's security team told execs about Russian election tampering in Dec. 2016; late public disclosure was due to image concerns, Mueller gag order — Social-media giant played down allegations Russia exploited its platform, deepening perceptions it is oblivious to public concern about its social impact
Tweets: @juliacarriew, @dseetharaman, @persuasivepr, @noahshachtman, @rebeccaballhaus, and @kirstengrind
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Percentage of Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has dropped from 80% in 2014 to under 8% today, according to Google — The percentage of daily Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80% in 2014 to under 8% in early 2018.| Michelle Robbins / Search Engine Land: |
Google expands snippets to provide multiple answers to search queries that could be interpreted in different ways — Google has been rolling out many new search features over the past few months related to images, featured snippets, and the knowledge graph.
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