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Apple acquires digital newsstand Texture, which gives its readers access to ~200 magazines for $10/month, as it doubles down on content “from trusted sources” — As the debate continues over fake news and the role that aggregators like Facebook have played in spreading it …
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| Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times: |
YouTube could be one of the most powerful radicalizing tools of this century, given its billion users and algorithms that recommend ever more extreme videos — At one point during the 2016 presidential election campaign, I watched a bunch of videos of Donald Trump rallies on YouTube.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
A year after its launch, Microsoft says Teams is used by 200K organizations and will soon have support for Cortana and inline message translation — Microsoft has never shared how many individuals are using Teams, its chat-based collaboration tool that's part of Office 365 and competes …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Dropbox seeks to raise as much as $648M in its IPO, plans to sell 36M shares at $16-$18, which would give it a valuation of ~$7.5B at the midpoint of the range — Dropbox, the online file storage company, said on Monday that it hoped to raise as much as $648 million in its forthcoming stock market debut …
| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
UK government's plan to police porn sites by compelling them to verify the age of British visitors has been delayed until the end of the year — Ever since the Digital Economy Act became UK law this time last year, we've known there would come a time when porn sites would be compelled … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Decentralized data storage startup Storj appoints former Docker CEO Ben Golub as its new executive chairman and interim chief executive — Decentralized data storage startup Storj is hoping to boost its growth with the hire of a new executive chairman and interim chief executive.| Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: |
Inside Reddit as it rolled out the October 2017 policy update that resulted in the ban of numerous subreddits, including ones for Nazis and bestiality — The trolls are winning. How do we fix life online without limiting free speech? — Which Web sites get the most traffic?
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| Aliya Ram / Financial Times: |
Uber plans to expand UberEats to 100 new cities across Europe, including 40 in UK, 35 in France, says UberEats is profitable in 45 of 200 cities it operates in — Uber is increasing investment in food delivery this year with plans to launch its UberEats takeaway app in 100 new cities across Europe … | Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal: |
Commercial drones in US are expected to begin limited package deliveries within months; ten FAA-approved trials for various drone initiatives to start by May — Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: 'We'll help you get there' — After lagging behind other countries for years … | Emma Grey Ellis / Wired: |
To thrive in the age of Instagram, sex workers learn to be hyper social media literate while fighting inconsistent rules of platforms, creeps, and the law — ONE MORNING LAST May, Melody Kush discovered that someone was using her Twitter photos to catfish people into paying for a Snapchat premium account that didn't even exist.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
In yet another ICO scam, over 1,000 investors who put $2M+ into a project called Giza have lost their money — Cryptocurrency scammers run off with over $2 million from fake ICO — Scammers appear to have made off with more than $2 million in cryptocurrency after carrying … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Arlington, TX ditches charter buses as public transportation for a ridesharing service called Via, which will offer $3 rides and have 10 commuter vans on call — Via, the app-based ride-sharing service, is replacing bus services for an entire town in Texas, according to CBS This Morning.
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
After promising to move back to the US last November, Singapore-based Broadcom says it will do so by April 3, two days before Qualcomm's shareholder meeting — (Reuters) - Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) said on Monday it expects to redomicile to the United States by April 3 …
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