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| Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast: |
Source: Zuckerberg and Sandberg were absent from meeting conducted by Facebook attorney for employees with questions about firm's role with Cambridge Analytica — It's not just that he's silent in public. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday …
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Tweets: @brianstelter, @mattlynley, @twadhwa, @jayrosen_nyu, @harrysiegel, @attackerman, @mat, and @mat
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US FTC is investigating Facebook to determine if it breached a 2011 consent decree over its handling of personal data amid Cambridge Analytica scandal — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing Facebook over whether it violated terms of a consent decree over its use of personal data …
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Tweets: @natesilver538, @reuterstech, @reuterstech, @sarafischer, @mathewi, @dellcam, and @b_fung
| Bloomberg: |
Cambridge Analytica's board suspends CEO Alexander Nix, saying it's with immediate effect, pending a full, independent investigation — Board of Cambridge Analytica suspended CEO Alexander Nix with immediate effect, pending a full, independent investigation, according to a statement from the company.
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CA Commercial, BBC, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Axios, CNBC, and Business Insider
Tweets: @carolecadwalla and @markdistef
| Channel 4 News: |
Cambridge Analytica execs boasted of running “all the digital campaign” for Trump, described its comms tactics to avoid paper trail: Proton Mail, deleting email — An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran key parts of the presidential campaign for Donald Trump.
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Slate, Forbes, International Business Times, CNBC, CNBC, Axios, Bloomberg, and Mashable
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google says it will spend $300M over the next three years to support journalism and fight disinformation through the newly announced Google News Initiative — ‘We need to do more’ — Google is announcing new efforts today to support the media industry by fighting misinformation and bolstering journalism …
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Tweets: @google, @adam_messinger, @pt, @cheddar, @dangillmor, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, and @jeffjarvis
| Jim Albrecht / The Keyword: |
Google debuts Subscribe with Google, which lets users buy subscriptions to news sites using Google Accounts and access them from apps, sites, and search results — If you've ever subscribed to a news site, you know that it can sometimes be an onerous task. This isn't the publisher's fault, it's just the way websites work.
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Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Android Police, Adweek, The Next Web, Engadget, CNET, Android Central, Axios, Marketing Land, and Droid Life
Tweets: @sivavaid, @brianstelter, and @klr_editor
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Tempe, AZ police say Uber likely not at fault for self-driving car fatality after preliminary investigations reveal collision was unavoidable in any mode — Pushing a bicycle laden with plastic shopping bags, a woman abruptly walked from a center median into a lane of traffic and was struck …
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| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Windows Server 2019, the first big update since 2016, with Linux and Kubernetes support — Microsoft announced today that it will launch the next major release of Windows Server later this year with better support for hybrid workloads, Linux workloads, and hyper-converged infrastructure.
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Windows Server Blog, Windows Blog, GeekWire, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Petri, ZDNet, On MSFT, Neowin, and MSPoweruser
| Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg: |
Telegram plans to appeal after it loses bid in Russia's Supreme Court to block security services such as FSB from getting access to encryption keys of user data — Messaging service plans to appeal Supreme Court's decision — Regulators could block Telegram service if it fails to comply
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The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Inquirer, Android Central, Android Police, Engadget, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @mdudas, @deftechpat, and @williamturton
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out a new feature that lets users “go live” directly from the desktop site without encoding software, currently only supported in Chrome — YouTube today is rolling out a new feature that will allow video creators to start a live stream from their web cam without …
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YouTube Creator Blog, 9to5Google, Tubefilter, MSPoweruser, and Google Developers
| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
Researchers say ~1.6K files are stored in bitcoin's blockchain; at least one thought to be an image of child abuse; two others contain 274 links to child abuse — Researchers discover illegal content within the distributed ledger, making possession of it potentially unlawful in many countries
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Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Cointelegraph.com News, and The Register
Tweets: @spacekatgal, @cascio, @sleevi_, @chr1sa, @eringriffith, @isskewl, @alexhern, and @felixsalmon
| David Radcliffe / The Keyword: |
Google confirms it purchased Manhattan Chelsea Market building for $2.4B, says there will be “little or no impact” on current operations — It's been 18 years since Google NYC first established our single-person sales “office” in a Starbucks on 86th St. After moving from 86th St …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Expedia's Orbitz says it was hacked, giving the attacker access to customer data, including ~880,000 payment cards in total from January 2016 to December 2017 — The travel booking site said about 880,000 payment cards were affected. — Travel booking website Orbitz has been hacked, the company said.| Bernadette Tansey / Xconomy: |
AI startup Mythic raises $40M Series B led by SoftBank to help bring its high-speed low-power AI chip to market — Mythic, which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led …
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PR Newswire, FinSMEs, Austin Business Journal, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @eringriffith. Thanks:@gthuang
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
eBay launches new AR feature that helps sellers easily find the right box to fit their products, available today in updated Android app in the US — eBay is continuing its augmented reality (AR) embrace with the launch of a new feature for sellers to easily find the right box to fit their products.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Apple and IBM partner to add IBM Watson to Apple Core ML platform, in an effort to make business apps more intelligent — Apple and IBM may seem like an odd couple, but the two companies have been working closely together for several years now. That has involved IBM sharing its enterprise expertise …
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MacRumors, Fortune, Forbes, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, InfoQ, Patently Apple, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, and AppAdvice.com
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
AMD responds to flaws found by CTS-Labs, says they all require admin level privileges “at the metal” to exploit, and all will be patched within weeks — If you have been following our coverage regarding the recent security issues found in AMD's processors and chipsets … | Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Twitter shares end day down 10.35% after Israel's justice minister cited “lack of cooperation” on terrorist content; FB, Snap down 2.56% amid regulation fears — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N) and Snapchat-owner Snap (SNAP.N) … | Pui-Wing Tam / New York Times: |
Profile of Founders for Change, a group of 400+ tech entrepreneurs and CEOs that are pushing the VC industry to diversify its ranks — SAN FRANCISCO — When Trevor McFedries set out last year to raise money for Brud, his robotics and artificial intelligence start-up, he found himself in many meetings with …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Senate Intelligence Committee gives Homeland Security its election security recommendations, says all new voting machines need paper trails and no WiFi access — In a press conference today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence presented its urgent recommendations for protecting election systems …
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