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Eighteen investigators, including some from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, raid Cambridge Analytica's London offices after search warrant granted — Officials raid firm's London offices amid allegations it may have illegally acquired data
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook has been contacting ad agencies and trade bodies to reassure them that customer data is being protected in light of Cambridge Analytica news — Social-media giant plans marketing outreach to reassure users of safety on its platform and prevent more advertisers from dropping out
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| Andy Kroll / Mother Jones: |
Sources on how Cambridge Analytica milked Mercer-backed GOP candidates, including Cruz campaign, which paid $5.8M and compared the firm to a Ponzi scheme — The secretive data firm said it could move the minds of American voters. That wasn't its real victory. — Looking for news you can trust?| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
A week after Cambridge Analytica and despite #deletefacebook, Facebook app installs did not drop, no big advertisers quit, and analysts recommend buying the dip — As Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal spiraled into chaos this week, a frantic hail of notes from Wall Street analysts …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Sources: Uber's autonomous cars struggled with goal of 13 miles before driver intervention; Waymo says its cars had average of ~5.6K miles between interventions — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber's robotic vehicle project was not living up to expectations months before a self-driving car operated …
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| Brad Templeton / Brad Ideas: |
Analysis shows how onboard sensors should have detected the pedestrian before fatal Uber autonomous car collision and why attentive safety drivers are important — The Tempe police released the poor quality video from the Uber. What looks like a dash-cam video along with a video of the safety driver.
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| Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company: |
Inside Amazon's third annual MARS conference, an invite-only event that brings together experts in AI, home automation, and robotics — Amazon's “summer camp for geeks” brought together some of the world's leaders in AI, home automation, robotics, and space exploration. And, naturally, a robotic dog.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr confirms 84 accounts linked to Internet Research Agency and has begun emailing users who interacted with them; accounts were ID'd and deleted last fall — Tumblr has confirmed that Kremlin trolls were active on its platform during the 2016 US presidential elections.
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Reports: Google is warning developers to include prominent crash reporting disclosures in apps or face removal — There's been an uptick among Android developers receiving warnings from the Google Play team. The issue appears to be crash reporting, which is a common feature developers build into apps.| Sian Bradley / UKTN: |
Blockchain startup Everledger, which tracks the provenance of high-value assets like diamonds to help prevent fraud, raises $10.4M Series A — Everledger, a startup that uses blockchain technology to track assets in a bid to prevent fraud, has raised $10.4m (£7.38m) in Series A funding.| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Samsung says it is investigating user reports about Galaxy S9 and S9+ touchscreen responsiveness issues — Tonight Samsung has responded to growing reports of Galaxy S9/S9+ phones with touchscreen problems. Android Police points to a few threads on Reddit and Samsung's own support forums …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox closes up 36% on first day of trading after raising $756M in its IPO and is now valued at $11B+ — Dropbox was off to the races on its first day as a public company. — After pricing above the range at $21 per share, raising $756 million, Dropbox kicked off its first day soaring to $31.60, and closing the day at $28.48.
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