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Leaked 2016 memo from Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth says “all the work we do in growth is justified”, even if Facebook enables terrorism; Zuck says he disagreed — Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” …
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Document reveals Facebook was informed in 2014 that Aleksandr Kogan's company's survey app could sell user data, which broke with Facebook's policy at the time — Facebook was informed that the app at the centre of a massive data leak could sell user data to third parties …
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Under Armour says ~150M MyFitnessPal accounts affected by a data breach in late February; data taken included usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords — Shares of Under Armour dropped 3.8 percent, before paring losses, after the active-wear company informed users of its online fitness and nutrition website of a data breach.
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
European Commission says it will cancel all UK-held .eu domains when it leaves EU in March 2019; analysis shows these are ~317K, or ~10%, of total .eu domains — Bureaucrats break internet norms — Brexit has hit the internet, and not in a good way. — In an official statement Thursday …
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Microsoft splits Windows & Devices Group; Rajesh Jha to lead Experiences & Devices, Scott Guthrie to lead Cloud + AI Platform, Harry Shum to lead AI + Research — Today, I'm announcing the formation of two new engineering teams to accelerate our innovation and better serve the needs …
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Tweets: @billgates, @tmyerson, @daniel_rubino, @inafried, @maryjofoley, @ampressman, @tomwarren, and @ampressman
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite “Starlink” broadband network, requires SpaceX to launch and operate 50% of the space stations by March 29, 2024 — SpaceX has a green light from the FCC to launch a network of thousands of satellites blanketing the globe with broadband.
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| Matthew Lee / Associated Press: |
US wants all visa applicants, or ~15M people per year, to provide social media and other details; previously these details were only required from ~65K visitors — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames …
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Apple releases iOS 11.3 with throttling controls, ARKit 1.5, Health Records, new Animoji, Business Chat for iMessage, more; watchOS 4.3, macOS 10.13.4 also out — Apple today released iOS 11.3, the twelfth official update to the iOS 11 operating system that first came out in September …
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Tweets: @stanfordmed, @markgurman, @rjonesy, @rjonesy, @viticci, @markgurman, and @chriswelch
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Facebook begins letting fact-checking partners review photos and videos and also lets them flag stories before being prompted — Facebook has begun letting partners fact check photos and videos beyond news articles, and proactively review stories before Facebook asks them.
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Tweets: @alexstamos, @ericwilson, @noamcohen, @kerrymflynn, @gavinsblog, @kerrymflynn, and @kerrymflynn. Thanks:@joshconstine
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Apple says it will update its site for managing Apple IDs to let users download a copy of their data, complying with EU's GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25 — Broad new privacy rules coming amid Facebook data scandal — Apple releases operating system updates with privacy screen
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| Josh Chin / Wall Street Journal: |
Huawei reports strong smartphone sales of 153M in 2017 as net profit rose 28.1% YoY to ~$7.3B on revenue of ~$92.5B, up 15.7% YoY — The company said it sold 153 million smartphones world-wide last year — SHENZHEN—Huawei Technologies Co. said strong smartphone sales led to a recovery …
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UK-based 16-24-year-olds watch Netflix and listen to services like Spotify more than BBC, BBC radio stations; over 80% of kids watch YouTube, 29% BBC iPlayer — Broadcaster fears being ‘overtaken by competitors’ as technology firms increasingly dominate on-demand viewingSponsor Posts
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