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Apple introduces iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED special edition in 64GB and 256GB, available to order in select countries April 10 — All (PRODUCT)RED Purchases Help Provide Testing, Counseling and Treatment for Tens of Millions of People Living with HIV/AIDS
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| Facebook: |
Facebook launches new initiative to support independent academic research about the impact of social media on democracy and elections — By Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, and David Ginsberg, Director of Research — Today, Facebook is announcing …
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| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
Leap Motion to release Project North Star, an open source AR headset dev kit with wide field of view, 1600x1400 resolution at 120 FPS, powerful hand tracking — Over the last few weeks, Leap Motion has been teasing some very compelling AR interface prototypes, demonstrated on an unknown headset.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
HP launches Chromebook x2, a Chrome OS detachable with keyboard cover and stylus, 12.3-inch IPS display, 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, 13MP camera, starting at $599 — Pushing the idea that Chrome OS is for more than just classwork. — Acer ushered in the “Chromebook tablet” …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber acquires bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed sum, source says sale price was closer to $200M; JUMP will continue running independently — Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP …
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The Verge, New York Times, Business Insider, Axios, Forbes, and Seeking Alpha. Thanks:@meganrosedickey
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will meet with some US lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due to appear for congressional hearings — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will hold meetings with some U.S. lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due …
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Tweets: @adams, @fabiochiusi, @lizodar, @ceciliakang, @kimmaicutler, and @jason_kint
| Bloomberg: |
SenseTime, a Chinese AI startup specializing in object and face recognition, raises $600M from Alibaba and others at $3B+ valuation, up from $1.47B in July 2017 — It becomes the world's richest-valued private AI startup — The company drives China's ambition to dominate global AI| Kai Stinchcombe: |
Blockchain's key promise of no-need-for-trusted-parties tech is largely irrelevant; systems built on trust, norms, and institutions inherently function better — Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date …
Tweets: @joshelman
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Twenty child advocacy and privacy groups ask FTC to investigate whether YouTube violates COPPA, a federal law designed to protect kids' online privacy — Consumer and privacy groups say the Google-owned video site is violating online child privacy laws. — YouTube is in hot water again …
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The Guardian, The Verge, TechCrunch, Fortune, Digital Trends, Wired, ZDNet, New York Times, news.avclub.com, CNNMoney, Engadget, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, and ABC News. Tweets: @nitashatiku. Thanks:@richardjnieva
| Aaron van Wirdum / Bitcoin Magazine: |
After stewards of Monero, the biggest anonymity-focused cryptocurrency, debuted hard fork to prevent ASIC mining, 4 new ASIC-compatible Monero projects emerged — One hard fork later, there are four new Monero projects. — Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero hard forked to version 12 of its protocol yesterday.
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Motherboard, Bitsonline, and The Merkle
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
After CNBC inquiry, Facebook suspends CubeYou, a firm that made popular quiz apps for Cambridge University and bragged it had personal info of tens of millions — - Data analytics firm CubeYou used personality quizzes clearly labeled for “non-profit academic research” to help marketers find customers.
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Axios, Ars Technica, ZDNet, BBC, Gizmodo, The Guardian, TechSpot, SecurityWeek, HuffPost, Inquirer, ABC News, The Register, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, Fortune, Engadget, and CNET
Tweets: @christinawilkie, @dhh, @dhh, @christinawilkie, @d1gi, @politicalshort, @grimmelm, @fatemehx2, @zeynep, @dellcam, @christinawilkie, @d1gi, @d1gi, @privacymatters, and @bmcclendon
| Emily Smith / BuzzFeed: |
The SESTA bill may appear to target child traffickers but actually hurts marginalized sex workers, and this new approach to censorship is unlikely to stop here — Marginalized groups often act as “patient zero” for regressive new laws, and a new bill that cuts away broad protections for online speech is no different.
Tweets: @misslolahunt, @misslucy552, @buzzfeednews, and @tomgara
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