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Some Facebook staff say current scandal is mostly being hyped by the media; source: the scandal isn't deterring job applicants broadly, according to Zuckerberg — Many workers are undaunted by user-data scandal; issues are mostly hype, some say — Facebook Inc. FB .46% may be losing friends … | Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Congress releases Zuckerberg's prepared testimony: “it's clear now that we didn't do enough” to protect data privacy, prevent fake news, election interference — Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of Wednesday's hearing. — Here's the full testimony:
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Zuckerberg met with US senators Nelson, Thune, Grassley, and Feinstein ahead of Tuesday's scheduled appearance before Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit …
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Pew: the 500 most-active suspected bot Twitter accounts are responsible for 22% of links from prominent news and media sites that are shared on Twitter — An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts - not human beings| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing Nametags, a Snapchat-like QR codes feature that lets users create a special image that people can scan to follow them — Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you.
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Google launches Home and Home Mini smart speakers in India for Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 4,499 respectively, available online on Flipkart and in 750+ retail stores — Bringing together the best of Google's AI, software and hardware, now with a desi twist — Whether you're getting the kids ready for school …
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Seven top officials of Backpage.com, including its founders, arrested after 93-count indictment alleging conspiracy, facilitating prostitution, money laundering — Seven top officials of the website Backpage.com, long accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, have been arrested … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
The Galaxy S9's DeX Pad to ship May 13 for $99.99; preorders are up today and those who buy a Galaxy S9 and S9+ on Samsung.com get one for free — Preorders are up today, and new Galaxy S9 buyers can score one for free. — Hot off the launch of the Galaxy S9 last month …
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Apple says its facilities are “powered 100 percent by renewable energy” worldwide; to reach goal, Apple purchases clean energy bonds and other green investments — But there's a catch — Apple announced today that its business is now powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
High-profile accounts and popular music videos on YouTube have been hacked and defaced, and the most-viewed video of all time, “Despacito”, has disappeared — Lots of high-profile music videos have been defaced — YouTube appears to have fallen victim to hackers today … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber acquires bike-sharing startup JUMP, source says for ~$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 was in talks with Uber as well as with investors regarding …
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Investigation: owner of Facebook's biggest Black Lives Matter page, now suspended, appears to be based in Australia and may have taken some of ~$100K donations — For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties … | Julie Steinberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Ant Financial, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba, is preparing to raise $9B in a private funding round at a valuation of almost $150B — Latest funding round could value the financial technology firm at close to $150 billion — Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's financial-technology business …
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Payments company Verifone says an investor group led by Francisco Partners will acquire the company in a deal valued at about $3.4B — Verifone Stockholders to Receive $23.04 Per Share in Cash — Transaction Provides Significant Cash Premium to Verifone Stockholders
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Google launches improved Cloud Speech-to-Text API for developers with a new punctuation model and claiming ~54% reduction in word transcription errors — Only a few weeks after launching a major overhaul of its Cloud Text-to-Speech API, Google today also announced an update to that service's Speech-to-Text voice recognition service.
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HQ Trivia pilots its first social feature, “Friends on HQ”, in the UK, to help users track friends' performance and show whether they're in the current game — The popular quiz startup HQ Trivia is beginning to roll out the first of many new social features to its app focused …
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