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| The Verge: |
Live blog and stream of Mark Zuckerberg's first hearing before Congress, titled “Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data” — Congress grills Facebook CEO on Cambridge Analytica, data security, and election meddling — Over the course of two days …
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TechCrunch, Business Insider, Engadget, USA Today, CNET, New York Times, BetaNews, The Guardian, Senate Committee …, Engadget, Recode, Washington Post, Fast Company, Washington Post, Recode, Reuters, Gizmodo, Business Insider, TechCrunch, GeekWire, YouTube, Washington Post, New York Times, Wired, Engadget, 9to5Google, Axios, Gizmodo, CNBC, epic.org, Mashable, Neowin, TechSpot, Mercury News, CNBC, Business Insider, Vox, CNNMoney, YouTube, Recode, Mashable, IndieWire, Wall Street Journal, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, CNET, Tom's Guide, and Cult of Mac
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Facebook debuts a Data Abuse Bounty to reward those who report misuse of data by app devs; payouts are for cases affecting 10K+ users and range from $500-$40K — - Facebook is launching a data abuse bounty program to ask its users to help it find companies using unauthorized data.
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Facebook adds a Help Center page that tells users if they were affected by Cambridge Analytica's data abuse, as it rolls out similar announcement in News Feed — In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, you're probably wondering: Was I actually affected?
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Tweets: @senatorshoshana, @wired, @chriscarson, @nxthompson, @joemfbrown, @issielapowsky, @alextomo, @caseynewton, @jasoncross00, @dabeard, and @issielapowsky
| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Facebook confirms some users' private messages were collected by quiz app that Cambridge Analytica used to glean data, says 1,500 people were affected — THE DATA CONSULTING firm Cambridge Analytica, which harvested as many as 87 million Facebook users' personal data, also could have accessed …
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CA Commercial, Business Insider, Gizmodo, CBS News, New York Times, BBC, CNET, Engadget, The Outline, and The Verge
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram one-ups Apple with a portrait mode feature called Focus that works with both photos and video for select Android devices and iPhones 6S and newer — Instagram is one-upping Apple with a portrait mode feature that runs on a wider variety of phones and works with video, not just photos.
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Instagram, Digital Trends, Neowin, Android Authority, The Next Web, Hollywood Life, Android Police, MacRumors, Lifehacker, AndroidGuys, Adweek, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Thurrott.com, The Verge, HuffPost, iPhone Hacks, Droid Life, MSPoweruser, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @instagram
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
High-profile accounts and popular music videos on YouTube were hacked and defaced, and the most-viewed video of all time, “Despacito”, disappeared briefly — Lots of high-profile music videos have been defaced — YouTube appears to have fallen victim to hackers today …
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Android Police, BBC, Polygon, Neowin, MIT Technology Review, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Tubefilter, Business Insider, Mashable, 9to5Google, Lifehacker, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Fortune, BuzzFeed, and Slashdot
Tweets: @prosoxw3b and @karthikb351
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
FIDO Alliance and W3C announce WebAuthn, a new open standard for password-free logins, currently supported in Firefox, and to be supported in Chrome and Edge — One small step towards a world without phishing — Web browsers are building a new way for you to log in, announced today by the W3C and FIDO Alliance standards bodies.
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Engadget, BleepingComputer.com, MDN Web Docs, Ars Technica, Android Police, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, W3C, 9to5Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, Fortune, Gizmodo, Windows Central, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, Laptop Mag, 9to5Google, BetaNews, and Inquirer
| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Walmart to work with Postmates for grocery delivery starting in Charlotte, NC, and expanding to other areas in the US in the coming months — - The partnership will roll out in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will grow to other areas in the U.S. in the coming months.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter endorses the Honest Ads Act, a bill introduced last year to promote political ad transparency, following Facebook's endorsement of it last week — Just hours before social media companies face a regulatory reckoning with Facebook's appearance on the Hill, Twitter is taking a step to get right with Congress.
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CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Sunlight Foundation, VentureBeat, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Vox, Axios, Axios, and CNN
Tweets: @policy, @policy, @markwarner, @sunfoundation, @policy, @aabramson, and @jack
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Piper Jaffray: 82% of American teenagers currently own an iPhone, up from 78% last fall, and 84% say their next phone will be an iPhone — - 82% of American teenagers currently own an iPhone, the highest percentage ever in the history of a Piper Jaffray study about teens.
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Android Authority, MacRumors, CNET, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, AppAdvice.com, and Seeking Alpha
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook has intentionally kept Instagram's branding independent in consumers' minds; source says Zuckerberg requested Instagram's Stories functionality — Through the glass doors, beyond the giant camera logo and before the artisan coffee stand, visitors to Instagram's headquarters in Menlo Park …
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Engadget, Wired, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @jonrussell, @ddayen, @dannygroner, @ziadramley, @tsgiles, @thinkmariya, @teruterubouzu, @shiraovide, and @jason_kint
| 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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Reuters, Bank Innovation, and PYMNTS.com
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify developing a new version of its free music service to make it easier to use, especially on mobile; announcement expected within a couple weeks — Non-paying listeners are key source for subscription streaming — Fresh off going public, service seeks to boost user growth
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Engadget, 9to5Mac, and Seeking Alpha
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber rolls out redesigned app for drivers that identifies areas with the best fares, starting in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and about 10 cities worldwide — Uber is rolling out a new app for drivers starting today. The hope with the redesign is to make it easier for drivers to access the information …
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Uber Newsroom, Engadget, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, The Verge, TechSpot, CNET, Axios, and Mashable
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Vimeo launches a free macOS app that helps simplify video sharing and has Final Cut Pro integration — The YouTube competitor video site Vimeo has today debuted a new Vimeo app for macOS, available for free in the Mac App Store. The native client simplifies video sharing for Vimeo users …
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Vimeo, MacRumors, and TechCrunch
| Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal: |
Knotel, a WeWork rival planning to use blockchain to track commercial property listings, raises $70M Series B; Pitchbook data shows deal values firm at ~$500M — Latest funding round values firm at about $500 million; company developing service to track space listings| Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed: |
Vietnamese human rights groups, independent journalists question if Facebook is helping suppress dissent by removing content flagged by state-sponsored trolls — The open letter from human rights activists and independent media groups in Vietnam criticizing Mark Zuckerberg comes ahead …
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NPR, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Mercury News, Reuters, The Ringer, and Fast Company
Tweets: @miriamelder, @joshuahol, @meghara, @matthewchampion, and @rmac18
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