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A breakdown of all the data tech companies can collect during a low-key pizza and movie night with a friend, according to their privacy policies — The smartphones, Facebook accounts and other technology products deeply embedded in modern life help people get more things done every day.
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Former Facebook, Google, Reddit execs, and other prominent technologists describe how Silicon Valley's business model undermined its dream of a networked utopia — Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong — from the architects who built it.| Jeff Dunn / Ars Technica: |
Google researchers showcase AI tech that can isolate individual voices within a noisy environment in videos with a single audio track by watching mouth movement — Google researchers try to replicate the “cocktail party effect” for computers. — Google researchers have developed … | Tom McKay / Gizmodo: |
Pentagon spokesperson says there has been a “2,000% increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours”, following Syria air strikes on Friday night — As Donald Trump's administration, backed by France and the UK, launched a series of missile attacks on Syrian installations allegedly used …
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Sensor Tower: US iPhone users spent an average of $58 each on in-app purchases in 2017, up 23% YoY; entertainment apps spending up 57%, lifestyle apps up 110% — Games, dating apps and streaming services contributed to a rise in consumer spending in iPhone apps last year … | Russ Juskalian / MIT Technology Review: |
How UN's Building Blocks program is using permissioned blockchain based on open source Ethereum code to distribute UN-facilitated food aid to recipients — A few times a month, Bassam pushes a shopping cart through the aisles of a grocery store stocked with bags of rice, a small selection of fresh vegetables, and other staples.| Benjamin Herold / Education Week: |
Study finds ~3,337 free apps in Google Play's Designed for Families program that may violate COPPA, a federal law aimed to protect children from online tracking — Thousands of free apps available in the Google Play store are potentially violating a major federal data-privacy law intended …
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After testing home flipping marketplace for a year, Zillow itself will start buying and selling homes for cash; Zillow shares down 7.3% after announcement — - Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company's existing audience of sellers and buyers uniquely positions it for success as a real estate investor.| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Sources: most Facebook employees liked what Zuckerberg told Congress, but his vagueness on ads made some wonder if he cares how that side of Facebook biz works — ABOUT TWO HOURS, or 20 percent, into Mark Zuckerberg's marathon testimony before Congress this week, the Facebook CEO … | Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Amid FOSTA crackdown, sex workers turn to Switter.at, an instance of the open source social platform Mastodon, to maintain their online presence — Safe options are dwindling for sex workers under the controversial sex trafficking bill. Switter is helping—for now — Sex workers are running out of safe online spaces.| Tess Owen / VICE News: |
Facebook removes pages linked to white nationalist Richard Spencer and The Nationalist Initiative's page; all pages are linked to “hate groups” by the SPLC — Two Facebook pages associated with white nationalist Richard Spencer have been kicked off the platform.| Matt Day / The Seattle Times: |
Interviews and docs show why Microsoft has failed to hire/retain more women: a culture of casual sexism, male-dominated hierarchy, and poor grievance resolution — Court filings, internal documents and interviews with employees illustrate why Microsoft has failed to hire or retain more women …
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