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Ahead of GDPR, Facebook debuts enhanced privacy controls for all users globally, starting in EU, with more choices about ads, allowing face recognition, more — In recent weeks we've announced several steps to give people more control over their privacy and explain how we use data.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @adfichter, and @ow
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
With an interface designed to push users to consent, Facebook's privacy changes comply with the letter of GDPR law but with questionable spirit — Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance changes.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Amazon and Best Buy announce multi-year partnership to sell smart TVs made by Toshiba and Best Buy's brand Insignia, with built-in Fire TV — In its quest to get more consumers to use its Fire TV products, Amazon announced an unusual partnership Wednesday: The company has teamed up with Best Buy …
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| Julia Alexander / Polygon: |
YouTube CEO addresses demonetization and Partner Program concerns, says company will pilot a new video upload flow to decrease monetization icon changes — “We are working to make this faster,” Susan Wojcicki said — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki today addressed ongoing frustration …
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CNET, YouTube Creator Blog, FierceCable, The Verge, Firstpost, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, Tubefilter, and Business Insider
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| Washington Post: |
The IRS' system for accepting online tax returns is working again after being down most of Tuesday; tax filing deadline without penalties delayed to Wednesday — The Internal Revenue Service announced late Tuesday that it would let taxpayers submit tax returns without penalty through Wednesday …
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Tweets: @grady_booch, @nytimes, @brycecovert, and @jasonlk
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researcher discovers public unlisted AWS storage bucket containing 48M individual records scraped from public profiles, belonging to data firm Localblox — Exclusive: Profile data was scraped without user consent or knowledge to “build a three-dimensional picture” on millions of people.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases Chrome 66 with a slew of developer features and blocking by default for autoplaying content with sound, on Windows, Mac, Linux — Google today launched Chrome 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions in this release include autoplaying content muted by default …
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| David Gelles / New York Times: |
Interview with Marissa Mayer, her first since leaving Yahoo, on her new Lumi Labs project, time at Google, thoughts on #MeToo movement, and more — The former Yahoo chief is renting Google's original office, where “there's a lot of good juju,” and planning her next act. She just won't say what it is.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @nytimesbusiness, @jeffrey_cane, @randomsubu, and @chris_ciaccia
| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
T-Mobile says it will spend $500M this year on expanding LTE coverage and preparing for 5G on US military bases, doubles veteran hiring goal to 10K over 5 years — T-Mobile is embarking on a military initiative that the company says includes its biggest hiring push ever …
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Newsroom, CNET, ZDNet, PhoneDog.com, FierceWireless, Android and Me, Seattle Business Journal, and TmoNews
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Filing with Russia's EEC database shows several unreleased iPhone models; previous filings of suspected Apple products appeared 1-2 months before official debut — French website Consomac has discovered a new Russian-language regulatory filing in the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Macworld, BGR, TechSpot, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, and MSPoweruser
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Analysis of ~87K articles about Facebook from USA Today, NYT, Guardian, and BuzzFeed from 2006-2018 shows coverage turned mostly negative after 2016 election — Mark Zuckerberg waits for a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee, April 10, 2018.
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @benedictevans, and @caseynewton
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Translator gets full offline support on Android and iOS; third-party Android developers can now pay to use Translator in their own apps — Chances are you mostly need a translator app on your phone while you are traveling. But that's also when you are most likely to not have any connectivity.
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Translator, BetaNews, Windows Central, GeekWire, On MSFT, and Ubergizmo
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
New Jersey-based Basis, which aims to develop a “stable coin” that stays valued at ~$1 by altering supply, raises $133M from a16z, GV, Bain Capital, and others — If you own any Bitcoin, you're probably in the habit of watching its price fluctuate wildly.| Michael Simon / PCWorld: |
Opera shuts down its free VPN app for iOS and Android; users who paid for the Gold service on iOS will get a free year of SurfEasy Ultra VPN service — Pour one out for Olaf. No, not the charming snowman from Disney's Frozen, the mascot for Opera's free VPN app.| IMF Blog: |
IMF head Christine Lagarde shares thoughts on the upside of cryptocurrencies, following last month's look at their dark side and potential regulation — Versions in (Arabic), (Chinese), Español (Spanish), Français (French), (Japanese), Português (Portuguese), (Russian)
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CNBC, Zero Hedge, The Merkle, Coingeek, The Guardian, Coinjournal, Bitcoinist.com, and Bitsonline. Tweets: @coindesk
| Amir Vahdat / Associated Press: |
Iran bans all government bodies from using foreign-based messaging apps, including Telegram, which is used by over 40M Iranians — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's presidency has banned all government bodies from using foreign-based messaging apps to communicate with citizens, state media reported Wednesday …
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Engadget, Reuters, and Associated Press
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Snap begins rolling out a direct response ad unit in the Snapchat camera screen, encouraging users to perform an action when using a sponsored lens — These new Snapchat ads won't blend in as well as the old ones. — Snap likes to say that it's a camera company — the camera …
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TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Financial Times, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Ad Age, The Drum, CNBC, and Adweek
| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Profile of Lea Kissner, who leads Google's 90-person NightWatch team, which is responsible for finding potential privacy flaws in the company's products — Lea Kissner is back at her alma mater, the University of California at Berkeley, armed with a crisp gray blazer, a slide deck … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Counterpoint Research: in Q4 2017, iPhone X generated 35% of total worldwide smartphone profits and Apple accounted for 86% of total smartphone market profits — The iPhone X accounted for 35 percent of total worldwide handset profits in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to new estimates shared …
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Counterpoint Research, ValueWalk, Technology Personalized, InvestorPlace, Tech Times, BGR, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, and Fortune
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