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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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Reuters, Vox, BBC, Mercury News, BGR, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Thurrott.com, The Guardian, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Recode, 9to5Google, Android Police, Neowin, CNET, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, MSPoweruser, ITworld.com, CNBC, Fortune, BetaNews, Silicon Republic, Axios, Financial Times, hypebot, The Outline, Digital Trends, and TechCrunch
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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New York Magazine, Mashable, Business Insider, CNBC, and Fortune
Tweets: @shiraovide, @joshconstine, and @riptari
| 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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Tweets: @jeffbezos, @rajupp, and @ow
| 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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YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, Firstpost, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, Tubefilter, and Business Insider
Tweets: @invisibletower and @polygon
| 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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Recode, Internal Revenue Service, Associated Press, New York Times, Bloomberg, Lifehacker, The Verge, NPR, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Associated Press, irs.gov, AskWoody, CNET, The Register, CNBC, TechSpot, USA Today, United States House Committee …, sandiegouniontribune.com, SlashGear, Fortune, irs.gov, Quartz, Fedscoop, AppleInsider, CNBC, Engadget, Slate, and GeekWire
Tweets: @grady_booch, @nytimes, @brycecovert, and @jasonlk
| 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, @jeffrey_cane, @randomsubu, and @chris_ciaccia
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases Chrome 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android with a slew of developer features and blocking by default autoplaying content with sound — 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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| 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, Seattle Business Journal, FierceWireless, and TmoNews
| 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, Bitsonline, Coinjournal, and Bitcoinist.com. Tweets: @coindesk
| 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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VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Gizmodo, Macworld, AppleInsider, BGR, TechSpot, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, MSPoweruser, iDownloadBlog.com, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, and VentureBeat
| New York Times: |
Cambridge Analytica planned to raise funds via an ICO to create a system that would let people store and sell their online data to advertisers, says ex-employee — SAN FRANCISCO — The embattled voter-profiling firm Cambridge Analytica quietly sought to develop its own virtual currency … | 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 — Sentiment analysis of over 87,000 articles provided to BuzzFeed News details the evolution of the social network as seen through the publications that cover it
Tweets: @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @benedictevans, and @caseynewton
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Sweden-based Qapital, an app that helps users save money with ~420K users, raises $30M from Swedbank Robur and others — Qapital, one of a slew of mobile applications trying to make it easier for users to save money (and spend it more wisely), has raised $30 million in fresh financing …
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FinSMEs and PE Hub Blog
| 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
| 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 … | 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.| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
NY AG launches inquiry into cryptocurrency exchanges, sends letter to 13, including Coinbase and Kraken, seeking information on their operations and more — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation into bitcoin exchanges today, his office announced.
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Fortune, CNBC, ZDNet, Bitcoin Magazine, SiliconANGLE, Coingeek, New York State Attorney …, CoinSpeaker, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Bitsonline, CNET, Engadget, NewsBTC, Business Insider, Motherboard, CoinDesk, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @cryptocurrfiles, @agschneiderman, @agschneiderman, @coindesk, @coindesk, @thestalwart, and @russellbrandom
| 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, Tech Times, InvestorPlace, BGR, Technology Personalized, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, and Fortune
Tweets: @tarunpathak and @tarunpathak
| 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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