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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's building a Clear History feature to let users stop Facebook-collected browsing history and app usage from being associated with their account — It's arguably the company's biggest update since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. — Facebook users will soon be able …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook announces dating feature for its app that will recommend matches and let users create a separate dating profile, with testing to begin later this year — The world's largest social network is adding dating app features — Facebook is adding a dating layer to its main mobile app …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces updates to Messenger: chat translations, slowly rolling out starting with English/Spanish; AR features in closed beta; and a simplified UI — Facebook could use more evidence that it brings the world together rather than tearing it apart.| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
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| Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Signal says Amazon has warned the company to stop using the anti-censorship domain-fronting technique if it wants to continue using AWS — Telegram has been putting up an impressive fight against the governments of Russia and Iran in high-profile efforts to censor the messaging service over the last few weeks.
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| Apple: |
Apple Q2: revenue of $61.1B, up 16% YoY, as iPhone sales rise 3% YoY to 52.3M, iPad sales rise 2% YoY to 9.1M, Mac sales fall 3% YoY to 4.08M; stock up 3%+ — Revenue Grows 16 Percent and EPS Grows 30 Percent to New March Quarter Records — New $100 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization Announced, Dividend Raised by 16 Percent
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Ben Smith / BuzzFeed: |
Zuckerberg says Facebook is already ranking news organizations based on trust, will invest billions to fight fake news, remains committed to WhatsApp encryption — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based … | Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Zuckerberg says Facebook is going to lose money on running political ads during 2018 election cycle because it is hiring “thousands” of moderators to review ads — It's hiring thousands of people to avoid a repeat of 2016, says Mark Zuckerberg.| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces new Instagram features, including a redesigned Explore page and video chat — The Explore tab will also feature more topics — Instagram is rolling out a host of new features today, including video chat and a redesigned Explore page.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nokia to sell its digital health division to Eric Carreel, cofounder of Withings, which Nokia acquired for €170M in 2016; deal expected to close late Q2 2018 — Nokia's unsuccessful foray into digital health hardware and services looks like it is finally coming to an end.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Review of Oculus Go, which launches today: works without a phone or computer, solid hardware, $199 price is reasonable, but ecosystem is lacking and looks bulky — Oculus' first portable all-in-one VR headset is good, but not great — For the past few years, consumer virtual reality headsets …
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| Giovanni Buttarelli / European Data Protection …: |
Ahead of GDPR, EU data watchdog says internet platforms that collect user data are like “sweatshops” exploiting users in exchange for so called “free” services — The digital information ecosystem farms people for their attention, ideas and data in exchange for so called ‘free’ services.
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Wired, The Guardian, and The Hill
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| Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker: |
Behind the debate on whether the CFAA should be amended to allow private companies and citizens that are victims of cybercrimes to “hack back” — American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without breaking the law?
Tweets: @hatr, @ericgeller, and @malwaretechblog
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google is launching .app domains, the first top-level domains secured with built-in HTTPS, to its Early Access Program on May 7 and to all on May 8 — Over three years after Google paid $25 million to gain the exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level domain, the company …
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| Snap Inc.: |
Snap reports Q1 net loss of $386M, as average revenue per user rose 34% YoY to $1.21 but was down 21% QoQ — VENICE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Manish Singh / The Outline: |
Facebook has quietly ended its Free Basics program in more than six nations and territories in recent months including Myanmar and Latin American markets — Facebook enabled ethnic-cleansing-related hate speech in Myanmar; many died and thousands fled. Rather than take responsibility, it's turning away.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Overcast 4.2 released with enhanced privacy that encourages anonymous accounts at login and removes automatic loading of remote ad-tracking images by default — Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas: — Anonymous sync by default — Overcast has offered anonymous sync accounts since 2014.
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mjtsai.com, The Sweet Setup, The Brooks Review, and Pixel Envy
| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Steve Ballmer says he sold his stake in Twitter because he no longer wants to be an investor; Ballmer bought a 4% stake in October 2015 — Former Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said he sold his entire stake in Twitter Inc. because he no longer wants to focus on being an investor and the price was attractive.| Erin Griffith / Wired: |
Pandora study finds that too many ads can push users to subscribe, but not enough to compensate for lost ad revenue from those listening less due to more ads — AT BEST, ADVERTISING is something people tolerate while consuming media. At worst, it's a turnoff.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Cisco acquiring Accompany, which uses artificial intelligence to build databases of people and relationships at companies, for $270M in cash and stock — Cisco just announced an agreement to acquire Accompany, which uses artificial intelligence to build databases of people and relationships at companies.
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