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Facebook releases first content moderation report: 583M fake accounts closed in Q1 2018, action taken on almost 1.5B accounts and 2.5M instances of hate speech — Firm's first quarterly moderation report also shows scale of spam, hate speech and violence — Facebook took moderation action …
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @dancow, @kantrowitz, @eff, @chris_skinner, @facebook, @nitashatiku, @nitashatiku, and @facebook
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter says it will use thousands of behavioral signals on accounts, not just content of individual tweets, when filtering search, replies, and recommendations — Act like a jerk, and Twitter will start limiting how often your tweets show up. — On Tuesday, Twitter announced a massive change …
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Tweets: @willoremus, @jack, @cwarzel, @willoremus, @kt_so_it_goes, @hannahkuchler, @twittersafety, @delbius, @josephfcox, @fabiochiusi, @yashar, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google finally adds support for ARCore on Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ — Augmented reality technology has gotten much more popular over the past couple of years, and with the arrival of ARCore, it's gotten a whole lot better on Android. Now, Samsung's latest flagships finally offer support.| Neer Varshney / The Next Web: |
HTC announces plans for Exodus, a “blockchain phone” with secure enclave and universal wallet for easier cryptocurrency trading and better DApp experience — HTC is developing a new Android phone that will be powered by blockchain technology. — The phone, named Exodus …
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Tweets: @karissabe, @backlon, and @ow
| Eric Geller / Politico: |
White House eliminates cyber coordinator role, meant to harmonize the government's cybersecurity policies, after Rob Joyce's exit, to “streamline authority” — The Trump administration has eliminated the White House's top cyber policy role, jettisoning a key position created during …
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New York Times, Cyberscoop, ZDNet, Engadget, Wired, CNET, TechCrunch, The Hill, Axios, Federal Computer Week, CNN, and Nextgov
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| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Huawei launches Honor 10 with 5.84" 19:9 LCD 2280×1080 display, Kirin 970 and dedicated NPU, and 24MP + 16MP dual-camera, available in Europe from €399 — In a world filled with rectangular blocks with displays, it takes a large effort to differentiate.| Shane Harris / Washington Post: |
Sources: US government identified a former CIA employee as a suspect in last year's Vault 7 leak of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal — The U.S. government has identified a suspect in the leak last year of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal …
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Tweets: @w7voa, @bubbaprog, @shaneharris, and @zackwhittaker
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Beam Dental raises $22.5M led by KPCB to offer better dental insurance plans for users of its connected toothbrush who share brushing data with the app — Alex Frommeyer comes from a family of dentists. Now, he has a start-up that sells dental insurance, but with a twist.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: DOJ and FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica and “associated US persons”, seeking info from former employees and banks that handled its business — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the F.B.I. are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the now-defunct political data firm …
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Tweets: @nickconfessore, @wendysiegelman, @nickconfessore, and @safarishane
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AT&T's DirecTV Now launches its cloud DVR, alongside a new tier with 100 hours of recording and 90 days of storage for $10/month more, adds more content, more — AT&T's over-the-top streaming service for cord cutters, DirecTV Now, is finally beginning to roll out its cloud DVR feature - a year and a half after its launch.
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| Dan Frommer / Recode: |
Circle raises another $110M in round led by Bitmain, pushing its valuation up to almost $3B, says it's launching USD Coin, a new product tied to US dollar value — The company is also launching a new “USD Coin” tied to the value of the U.S. dollar. — Circle, a cryptocurrency startup led …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Uber will no longer require arbitration for individual claims of sexual assault or harassment by riders, drivers, staff, but class action suits still disallowed — In a surprise move, Uber said on Tuesday it is changing its long-standing policy of mandatory arbitration to exempt employees …
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Boing Boing, New York Times, Uber Newsroom, Vanity Fair, Gothamist, Recode, Wired, Vox, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, USA Today, Gizmodo, International Business Times, The Hill, Slate, CNNMoney, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @susanthesquark, @aaschapiro, @sarahljaffe, @noamscheiber, @nytimesbusiness, and @mikeisaac
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp refreshes Groups to let admins more easily manage their Groups and users more quickly catch up on missed messages, to better take on Telegram — Facebook just installed its VP of Internet.org as the new head of WhatsApp after its CEO Jan Koum left the company.
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WhatsApp.com, CNET, Mashable, Adweek, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, MacRumors, Digital Trends, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Namely, an HR software startup that has raised ~$170M, fired CEO Matt Straz due to actions “inconsistent with that which is expected of Namely leadership” — Forbes Staff Covering venture capital, software and startups — Namely — Namely founder Matt Straz has been fired by the startup amid an investigation.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google partially rolls back autoplay-blocking update in Chrome 66 after it also disabled audio for many web-based games, urges developers to update before Oct — Google is partially and temporarily rolling back a recent Chrome change that blocked autoplaying audio, after web developers complained … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram app code reveals a Usage Insights dashboard that displays “time spent”, an emoji bar, and replies to comments from notifications — Instagram may be jumping into the time well spent movement, following the unveiling of Google's new time management controls last week.
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PiunikaWeb, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Journal, Ubergizmo, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tweetbot 3 for Mac arrives with a new look, a few new features like a combined Notifications view, and a tentative reprieve from Twitter's API deprecations — One of the more popular desktop clients for Twitter, Tweetbot, is today launching a completely rewritten version of its software, Tweetbot 3 for Mac.
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Mac App Store, The Verge, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Six Colors, iPhone Hacks, MacStories, Engadget, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @mgsiegler, @alexeheath, and @caseynewton
| Reuters: |
Mercari, a Japanese flea market app operator, filed for an IPO, plans to raise up to $1.1B at ~$3.3B valuation, will list on Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 19 — TOKYO (Reuters) - Flea market app operator Mercari Inc has received approval for an initial public offering in Tokyo that will raise …
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TechCrunch, The Japan News, Japan Times, and The Mainichi
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Youth Portal, a site to educate teens on how their data is being used and guidelines on how to post — There's probably an important gap in attention being paid at internet companies to young kids that are good targets for parental controls and older ones who are having …
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Facebook, Engadget, Adweek, CNET, Digital Trends, Mashable, The Verge, Gizmodo, Firstpost, Motherboard, and Fortune
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @mcwm, @mekosoff, @caseynewton, and @rrhoover
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Sources: on-demand scooter startup Lime is raising up to $500M following a $70M raise in February that brought its total funding to $130M+ — Lime, one of the startups filling sidewalks with electric scooters, is raising up to $500 million in new funding, possibly via a combination of equity and debt … Sponsor Posts
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