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After unease from staff, Google lays out seven principles for AI use and says it won't use AI in cases that cause “overall harm” like weapons or surveillance — - CEO releases AI principles after Project Maven employee revolt — Ethics charter forbids surveillance in some situations
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A Facebook bug set sharing settings of 14M users to public from May 18-27; Facebook has now restored users' former settings and will notify them starting today — Facebook has another privacy screw-up on its hands. A bug in May accidentally changed the suggested privacy setting …
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Instagram now lets Android and iOS users with public accounts instantly repost stories that they're mentioned in to their own story — Instagram has announced a slight change to Stories. Now, when someone mentions you in their story, you'll have the option to instantly repost it, adding the photo or video to your own story.
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says US has struck a deal with ZTE, including a $1B penalty and a US-chosen compliance team to be embedded at ZTE — - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the U.S. has struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end crippling American sanctions.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn debuts Your Commute, which lets job-seekers who save their location preferences check the commute times to potential employers, on its mobile app — LinkedIn, the social media site that's aimed at people looking to network or otherwise change up their career prospects, is taking a plunge into location-based services.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Fire TV Cube, an Alexa-powered set-top box, available to preorder today and shipping June 21 for $119.99 — It's been almost four years since Amazon first introduced the Echo smart speaker and its virtual assistant Alexa. It's also been just over four years since …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US lawmakers are scrutinizing Google's Android partnership with Huawei and plan to publicly criticize Google for it — Silicon Valley giant drawn into Washington's escalating digital cold war with Beijing — Members of Congress have begun scrutinizing Google's relationship …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
TCL announces BlackBerry Key2 with 4.5-inch display, keyboard with customizable shortcut key, Snapdragon 660, and two 12MP rear cameras for $649 — Chinese electronics company TCL today announced the BlackBerry Key2, priced at $649 USD, $829 CAD, €649, and £579.
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Tweets: @mcwm, @bbmobile, @daniel_rubino, and @epro
| Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Amazon buys rights to exclusively livestream 20 Premier League football matches per season for three seasons starting from 2019 — US online retailer will exclusively livestream 20 matches per season from 2019 — Amazon has broken Sky and BT's stranglehold on Premier League football …
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Tweets: @cg_williams, @m4tt, @pkafka, and @neilcharles_uk
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft redesigns its app for the first time in three years to emphasize shared rides and public transport, available to everyone by the end of June — ‘This is to put shared rides front and center’ — Lyft's app for riders is getting a fresh new look, with a greater emphasis put on shared rides and public transportation.
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| Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat: |
Facebook launches fb.gg, a portal where users can browse gaming livestreams, and gives emerging streamers access to monetization tools with Level Up program — Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Rakuten to acquire Curbside, a startup whose app enables purchase pick up at local retailers without exiting their car, in cash for an undisclosed amount — Tokyo-headquartered Rakuten, Japan's answer to Amazon, is acquiring the Silicon Valley mobile ordering and pickup startup Curbside, the companies announced today.| Brian Crecente / Variety: |
A look at the current state of game streaming, with Ubisoft CEO saying that the next console generation will be the last as game streaming renders them obsolete — Some believe that the dedicated game console is an increasing hindrance to the growth of the gaming population and the works created for them.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Panda, an app letting users send 10-second videos with AR effects based on spoken words, launches on iOS, has raised $850K from Social Capital and others — Panda has built the next silly social feature Snapchat and Instagram will want to steal. Today the startup launches its video messaging app …
Tweets: @joshconstine
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