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A look at IGTV's struggles and slow growth two months after launch as Instagram and content creators try to figure out how to make the longer video format work — ‘Everything great starts small,’ says CEO — Instagram has never truly failed at anything, but judging by modest initial view counts … | Javier E. David / CNBC: |
In a blog post, Elon Musk says that he has informed the board that he now believes Tesla should stay public and the board indicated that they agree — - “Although the majority of shareholders I spoke to said they would remain with Tesla if we went private, the sentiment, in a nutshell, was “please don't do this,” Musk said.
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Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone — The exact problem we expected to happen, happened. — Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered … | Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
An overview of obstacles Alphabet is facing in its efforts to establish a presence in China in search, smartphones, autonomous cars, and more — BEIJING — Google has faced sharp criticism, including from its own employees, for its efforts to rebuild an internet search presence in China …
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Researchers find flaw allowing hackers to brute force T-Mobile account PINs, likely via T-Mobile's faulty API, after initiating purchase on Apple's online store — Mobile account PINs intended to protect T-Mobile and AT&T customers' accounts were exposed by two security vulnerabilities.
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Chinese province suspends Didi's service after a driver allegedly raped and killed a carpooling passenger, the second such incident in 2018 — BEIJING (Reuters) - A ride-sharing passenger in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was raped and killed, allegedly by a driver …
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Sources detail a $100M+ Ukraine-based hacking scheme that stole press releases from three US newswires for insider trading over a period of at least five years — At a Kiev nightclub in the spring of 2012, 24-year-old Ivan Turchynov made a fateful drunken boast to some fellow hackers.
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WeChat and Alipay ban cryptocurrency-related transactions on their payment platforms — Chinese mobile payment platforms WeChat Pay and Alipay are scrambling to keep up with regulators after recent announcements regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies.
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The YouTube stream for the Logan Paul vs. KSI fight had ~773K viewers, at $10/view, but 1M+ people watched unofficial streams of the fight on Twitch at its peak — Most people didn't pay for the biggest event on YouTube — After months of hype, YouTube superstars Logan Paul … | Matt Binder / Mashable: |
YouTube will roll out the ability to enable non-skippable ads, up to a maximum length of 20 seconds, to all creators in its Partner Program starting next week — You might soon be seeing less of that “skip ad” button over on YouTube. — In a video titled Want to earn more money from ad revenue? … | Jingjing Jiang / Pew Research Center: |
Survey: more than 50% of US teens say they are trying to reduce phone, social media, and video game use; 57% of parents say they restrict children's screen time — 54% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones, and two-thirds of parents express concern over their teen's screen time.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
FireEye: Iran-linked propaganda campaign unearthed on Facebook, Twitter, and Google was mostly about promoting Iranian interests rather than dividing US voters — THEY SET UP phony news sites with stories ripped from other sources, backing up their state-sponsored agenda.
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