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Facebook to launch Community Actions, a News Feed petition feature for users to tag government agencies and officials and advocate for changes, on Monday — Gather a mob and Facebook will now let you make political demands. Tomorrow Facebook will encounter a slew of fresh complexities …
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WhatsApp is now globally limiting the forwarding of messages to five recipients, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumors” — JAKARTA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp (FB.O) messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five …
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Uber is hiring for a new Micromobility Robotics team to develop autonomous scooters and bikes that can drive themselves to reach customers and charging points — Uber is hiring engineers to develop electric scooters and bicycles which can drive themselves around cities in order to reach customers and charging points.
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Google fined €50M by French watchdog CNIL under GDPR for alleged lack of transparency, info, and consent about ads personalization in Android's onboarding flow — The CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, has issued its first GDPR fine of $57 million (€50 million).
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Spotify is testing a feature on iOS that will allow users to block any artist — Yes, it's finally happening. Spotify seems to be testing a new feature for its app that will allow users to block any artist on the platform. The block button is a much-requested feature from Spotify users …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Kaia Health, which makes apps that help manage chronic pain using AI and motion-tracking tech, raises $10M Series A — Chronic diseases affect the lives of millions of people around the world. Over 16 million adults in the U.S., for instance, have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
London-based MarketInvoice, an online invoicing platform, raises £26M Series B led by Barclays and Santander, and a £30M debt facility from Viola Credit — - MarketInvoice lets small-to-medium enterprises sell their unpaid invoices through an online platform to gain access to working capital loans.| Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal: |
Russia says it's taking “administrative action” against Facebook and Twitter, alleging it hasn't received details of their compliance with data-localization law — Social-media giants' servers for storing Russian's personal data must be located in Russia, says watchdog
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A Dutch surgeon formally disciplined for medical negligence wins legal action to remove Google results about her case in landmark “right to be forgotten” ruling — Ruling will ensure doctors will no longer be judged by Google on fitness to practise, lawyer says| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Video of a purported Google Pixel 3 Lite shows a phone with a plastic case, 3.5mm headphone jack, 5.56" 2220x1080 LCD display, and Snapdragon 670 CPU — It wouldn't be a new Pixel without a massive leak — At this point it may be a tradition that new Google phones show up in unboxing videos … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
A reporter, who was injured when her Grab car crashed in Singapore, set out to probe Grab's image as a sober and law-abiding startup but found no smoking gun — Singapore, like every big city, has been overrun with new car service apps. Is that a good thing? — On March 26, 2018, the news in my world was all about Grab.| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Google Maps rolls out ability to see user-reported speed traps via small camera icons, in North America, UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil, India, and Indonesia — Drivers will soon have an extra set of eyes on the road, courtesy of Google. — Google's navigation app, Google Maps …
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