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European Parliament approves the Copyright Directive, a controversial law that includes Article 11, dubbed the “link tax”, and Article 13, the “upload filter” — Article 11 and Article 13 both approved by European politicians — The European Union has given …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google officially launches AMP for Email on Gmail and says support is coming for other major email providers like Yahoo Mail, Outlook, and mail.ru — Google today officially launched AMP for Email, its effort to turn emails from static documents into dynamic, web page-like experiences.
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Google announces an Advanced Technology External Advisory Council to consider ethical issues around AI like facial recognition and fairness in machine learning — Last June we announced Google's AI Principles, an ethical charter to guide the responsible development and use of AI in our research and products.
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| Max Willens / Digiday: |
Profile of Peter Stern, who has led business operations for Apple's services division, which now includes Apple TV+ and Apple News+, for the past year — Peter Stern joined Apple at a moment when its relationships with entertainment companies and publishers were at a low point.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FTC launches a broad inquiry into privacy practices of ISPs, orders seven ISPs including AT&T and Verizon to provide nonpublic info about handling consumer data — The commission wants to know what data your ISP is collecting about you — The Federal Trade Commission today announced …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Apple News+ could accelerate the demise of news outlets by decimating their revenue and disrupting publishers' relationships with readers — At the mercy of a new algorithm — Apple doesn't care about news, it cares about recurring revenue. That's why publishers are crazy to jump into bed with Apple News+.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Caroline Haskins / Motherboard: |
ASUS confirms its software update tool has been targeted by Advanced Persistent Threat attacks, releases tool to identify “small number” of affected devices — A press release released by ASUS this morning confirms Motherboard's reporting. — Yesterday, Motherboard revealed …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
BBC pulls podcasts from Google Podcasts and Assistant, blaming Google for not providing enough audience data and sending podcast user searches to its own app — It says Google isn't providing enough audience data — The BBC has removed its podcasts from the Google Podcasts app …
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| Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic: |
Airbnb says it's cracking down on hosts who record guests, but four guests who found cameras in their rentals say Airbnb is inconsistent in enforcing its rules — When Max Vest shook hands with the host of his Miami Airbnb back in January, the man introduced himself as Ralph—even though …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
US trade judge finds that Apple infringes a Qualcomm patent, says she will be recommending an import ban on some iPhones — - Qualcomm is seeking leverage in Apple patent-royalty fight — Two cases are before trade agency; Second decision due later — Apple Inc. infringes …
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Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Source: Google CEO Sundar Pichai to meet with General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after Dunford criticized Google's AI work in China — - CEO Pichai set to meet General Dunford on Wednesday in DC — Military chief has criticized big tech for helping China
Tweets: @alistairmbarr and @next_china
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook rolls out “Whitehat Settings” to help security researchers analyze network traffic in its Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Android apps — New “Whitehat Settings” option available in Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Android apps. — Facebook made a significant concession … | New York Times: |
A look at Robotics at Google, the company's latest robotics program that brings machine learning to robots simpler than Boston Dynamics' machines — In 2013, the company started an ambitious, flashy effort to create robots. Now, its goals are more modest, but the technology is subtly more advanced.| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Uber brings Ride Pass, its $14.99+/month service that locks in a flat fee for UberX and UberPool trips, to 20 more US cities, up from five at its October launch — Popular ride-sharing service Uber has expanded its Ride Pass into 20 more cities, the company has announced …
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| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Google Podcasts is auto-transcribing podcast episodes and using those transcripts as metadata to help listeners search for shows — Google Podcasts is now automatically generating transcripts of episodes and is using them as metadata to help listeners search for shows, even if they don't know the title or when it was published.
Tweets: @tomaxwell and @backlon
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU shuns US calls to ban Huawei, asking member states to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of 2019 — STRASBOURG (Reuters) - EU nations will be required to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of the year …
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EU Press Room, South China Morning Post, The Verge, The Register, CyberScoop, Thurrott, and TechCrunch
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly ends the option of funding Apple Pay Cash balances from credit cards, now allows instant transfers from Apple Pay Cash balance to Visa debit cards — Apple has quietly ended the the option of funding Apple Pay Cash balances from a credit card.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
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