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Sources: an employee told others Twitter doesn't block white supremacist content as aggressively as ISIS because the algorithm could ban some GOP politicians — A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
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Microsoft briefly passed a market cap of $1T, the third US company to do so after Apple and Amazon — Strong earnings push Microsoft toward a new milestone — Microsoft has become the third US company to pass a market cap of $1 trillion. The software giant passed the milestone after a jump …
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Verizon begins preorders for Samsung Galaxy S10 5G starting at $1,300 and names 20 cities that will get 5G in 2019 — Verizon's 5G rollout is spreading to more markets. And with the expansion comes the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G. — On Thursday, the largest wireless carrier …
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Snapchat announces a new Bitmoji For Games SDK that will let select game developers integrate 3D Bitmoji as a replacement for their character skins — Want your video game character to look just like you? Soon you'll be able to scan an in-game code with Snapchat to play …
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After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts — It hid listener data from creators, which they need to make their shows — Major creators are continuing to remove their shows from Luminary …
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Walmart opens a working concept store called IRL in Levittown, New York with interactive displays and AI-enabled cameras to monitor stock levels — Walmart this morning unveiled a new “store of the future” and test grounds for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled cameras and interactive displays.
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Amazon reports Q1 revenue of $59.7B, up 17% YoY, operating income of $4.4B, up from $1.9B in Q1 2018, and net income of $3.6B, up from $1.6B in Q1 2018 — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019.
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Nintendo misses analyst estimates of Switch sales with 17M units shipped in 2018 and 18M forecast for 2019, says no plans for new Switch at E3 this year — - Forecast for profit, Switch shipments below analyst estimates — President Furukawa says new hardware won't be unveiled at E3
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Canadian privacy regulator finds that Facebook committed serious breaches of local privacy laws due to its mishandling of users' personal info — Canadian regulators on Thursday found that Facebook committed “serious” breaches of local laws over its mishandling of users' personal information …
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As AWS launches more services based on open source projects, some devs say AWS poses an existential threat by lifting others' work and renting access to it — Community leaders say AWS increasingly poses an existential threat — March 11, a Vice President at Amazon Web Services …
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Source: Apple has cut its spending on AWS to around $370M in 2018 from $775M in 2017, in its bid to become self-sufficient in cloud operations — Apple has cut its spending on Amazon Web Services dramatically over the past year, to around $370 million in 2018 from $775 million in 2017 … | Eddie O'Neil / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook says it will no longer permit apps with minimal utility, such as personality quizzes, and will expire user permissions not used or accessed in 90 days — As part of our ongoing commitments to privacy and security, we are making updates to our platform.
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Google says it is changing how employees can report harassment and discrimination, publicly releases its policy on harassment and other workplace issues — Changes follow last year's walkout of workers — After pledging to make cultural changes following a mass walkout of employees last year …
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Synthesia, whose video synthesis tech with deep-fake techniques was used in a viral David Beckham ad campaign, raises $3.1M seed from Mark Cuban and others — The recent global campaign showing Malaria survivors speaking through David Beckham to help raise awareness around the Malaria Must Die initiative spooked a lot of people:
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Leaked documents show how Amazon automatically tracks and terminates warehouse workers for failing to meet productivity quotas — Amazon's fulfillment centers are the engine of the company — massive warehouses where workers track, pack, sort, and shuffle each order before sending it on its way to the buyer's door.
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Intel slightly beats with Q1 revenue of $16.1B, flat YoY, “data-centric” revenue down 5% YoY, and PC revenue up 4% YoY; stock down 8%+ after hours — Intel slightly beat Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter as the company reported earnings of 17 cents a share on revenue of $16.1 billion.
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Microsoft report: 41% of voice assistant users are concerned about trust, privacy, and passive listening; 52% worry their personal info or data is not secure — Forty-one percent of voice assistant users are concerned about trust, privacy and passive listening, according to a new report … | Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Child stars on Instagram and YouTube aren't being protected by child labor laws, which were designed to prevent exploitation by parents and employers — ‘Kidfluencers’ are earning millions on social media, but who owns that money? — They open boxes, play with toys, pull pranks and make slime.| BuzzFeed News: |
Despite reporting that it expects a $3B-$5B fine from the FTC, Facebook's stock is up ~7%, adding ~$40B to its market cap — Facebook will set aside $3 billion to cover expenses associated with a fine from the Federal Trade Commission over its privacy practices. All good here, say investors.
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