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Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 — - New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor — Samsung's and Huawei's problems could help Apple in long run| Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising — The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
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FOIA docs show Ring required Lakeland, FL, police to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free products and a portal for requesting footage — The Lakeland, Florida police department is required to “encourage adoption” of Ring products as part of a secret agreement with the company.| Washington Post: |
Current and former moderators in Manila describe how tech companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter outsource the trauma that comes with content moderation — Social media giants have tasked a workforce of contractors with reviewing suicides and massacres to decide if such content …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung says it has made “improvements” to protect the Galaxy Fold's screen and will release it in September, after delaying its April retail launch — New design improvements are meant to protect the fragile, flexible screen — Samsung has announced today that it has made …
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| Emily Birnbaum / The Hill: |
House passes bipartisan Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, requiring telcos to implement tech that verifies caller identity and increases FCC penalties — The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties …
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Amazon releases AWS Chatbot in beta, which integrates with Slack and Amazon Chime to alert users to AWS issues — Amazon Web Services' work-in-progress beta talks... but does not listen — Amazon Web Services' Chatbot, released in beta yesterday, will alert you to issues … | Pew Research Center: |
Study of YouTube channels with 250K+ subs in early 2019: a small share produce most of the content, kids videos do very well, and most videos aren't in English — An analysis of every video posted by high-subscriber channels in the first week of 2019 finds that children's content …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Analysis: following Trump's “social media summit”, 15 attendees critical of social networks for alleged censorship gained a combined 197,000 Twitter followers — After right-wing influencers and online provocateurs flocked to the White House earlier this month for a summit …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices — The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
eBay says it will launch Managed Delivery, its own fulfillment service, in the US next year with an aim to deliver packages in two to three days — Although it won't own its own warehouses — eBay has announced plans to launch its own fulfillment service called Managed Delivery …
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Report: 74% of gamers in the US have experienced some form of harassment with 65% experiencing severe harassment including physical threats and stalking — 74 percent of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment, according to a new report released today.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+ — A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition. The San Francisco-based company … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
SF-based Replicant raises $7M in seed funding, led by Atomic, for Thinking Machine, its AI-powered call center solution — Autonomous customer service agents are fast becoming the rule rather than the exception, and that's partly because consumers seem to prefer it that way.
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A profile of FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov, who says that the app has a paying customer base of roughly 1% after claiming the company is “very profitable” — He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Waymo and DeepMind say they are collaborating to develop better self-driving AI algorithms, using techniques inspired by evolutionary biology — Sussing out AI models capable of reliably guiding driverless cars requires endless amounts of testing and fine-tuning, typically, not to mention computational power out the wazoo.| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Google rolls out a new, AMP-powered Swipe to Visit feature for Google Images that lets users see a preview of the website header and swipe up to visit the page — Google wants to make it easier for users to search for content through Google Images. To do so, it's rolling out a new, AMP-powered Swipe to Visit feature.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find that cryptocurrency loan site YouHodler exposed 86M lines of records, including unencrypted names and credit card numbers, for almost a month — A cryptocurrency loan startup exposed reams of customer credit cards and user transactions for almost a month — because it forgot to protect the server with a password.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Tinder is rolling out Traveler Alert, which automatically hides profiles of LGBTQ+ users after they arrive in a country that criminalizes same-sex relationships — A new security feature rolling out on Tinder will help to protect LBGTQ+ users who travel to dozens of nations, which still criminalize same-sex acts or relationships.
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Tinder, The Next Web, The Verge, and MobileSyrup
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Poland-based crowdsourced homework helper Brainly says it now has 150M users in 35 markets, up 50% from 2018, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $68.5M — When it comes to turning the wheels of the internet, crowdsourcing is a key component of the engine: the power of people … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Ford's e-scooter rental startup Spin to launch in eight more cities in August, bringing it to 47 US markets in total, and wants to launch in 100 cities by 2020 — MOST READ — Amazon launches Prime Video VR for Oculus Go, Quest, and Gear VR — T-Mobile's $5 billion asset sale will make Dish a weak 4th place carrier
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Hippo, which uses sources like satellite imagery and smart home sensors to offer better home insurance policies, raises $100M Series D at a valuation of $1B — Hippo, a tech startup focused on the insurance market, has raised $100 million in new venture capital at a $1 billion valuation … Sponsor Posts
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