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Microsoft splits Windows & Devices Group; Rajesh Jha to lead Experiences & Devices, Scott Guthrie to lead Cloud + AI Platform, Harry Shum to lead AI + Research — Today, I'm announcing the formation of two new engineering teams to accelerate our innovation and better serve the needs …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Terry Myerson, VP of Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, is leaving as part of a company-wide reorg; Surface chief Panos Panay becomes chief product officer — Microsoft's latest company reorg includes some major changes to its Windows and Devices organization, including the departure of its current leader, Terry Myerson.
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Leaked 2016 memo from Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth says “all the work we do in growth is justified”, even if Facebook enables terrorism; Zuck says he disagreed — Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 11.3 with throttling controls, ARKit 1.5, Health Records, new Animoji, Business Chat for iMessage, more; watchOS 4.3 and tvOS 11.3 also out — Apple today released iOS 11.3, the twelfth official update to the iOS 11 operating system that first came out in September …
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| Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
Under Armour says ~150M MyFitnessPal accounts affected by a data breach in late February; data taken included usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords — Shares of Under Armour dropped 3.8 percent, before paring losses, after the active-wear company informed users of its online fitness and nutrition website of a data breach.
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple says it will update its site for managing Apple IDs to let users download a copy of their data, complying with EU's GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25 — Broad new privacy rules coming amid Facebook data scandal — Apple releases operating system updates with privacy screen
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Trump tweeted about Amazon amid reports of obsession with the firm, saying it pays “little or no taxes” and is putting “thousands of retailers out of business” — - Trump goes after Amazon in a tweet, saying the online retailer pays “little or no taxes to state & local governments.”
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook begins letting fact-checking partners review photos and videos and also lets them flag stories before being prompted — Facebook has begun letting partners fact check photos and videos beyond news articles, and proactively review stories before Facebook asks them.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite “Starlink” broadband network, requires SpaceX to launch and operate 50% of the space stations by March 29, 2024 — SpaceX has a green light from the FCC to launch a network of thousands of satellites blanketing the globe with broadband.
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| Matthew Lee / Associated Press: |
US wants all visa applicants, or ~15M people per year, to provide social media and other details; previously these details were only required from ~65K visitors — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames …
| Financial Times: |
Document reveals Facebook was informed in 2014 that Aleksandr Kogan's company's survey app could sell user data, which broke with Facebook's policy at the time — Facebook was informed that the app at the centre of a massive data leak could sell user data to third parties …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft to add Stocks and Geography data types to Excel, powered by Bing's knowledge graph, letting users embed rich data in their spreadsheets — Excel is the workhorse of many industries and if you love your spreadsheets, the following news will likely make you unreasonably happy … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Snap cuts about 100 employees from its advertising team, the final step in a restructuring process set in motion in Q4 — The reductions this time center on its ad division — Snap Inc. is cutting another set of employees, focusing this time on the advertising side of the business …
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