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Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is exploring restrictions on who can go Live depending on factors such as prior Community Standard violations after Christchurch — Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg outlined three steps that the company is taking
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| Craig Lloyd / iFixit: |
A theory on Apple's AirPower: its overlapping multi-coil design worked in the lab but complying with FCC's rules for safe wireless emissions was too challenging — In a surprising turn of events, Apple has cancelled its long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing inability to meet its quality standards for the product — Apple has canceled the AirPower product completely, citing difficulty meeting its own standards. — “After much effort, we've concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project.
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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says around $13M in the EOS cryptocurrency has been stolen in a hack it suspects was an insider job — South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has had around $13 million in the EOS cryptocurrency stolen in a hack it suspects was an insider job.
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| Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times: |
A look at Facebook's growth team, set up in 2007 to pioneer techniques to lure in new users, that has now been charged to fix the company's “integrity” problems — If you joined Facebook at any time over the past decade, Alex Schultz probably had something to do with it.
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| Liz Lee / Counterpoint Research: |
Counterpoint: global wireless “hearables” market hit 12.5M units in Q4 2018, with AirPods at 60% market share, but low and mid-tier brands gaining — Apple was the market leader with its AirPods as premium models continued to dominate the market. However, mid-tier brands started to gain market share.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at the numbers behind Amazon's market reach in terms of dollar sales, revenue, units sold, number of visitors and users, and a snapshot of its history — In recent months, talk of regulating or even breaking up Amazon.com, Inc. has moved from the political fringes to the mainstream.| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Valve teases a VR headset called the Valve Index with a May 2019 release date; Valve previously partnered with HTC on the HTC Vive in 2016 — Months of barely contained rumors have now been confirmed. — Valve Corporation's long-rumored VR headset is finally real.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Report: a Facebook project called “Catalina”, which ended last year, explored shuttling SSDs filled with data to users in remote areas through bird-sized drones — The secretive codenamed ‘Catalina’ project was ended a year ago — Facebook has for years explored ways … | April Glaser / Slate: |
ISPs that block access to sites hosting the Christchurch shooting video set a worrisome precedent that ISPs may put up barriers between customers and content — Facebook and YouTube were right to delete the video shot by the New Zealand shooter. Internet providers were wrong to try to do it, too.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google accidentally posts information about Nest Hub Max, an unannounced 10" smart display with a built-in Nest camera, on Google Store's connected home page — A lot of Google products have “fallen off of a truck” in the last couple of years, leading to leaks ahead of official announcements.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise owner admits a breach of its PoS systems where 2M+ credit and debit card details may have been stolen — On Feb. 21, 2019, KrebsOnSecurity contacted Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo after discovering strong evidence … | Brian Feldman / New York Magazine: |
In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails to mention that YouTube gives users a heavily weighted single recommendation after each video via autoplay — There is perhaps no better pipeline to online radicalization, save for 4chan, than by watching videos on YouTube.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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