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Jeff Bezos' security chief says his investigation concluded with high confidence that Saudi Arabia “had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information” — The National Enquirer's lawyer tried to get me to say there was no hacking. — For 40 years, I've advised …
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| Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post: |
Mark Zuckerberg calls for global regulations in four areas: policing harmful content, election integrity, a GDPR-like privacy framework, and data portability — Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook. — Technology is a major part of our lives, and companies such as Facebook have immense responsibilities.
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| TechCrunch: |
Zuckerberg's op-ed on regulations rings somewhat hollow because Facebook can already make plenty of improvements in the areas mentioned without government help — It's been a busy day for Facebook exec op-eds. Earlier this morning, Sheryl Sandberg broke the site's silence around the Christchurch massacre … | Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
Rakuten's stake in Lyft is now worth $2.46B, GM's $1.46B, Fidelity's $1.45B, a16z's $1.18B, Alphabet's $924M, Logan Green's $655M, and John Zimmer's $452M — Lyft might not be making any money, but its investors and executives certainly are. — Shares of Lyft Inc. gained 8.7% on their first-ever …
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| Facebook: |
Facebook announces “Why am I seeing this post?”, a feature to help users better understand and control what is seen from friends, Pages, and Groups in News Feed — News Feed is always personalized to you — and starting today you'll have even more information and control over your experience.
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| Alex W. Palmer / Wired: |
A behind-the-scenes account of how a member of TripAdvisor's anti-fraud team helped the FCC track down a Florida man accused of making 96M+ illegal robocalls — BRAD YOUNG, A lawyer at TripAdvisor, arrived at the company's offices in Needham, Massachusetts, on October 12, 2015 …
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Fortnite's Creative mode, where players build together instead of battling, has attracted 100M players since its December launch — - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that the company has big plans for “Fortnite,” which it sees “evolving beyond being a game.”
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Equifax and FICO launch Data Decision Cloud, combining data behind their consumer credit scores for a new offering for financial companies and marketers — By combining data pools and platforms, the companies hope to find more insights, build better predictive models and manage customer experiences better.
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Exchanging Instagram handles rather than phone numbers is becoming a popular and default way to connect with new friends, dates, or business contacts — When Chris Rackliffe, a motivational speaker in New York, met a potential friend at a bar last weekend, it never occurred to him to exchange phone numbers.
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
DappRadar: only 28% of active dapp users were on Ethereum blockchain as of January, losing major ground to Tron and EOS, which now leads with 48% of dapp users — - EOS, Tron surpass Ethereum in popularity with many developers — Some startups are now issuing tokens on competing networksSponsor Posts
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