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Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over its military and AI work, and sexual harassment policies, is leaving the company — Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over the search giant's military work, artificial intelligence and policies, is leaving the company.
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While Twitter recently said it would add a notice for tweets from politicians that break its guidelines, it didn't flag Trump's racist tweets over the weekend — President Trump's attack this Sunday on four first-term congresswomen was widely viewed as one of the most racist he's ever produced.
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In the next Windows 10 update, expected to arrive in September, Microsoft will allow voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa to activate on the lock screen — New changes coming later this year — Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, which has been in testing since early this year, is rolling out globally starting today — Twitter's website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since …
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has serious concerns about Facebook's Libra, joining Trump and other officials including the Federal Reserve chairman — - Treasury Secretary says he has serious concerns about coin — Facebook executive says crypto won't launch without approvals
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Curve, a London-based mobile banking platform that consolidates all of a user's bank cards into a single card and app, raises $55M Series B at a $250M valuation — Curve, the London-based “over-the-top banking platform,” has raised $55 million in new funding.
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Feeling unwelcome to share opinions within Google, its conservative staffers have leaked internal info to generate pressure on Google from Republican lawmakers — On Jan. 16, Republican lawmakers turned on one of the world's biggest tech companies. — A month earlier, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told …
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Facebook introduces a scam ads reporting tool in the UK and donates £3M to Citizens Advice for Scams Action, a dedicated online anti-scam service — Social media firm to investigate users' complaints and take down violating posts — Fresh efforts to tackle scam adverts across Facebook …
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| Robert Lee Hotz / Wall Street Journal: |
The Apollo 11 guidance computer was the first digital general-purpose, multitasking, interactive portable computer, with about 145K lines of code — The moon landing was one of the most important moments in the history of computing, laying the foundations of much of our digital world
Tweets: @wsj and @waynesadin
| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Google says it will shut down AdSense's iOS and Android apps by the end of 2019 to focus instead on its mobile web interface — Google AdSense is the largest web advertising platform in existence, and it's what powers ads on almost every website out there.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Blackstone is acquiring mobile ad company Vungle, which says it's being used in 60,000 apps and serves 4B+ video views/month, for $750M, according to sources — Private equity giant Blackstone said it has agreed to acquire Vungle, a mobile video ad company.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Near, an AI-based platform that merges online and offline behavior to build anonymized user profiles, raises $100M Series C from Great Pacific Capital — One of the holy grails in the world of advertising and marketing has been finding a way to accurately capture and understand what consumers …
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Documents describe how WikiLeaks' Assange used London's Ecuadorian Embassy as a command center to orchestrate disclosures during the 2016 presidential election — Watch this story on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 6 p.m. ET and on Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m. ET.| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Researcher: software from RingCentral and Zhumu, which license Zoom's tech, is affected by the same flaw in Zoom that could give attackers access to Mac cameras — The fallout from Zoom's massive webcam vulnerability continues. In a report published today, security researcher Karan Lyons shows …
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