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Twitter says accounts that have not been logged into for six months leading up to Dec. 11 will be removed, likely freeing up a large number of usernames — No exact date for when usernames will be available — Twitter is sending out emails to owners of inactive accounts with a warning …
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Twitter should offer a way to memorialize dead people's accounts before removing accounts that have been inactive for over six months — Editor's note: Drew is a geek who first worked at AOL when he was 16 years old and went on to become a senior writer at TechCrunch.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook buys the VR studio behind Beat Saber, one of virtual reality's biggest titles with over 1M copies sold since May 2018 — Virtual reality doesn't have many hit games yet, but Facebook is buying the studio behind one of the platform's biggest titles.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone — Alexa is also getting a radio DJ-like voice — You might hear a little more emotion from Alexa's vaguely-robotic voice …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
HP Inc. beats with Q4 revenue of $15.41B, up 0.3% YoY, says its personal systems business, which includes PCs, contributed $10.43B in revenue, up 4% YoY — Enrique Lores speaks at the HP Media Day at the 70th Cannes Film Festival at Majestic Barierre on May 22, 2017, in Cannes, France.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Investigation reveals how easy it is to register a .gov domain using forged credentials; many top US cities have not secured their .gov domains — Many readers probably believe they can trust links and emails coming from U.S. federal government domain names, or else assume there are at least …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Outlook.com can now be installed as a Progressive Web App on Windows or macOS by using Chromium-based browsers — You can now install Outlook.com as an app — Microsoft is turning its Outlook.com and Outlook for the Web mail services into Progressive Web Apps (PWA).
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.
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Tweets: @drewharwell, @bewaterhkg, @mariamamini, @yaqiu, @woppa1woppa, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, and @sarahfrier
| Bloomberg: |
A look at SoftBank's controversial process of participating in multiple rounds to pump up a startup's valuation and how the WeWork debacle is changing that — In early 2018, the founders of Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group Ltd. flew to Tokyo to see billionaire investor Masayoshi Son.| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Facebook sued by NSO Group employees who claim their private Facebook and Instagram accounts were unfairly blocked after WhatsApp had sued NSO Group last month — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A group of employees from Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc on Tuesday …
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| Gartner: |
Global smartphones sales in Q3 fell 0.4% YoY as consumers sought better value; Samsung's marketshare surged to 20.4%, Huawei's to 17%, and Apple's fell to 10.5% — Huawei, Samsung, and OPPO Increased Market Share in the Third Quarter of 2019, While Apple and Xiaomi Share Declined
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| Frank Pasquale / Law and Political Economy: |
A look at the state of AI accountability research, which is focused not just on improving existing systems but also on whether such systems should ever be used — Over the past decade, algorithmic accountability has become an important concern for social scientists, computer scientists, journalists, and lawyers.
Tweets: @biancawylie, @evanselinger, @iajunwa, @biancawylie, @dorotheabaur, @hypervisible, @laurenebridges, and @algorithmwatch
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Leaked docs: Amazon's Ring was working on neighborhood “watch lists” and a feature to notify users of individuals deemed suspicious, built on facial recognition — Ring, Amazon's crimefighting surveillance camera division, has crafted plans to use facial recognition software …
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