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Amazon blocks marketplace sellers from using FedEx Ground for Prime shipments indefinitely over FedEx's “delivery performance” — Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into the final holiday push — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .47% is blocking its third-party sellers …
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Microsoft opens up the Microsoft Edge Addons store for submissions ahead of Chromium Edge's launch; existing Chromium extensions to be migrated automatically — Developers can now submit to the Microsoft Edge Addons Store, with existing Chromium extensions migrated automatically.
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| Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft's support doc says the Chromium-based Edge will be automatically rolled out to PCs running Windows 10 April 2018 Update or newer starting January 15 — At Microsoft's Ignite 2019 conference, the company announced the general availability date for its new Edge web browser.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Some contractors at Google's Austin content moderation facility describe being overworked and suffering severe mental health consequences after just six months — These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its fact checking efforts by hiding false content behind warnings, except for politicians, and removing it from Explore and hashtag pages — Instagram is giving politicians the same free reign to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook.
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Instagram will preemptively flag potentially offensive captions, in addition to comments, aiming to nudge users to reconsider their words without censoring them — Earlier this year, Instagram launched a feature that would flag potentially offensive comments before they're posted.
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| Adithya Venkatraman / App Annie: |
Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram were the most downloaded apps worldwide of this decade — Mobile Has Been at the Heart of Major Changes in Consumer Behaviour This Decade Throughout the 2010s we have seen our world transform. We can now rent other people's homes instead …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
ICANN says it will review PIR's sale of .org to Ethos Capital to decide if it should be allowed; notes it has 30 days to provide or withhold its consent — ICANN asks questions about new owner, will have 30 days to make decision. — ICANN is reviewing the pending sale of the .org domain manager …
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| Can Sezer / Reuters: |
New Android phones sold in the Turkish market will not have Google services, until the company resolves a dispute with Turkey's competition authority — ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Google has told its Turkish business partners it will not be able to work with them on new Android phones to be released in Turkey … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches Alexa Knowledge Skills in preview, a new skill type that organizations can use to create internal FAQs, glossaries, and more without coding — In yet another step toward the enterprise side of the burgeoning conversational intelligence segment, Amazon today launched Alexa Knowledge Skills … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Survey: 50% of companies integrating AI into their workflows spend between 8 and 90 days deploying a single machine learning model, with 18% taking even longer — Incorporating AI and machine learning technologies into everyday workflows isn't as easy as the testimonials would have you believe.
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| Karl Freund / Forbes: |
Intel acquires Israel-based AI chip maker Habana Labs for $2B — In a strategic move in its datacenter AI plans, Intel has announced that it will acquire Israeli chip startup Habana Labs for $2B. Intel had reaffirmed its plans to deliver its Nervana chips as recently as last month … Sponsor Posts
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