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Valve acquires Firewatch developer Campo Santo, which will be left intact as a team, weeks after CEO said Valve will return to “making and shipping games” — Dev team will continue to make its own games — Firewatch developer Campo Santo announced today that it's joining Valve.
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Tweets: @stopskeletons and @plante
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the many ways Google harvests user info via Gmail, apps on devices, its Analytics service, more; Google likely knows more about us than Facebook — Google gathers more personal data than Facebook does, by almost every measure—so why aren't we talking about it?
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Phys.org. Tweets: @bryanrbeal, @alxwinter, @benbajarin, @mattrosoff, @mattrosoff, @webinista, @jason_kint, @antoniogm, @antoniogm, @carnage4life, @alexandernl, and @wsj
| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
EarthNow comes out of stealth with backing from Bill Gates, Airbus, and SoftBank, plans to operate a satellite constellation providing real-time video of Earth — The latest spinout from Intellectual Ventures, EarthNow, says it's coming out of stealth mode with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates …
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Facebook: Allison Rae Hannigan. Tweets: @haniatabet, @ivinvents, @satsearchco, and @andonetech. Thanks:@toddbishop
| New York Times: |
How hate speech and misinformation spread on Facebook in developing countries like Sri Lanka, where reputable sources are scarce, leading to real-world violence — MEDAMAHANUWARA, Sri Lanka — Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house …
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Facebook: Rebecca Solnit. Tweets: @kylepope, @rcallimachi, @kenroth, @jeffgiesea, @zeynep, @nicoleperlroth, @anxiaostudio, @hautepop, @om, @indiaexplained, @brooklynmarie, @nytimes, @notjessewalker, @max_fisher, @timoreilly, @mattyglesias, @zeynep, and @miriamelder
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Photo-sharing and storage company SmugMug acquires Flickr from Oath, promises to revitalize and maintain Flickr as a standalone service — SAN FRANCISCO — Flickr has been snapped up by Silicon Valley photo-sharing and storage company SmugMug, USA TODAY has learned.
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Rob Pegoraro, Flickr Blog, Flickr Blog, Thurrott.com, Axios, SlashGear, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, Liliputing, Android Police, Business Insider, Firstpost, Digital Trends, The Verge, PiunikaWeb, Engadget, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Gizmodo, PetaPixel, GeekWire, Recode, VentureBeat, Silicon Valley Business …, Imaging Resource News Page, ReadWrite, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, and CNET
Facebook: Joel Robison. Tweets: @nolancaudill, @flyosity, @sachinrekhi, @blaine, @mat, @digiphile, @stewf, @elatable, @bonforte, @stewart, @ingridlunden, @pogue, @donmacaskill, @donmacaskill, @mat, @mat, @chriswelch, @jguynn, and @mat
| Symeon Brown / The Guardian: |
How Instagram influencers portray themselves as self-made wealthy traders to build up affiliate marketing schemes, often targeting teens — Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling? By Symeon Brown
Tweets: @randfish, @anabmap, @mattzarb, and @rationalhill
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Sources: DOJ has sent subpoenas to the top 4 US mobile carriers and GSMA association over alleged collusion to impede eSIM features for easier carrier switching — AT&T, Verizon at center of probe into whether major carriers are making it harder for subscribers to switch providers
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Tweets: @markgurman, @ceciliakang, @cnbcnow, @ceciliakang, @edbott, and @reckless
| Alexandra Lange / New Yorker: |
Profile of Susan Kare, designer of the classic Macintosh suite of icons, whose influential work lives on in modern art museums — Every fifteen minutes or so, as I wrote this story, I moved my cursor northward to click on the disk in the Microsoft Word toolbar that indicates “Save.”| Emilia Petrarca / The Cut: |
Two computer-generated Instagram influencers had an orchestrated feud where one “hacked” the other's account and “revealed” she was not a real person — If you need any further proof that we're living in The Matrix, here it is. — On Tuesday, the Instagram account …
Mozilla:
Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you're being tracked — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling their accounts. To help Firefox users have more control …
Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you're being tracked — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling their accounts. To help Firefox users have more control … Recent Sponsor Post
| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Profile of Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships; sources say she controls a $90M budget that will pay partners to make original news programs — It was another terrible day for Facebook and the company had dispatched Campbell Brown, its head of news partnerships, to do some damage control.| Reuters: |
Amazon India head Amit Agarwal expects groceries and consumables to be more than half of company's business in the country in the next five years — BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc expects groceries and household products to account for over half of its business in India in the next five years … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber details tech that uses GPS data and 3D maps to substantially improve the location accuracy in urban environments where traditional GPS is inaccurate — GPS can't see through tall buildings, so Uber set out to fix the problem using 3D maps, probability, and mathSponsor Posts
Microsoft:
Helping a groundswell of citizen scientists aid the environment — See how Microsoft's AI for Earth program is partnering with iNaturalist to help amateur and expert scientists share data.
Helping a groundswell of citizen scientists aid the environment — See how Microsoft's AI for Earth program is partnering with iNaturalist to help amateur and expert scientists share data.
eero:
eero: your first line of defense against security breaches. — Thanks to our automatic and regular software updates as well as a number of other security measures built into our devices and software …
eero: your first line of defense against security breaches. — Thanks to our automatic and regular software updates as well as a number of other security measures built into our devices and software …
Mozilla:
Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you're being tracked — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling their accounts.
Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you're being tracked — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling their accounts.
Zoho:
This Earth Day, go paperless with Zoho Forms — Whether selling socks or self-driving cars, if you're still using paper forms, you're not doing it right. Here are 6 reasons why you should go digital: — 1. Environmental impact
This Earth Day, go paperless with Zoho Forms — Whether selling socks or self-driving cars, if you're still using paper forms, you're not doing it right. Here are 6 reasons why you should go digital: — 1. Environmental impactWho's Hiring In Tech?
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Amazon India head Amit Agarwal expects groceries and consumables to be more than half of company's business in the country in the next five yearsFind
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Symeon Brown / The Guardian:
How Instagram influencers portray themselves as self-made wealthy traders to build up affiliate marketing schemes, often targeting teensFind
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the many ways Google harvests user info via Gmail, apps on devices, its Analytics service, more; Google likely knows more about us than FacebookFind
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Emilia Petrarca / The Cut:
Two computer-generated Instagram influencers had an orchestrated feud where one “hacked” the other's account and “revealed” she was not a real personFind
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber details tech that uses GPS data and 3D maps to substantially improve the location accuracy in urban environments where traditional GPS is inaccurateFind
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Alan Boyle / GeekWire:
EarthNow comes out of stealth with backing from Bill Gates, Airbus, and SoftBank, plans to operate a satellite constellation providing real-time video of EarthFind
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Alexandra Lange / New Yorker:
Profile of Susan Kare, designer of the classic Macintosh suite of icons, whose influential work lives on in modern art museumsFind
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