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Job ads aimed at age groups on platforms including Facebook raise questions of age discrimination, prompt lawsuit; Amazon, LinkedIn change methods after query — This article was written through collaboration between The New York Times and ProPublica, the independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
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Facebook says aged-based targeting for employment is an accepted industry practice, disagrees with allegations that the ads are discriminatory — Our view on age-based targeting for employment ads — In the last year ProPublica has uncovered a number of different flaws in our advertising systems.
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Facebook to stop using “disputed” labels on false news, will show fact checks as Related Articles after tests proved the latter method resulted in fewer shares — Scrolling through News Feed, it can be hard to judge what stories are true or false.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing says it has raised $4B from undisclosed backers, which will be used for AI and international expansion — China's Didi Chuxing, the country's top ride-hailing company, said today that it has raised $4 billion in new capital to support a range …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple confirms Geekbench analysis that shows it manages power demands on iPhones with older batteries to avoid shutdowns, saying it added the feature last year — Because of a Reddit post and the loose interpretation of subsequent benchmark tests posted by Primate Labs' John Poole, the …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Mozilla releases Firefox for Fire TV, touts ability to launch popular video sites like YouTube amid Amazon-Google feud over YouTube access on Amazon's devices — An alternative workaround to the Amazon-Google feud — Amid Amazon and Google's bitter and self-defeating feud over the right …
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| Miranda Green / CNN: |
US government says two Romanian hackers operating outside the US infiltrated 65% of the outdoor surveillance cameras operated by Washington DC police in January — Washington (CNN)Two Romanian hackers infiltrated nearly two-thirds of the outdoor surveillance cameras in Washington, DC … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter now lets users set up third-party apps, such as 1Password or Authy, for two-factor authentication as an alternative to SMS — Twitter has announced an important change to how it handles two-factor authentication for new logins on its service. Twitter now lets you use third-party apps …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates rules to let small businesses use template-based apps under certain conditions, will waive dev fee in 2018 for government and nonprofit apps in US — Apple today announced it's amending the App Store guideline that banned apps created using templates and other app generation services.| Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post: |
Plan to vote on bill for long-term reauthorization of key NSA surveillance program loses support from House Republicans — House Republicans have abandoned plans to vote on a long-term reauthorization of a powerful government authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SendBird, which offers an SDK and API to help apps and websites add chat and messaging features, raises $16M Series A led by Shasta Ventures and August Capital — SendBird, a company that provides the infrastructure for developers to build messaging and chat services into their apps …
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| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Amazon says Music storage subscription service, which let users upload their own music, to be retired on Jan. 15; uploaded music will remain until Jan. 2019 — Amazon is planning to retire its Music storage subscription service, the plan that enabled Amazon customers to upload their own music to the company's servers.Sponsor Posts
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5 common accounting mistakes — This is a guest post by Yaali Bizappln Solutions. A lot of businesses manage their customers and finances on separate platforms. This disconnect often leads to missed invoices …
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