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Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment — Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
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44% of global smartphone and tablet activations from December 19-25 were iOS, same as last year, while 26% were Samsung devices, up 5% YoY — 2017 was another marquee year for smartphone sales and innovation with the introduction and evolution of manufacturers' flagship devices …
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Tweets: @ow, @stevesi, and @benbajarin
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram begins rolling out a Recommended For You section that highlights 3-5 posts liked by followed accounts — Instagram's feed will now show users recommended posts - a change that earlier this month was spotted while in testing, and has since quietly gone live.
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Instagram Help Center, Fone Arena, BGR India, PhoneDog.com, Firstpost, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Mashable, Android Central, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, The Verge, and Android and Me. Tweets: @ryanlawler
| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Source: Snap is developing a “Stories Everywhere” product, led by ex-News Corp. SVP, to make Stories available outside Snapchat, possibly through a web player — Snapchat is developing a new product called “Stories Everywhere” with a goal of making Snapchat Stories available outside … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Nintendo has told Switch developers it's delaying release of 64GB game cards from second half of 2018 to 2019, potentially limiting top-tier games — The company had expected to make the cards available in the second half of next year — TOKYO—Nintendo Co. told outside game developers …
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| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
San Jose-based Energous, which is developing wireless charging tech that works from three feet away, says the FCC has approved its product, set for debut at CES — Charging your mobile device wirelessly is certainly less of a hassle than plugging it in, but still requires the device …
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Energous Corporation …, Patently Apple, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Firstpost, Mashable, Droid Life, Android and Me, PhoneDog.com, Phandroid, Digital Trends, Silicon Valley Business …, International Business Times, Tom's Guide, Fortune, Android Central, BGR, TechSpot, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, SlashGear, Liliputing, and Fone Arena
Tweets: @rustybrick, @jowens510, and @pogue
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
CIRP: iPhone X accounted for ~30% of US iPhone sales during the first 30 days of availability while iPhone 8 and 8 Plus made up ~40% of sales in the same period — While Apple has yet to breakdown just how many iPhone X units it has sold so far, that hasn't stopped analysts from taking a stab at it.
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| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple and Amazon are in discussions to establish a presence in Saudia Arabia through new investments; Apple in talks for licensed Apple Stores in 2019 — RIYADH (Reuters) - Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters …
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9to5Mac, TheStreet, PhoneArena, Business Insider, Patently Apple, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @rshamekh
| Wall Street Journal: |
As Facebook expands content moderation, contract workers describe the job of vetting porn, racism, and violence: high turnover, $13-$28/hour in Bay Area, more — Social-media giants hire legions of contractors to hunt for pornography, racism and violence amid a torrent of posts and videos
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Business Insider and Gizmodo
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
LG and HERE announce partnership to create a telematics product aimed at autonomous vehicles — LG is looking at the rise of autonomous vehicle technologies as an opportunity to expand its electronics business, and it's now working with mapping provider HERE to put together a telematics product aimed …
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LG Newsroom, Engadget, Android Police, ZDNet, SlashGear, and Fone Arena
| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
How Helios and Matheson Analytics, which raised $60M to grow MoviePass, plans to make $9.95/mo service profitable using data from its rapidly growing user base — LOS ANGELES — As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu surge in popularity, movie theaters have been trying to compete … | Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Experts say Bitcoin's boom is a boon for extremist groups and some far-right leaders, with Bitcoin adoption gaining new urgency after Charlottesville rally — After Charlottesville's bloody Unite the Right rally in August, technology companies tightened rules against hate speech and banned …
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