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Intel tells customers to stop deploying buggy Spectre/Meltdown patch, as it resulted in “higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior” — More problems from the massive processor vulnerability — Intel has a patching problem.
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| Samidh Chakrabarti / Facebook: |
Facebook says social media has mixed effect on democracies: it gives many a voice but paves way for false news, foreign interference, echo chambers, harassment — Around the world, social media is making it easier for people to have a voice in government — to discuss issues, organize around causes, and hold leaders accountable.
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| Rupert Murdoch / News Corp: |
Rupert Murdoch suggests Facebook pay carriage fees similar to the cable TV model to recognize trusted publishers — News Corp today issued the following statement from Executive Chairman, Rupert Murdoch: — “Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms …
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| Melinda Newman / Billboard: |
Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a dashboard to provide musicians with insights into their fans' listening and purchasing habits, currently in beta — Today Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a dashboard designed to provide acts with hundreds of data points giving deep analytical insight …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix beats in Q4 with 8.3M new worldwide subs, vs 5M est., and almost 2M in US, vs 1.28M est.; revenue of $3.29B meets expectations; stock up 8%+ after hours — Netflix reeled in 8.3 million new streaming subscribers — including almost 2 million in the U.S. — handily beating Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter of 2017.| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Facebook to spend €10M expanding its French AI center, doubling Paris-based team to 60, and will also open digital training centers in Spain, Poland, and Italy — Facebook will double the number of scientists working on artificial intelligence (AI) research at its Paris base to 60, the company has announced.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will launch AI research center in France, expand its office there, and debut new Google Hubs with local partners to teach digital literacy skills — Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a blog post about Google's investments in France. There are three different pieces of news in this announcement.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft reveals new Windows 10 laptops for schools starting at $189 to challenge Chromebooks, announces chemistry-focused Minecraft: Education Edition update — When it comes to the lucrative education market, Microsoft doesn't want to be left behind — especially when that Google's Chromebooks are increasingly popular with schools.
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| Harper Neidig / The Hill: |
Montana governor signs executive order barring data discrimination, the first such attempt by any state governor to uphold net neutrality since FCC repeal — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order on Monday requiring internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principles.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: YouTube Live has ~300,000 subs, and Hulu's Live TV service has ~450,000; both services trail DirecTV Now and Dish Sling, which have millions of subs — - Hulu and YouTube both launched live TV services last year, in an effort to take on cable channels.| Anna Irrera / Reuters: |
Study of 372+ ICOs shows that ~$400M of the total $3.7B funds raised to date have been stolen, with phishing as the most widely used hacking technique — NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 10 percent of funds raised through “initial coin offerings” are lost or stolen in hacker attacks …
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How scammers are getting rich using social media, scam news sites, and private pump and dump group chats to spread false information about cryptocurrencies — In the largely unregulated world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, fraudsters are getting rich by deliberately spreading false information … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber Eats acquires New York-based Ando, the food delivery startup from David Chang that makes its own food — As food delivery hopefuls like Deliveroo and Amazon get more involved in the making of food themselves, Uber's food delivery branch Uber Eats has made an acquisition that could see the company …
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