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Facebook admits error in sending survey that asked how users would handle policy on adults asking kids for sexual images, says child grooming is prohibited — Social network admits survey asking whether it should permit adults to ask 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a mistake| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Netflix update lets parents set custom PINs for individual movies or shows and displays maturity level ratings at the moment of hitting play — Netflix today announced that it is updating its parental controls to create more detailed protection for young viewers.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Some VCs say travels outside the Bay Area, including to Midwest, have helped them see downsides of Silicon Valley, as SF faces high levels of outward migration — “Oh my god, this is so cute!” — Robin Li, an investor with the San Francisco venture capital firm GGV Capital …
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MoviePass CEO says its app tracks user locations before and after movies, which is not information currently disclosed in the company's privacy policy — Everyone knew the MoviePass deal is too good to be true — and as is so often the case these days, it turns out you're not the customer, you're the product.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's search app for iOS adds an extension for iMessage in US, a Safari share sheet option to see related content suggestions, and iPad drag and drop support — Google Search is now available within iMessage. In an effort to more deeply integrate Google's search engine on iOS devices …
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Google is selling US restaurant review guide Zagat, which it bought for $151M in 2011, to restaurant review company The Infatuation for an undisclosed sum — When Google agreed to buy Zagat for $151 million nearly seven years ago, the technology giant intended to bring the restaurant review empire into the digital age.
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Washington becomes first state to enact its own net neutrality protections as its bill is signed into law; 25+ states have introduced net neutrality bills — Internet providers will be required to treat all lawful content the same in Washington state under a landmark net neutrality law that just became official.
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| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Bumble updates policy to ban firearm images and will use ~5K moderators to remove gun-related content, won't censor images appearing in users' Instagram feeds — A few swipes into the popular dating app Bumble, and the diversity of interests is obvious: Users post photos of themselves swinging …
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Reddit on Russian propaganda: hundreds of accounts removed, few Russian ads were seen and are now disallowed, @TEN_GOP tweets amplified by “thousands” on Reddit — Reddit didn't find any Russian ads about the 2016 election, but there was plenty of non-ad content being shared.
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Microsoft says it will offer a new on-premises Azure service to government clients in mid-2018, a combined offering of Azure Stack and Azure Government — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Monday said it will soon make it possible for government clients to run its cloud technology …
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Sources: Apple is planning to launch high-end over-ear wireless headphones with noise canceling as early as the end of 2018 but has faced development challenges — Company is rapidly growing wearables and accessories segments — New headphones could potentially cannibalize some Beats sales
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Sources: Amazon is in talks with big banks including JPMorgan Chase about a checking-account-like product for those without bank accounts — Online giant wants to develop product that would appeal to younger customers and those without bank accounts. — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .46% is in talks …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Coinbase hires Emilie Choi, who did 40+ deals during her tenure as head of M&A at LinkedIn, as its VP of corporate and business development — A cryptocurrency company could do some fairly outside-the-box acquisitions. — Coinbase, the cryptocurrency trading platform … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
PA attorney general files lawsuit against Uber for waiting over 12 months to disclose the data breach from Oct 2016, which affected ~13,500 drivers in the state — Uber's got a new legal fight on its hands. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday filed a lawsuit against Uber …
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The Hill, OAG, SiliconANGLE, The Register, ZDNet, Recode, TechCrunch, Mashable, and Engadget. Thanks:@jeskillings
| Rachel Lerman / The Seattle Times: |
Microsoft's “boomerang employees”, former employees that return, have risen since Nadella became CEO from ~12% of all hires to 13%-16%, or about 2,200 people — The number of employees returning to Microsoft for a second job stint rose after Satya Nadella took over as CEO.
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Pentagon slashes $1B cloud computing contract awarded to an Amazon partner after facing increased industry criticism including a protest filed by Oracle to GAO — Faced with criticism over how it awarded a contract to move agencies to the cloud, the Pentagon on Monday slashed a deal awarded … Sponsor Posts
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