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Twitter urges all users to change passwords after it found a bug that stored unmasked user passwords in an internal log; no indication of breach or misuse found — When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it.
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Sources: Facebook has been conducting market research to determine whether an ad-free subscription-based version would spur more people to join the network — - Internal debate whether users will pay to avoid advertisments — Data-privacy crisis forces company to seek to regain trust| Becky Quick / CNBC: |
Ahead of annual shareholders meeting, Berkshire Hathaway reveals it bought 75M shares of Apple, adding to the 165.3M shares it already owned at the end of 2017 — - In the first quarter, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought an astounding 75 million shares of Apple.
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Instagram confirms it has added a native payments feature to its app with a limited set of partners, letting users purchase items without leaving Instagram — Get ready to shop the 'Gram. Instagram just stealthily added a native payments feature to its app for some users.
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Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents — People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
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CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube now has 1.8B logged-in users each month, announces new content deals with Will Smith, Coachella, and more — Video site renews deals for ad-supported shows Demi Lovato, Kevin Hart, Slow Mo Guys — YouTube now has 1.8 billion logged-in users each month …
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Ubtech, a Shenzhen-based intelligent humanoid robots maker, raises $820M Series C led by Tencent, bringing the startup's valuation to about $5B — Shenzhen-based AI and humanoid robotic company Ubtech has secured $820 million in Some eries C funding round, our sister site TechNode Chinese is reporting …
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Sources: Facebook has an internal system nicknamed “Sauron alert” that notifies its employees when other employees access their accounts — 'We have had discussions about this very idea," a Facebook spokesman said when asked why users aren't flagged if an employee accesses their records| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Sources: Google plans to unveil new Google News design and app at I/O; new design has elements of the Newsstand app, YouTube, uses AMP tech on desktop, mobile — Google is revamping Google News with a new design that will incorporate elements of the Newsstand app and YouTube, according to people familiar with the plans.
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Alibaba's Q4 beats estimates with revenue of $9.9B, up 61% YoY, but profit was down to $1.1B from ~$1.55B a year ago — Alibaba is forecasting yet more growth for its business after it beat analyst forecasts with its fourth-quarter results. — Revenue came in at 61.9 billion RMB … | Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
Google Shopping found 5K fraudulent merchant accounts after Google exec paid a Vietnam-based seller, who appeared to be in the US, for a headset that never came — - A Google employee got scammed earlier this year, leading to a massive investigation of its Shopping site.| Sahil Patel / Digiday: |
Sources: Snap has ended its licensing fee agreement with publishers who chose it in 2016; all publishers will rely on ad revenue from Snapchat Discover — Snap is no longer paying licensing fees to publishers for their Snapchat Discover channels, leaving those publishers instead to live off advertising.| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed: |
GoDaddy takes down Richard Spencer's website altright.com, says it has “encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner” — “It is our determination that altright.com crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner," a GoDaddy spokesperson said.Sponsor Posts
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