Techmeme: As part of GDPR compliance, Google updates its privacy policy for more clarity, improves controls to manage your data, adds more services under data portability (William Malcolm/The Keyword)

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Thuy Ong / The Verge:

Snap begins rolling out redesign to “majority” of iOS users that undoes some previous changes, like putting Snaps and Chats back in chronological order — It's currently rolling out to ‘the majority’ of iOS users — Snapchat says it is currently rolling out yet another redesign to its app to iOS users.

More: MacRumors, Android Authority, International Business Times, Cult of Mac, Engadget, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Vanity Fair

Rani Molla / Recode:

YouGov survey finds Snapchat brand's user sentiment declined 73% among US consumers aged 18-34 following redesign; satisfaction levels similarly declined — Their opinion of Snapchat's brand has taken a major hit. — Snapchat users have a much more negative view of the brand since Snap redesigned the app in January.

More: Washington Post, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Houston Chronicle, Vanity Fair, today.yougov.com, Mashable, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check

Tweets: @mekosoff, @ben_landy, @flyosity, and @vanityfair

William Malcolm / The Keyword:

As part of GDPR compliance, Google updates its privacy policy for more clarity, improves controls to manage your data, adds more services under data portability — Last year, we outlined Google's commitment to comply with Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) …

More: 9to5Mac, policies.google.com, Android Authority, Engadget, ZDNet, iMore, Mashable, The Verge, BetaNews, Search Engine Journal, and CNET

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Alex Heath / Cheddar:

Sources: Facebook is exploring creation of its own cryptocurrency to facilitate payments among its users, but the plans will likely take years to materialize — Facebook is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency, a virtual token that would allow its billions of users around the world …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, Slate, Engadget, CNET, Business Insider, Axios, Zero Hedge, Global Nerdy, CCN, CNBC, and Business Insider

Tweets: @kyletorpey, @brfreed, @sarahfrier, @kyletorpey, @mdudas, @hunterwalk, and @eringriffith

Jennifer Valentino-Devries / New York Times:

Securus Technologies, service provider to law enforcement, can locate any US phone in seconds, some say without proper vetting of requests — Thousands of jails and prisons across the United States use a company called Securus Technologies to provide and monitor calls to inmates.

More: Motherboard, Gizmodo, ZDNet, CNET, and American Civil Liberties Union

Tweets: @josephfcox, @callumj, @yashalevine, @timoreilly, and @ridt

Steven Musil / CNET:

Symantec shares plummet after company warns its annual report could be delayed by an internal investigation into unspecified concerns by board — Symantec shares plummeted roughly 20 percent on Thursday after the antivirus maker warned an internal investigation could delay its annual report.

More: Symantec Corporation, ZDNet, Cyberscoop, Fortune, Business Insider, CNBC, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @gossithedog

David Ruiz / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill, The Secure Data Act, which aims to block government from mandating encryption backdoors — This welcome piece of legislation reflects much of what the community of encryption researchers, scientists, developers, and advocates have explained for decades …

More: The Hill, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, 9to5Mac, Engadget, CNET, The Inquisitr, Android Police, Cyberscoop, Nextgov, and The Register. Tweets: @malwarejake

Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers:

Google's head of Android platform security says Google has started to include the requirements for security patching into its OEM agreements — At the annual Google I/O developer conference, the company holds several sessions about updates to the Android platform.

More: 9to5Google, CNET, Droid Life, Android Beat, AndroidGuys, Android Authority, and Android Central

Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg:

Companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet stopped mentioning overseas cash in quarterly reports after tax overhaul required them to pay tax on such holdings — - New law requires companies to pay taxes on money held abroad — Other corporations also drop mention of overseas holdings

Richard Nieva / CNET:

Google says it's designing features using Duplex voice assistant tech to have “disclosure built-in” and will “make sure the system is appropriately identified” — The search giant's lifelike AI will identify itself to callers. — Earlier this week …

More: Gizmodo, MIT Technology Review, iMore, PYMNTS.com, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Yourstory.com, BBC, BGR, ZDNet, SlashGear, Fortune, Android Central, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Mashable, IGN, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch

Tweets: @marcoarment, @ohmdee, @techledes, and @martinsfp. Thanks:@techledes

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

Google faces pushback after demoing its Duplex service, a voice-based assistant programmed to sound as human as possible, which many found uncanny

More: TechSpot, The Verge, New York Times, The Guardian, Firstpost, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Mashable, Washington Post, and BuzzFeed. Tweets: @bopinion

David Skok:

Interview with Google News VP Richard Gingras on data privacy, Google's internal culture and politics, criticism ahead of the GDPR, and rethinking journalism — The head of Google News discusses the news ecosystem, responds to GDPR criticism, and answers the question: Is Google really a child of the open web?

More: Nieman Lab

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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:

Facebook exec says company will build an API for machine-readable access to info on ads in political-ad archive, but researchers worry that may not be enough — Time and again, when facing criticism about Facebook's role in elections, the company's executives have promised to provide maximal transparency …

More: teamupturn.org. Tweets: @juliaangwin, @facebook, @yayitsrob, and @profcarroll

Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg:

Nvidia says it earned $289M from sales of its chips to cryptocurrency miners in Q1 of 2018, but expects crypto revenue to decline by two-thirds in Q2 — Nvidia Corp. revealed for the first time how much revenue it generated from chip sales to the cryptocurrency market — and said that figure will be much smaller in the second quarter.

More: TechSpot

Reuters:

Nvidia reports record quarterly revenue of $3.21B, up 66% YoY, with datacenter revenue of $701M, up 71% YoY, but missing expectations of $703M

More: Digital Trends, The Register, Investor's Business Daily, and NVIDIA Newsroom

Tweets: @jwangark and @patrickmoorhead

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