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After unease from staff, Google lays out seven principles for AI use and says it won't use AI in cases that cause “overall harm” like weapons or surveillance — - CEO releases AI principles after Project Maven employee revolt — Ethics charter forbids surveillance in some situations
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A Facebook bug set sharing settings of 14M users to public from May 18-27; Facebook has now restored users' former settings and will notify them starting today — Facebook has another privacy screw-up on its hands. A bug in May accidentally changed the suggested privacy setting …
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Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix appeared before UK Parliament on Wednesday, responding to questions with denials, defiance, and thinly veiled anger — The disgraced tech maven appeared before U.K. Parliament on Wednesday. It did not go well.
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Yahoo will shut down Yahoo Messenger on July 17, marking the end of an era since it debuted as Yahoo Pager back in 1998 — It's the end of an era for Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging apps on the market. Today, Oath (which also owns TechCrunch) announced that it would be winding … | Verizon Communications Inc.: |
Verizon names CTO Hans Vestberg CEO effective August 1, 2018, replacing current CEO Lowell McAdam — Hans Vestberg, Executive Vice President and President of Global Networks and Chief Technology Officer, named CEO, effective August 1, 2018 — Lowell McAdam to serve as Executive Chairman …
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China's Ant Financial raises $14B in latest funding round, including a US dollar tranche backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, Warburg Pincus, others — - Ant has been said valued at $150 billion in latest round — Funding includes U.S. dollar, yuan denominated tranches
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Uber and Lyft have submitted applications for San Francisco's upcoming pilot program for electric scooters — Uber wants to get into the scooter business in San Francisco and is submitting an application for the city's upcoming pilot program, the company confirmed to Axios on Thursday.
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Facebook launches fb.gg, a portal where users can browse gaming livestreams, and gives emerging streamers access to monetization tools with Level Up program — Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform.
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Foxconn Industrial Internet stock rose 44%, conferring a market value of more than $61B in its Shanghai debut — - The Hon Hai unit surges by the 44% limit for debutantes — Foxconn Industrial embodies Gou's longer term ambitions — Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. soared in its Shanghai debut …
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Instagram now lets Android and iOS users with public accounts instantly repost stories that they're mentioned in to their own story — Instagram has announced a slight change to Stories. Now, when someone mentions you in their story, you'll have the option to instantly repost it, adding the photo or video to your own story.| Henry Grabar / Slate: |
Real estate startups have not disrupted the agent model, and some depend on it, despite a sense that the internet should make selling a house easier and cheaper — Because the one thing startups can't disrupt is the real estate agent. — This article is part of Update or Die … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Panda, an app letting users send 10-second videos with AR effects based on spoken words, launches on iOS, has raised $850K from Social Capital and others — Panda has built the next silly social feature Snapchat and Instagram will want to steal. Today the startup launches its video messaging app …
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