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Facebook assigns a trustworthiness score to each of its users, tracking things like whether an article a user flags as false turns out, after review, to be true — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.
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Microsoft says hackers linked to the Russian military intelligence agency formerly known as the GRU targeted conservative US think tanks that challenge Moscow — BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Netflix is testing bypassing iTunes payment method in 33 countries, redirecting users to the mobile web version to log payment details directly with Netflix — Netflix is one of the highest-grossing apps on the iOS App Store, but it looks like the video streaming giant is contemplating …
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Research that looked at every anti-refugee attack in Germany over two years shows more attacks on refugees happened where Facebook use was higher than average — ALTENA, Germany — When you ask locals why Dirk Denkhaus, a young firefighter trainee who had been considered neither dangerous nor political …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Slack raises $427M Series H led by Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic at a valuation of over $7.1B — Slack, the workplace communications platform, has taken off like a rocket since launching in 2013 and now has more than 8 million daily active users and 70,000 teams paying to use it.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Fit on iOS and Android is redesigned with “move minutes” and “heart points” to encourage cardiac exercise, new health-tracking rings, and activity goals — You'll collect ‘Heart Points’ instead of counting steps — Today, Google is rolling out a complete redesign …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook says it plans to remove over 5,000 ad targeting options by this fall in an effort to prevent discriminatory advertising — Facebook is planning to remove more than 5,000 ad targeting options in an effort to prevent discriminatory advertising. — The bulk of the 5,000 targeting options …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Cloud-based file transfer company WeTransfer acquires FiftyThree, which makes the popular Paper app, including its entire patent portfolio and executive team — File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree.
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Y Combinator says it's accepting all 15,000+ applicants to its Startup School program after a glitch sent acceptance emails to those who had been rejected — - Y Combinator emailed tech founders this week saying they had been accepted into Startup School, its free online course for entrepreneurs.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
HTC announces Vive Wireless Adapter, coming Sept. 24 for $300, allowing wireless usage of Vive and Vive Pro, though the Pro needs a $60 compatibility add-on — HTC's long-awaited Vive Wireless Adapter is almost ready to purchase, the company announced today, as the cutting-edge collaboration between …
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Tweets: @dannerdcubed and @htcvive
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US — Tinder officially announced today that it's launching a service called Tinder U, a version of Tinder that's only available to college students.| CoinDesk: |
Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group both dispute reports of their involvement in the pre-IPO investment round of Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain — Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group are both disputing their involvement in a widely reported pre-IPO investment round for Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain.
Tweets: @whalepanda
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Costco finishes rolling out contactless payments in US except at its gas stations, letting customers use Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay at 750 stores — Apple Pay is now accepted at all Costco warehouses in the United States, at in-store checkouts, according to the wholesale retailer.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A look at Facebook's voice ambitions: from developing a speech recognition feature for Facebook and Messenger apps called Aloha to patents for a speaker device — Code reveals unlaunched speech recognition feature — Facebook has been a bit slow to adopt the voice computing revolution.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Semmle, which helps proactively spot problems in code, raises $21M Series B led by Accel Partners, bringing total investment to $31M — Semmle, a startup that originally spun out of research at Oxford, announced a $21 million Series B investment today led by Accel Partners.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Benchmark plans to keep its next fund, expected early next year, about the same size as its previous ones, eschewing trend in VC to raise larger funds — Early bets on Uber, WeWork and Snap have delivered unrivaled returns in one fund, but the venture-capital firm resists getting bigger
Tweets: @rolfewinkler
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sequoia announces a new $695M fund aimed at India and Southeast Asia, its fifth such fund since expanding to India in 2006 — Sequoia has announced the close of its newest fund for India and Southeast Asia. The firm has raised $695 million for this fund, which is its fifth since it expanded into India 12 years ago.
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A look at the 60+ startups that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2018 Demo Day 1, including B2B software and services, healthcare, and consumer services — From “cheese 2.0” to connecting flights for satellites, Y Combinator showed off a wide array of early stage startups fresh from its YC Summer 2018 batch.| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
School districts are increasingly using social media monitoring systems from companies like Firestorm to prevent sexting, bullying, mass shootings, and more — New teachers, new backpacks, new crushes—and algorithms trawling students' social media posts. — Blake Prewitt …
Tweets: @nxthompson
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
22 states ask US appeals court to reinstate net neutrality rules, and firms including Etsy and Vimeo filed a separate legal challenge to overturn the FCC ruling — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia late Monday asked a U.S. appeals court …
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