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Sources: YouTube execs ignored internal warnings, concerns about the spread of toxic videos, and proposals to change recommendations, in favor of engagement — A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube. Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online …
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| Ben Makuch / Motherboard: |
In wake of Christchurch shooting, YouTube still hosts neo-Nazi propaganda and podcasts; after an inquiry, it demonetized several videos but did not delete them — Neo-Nazi propaganda, podcasts, and audiobooks continue to exist on YouTube. Even when alerted to their existence …
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| Emily Birnbaum / The Hill: |
Google will require contracting firms to give US workers health care benefits, parental leave, $15/hr min. wage, more, by 2022, following activism from Googlers — Google said on Tuesday it will require its contracted and temporary workforce to receive full benefits, including comprehensive health care …
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
a16z raises new $2B fund and says the firm's 150 employees are being registered as financial advisors, so they can go deeper on riskier bets, like buying crypto — Emerging from the financial crisis in 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz laid out their campaign to take on Silicon Valley.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its failed social network platform Google+ — The deletion of personal accounts starts today — Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts …
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| Edmund Lee / New York Times: |
Sources: more than 200,000 people subscribed to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours, more than Texture had at its peak — Executives have been burned by their previous dealings with big tech companies. But Apple's promise of a billion devices worldwide was too good to pass up. Even for Rupert Murdoch.
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott: |
Microsoft closes the Microsoft Store's book category, offering full refunds on ebook purchases and a $25 credit to those who annotated their ebooks — I guess the only surprise here is when this would happen. But Microsoft is indeed shutting down the ebook functionality in its Edge web browser and in the Microsoft Store.
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart will let customers order groceries by voice through Google Assistant beginning this month, expanding the service to other platforms in the coming months — - Prior purchase data will help identify preferred brands, size — Retailer to expand service to more platforms in coming months
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| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel announces its second-generation Xeon Scalable processor, Cascade Lake, new Optane memory modules, Intel-developed Agilex FPGAs, and more — Today is the big day in 2019 for Intel's Enterprise product announcements, combining some products that should be available from today …
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Readdle brings popular free email app Spark to Android with features aimed at power users and promises no ads or tracking — Twelve years after its inception, Readdle is finally venturing beyond Apple's ecosystem with the launch today of its Spark email app for Android.
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Segment, which helps companies manage customer data streams, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $1.5B valuation, co-led by Accel and GV — Segment Inc., a startup that helps companies manage the ever-growing streams of data they collect about their customers, raised $175 million in venture funding … | Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook says it removed over 800 Indian and Pakistani Pages, accounts, and Groups for spreading misinformation and propaganda, ahead of India's election — NEW DELHI — Facebook and Instagram removed more than 800 political pages, accounts, and groups in India and Pakistan for spreading misinformation …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac generally available with a new start window, more coding space, better C++ support, and smarter debugging — Microsoft today announced that Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac has hit general availability — you can download it now from visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Home-buying and selling platform Perch closes its Series B, raising $20M in equity funding and $200M in debt to fund operations and home purchasing — Perch, a home-buying and selling platform, has raised $220 million in a combination of equity ($20M) to fund operations and debt ($200M) to finance home purchasing.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Source: Arizona Beverages, one of the largest drink suppliers in the US, is reeling after a ransomware attack; FBI warned them beforehand of a malware infection — Arizona Beverages, one of the largest beverage suppliers in the U.S., is recovering after a massive ransomware attack last month, TechCrunch has learned.
Tweets: @zackwhittaker and @gossithedog
| Tanya Klich / Forbes: |
London-based Elvie, which develops connected tech for new and expectant mothers, raises $42M Series B led by IPGL, Octopus Ventures, and Impact Ventures — Elvie, a London-based tech company that develops health devices for new and expectant mothers, announced it has raised $42 million in Series B funding.
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Rajan Anandan, Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving to join Sequoia Capital India as a managing director — Rajan Anandan, the Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving the company after more than eight years with the firm, the company said on Tuesday.| Ted Johnson / Variety: |
DOJ warns the group behind the Oscars that potential rule changes limiting the eligibility of Netflix and other streaming services could raise antitrust issues — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that its potential rule changes limiting … | Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web: |
WhatsApp debuts a fact-checking tip line in India to combat fake news, will work with startup Proto to help review text, photos, links, and video sent by users — WhatsApp has launched its next weapon in the fight against misinformation on its platform in India: a tip line to which you can send forwards … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft teams up with BMW on the Open Manufacturing Platform, a new initiative for collaborative IoT development in manufacturing — Car companies are making big investments in technology to help ensure that they are not cut out of the next generation of transportation and automotive manufacturing …
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