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Amazon blocks marketplace sellers from using FedEx Ground for Prime shipments indefinitely over FedEx's “delivery performance” — Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into the final holiday push — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .47% is blocking its third-party sellers …
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Some contractors at Google's Austin content moderation facility describe being overworked and suffering severe mental health consequences after just six months — These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD
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| Luke Jones / WinBuzzer: |
Microsoft opens up the Microsoft Edge Addons store for submissions ahead of Chromium Edge's launch; existing Chromium extensions to be migrated automatically — Developers can now submit to the Microsoft Edge Addons Store, with existing Chromium extensions migrated automatically.
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| Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft's support doc says the Chromium-based Edge will be automatically rolled out to PCs running Windows 10 April 2018 Update or newer starting January 15 — At Microsoft's Ignite 2019 conference, the company announced the general availability date for its new Edge web browser.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its fact checking efforts by hiding false content behind warnings, except for politicians, and removing it from Explore and hashtag pages — Instagram is giving politicians the same free reign to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram will preemptively flag potentially offensive captions, in addition to comments, aiming to nudge users to reconsider their words without censoring them — Earlier this year, Instagram launched a feature that would flag potentially offensive comments before they're posted.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
ICANN says it will review PIR's sale of .org to Ethos Capital to decide if it should be allowed; notes it has 30 days to provide or withhold its consent — ICANN asks questions about new owner, will have 30 days to make decision. — ICANN is reviewing the pending sale of the .org domain manager …
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| Can Sezer / Reuters: |
New Android phones sold in the Turkish market will not have Google services, until the company resolves a dispute with Turkey's competition authority — ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Google has told its Turkish business partners it will not be able to work with them on new Android phones to be released in Turkey … | Karl Freund / Forbes: |
Intel acquires Israel-based AI chip maker Habana Labs for $2B — In a strategic move in its datacenter AI plans, Intel has announced that it will acquire Israeli chip startup Habana Labs for $2B. Intel had reaffirmed its plans to deliver its Nervana chips as recently as last month …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches Alexa Knowledge Skills in preview, a new skill type that organizations can use to create internal FAQs, glossaries, and more without coding — In yet another step toward the enterprise side of the burgeoning conversational intelligence segment, Amazon today launched Alexa Knowledge Skills …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A look at the back-end operations of Evil Corp, the Russian gang sanctioned by the US Treasury for allegedly operating a cybercrime network with FSB connections — The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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