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Facebook says it won't back down from allowing lies in political ads but will give users the option to see fewer political ads in their feed and in Instagram — The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies. But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.
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Zuckerberg gives up annual personal challenges, shares his goals for the next decade including a new private social platform, AR/VR, and new forms of governance — Every new year of the last decade I set a personal challenge. My goal was to grow in new ways outside my day-to-day work running Facebook.
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Microsoft releases “Project Artemis”, a tool that scans online chats for patterns that may indicate a predator is grooming children for sexual abuse — Microsoft released a new tool Thursday that scans online chats for people seeking to sexually exploit children.
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Facebook moderators in Ireland say company policies, including tracking toilet breaks and setting unrealistic quality standards, add to their trauma — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — DUBLIN — When Valera Zaicev began working in Dublin …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Brochure shows a surveillance vendor is offering spying capabilities to local police via hidden cameras in tombstones, vacuum cleaners, and baby car seats — A surveillance vendor that works with U.S. government agencies, such as the FBI, DEA, and ICE, is marketing spying capabilities … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Lime says it is laying off about 14% of its workforce, roughly 100 employees, and shuttering operations in 12 markets as it seeks to become profitable this year — Scooter company Lime is laying off about 14% of its workforce (roughly 100 employees) and shuttering operations in 12 markets …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
MalwareBytes: an Android phone offered free by Assurance Wireless as part of the US Lifeline Assistance program comes pre-installed with Chinese malware — For years, low-income households have been able to get cheap cell service and even free smartphones via the U.S. government-funded Lifeline Assistance program.
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| Emma Williams / Microsoft 365 Blog: |
Microsoft announces a Walkie Talkie feature and off-shift access controls for Teams, SMS sign-in for Azure Active Directory, shared device sign-out, more — Companies at the forefront of digital transformation recognize how critical it is to enable all of their people with the right technology and tools.
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Amazon warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a browser extension for comparison shopping and rewards acquired by Paypal for $4B in November, was a “security risk” — The retail giant warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a popular browser extension, was a “security risk.” Honey denies the claim.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
dot.LA, a tech news site by former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff raises a $4M seed round from Comcast Ventures, Snap, others, will launch news coverage on Jan. 27 — Nearly a year after stepping down as CEO of Seattle-based Zillow Group, Spencer Rascoff has turned his focus to the tech … | Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Facebook starts testing a desktop redesign, announced last April, with a small set of users, plans to offer the new look more broadly sometime before the spring — Facebook 's begun giving some users access to its redesigned desktop experience, first announced in April, that's less cluttered and uses brighter icons.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Verizon eliminates bundles and contracts for Fios line of TV, broadband, and phone services, will now sell them as standalone products via “Mix & Match on Fios” — Verizon — feeling the pain of customer cancellations over high pay-TV prices — is killing off bundles … | Bloomberg: |
Government data shows iPhone sales in China rose by 18.7% YoY to ~3.18M units in December while overall smartphone shipments were ~30M, down 13.7% YoY — - December numbers validate confidence in Apple's latest models — The U.S. phone maker is defying a slump in the local market
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| Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: |
Researchers estimate streaming companies lost about $9.1B to password piracy and sharing in 2019 and say losses will rise to $12.5B in 2024 — In 2019, companies lost about $9.1 billion to password piracy and sharing. — On Dec. 9, Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge took aim at the …
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| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Nielsen: US music streams on services like Spotify, Apple Music grew 30% in 2019 to reach one trillion; streaming accounted for 82% of all US music consumption — Post Malone, Drake and Billie Eilish were the year's most listened-to artists — U.S. music streams on services like Spotify Technology AB … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Insight Partners buys cloud data management provider Veeam Software for $5B in a deal expected to close in Q1 2020 — The equity firm says the deal will ensure Veeam's billion-dollar business reaches the global stage. — Insight Partners has announced the acquisition of Veeam Software … | Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Medical technology company Masimo sues Apple, claims it infringes on 10 patents and has stolen its tech related to blood oxygen level and heart rate monitoring — - Medical technology company says Watch uses stolen secrets — Apple accused of stealing technology for non-invasive monitors| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit bans the impersonation of an individual or entity in a misleading or deceptive manner, but impersonation that's satire will still be allowed — But impersonation that's satire will still be allowed — Today, Reddit updated its policies about impersonation to no longer allow impersonation …
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