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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Facebook sidelined AI experts and weakened initiatives to clean up misinfo because leadership didn't want to hurt Zuckerberg's desire for growth — Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, a director of AI at Facebook, was apologizing to his audience. — It was March 23, 2018 …
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| The Markup: |
Citizen Browser project's Split Screen tool shows Facebook's different News Feeds for Trump and Biden voters, based on data from 2,500+ users across the US — Facebook's recommendation algorithm shows different news, groups, and hashtags to different users. But who sees what?
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, sold an NFT of his work for $69M, through a first-of-its-kind auction at Christie's — Through a first-of-its-kind auction at Christie's — Until October, the most Mike Winkelmann — the digital artist known as Beeple — had ever sold a print for was $100.
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| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Netflix is running a test cracking down on password sharing, prompting some users to get their own account if they don't live with the owner of the account — Earlier this week, some Netflix subscribers began to notice that it might be a bit harder to “borrow” someone's password.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple sues its former materials lead Simon Lancaster for allegedly stealing trade secrets and leaking them to the media — Apple is taking legal action against its former materials lead, Simon Lancaster, over allegedly leaking trade secrets to the media. The lawsuit accuses Lancaster of abusing his …
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AppleInsider, Insider, The Verge, Daring Fireball, The Hill, CNET, Bloomberg, MacRumors, Patently Apple, iMore, CNBC, Fortune, SlashGear, and MacDailyNews
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google says it will soon let users add missing roads and realign, rename, or delete incorrect ones in Maps simply by “drawing” on them — Missing road? You can plot it yourself. — If you've ever been frustrated by a road simply not existing on Google Maps, the company's now making it easier than ever to add it.
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CNET, Gizmodo, HotHardware.com News, Android Police, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Trusted Reviews, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, and SlashGear
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Researcher publishes a proof of concept on GitHub that uses vulnerabilities exploited by hackers to breach Microsoft Exchange servers; GitHub deleted the code — Microsoft-owned Github quickly deleted the code, which exploited vulnerabilities apparently used by Chinese hackers to break into a series of companies.
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BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, The Register, Ars Technica, and TechRepublic
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang closes its first day of trading at $49.25 a share, down from $63.50, after raising $4.2B in an IPO at a valuation of ~$60B — - South Korean e-commerce company Coupang made its market debut Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange through an IPO and is now trading under the ticker symbol “CPNG.”
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
House and Senate Democrats announce a $94B proposal to make broadband internet access more accessible and affordable — Thirty House and Senate Democrats unveiled a new $94 billion proposal Thursday to make broadband Internet access more accessible and affordable nationwide …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
In a complaint with the EEOC, a Black applicant alleges Facebook rejected her application due to a lack of “culture fit”, despite her qualifications — A Black woman passed over for a job at Facebook told federal regulators that even though she was exceptionally qualified for the position … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook is making in-stream ads available on one-minute videos and is testing ads that look like stickers in Stories — Ads integrated into content — Facebook introduced Stories to its platform four years ago, mostly as a way to encourage people to post content that wasn't highly produced or necessarily photogenic.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Crypto lending and borrowing service BlockFi raises $350M Series D at a valuation of $3B, bringing its total raised to around $450M — If there were any doubt about a cryptocurrency boom, we need look no further than at the explosion of growth of certain companies in the space.
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Crypto Interest Accounts, Decrypt, FinSMEs, CoinDesk, The Block, Forbes, Cryptonews, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @blockfizac, @arrington, @tsantero, and @bayareawriter
| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Gather, whose video calling software employs spatial audio for virtual HQs or hosting casual, off-site events, raises $26M Series A led by Sequoia Capital — Gather helps people, well, gather in virtual spaces for any reason, whether it be for weddings, magic conventions, or, just a regular day at work.
Tweets: @shaunmmaguire and @flippnflops
| Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet: |
Australia's government has put out a call for submissions on internet browser defaults, following its media bargaining code, with a focus on Apple and Google — The ACCC is concerned with the choice of browser options afforded to Australians. — With the News Media Bargaining Code out of the way …
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Australian Competition …, Australian Financial Review, ACCC, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @acccgovau, @rohan_p, and @aoifewhite101
| Justin Bariso / Inc.com: |
Google's new efforts to help job seekers include three new certificate programs and a Search feature that lets people find jobs for their education level — This morning, Google is announcing the next steps in its plan to disrupt the world of education, including the launch of new certificate programs …
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The Keyword, ZDNet, and TechRepublic
Tweets: @jess, @inc, @mmnjug, @sundarpichai, @inc, @sundarpichai, @therealmarvin, and @kent_walker
| The 8-Bit: |
Researchers demonstrate a browser-based side-channel attack that works even if JavaScript is blocked, affecting Intel Core, Samsung Exynos, Apple's M1, others — A team of researchers has demonstrated a new browser-based side-channel attack that works even if Javascript is blocked …
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iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Cornell University
Tweets: @campuscodi and @campuscodi
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China is considering a record fine, exceeding Qualcomm's $975M fine, against Alibaba, which may face softer treatment if it distances from Jack Ma — E-commerce company to face softer treatment than its Ant affiliate, provided it distances itself from founder Jack Ma
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Benzinga, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @yaqiu, @sofiamcfarland, @bychunhan, @bobdavis187, @birdyword, @joshchin, @lilkuo, and @lingling_wei
| Eric Martin / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Biden administration has informed some Huawei suppliers it is imposing more explicit prohibitions on the export of 5G components to the company — - Conditions for licensed exporters went into effect this week — Move builds on Huawei prohibitions implemented under Trump| Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger: |
Google is further integrating the Publisher Provided Identifier into its Ad Manager, aiding publishers' first-party tracking in lieu of third-party cookies — The PPID's technical setup works like this: the publisher will create a unique ID for users, based on a first-party cookie or a log-in ID.
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Michael Tsai, The Keyword, Privacy News Online …, and marketingdive.com
| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Twitter says it is testing displaying large images, instead of cropped previews, on iOS and Android and will add support for 4K photo uploads — “Sometimes it's better said with a picture or a video.” — What you need to know — Twitter is testing new features that will let you see a single image in full on your timeline.
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SlashGear, Android Police, TechRadar, and BGR India
Tweets: @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @dantley, @twittersupport, and @benedictevans
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
YouTube says it has taken down 30,000 videos that made false or misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines over the last six months — YouTube has taken down more than 30,000 videos that made misleading or false claims about COVID-19 vaccines over the last six months, YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez … | Mike Dano / Light Reading: |
In-flight internet provider Gogo says it is pushing its 5G rollout back a year, to 2022, due to the global chip shortage — Gogo's CEO Oakleigh Thorne said Thursday the company will delay the launch of its planned 5G network from this year to 2022 due to problems stemming from the global chipset shortage.
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