Facebook says it's temporarily removing self-reported ad targeting fields and will improve its processes following uproar over anti-Semitic targeting options
Google allowed advertisers to target racist and bigoted keywords, suggested more similar keywords, and allowed campaigns using those keywords to run
Google, the world's biggest advertising platform, allows advertisers to specifically target ads to people typing racist and bigoted terms …
Twitter says it has fixed a “bug” that allowed advertisers to target users based on racist and derogatory terms like the n-word and “Nazi”
Twitter's advertising platform tells prospective customers it has 26.3 million users interested in the derogatory term …
Chrome will no longer autoplay videos with sound starting from January 2018
Google today announced Chrome is going to war with autoplay. Starting next year, Chrome will only autoplay a given piece of content when the media won't play sound or the user has indicated an intere...
Equifax announces its Chief Security Officer Susan Mauldin and Chief Information Officer David Webb are retiring effective immediately
The departures of the company's chief information officer and chief security officer come in the wake of a massive data breach
New App Store guidelines crack down on iOS “virus scanners”, require Face ID unlock alternatives for kids under 13, allow P2P cash gifts without Apple's 30% cut
Apple has updated its developer app review guidelines for the iPhone and iPad App Store this week with new clauses addressing …
Source: Beijing city regulator told bitcoin exchanges to inform users about trading halt; OkCoin, Huobi, others say they will comply and stop trading by Oct 31
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to cease trading and immediately notify users …
Online radio service Slacker Radio acquired for $50M by LiveXLive, a streaming service focused on live music
The online radio service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive, a music streaming service focused on live music streaming, the company announced today.
SoFi CEO Mike Cagney resigns effective immediately; Executive Chairman Tom Hutton is named interim CEO
SoFi said today in a press release that Executive Chairman Tom Hutton would be assuming responsibilities of Interim CEO, after the Board accepted co-founder Mike Cageny's resignation effective immedia...
Sources: Facebook gave special counsel Mueller data on Russian ad buys including copies of ads, targeting and account info, withheld same details from Congress
Social-media company shared copies of ads and account information, people familiar with the matter said
Google has spent $1.1B on its self-driving car project since its inception in 2009 through 2015, Waymo employee's deposition in Uber trial implies
Google has never publicly shared how much it spends on its self-driving cars. At first, Project Chauffeur was hidden away in Google's ultra-secret X moonshot program.
Gab.ai sues Google for removing Gab's app from Play Store, says Google violated federal antitrust laws
The alternative social media site Gab.ai is alleging that Google violated federal antitrust laws when the tech giant booted it from the Google Play Store, according to a new lawsuit filed by the compa...
Craig Federighi says gripping buttons on both sides of iPhone X will temporarily disable Face ID
But Will It Work If You Wear Sunglasses? Nick Statt / The Verge : 5 best and worst features of the iPhone X MacDailyNews : Apple: Just squeeze the iPhone X if you're forced into a Face ID unlock Chris...
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins says the streaming service will spend ~$2.5B on content in 2017, less than half of the $6B Netflix says it's spending this year
PIN Los Angeles Business Journal : Hulu to spend $2.5 billion on content in 2017 Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge : Hulu reportedly plans to spend around $2.5 billion on programming this year Sarah Perez / ...
Angry Birds maker Rovio sets price range for IPO at €10.25-11.50 per share, which would value the company between €802-896M, or $955.34M - $1.07B
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Facebook opens an AI lab in Montreal led by Joelle Pineau, an AI expert at McGill University; Facebook has a total of about 100 people dedicated to AI research
Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company :
Washington Post's automated Heliograf tool has written ~850 stories in one year, including 500 on 2016 election that got 500K+ clicks
It's been a year since The Washington Post started using its homegrown artificial intelligence technology, Heliograf, to spit out around 300 short reports and alerts on the Rio Olympics.
Twitch co-founder Justin Kan launches Atrium LTS, a software platform for legal services, which is currently used by law firm Atrium to serve 30 startups
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Live-streaming video chat service YouNow to launch new Rize app that will use Ethereum-based tokens, called “Props”, to incentivize community members
Robert Hackett / Fortune :
Facebook says it's testing a “snooze” button that mutes people or pages for a day, week, or month
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Users' reactions to “disputed” labels on Facebook are largely irrelevant as those labels are more about reducing reach of false stories and training algorithms
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed :
Sources: Patreon has closed Series C funding valuing the company at about $450M
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Interview with Pavel Durov, Telegram creator, on US government-funded secure messaging apps, privacy, and the FBI's attempt to bribe his team into being moles
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Google says it is restricting ads when users search for addiction treatment due to misleading experiences among rehabilitation treatment centers
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