In interview, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has made mistakes in building its platform, the fixes will not be easy and will cost “many millions of dollars”
In a wide-ranging interview, the Facebook CEO admitted that the social networking giant may have made mistakes in opening up its network so much a decade ago.
Zuckerberg says Cambridge Analytica breached Facebook's trust, which caused Facebook to break users' trust, and vows to prevent it from happening again
I want to share an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation — including the steps we've already taken and our next steps to address this important issue.
Highlights from CNN's interview with Mark Zuckerberg: “I'm really sorry that this has happened” and that he is “happy to” testify before Congress
Mark Zuckerberg is responding to the fallout following the revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the personal data of 50 million Facebook users.
Tempe, AZ police release video of moments before fatal Uber autonomous car collision; safety driver repeatedly looks at something off-camera before collision
Here's what the car — and its operator — saw. — Three days after an Uber self-driving vehicle fatally crashed into a pedestrian in Tempe …
Facebook to review all apps that had extended data access in 2014 and prior, audit suspicious ones, inform users about misuse, revoke permissions of unused apps
Source: Best Buy has ceased ordering new smartphones from Huawei and will stop selling Huawei products once existing inventory runs out over the next few weeks
It's going to get harder for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to sell its smartphones in the US.
Google rolls out the ability to send payments using Assistant through Google Pay to iOS and Android users in the US
But only via Google Pay — Google is rolling out the ability to send peer-to-peer payments with Google Assistant. Starting today (only in the US) …
Mozilla pauses advertising on Facebook, says current default privacy settings leave third party apps with access to a lot of private user data
Denelle Dixon / The Mozilla Blog :
Investigation shows IBM flouted US laws against age discrimination and estimates the company eliminated about 20K+ US employees over 40 in the past five years
FOR NEARLY A HALF CENTURY, IBM came as close as any company to bearing the torch for the American Dream.
Facebook's board says Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg “know how serious” Cambridge Analytica crisis is and are working to build “stronger user protections”
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed :
Zuckerberg and other executives are in denial: Facebook is not a force for good, having helped destroy industries and break societies, and should be shuttered
a machine that can best be fed through deliberate engineering.” http://www.vox.com/... See also Mediagazer
Instagram is testing a “New Posts” button to let users choose when to refresh the feed, rather than it happening automatically, to make it feel “more fresh”
Today we're introducing changes to give you more control over your feed and ensure the posts you see are timely.
Apple says it will fix a privacy bug that let Siri read out hidden third-party lock screen notifications in a future update
Apple has confirmed it will fix a privacy issue in which Siri can read aloud hidden lock screen notifications on iPhones. — In a statement provided to MacRumors …
Google AI chip researcher Dave Patterson and Alphabet board chair John Hennessy share $1M Turing Award for their research on RISC chip architecture
SAN FRANCISCO — In 1980, Dave Patterson, a computer science professor, looked at the future of the world's digital machines and saw their limits.
Vivaldi browser adds DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for users in private browsing windows
Vivaldi, the desktop browser app that was launched in 2016 by Opera cofounder Jon von Tetzchner, has introduced a small but interesting new feature today.
LinkedIn Top Companies 2018 list shows most in-demand companies to work for include Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Salesforce, Tesla, Apple, and Oracle
From Starbucks to Spotify, the 2018 LinkedIn Top Companies represent the companies where professionals most want to work across the U.S. …
Starting in April, YouTube will ban videos that promote or link to sites selling guns and videos showing how to assemble guns; some accounts already affected
Google's new policy prohibits promotion of guns, bump stocks — At least one video gun blogger ditched YouTube for PornHub
Sensor Tower: YouTube is the top grossing US iOS app for the first time due to Red subscriptions, which have earned $12M+ worldwide so far in March, up 150% YoY
YouTube just became the Top Grossing iPhone app in the U.S. for the first time on Tuesday, after flirting with the top spot …
Slack updates privacy policy to comply with GDPR, says customers with certain premium services can download all data, including DMs, without informing members
Slack just updated its privacy policy and tools, and one of the changes may give some users pause.
UK debuts Cryptoassets Task Force, a collaboration between the Treasury, Bank of England, and Financial Conduct Authority to explore crypto's risks and benefits
Annaliese Milano / CoinDesk :
GoPro will license its designs and IP to US manufacturer Jabil, which will use it to produce hardware for smart homes, military, fire, police, and others
GoPro is today announcing a multi-year deal with Jabil that aims to put GoPro technology in everything from police body cameras to video conferencing solutions.
South African media giant Naspers to sell 2% of its stake in Tencent for ~$10.6B; Naspers invested $32M in Tencent in 2001
for $10.6 Billion Brandy Betz / Seeking Alpha : Naspers sells $10.6B of Tencent shares Tweets: Joe Weisenthal / @thestalwart : This is absolutely incredible. The South African media company Naspers in...
Senate votes 97-2 to advance controversial Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA/SESTA); Trump will now likely sign it into law
Harper Neidig / The Hill :
Oculus Go hands-on: wireless VR headset with performance and graphics comparable to Gear VR, controller like a simpler Oculus Touch, impressive spatial audio
both offering 6DOF—will a less immersive HMD move the needle? Peter Rubin / @provenself : Nothing new to report on the Santa Cruz prototype, other than it's heading out to devs currently. Didn't get a...
Cloudflare introduces free network monitoring SDK for mobile developers that can help understand app performance and network metrics
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Blockchain Capital, an investor in Ripple and Coinbase, raises $150M for its fourth fund, which appears to be the largest fund focused on crypto and blockchain
Dan Primack / Axios :
The CLOUD Act, backed by Microsoft and big tech firms but opposed by privacy activists, now set to pass as part of the omnibus funding bill released by Congress
Joe Uchill / Axios :
Turkey passes a law requiring video streaming companies and pay-TV services to apply for a license from radio and TV watchdog RTUK; stance on YouTube unclear
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg :
Twitter and Google lose key information security leaders: Michael Coates leaves Twitter after three years, and Michal Zalewski leaves Google after 11 years
Twitter's … David Lumb / Engadget : Twitter is the latest tech giant losing its security chief Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google : Director of Information Security Engineering leaves Google as industry-wide ...
Sources: Google is working on blockchain-related technology for its cloud business; source says this includes a distributed ledger to verify transactions
Bloomberg :
Investigation finds Russian businessmen and senior Kremlin advisers secretly helped Venezuela launch its Petro cryptocurrency, aimed at eroding US sanctions
a half-hidden joint venture between Venezuelan and Russian officials and businessmen. And Putin signed off. http://time.com/...
Uber says it has rescinded job offer to former Amazon VP Assaf Ronen after discovering work history discrepancy, says Manik Gupta will be interim VP of Product
Kara Swisher / Recode :
Clari raises $35M Series B led by Tenaya Capital for its AI-based sales platform and expands into marketing and supply chain management
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Facebook quietly removed option to target ads by sexual orientation last month, leaving support organizations unable to directly target the LGBT community
it's protested but to no avail. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos : Facebook banned ad discrimination by sexual orientation, yay! Right? Except suicide prevention hotline...
KeepTruckin, which makes apps and services to monitor drivers' time behind the wheel, raises $50M Series C, led by IVP, and is now valued at $500M
Jennifer Smith / Wall Street Journal :
Slack is building a safety engineering team that will develop methods to help reduce outages; since April 2017, Slack has had 40 days with outages
Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters : Tweets: @patrickmoorhead . Thanks: @sal19 Tweets: Patrick Moorhead / @patrickmoorhead : Like the Twitter “fail-whale”, this must get fixed soon. I can't imagine any lar...
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