Facebook introduces new Privacy Shortcuts menu, simplified settings menu on mobile, and tools to find, download, and delete your Facebook data
and its money problems may just be beginning Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer.com : Facebook Reveals the “Access Your Information” Data Tool and New Privacy Shortcuts Larry / LarrysWorld.com : Are F...
Microsoft splits Windows & Devices Group; Rajesh Jha to lead Experiences & Devices, Scott Guthrie to lead Cloud + AI Platform, Harry Shum to lead AI + Research
To: Microsoft - All Employees; All MS Store Employees FTE — Today, I'm announcing the formation of two new engineering teams …
Facebook shuts down Partner Categories, says it will stop using data from third-party aggregators like Experian to supplement its own data for ad targeting
Facebook says it's going to stop using data from third-party data providers like Experian and Acxiom.
A look at how Atlanta is dealing with a ransomware attack, one of the most sustained and consequential cyberattacks ever mounted against a major American city
ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta's 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was O.K. to turn their computers on.
Trump goes after Amazon on Twitter amid reports of obsession, saying the firm pays “little or no taxes” and is putting “thousands of retailers out of business”
- President Donald Trump went after Amazon in a tweet, saying the online retailer pays “little or no taxes to state & local governments.”
Despite claims of data being deleted, leaked cache from a Cambridge Analytica source details personality and psychological profiles of 136K people in Colorado
Facebook said it took steps to ensure harvested campaign data had been “destroyed”. But Channel 4 News has now discovered …
Terry Myerson, VP of Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, is leaving as part of a company-wide reorg; Surface chief Panos Panay becomes chief product officer
Microsoft's latest company reorg includes some major changes to its Windows and Devices organization, including the departure of its current leader, Terry Myerson.
Apple's education-focused events in 2012 and 2018 show that its vision does not fit with reality because of a lack of understanding of what teachers need
Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009.
Ecuador has barred Julian Assange from using the internet from its embassy in London, saying he violated an agreement not to interfere in international affairs
LONDON — Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, has been barred from using the Internet at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London …
Google Home devices can now connect to any bluetooth speaker using the Google Home app without the need for a separate Chromecast audio streamer
The Google Home will now let you listen to music on your own Bluetooth speakers — no Chromecast streamer required.
Facebook says it is investigating reports that user archives from the Download Your Information tool contain videos that users did not post
And How to Find It Tweets: Brian McCullough / @brianmcc : On the one hand, I'm so sick of this story. On the other hand, this is the story that just keeps on giving. http://www.techmeme.com/...
Uber reaches settlement with family of autonomous vehicle accident victim killed in Tempe, Arizona
TEMPE, Ariz. (Reuters) - The family of the woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company …
Cambridge Analytica co-founder and whistleblower Wylie started a new firm, Eunoia, in 2014 that had the same dataset of 50M+ Facebook users, according to emails
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Sources: Snap cuts about 100 employees focusing on the advertising side of the business; this downsizing said to be the final step in restructuring process
The reductions this time center on its ad division — Snap Inc. is cutting another set of employees, focusing this time on the advertising side …
Researcher finds some VPN providers leak IP addresses via WebRTC bug which was discovered in 2015, but says audit is incomplete and other VPN's need testing
Around 20% of today's top VPN solutions are leaking the customer's IP address via a WebRTC bug known since January 2015 …
Ripple donates $29M in XRP to US public school charity DonorsChoose․org, the largest donation it's ever received
Ripple has donated $29 million to fund school supplies for students in public schools in the US. This donation was made through DonorsChoose.org …
Most of Facebook's new privacy measures are going into effect in response to EU's GDPR regulations, which become enforceable on May 25
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LinkedIn rolls out native video ads in the news feed that auto-play on mute and lets businesses and publishers add video on their Company Pages
LinkedIn is offering businesses two outlets for using video on the platform. Companies can now run native video ad campaigns and include video within …
Microsoft's new private audience option in Dev Center will allow developers to publish an app to Microsoft Store that'll be visible only to people they specify
One of the consistent themes that the Dev Center Team hears from the Windows developer community is that first impressions are important.
Report: ARKit-only app downloads cross 13M in first six months, nearly half of them games; top apps include AR Dragon and measuring app CamToPlan Pro
iPhone and iPad users worldwide have installed more than 13 million augmented reality apps built expressly using Apple's ARKit framework since …
Chinese online animated video streaming company Bilibili raises ~$483M at a valuation of more than $3B in IPO on Nasdaq
Bilibili IPO raises nearly $500 million, stock falls in Wall Street debut on tough day for tech stocks — Bilibili Inc. shares suffered through a rocky first day on Wall Street …
Bumble is suing Tinder owner Match Group for $400M in damages alleging theft of trade secrets through fraudulent behavior; Match sued Bumble earlier this month
Everyone is suing everyone. — Bumble, the popular dating app, and Match Group, which owns another popular dating app, Tinder …
DJI unveils new thermal imaging sensor for its drones and announces “Skyport” dev kit to make it easier for drone owners to add custom parts/payload onto drones
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Sources: Microsoft retiring Redstone codename later this year for upcoming Windows 10 releases, new codename format will reflect expected release timing
Zac Bowden / Windows Central :
AR startup Ubiquity6, whose app allows users to create AR environments and invite other users into them, announces $10.5M in Series A funding
Sandra Upson / Wired :
Airbnb to start sharing Chinese host information with the Chinese government starting on Friday to comply with local laws and regulations
A.G. Gangadhar, hired as CTO of GM's Cruise in September, to leave after complaints that he allegedly fostered a hostile work environment for women at Uber
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DocuSign files for IPO seeking $100M, reports revenue of $381.5M for fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2017, up 52% YoY, and net loss of $115.4M over that same period
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In ruling that may affect other games, US appeals court says Big Fish Casino constitutes illegal online gambling under WA law; case returns to district court
Nat Levy / GeekWire : Thanks: @taylor_soper
Pandora takes on Spotify with dozens of personalized playlists built using its Music Genome to fit users' moods, activities, and genres
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Lior Ron, the head of Uber freight and co-founder of Otto, which Uber bought in 2016, is leaving the company
AWS says GoDaddy is moving “the majority” of its infrastructure to AWS, not including domain management, in multiyear deal, as GoDaddy trims operational costs
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Docker founder and CTO Solomon Hykes is leaving the company, citing need for new enterprise-focused CTO
Today I'm announcing my departure from Docker … Tweets: Shashank Kumar / @shashank_kr : One of the few instances were founder is exiting the company in favorable circumstances. Also, the farewell blog...
CA housing bill that would allow new multistory apartments near public transport has support from Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, Stripe, Lyft, and a new “YIMBY” group
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Headset maker Plantronics announces it will buy video conferencing gear maker Polycom for $2B, two years after PE firm Siris Capital bought Polycom for $1.7B
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Hewlett Foundation announces that it will donate $10M over two years to help fund research into the spread of disinformation on social media platforms
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab : See also Mediagazer
Salesforce launches Salesforce Integration Cloud, following last week's announcement it will acquire SaaS integration company MuleSoft for $6.5B
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Google Surveys and the enterprise version, Surveys 360, now lets market researchers target consumers in nearly 60 countries, up from 12
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