Facebook retracted some messages sent by Zuckerberg and other executives from recipients' inboxes without informing those users or the public
You can't remove Facebook messages from the inboxes of people you sent them to, but Facebook did that for Mark Zuckerberg and other executives.
Myanmar civil society groups say Zuckerberg mischaracterized efficacy of Facebook systems to detect hate speech on Messenger in their country in Vox interview
Paul Mozur / New York Times :
Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook “underinvested” in safety and security and that she and Zuckerberg should have spoken about Cambridge Analytica scandal sooner
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's second-in-command, said she personally made “mistakes” and that the company had been too slow …
Facebook disables email and phone number search after malicious actors abused the features to scrape public profile data; company says most accounts affected
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Samsung's Q1 profit of ~$14.7B, up 57.6% YoY, beat estimates in preliminary results on sales of ~$56.1B, up 18.7% YoY; full earnings expected in late April
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) tipped a surprise record first-quarter profit on Friday but market reaction …
RBI, India's central bank, bans financial institutions and banks from providing services to businesses and individuals dealing with cryptocurrencies
- Regulated financial institutions in India can no longer provide services to companies or individuals dealing with virtual currencies, the Reserve Bank of India says.
Washington, DC think tank Coin Center says blockchain technology may be fundamentally incompatible with GDPR and that Europe should exempt Bitcoin from it
Since people can store personal data in blockchains, the technology could fall under the purview of the upcoming European change to privacy law.
Coinbase is launching Coinbase Ventures, a $15M seed-stage fund to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups
- Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is launching a vehicle for early-stage investments called Coinbase Ventures. — “We will invest in companies that are in the space …
Snapchat releases iPhone X-exclusive AR Lenses that look more realistic thanks to the TrueDepth camera technology
Snapchat has discovered a way to leverage the power of iPhone X's TrueDepth camera — and that means you'll have access to exclusive Lenses if you use Apple's all-screen mobile device.
Walmart rolling out Pickup Towers, automated kiosks where customers pick up online orders, to 500 US stores this year after a debut at 200 stores in 2017
Walmart announced this week it's going to roll out more than 500 additional Pickup Towers to its U.S. stores over the course of the year.
YouTube TV, previously only available on the web via Chrome, now supports Firefox; Google says support for more browsers to come
YouTube TV has been a pretty awesome product so far, but its expansion to new platforms has been relatively slow. Recently, Google finally loosened …
Razer launches Game Store, a PC game distribution platform, in the US, UK, Germany, and France, with perks for each purchase
Razer creates virtually every type of PC peripheral you can think of, from headsets to mice to keyboards, but today it's taking on a new challenge: Steam.
Russia's communications watchdog files a lawsuit to block Telegram for refusing to provide access to encrypted messages to state security services
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state communications watchdog said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit to limit access to the Telegram messaging app …
Facebook says it plans to make an “unsend” feature available to all users in a few months, won't unsend or retract any more of Zuckerberg's messages until then
TechCrunch reported last night that Facebook retracted Facebook messages sent by Mark Zuckerberg and other executives from their recipients' inboxes.
Huawei P20 Pro review: best Android phone of 2018 so far with 2-day battery, sophisticated ergonomic design, great rear camera that is exceptional in low light
If you've been waiting for a phone that can upset the Apple-Samsung duopoly, this is it — I've spent every waking moment …
Plex launches its Plex VR app on Samsung Gear VR and Oculus, will bring VR co-viewing and voice chat to Gear VR within a few weeks
Report says Apple CEO Tim Cook to be deposed in Apple v. Qualcomm on June 27
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Coincheck, which in January lost $530M worth of customers' cryptocurrency, confirms takeover by Japan's Monex Group
Nikkei Asian Review :
Delta and Sears say malware attack at chat vendor [24]7 last year led to data breach that included credit card details of “hundreds of thousands” of customers
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo :
Sources: Facebook asked several US hospitals to share anonymized data about patients for a proposed research project, but plan is on hold amid privacy scandals
Christina Farr / CNBC :
Sources: Coinbase in talks to acquire Earn.com, a paid inbox service formerly known as 21.co, for $100M, wants Earn's Balaji Srinivasan to become Coinbase's CTO
Amazon Key rolls out keyless entry, remote lock and unlock, and guest access to all US users and adds five new compatible smart locks, bringing total to eight
Keyless Entry, Guest Access, and Ability to Monitor and Lock/Unlock Your Door … Chris Welch / The Verge : Alexa can now broadcast your voice to every Echo in the house Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Amazon K...
Facebook debuts AR-based Target Tracking, letting users launch AR experiences by pointing their phone at an image or QR code, available in beta
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Brazilian judge fines Facebook $33M, saying the company failed to help with a 2016 corruption probe by not giving access to WhatsApp messages; FB disputes fine
Ricardo Brito / Reuters :
Facebook, to bolster Stories, is testing bigger preview tiles, sharing to Stories from Camera by default, showing camera and images in mobile status composer
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Chainalysis, which helped solve Mt. Gox bitcoin theft and develops a platform to prevent illicit blockchain transactions, raises $16M Series A from Benchmark
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
Q1 2018 Global Investment Report: jump in late-stage deals pushes total dollar volume to nearly $77B, up 106.8% YoY, while overall deal volume is up 16.4% YoY
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Sources: Utah-based enterprise software company Domo, valued at $2B+, held an “organizational meeting” last week, suggesting it plans an IPO
Theodore Schleifer / Recode :
Seattle-based Suplari, which uses AI to identify cost savings in the software procurement process, raises $10.3M Series A led by Shasta Ventures
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Stripe launches Stripe Billing, used for recurring payments, replacing Stripe Subscriptions; system lets customers automatically get updated credit card numbers
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
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