Sources: preparing for Zuckerberg's congressional testimony, Facebook hired advisers who are coaching him and role-playing members of Congress in mock hearings
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After CNBC inquiry, Facebook suspends CubeYou, a firm that made popular quiz apps for Cambridge University and bragged it had personal info of tens of millions
that Facebook can't police Apps that use fraudulent means to get Facebook users to divulge personal information — it's going to be a very long couple of days. http://twitter.com/... @d1gi : Meaning th...
Facebook launches new initiative to support independent academic research about the impact of social media on democracy and elections
By Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, and David Ginsberg, Director of Research — Today, Facebook is announcing …
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will meet with some US lawmakers today, a day before he is due to appear for congressional hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will hold meetings with some U.S. lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due to appear …
Twenty child advocacy and privacy groups ask FTC to investigate whether YouTube violates COPPA, a federal law designed to protect kids' online privacy
Consumer and privacy groups say the Google-owned video site is violating online child privacy laws. — YouTube is in hot water again …
SenseTime, a Chinese AI startup specializing in object and face recognition, raises $600M from Alibaba and others at $3B+ valuation, up from $1.47B in July 2017
It becomes the world's richest-valued private AI startup — The company drives China's ambition to dominate global AI
Leap Motion to release Project North Star, an open source AR headset dev kit with wide field of view, 1600x1400 resolution at 120 FPS, powerful hand tracking
Over the last few weeks, Leap Motion has been teasing some very compelling AR interface prototypes, demonstrated on an unknown headset.
Uber acquires bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed sum, source says sale price was closer to $200M; JUMP will continue running independently
Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP …
HP debuts Chromebook x2, a Chrome OS detachable with keyboard cover and stylus, 12.3" IPS display, 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, 13MP camera, coming in June, from $599
Two weeks ago, Acer announced the first tablet running Chrome OS. And today, HP is announcing the second — and it's a lot higher end.
Ex-FTC officials describe issues FTC may look at in the investigation of Facebook's possible violations of 2011 consent decree, which could lead to huge fines
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Congress releases Zuckerberg's prepared testimony: “it's clear now that we didn't do enough” to protect data privacy, prevent fake news, election interference
Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of Wednesday's hearing. — Here's the full testimony:
After stewards of Monero, the biggest anonymity-focused cryptocurrency, debuted hard fork to prevent ASIC mining, 4 new ASIC-compatible Monero projects emerged
One hard fork later, there are four new Monero projects. — Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero hard forked to version 12 of its protocol yesterday.
Despite repeated apologies over 14 years from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has continued to violate users' privacy, driven primarily by its business model
Blockchain's key promise of no-need-for-trusted-parties tech is largely irrelevant; systems built on trust, norms, and institutions inherently function better
Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date … Tweets: @naval , @francoisz , @frankpasquale , @glynmoody , and @joshelman Tweets: ...
PayPal partnering with small US banks to offer traditional banking services like debit cards, direct deposits, and FDIC insurance to its customers
Company partners with small banks to offer debit cards, direct deposit and other services — PayPal PYPL -4.02% Holdings Inc. is nudging …
Facebook's verification requirements for buyers of “issue ads” raise questions about implementation, like how will Facebook identify donors to US non-profits
Asian online fashion marketplace Zilingo raises $54M Series C bringing the total raised to $82M
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The SESTA bill may appear to target child traffickers but actually hurts marginalized sex workers, and this new approach to censorship is unlikely to stop here
Emily Smith / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @misslolahunt , @misslucy552 , @buzzfeednews , and @tomgara Tweets: Lola Hunt / @misslolahunt : Dear @iamcardib, No one is listening. We have been silenced across mos...
After years of reports, Instagram restricted some hashtags and accounts apparently related to opioid sales, after activist confronted Facebook execs last week
Nitasha Tiku / Wired : Tweets: @nitashatiku , @robleathern , @robleathern , @eileenmcarey , and @eileenmcarey Tweets: Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku : How do you get Facebook to better police illegal op...
Twitter partners with academic researchers to test whether showing users the Twitter rules will improve online behavior and reduce abuse
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Skydio R1 drone: remarkable autonomous flight, simple setup and use, but it is primarily for shooting video with no hi-res photo capability and pricey at $2,499
Nick Statt / The Verge : Tweets: @verge Tweets: The Verge / @verge : Skydio R1 review: an action sport enthusiast's dream come true http://www.theverge.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Experts raise alarm over proliferation of plastic surgery games aimed at kids/teens, a demographic very vulnerable to negative body image self-perception
Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge : Tweets: @nuffbioethics Tweets: Nuffield Bioethics / @nuffbioethics : Senior Research Officer, Kate Harvey, speaks to @verge about our cosmetic procedures report and the h...
Philippines' anti-trust agency orders Uber to continue domestic operations as it reviews Grab deal; Uber was supposed to shut down on April 8 in the country
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Ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing launches a pilot food delivery service in China
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Life in Rongcheng offers inside preview of China's social credit system, which mixes credit scores with monitoring data of citizens, launches nationally in 2020
Some Snapchat users are seeing a reverse chronological Stories feed in tabs, which rolls back a notable change from Snapchat's controversial redesign last year
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