Pentagon spokesperson says there has been a “2,000% increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours”, following Syria air strikes on Friday night
As Donald Trump's administration, backed by France and the UK, launched a series of missile attacks on Syrian installations allegedly used …
Google researchers showcase AI tech that can isolate individual voices within a noisy environment in videos with a single audio track by watching mouth movement
Google researchers try to replicate the “cocktail party effect” for computers. — Google researchers have developed …
After testing home flipping marketplace for a year, Zillow itself will start buying and selling homes for cash; Zillow shares down 7.3% after announcement
- Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company's existing audience of sellers and buyers uniquely positions it for success as a real estate investor.
Facebook removes pages linked to white nationalist Richard Spencer and The Nationalist Initiative's page; all pages are linked to “hate groups” by the SPLC
Two Facebook pages associated with white nationalist Richard Spencer have been kicked off the platform.
A breakdown of all the data tech companies can collect during a low-key pizza and movie night with a friend, according to their privacy policies
The smartphones, Facebook accounts and other technology products deeply embedded in modern life help people get more things done every day.
FCC filing from July, made public today, shows gold iPhone X that Apple likely planned to launch but abandoned due to unforeseen production issues
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
As Mark Zuckerberg takes heat for the way Facebook handles personal information of its users, the leaders of other tech companies have kept a low profile
@antoniogm interview via @nkulw @NYMag http://nymag.com/... Vincent Mosco / @vmosco : “Google, for example, has an online advertising business more than twice the size of Facebook's. And Google also c...
Study finds ~3,337 free apps in Google Play's Designed for Families program that may violate COPPA, a federal law aimed to protect children from online tracking
Thousands of free apps available in the Google Play store are potentially violating a major federal data-privacy law intended …
Former Facebook, Google, Reddit execs, and other prominent technologists describe how Silicon Valley's business model undermined its dream of a networked utopia
Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong — from the architects who built it.
Sensor Tower: US iPhone users spent an average of $58 each on in-app purchases in 2017, up 23% YoY; entertainment apps spending up 57%, lifestyle apps up 110%
Games, dating apps and streaming services contributed to a rise in consumer spending in iPhone apps last year …
People quickly trusted tech companies with personal info amid a data boom, despite risks, spawning resentment and distrust after the Cambridge Analytica scandal
and clarified what the company is really capable of. http://www.nytimes.com/...
How UN's Building Blocks program is using permissioned blockchain based on open source Ethereum code to distribute UN-facilitated food aid to recipients
A few times a month, Bassam pushes a shopping cart through the aisles of a grocery store stocked with bags of rice, a small selection of fresh vegetables, and other staples.
Apple staff memo says it caught 29 leakers, including staff, contractors, and suppliers, in 2017, 12 arrested; memo implies possible legal action for leaks
Meet Vero, a Lebanese Billionaire's Anti-Facebook Eric Lieberman / The Daily Caller : Leaked Memo Shows That Apple Had 12 Employees Arrested For Leaking, Says Report Heather Kelly / CNNMoney : Apple m...
Yahoo Japan to buy 40% stake in local cryptocurrency exchange BitARG, source says for $18.5M to $27.8M
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Waymo submitted an application to test autonomous cars without safety drivers in California; source says tests will start near its Mountain View headquarters
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle :
Sources: most Facebook employees liked what Zuckerberg told Congress, but his vagueness on ads made some wonder if he cares how that side of Facebook biz works
ABOUT TWO HOURS, or 20 percent, into Mark Zuckerberg's marathon testimony before Congress this week, the Facebook CEO …
Chinese microblogging platform Weibo says it will remove gay and violent content during a 3-month cleanup campaign to comply with China's new cybersecurity law
less frequently discussed than his authoritarian politics—will cause renewed pressure on LGBT identities & expression in the public sphere http://www.reuters.com/...
Sources: Walmart likely to reach deal to buy ~51% of Flipkart by end of June; Walmart offered $10-$12B, in part for newly issued shares valuing Flipkart at $18B
Sumeet Chatterjee / Reuters :
Interviews and docs show why Microsoft has failed to hire/retain more women: a culture of casual sexism, male-dominated hierarchy, and poor grievance resolution
Court filings, internal documents and interviews with employees illustrate why Microsoft has failed to hire or retain more women …
AMD unveils 4 new 2nd gen Ryzen CPUs with Wraith coolers available on April 19; 8-core CPUs cost $329 and $299 while the 6-core CPUs cost $229 and $199
Ian Cutress / AnandTech :
Amid FOSTA crackdown, sex workers turn to Switter.at, an instance of the open source social platform Mastodon, to maintain their online presence
Safe options are dwindling for sex workers under the controversial sex trafficking bill. Switter is helping—for now — Sex workers are running out of safe online spaces.
Analysis of VentureSource data: in 2017, investors from Asia directed 40% of the $154B in global venture financing, nearly as much as the 44% from US investors
Wall Street Journal :
Ahead of key elections in India, experts say Facebook, Google, and Twitter aren't doing enough to prevent abuse and political manipulation on their platforms
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @pranavdixit , @johnpaczkowski , and @pranavdixit . Thanks: @pranavdixit Tweets: @pranavdixit : American tech companies love to talk about what a big and important m...
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