As part of GDPR compliance, Google updates its privacy policy for more clarity, improves controls to manage your data, adds more services under data portability
Last year, we outlined Google's commitment to comply with Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) …
Snap begins rolling out redesign to “majority” of iOS users that undoes some previous changes, like putting Snaps and Chats back in chronological order
It's currently rolling out to ‘the majority’ of iOS users — Snapchat says it is currently rolling out yet another redesign to its app to iOS users.
Lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill, The Secure Data Act, which aims to block government from mandating encryption backdoors
This welcome piece of legislation reflects much of what the community of encryption researchers, scientists, developers, and advocates have explained for decades …
YouGov survey finds Snapchat brand's user sentiment declined 73% among US consumers aged 18-34 following redesign; satisfaction levels similarly declined
Their opinion of Snapchat's brand has taken a major hit. — Snapchat users have a much more negative view of the brand since Snap redesigned the app in January.
Securus Technologies, which provides phone service to thousands of prisons, allows the police to track any phone's location within seconds without a warrant
Thousands of jails and prisons across the United States use a company called Securus Technologies to provide and monitor calls to inmates.
Google says it's designing features using Duplex voice assistant tech to have “disclosure built-in” and will “make sure the system is appropriately identified”
The search giant's lifelike AI will identify itself to callers. — Earlier this week …
Google faces pushback after demoing its Duplex service, a voice-based assistant programmed to sound as human as possible, which many found uncanny
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Symantec shares plummet after company warns its annual report could be delayed by an internal investigation into unspecified concerns by board
Shares of the antivirus software company drop more than 20 percent. — Symantec shares plummeted roughly 20 percent on Thursday …
Report: Facebook is exploring creation of its own cryptocurrency to facilitate payments among its users, but the plans will likely take years to materialize
With an eye towards payments on the social media platform — Facebook is reportedly planning to launch its own cryptocurrency …
Silver Lake to buy ZPG, owner of UK property portals Zoopla, PrimeLocation, and SmartNewHomes, for about £2.2B, a 30% premium on its Thursday closing price
The UK housing market has cooled down on the heels of the EU/Brexit referendum vote, but that hasn't stopped M&A activity around property market companies.
Spotify removes R. Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from the service's playlists, including-algorithmically generated ones, as part of new “hateful conduct” policy
what we choose to program — to reflect our values.” #MuteRKelly http://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajoy : Like, why die on THIS hill? I'm really over here studying a16z investments to see if they...
Nvidia reports record quarterly revenue of $3.21B, up 66% YoY, with datacenter revenue of $701M, up 71% YoY, but missing expectations of $703M
White House announces Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, comprised of AI researchers in government, to advise on R&D priorities, partnerships, more
The new interagency group will coordinate artificial intelligence programs and research across government.
Didi Chuxing to suspend Hitch, one of its carpooling services, for one week as it investigates the murder of a passenger allegedly by a driver
Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing service, has suspended its Hitch, one of its carpooling services, for one week as it investigates the murder of a passenger.
White House science adviser Michael Kratsios tells over 40 companies at AI summit that the Trump administration plans a hands-off approach to AI regulation
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Interview with Google News VP Richard Gingras on data privacy, Google's internal culture and politics, criticism ahead of the GDPR, and rethinking journalism
The head of Google News discusses the news ecosystem, responds to GDPR criticism, and answers the question: Is Google really a child of the open web?
Nvidia says it earned $289M from sales of its chips to cryptocurrency miners in Q1 of 2018, but expects crypto revenue to decline by two-thirds in Q2
Nvidia Corp. revealed for the first time how much revenue it generated from chip sales to the cryptocurrency market — and said that figure will be much smaller in the second quarter.
Carnegie Mellon says it will offer the first AI degree program in the US, awarding a “bachelor of science in artificial intelligence” degree beginning in fall
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Companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet stopped mentioning overseas cash in quarterly reports after tax overhaul required them to pay tax on such holdings
- New law requires companies to pay taxes on money held abroad — Other corporations also drop mention of overseas holdings
House Democrats release 3,519 Facebook ads from Russia-linked accounts, spanning 2015 to 2017, showing a coordinated campaign to sow distrust in US politics
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Chinese game-streaming platform Huya priced its IPO on NYSE at $12/share, offering 15M American Depository Shares and raising $180M
Dropbox reports first financial results since IPO, with Q1 revenue of $316.3M, up 28% YoY, vs $308.7M est., as paying users reach 11.5M, up from 9.3M last year
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Sources: Amazon's Alexa division has a “health & wellness” team of over a dozen people, focusing on areas like diabetes management and assistance to new mothers
Seattle-based XNOR.ai, which is building a platform that lets developers deploy AI to devices more easily, raises $12M Series A led by Madrona Venture Group
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IAB report: online advertising exceeded total spent on broadcast and cable TV in 2017, reaching $88B, a 21% increase from 2016; mobile rose 36% YoY to $49.9B
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Lithium Technologies to shut down Klout website and the Klout score on May 25, is planning a new social impact scoring methodology based on Twitter
Remember Klout? — The influencer market service … Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Klout Dead — RIP to the “social reputation score” website. Sean Hollister / CNET : Klout is shutting down, so your s...
Facebook begins surveying some European users about which news sources they are familiar with and trust, after asking similar questions of US users
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