Mark Zuckerberg clarifies his comments about Holocaust deniers on Facebook: “I absolutely didn't intend to defend the intent of people who deny that”
The Facebook founder has attracted controversy for how the social network deals with content that is offensive to many, such as Holocaust denying.
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, and why he thinks Facebook shouldn't take down posts that deny the Holocaust
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Leaked internal Apple document states that 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard includes a membrane to prevent debris from entering butterfly key mechanism
In an internal document distributed to Apple Authorized Service Providers, obtained by MacRumors from multiple reliable sources …
Facebook says it has begun removing misinformation that contributes to violence on its site, will review text and images in partnership with local organizations
The policy was used for the first time last month in Sri Lanka — Hours after CEO Mark Zuckerberg spurred history by defending …
Siri cofounder Tom Gruber and Apple's head of search Vipul Ved Prakash have left the company after John Giannandrea was named as the leader of the Siri Group
Tom Gruber, one of the original Siri cofounders, has left Apple, where he was recently the head of Siri's Advanced Development group …
Alphabet's Loon signs its first commercial agreement to work with Telkom Kenya to provide internet in central Kenya starting next year
IT'S BEEN A big week for Loon. Just eight days ago, it was one of Alphabet's moonshot projects, launching antennas attached to giant balloons into the stratosphere to beam internet down to Earth.
New York City passes bill to restrict short-term rentals, under which Airbnb would be required to provide detailed information on hosts every month to the city
The New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to significantly restrict Airbnb and other online home rental services …
Sources give more details on Google's Fuchsia OS, which now has 100+ engineers working on it and aims to underpin all Google's gadgets from IoT to Pixel
- More than 100 engineers are working on skunkworks Fuchsia OS — New software could replace current systems in next five years
Microsoft announces public preview of Windows 10 IoT Core Services, which will let device manufacturers control updates for $.30/device/month after preview ends
Gizmos gain control over Windows 10 updates - at a price — Be still your beating hearts, Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Core Services …
Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo lays off majority of staff in the US as insiders say it is scaling back its global operations to focus on China
Chris Taylor rides an Ofo bike in Seattle, the company's first city in the U.S. Taylor resigned from Ofo two weeks ago.
Amazon has built its empire by playing freely with new ideas; besides book-selling, there isn't any market where Amazon has really disrupted the incumbents
AMAZON IS ONE of the largest and most formidable companies in the world. It's run with brutal efficiency, a keen focus on keeping …
Despite repeated requests, Spotify does not let users block followers to deal with harassers and says a block feature is not in its current road map
When Meghan, a 26-year-old bookseller in Boston, left her boyfriend after months of emotional abuse, she made every effort to cut him out of her life.
Investigation: the health insurance industry is working with data brokers to collect “lifestyle” details on hundreds of millions of Americans to predict costs
To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month's health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren't very compelling.
Uber partners with Cargo, which makes boxes of items such as gum, phone chargers, and snacks, to help drivers sell goods to their passengers
Uber has teamed up with Cargo, a startup that makes it easy for ride-share drivers to sell goods to their passengers.
Source: GV has for years been using an algorithm, dubbed The Machine, to help make investment decisions
When most venture capitalists want approval to make a new investment, they go to their partners. When venture capitalists at GV do it, they go to something called “The Machine.”
Facebook says it will begin proactively locking accounts of those under 13 on Instagram and Facebook, after report showed relaxed attitude by moderators
Facebook and Instagram will more proactively lock the accounts of users its moderators suspect are below the age of 13.
Insight Venture Partners closes a $6.3B fund, called Fund X, to invest in growth-stage tech companies globally
New York-based venture capital (VC) firm Insight Venture Partners has closed its tenth fund at a whopping $6.3 billion. Fund X, as its known, will be leveraged to continue investing in growth-stage c...
Survey of election security in 50 US states shows vulnerabilities persist ahead of midterms as only 13 of 40 respondents said they would buy new voting machines
Most states aren't planning to use federal funds to make major election upgrades before November.
Amazon Web Services CEO says that AWS is not actively building a commercial network switch, after a report said the company was considering selling its own
Report that Amazon would start selling switches to businesses hit stock of Cisco and other networking providers
Investigation shows Google Home and Alexa struggle to understand Indian, Chinese, and Spanish accents compared to accents from across America
THE ACCENT GAP — We tested Amazon's Alexa and Google's Home to see how people with accents are getting left behind in the smart-speaker revolution. Tweets: @drewharwell , @geoffreyfowler , @drewharw...
Shanghai-based AI startup Yitu Technology, which focuses on machine vision and more, raises $100M in addition to the $200M Series C+ it raised in June
One month after Yitu Technology scored US$200 million, the Chinese artificial intelligence firm secured another US$100 million from China Industrial Asset Management Ltd.
For stories like the Trump-Putin summit, Google News needs to be clearer about how its algorithm works and learn to separate commentary from factual reporting
The algorithm that ranks content can make some truly strange decisions. What set of signals is Google News looking for?
Indian online ticketing service BookMyShow raises $100M Series D led by private investment firm TPG Growth, at a post-money valuation of $850M, sources say
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EU fines Google a record €4.3B (~$5B) in antitrust case for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine
Is it OK to turn my cat vegan? Camila Domonoske / NPR : EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users Don Reisinger / Tom's Guide : Google Just Fined $5 Billion for Abusing And...
To combat China's rise in tech, the US government should spend more on the research and development of advanced technologies rather than imposing tariffs
At the heart of the trade war between the United States and China lies a profound and unsettling question: Who should control the key technologies that will rule tomorrow? Tweets: @fryan and @nytimesb...
IBM reports Q2 revenues of $20B, vs. $19.85B expected, up 4% YoY, marking IBM's third consecutive quarter of revenue growth after five years of YoY declines
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eBay reports Q2 revenues of $2.6B, up 9% YoY, vs. $2.66B est., with non-GAAP net income of $533M, up 7% YoY, and gross merchandise volume of $23.6B
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Leaked documents: Facebook moderators can ban Pages if admins get 5 “strikes” or if 30%+ of other people's posts violate its community standards within 90 days
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Researcher: a robocalling company has left hundreds of thousands of voters' data, including personal details and audio recordings, exposed on a public server
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
Netflix is creating a comedy-focused radio channel in partnership with Sirius XM, due to launch in January 2019
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal :
Despite glitches, Amazon sold more than 100M products on Prime Day, driving record Prime sign-ups and sales; Fire TV Stick was the most popular purchase
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters :
Reddit begins rolling out live chatrooms, organized by subreddit and created by admins only, currently in beta
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Glovo, a Barcelona-based on-demand delivery business, raises €115M Series C with Spanish press reporting the round values the startup at more than €300M
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Facebook confirms users can now sync their Instagram contacts to Messenger
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Openpath, a workplace security startup that lets employees enter offices with their phone, raises $20M Series B led by Emergence Capital
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Ofcom report: UK subscribers to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Sky's Now TV hit 15.4M in Q1, overtaking the 15.1M traditional pay-TV subscribers for the first time
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Coinbase, which on Monday said it got the green light from the SEC to move forward with a trio of acquisitions, now says it never got such an endorsement
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Uber hires Ruby Zefo, Intel's chief privacy and security counsel, as its first-ever chief privacy officer, to report to Uber's chief legal officer
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Court filing: DOJ has proposed an expedited schedule for its appeal of the ruling allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner, seeking briefs by Oct. 18
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