Twitter finishes its review of proposals for improving the health of discourse on the platform and is working with two academic teams on echo chambers, more
Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform.
Sources: ARM has agreed to acquire US-based data analytics company Treasure Data for about $600M
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IBM and CLS launch LedgerConnect, a blockchain platform for financial services companies, with participation from banks like Barclays in the proof of concept
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Prediction markets that let users bet on assassinations of public figures or the number of days before the next mass shooting, start to appear on Augur
“Killed, not die of natural causes or accidents.” — Pretty much everyone saw them coming, but it was no less disturbing …
Facebook says it will shut down Partner Categories, an ad tool that allows advertisers to target users based on third-party data, by October 1 around the world
Advertisers warn of impact from closure of Facebook ad tool that integrates personal data from outside brokers
Belgian museums complain about Facebook rejecting ads with paintings of Flemish Masters like Rubens; company says it is reviewing its approach to nudity in art
BRUSSELS (AP) — For four centuries, the opulent, exuberant nudes of Peter Paul Rubens have been known to shock and delight in sometimes equal measure.
Twitter needs to learn to multitask and start concentrating on adding new features to help it grow while simultaneously cleaning up its service
The social communications company's stock tanked on negative user growth, but CEO Jack Dorsey think efforts to clean up the service will pay off down the line. Tweets: @stevesi and @karaswisher Tweets...
Swift, parent company of esports organization Team SoloMid, raises $37M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Stephen Curry and others participating
Swift, the parent company of esports organization Team SoloMid, has raised $37 million in a first round of funding.
UK Parliament committee proposes social networks be legally responsible for harmful and illegal content and to let watchdogs audit tech company algorithms
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AI coverage has been misinformed and sensationalized for decades, leading to unrealistic expectations and distracting from the actual consequences of AI
Social media has allowed self-proclaimed ‘AI influencers’ who do nothing more than paraphrase Elon Musk to cash in on this hype with low-quality, pieces.
RaiseMe, a San Francisco-based startup that uses micro-scholarships to motivate students, raises $15M Series B to support expansion into community colleges
For many high school students, it's hard to feel motivated by the connection between getting an “A” in trigonometry and getting into college.
Berlin-based Grover, which wants to be the Netflix for gadgets by offering subscribers rentals of the latest consumer tech, raises €37M Series A
Grover, the Berlin-based startup that offers “pay-as-you-go” subscriptions to the latest consumer tech as an alternative to owning products outright …
SoftBank and Yahoo Japan partner with Paytm to launch a QR code-based mobile payment service, PayPay, in Japan by November, with no commission fees for 3 years
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To drive sales, retailers like Target, Walmart, and Tesco are increasingly selling ads and search keywords on their websites to consumer goods companies
BERLIN/CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with hay fever hate dust. That was the premise of a marketing drive launched by British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson … Tweets: @stevesi Tweets: Steven Sinofsky / @stev...
Imperva, a provider of cloud and on-premises cybersecurity software, to acquire DevOps security company Prevoty for $140M in cash
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How Grab expanded its taxi-hailing app to include booking cars and bikes, and ordering food; worth $10B+, it is Southeast Asia's most valuable tech startup
South China Morning Post :
Facebook, with 5x Stories users across its apps than Snapchat, needs to make the unskippable Stories ad format work to keep revenues growing
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine , @triketora , and @mikeisaac Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Stories ads are a whole new ballgame http://twitter.com/... Tracy Chou / @trik...
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