YouTube says it will no longer suggest videos with “borderline content” or those that “misinform users in a harmful way” even if they don't violate guidelines
SAN FRANCISCO — Whether it is a video claiming the earth is flat or the moon landing was faked …
Google confirms that I/O 2019 will take place from May 7 to May 9 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View after a developer solves the I/O puzzle
If you're a fan of all things Google, you already have a date to mark on your calendar for 2019. Developer Till Kottmann …
Apple's first beta of iOS 12.2 for developers includes images of a magazine subscription service, rumored since Apple first bought Texture
There have been rumors about an Apple News subscription service since mid-2018, starting with a report by Bloomberg that said Apple was planing …
Staff from Toronto's Citizen Lab, behind exposés of government hacking tool vendors like NSO, describe meetings likely arranged to get compromising quotes
NEW YORK (AP) — The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle …
Counterpoint Research: India was the world's fastest growing smartphone market in 2018 with ~145.2M smartphones shipped, up 10% YoY; Xiaomi was the top vendor
As smartphone shipments drop globally and in most individual markets, including the U.S. and China, at least one region is reporting an unusual …
Researchers say India's political parties are using armies of volunteers to spread misinformation and hate speech via WhatsApp group chats ahead of elections
On Monday, in an effort to stop the spread of fake news, WhatsApp announced that users around the world would only be allowed …
Profile of Front Porch Forum, a thriving message board community of ~160K members covering towns in Vermont, which has helped create resilience during disasters
On August 29th, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene passed over Vermont, the first such storm to hit the state since 1938.
Responding to reports of a planned streaming video service, T-mobile hints it will just launch a “snackable content app” on its Metro brand next month
What you'd heard was wrong — T-Mobile is gearing up to launch a free mobile TV streaming service …
Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp's by end of the year
Here's What To Do Reuters : Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: NYT Chief Chapree / Lowyat.NET : Facebook Reportedly Working On Cross-Messaging Feature for WhatsApp, In...
Conversations with execs at the World Economic Forum reveal that many are racing toward automation to stay ahead of competition regardless of impact on workers
DAVOS, Switzerland — They'll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @alexstamos , @dabeard , @nytimes , @simones...
HMD says it will soon sell its Nokia smartphones through Verizon and Cricket Wireless in US and Rogers in Canada
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
Florida-based Finxact, which helps banks upgrade their legacy backend infrastructure and offer modern digital services via a cloud-based platform, raises $30M
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accenture Plc, SunTrust Banks Inc and the American Bankers Association, a trade group for U.S. banks …
Unsealed documents show Facebook orchestrated a multi-year effort that duped children who played video games into spending their parents' money
It turns out moving fast and breaking things might … AJ Dellinger / Engadget : Facebook willingly let kids spend their parents' money and didn't stop it Alan Martin / Inquirer : Facebook is lovely but...
Gab remains financially viable due to the Jobs Act of 2012, which has allowed it to raise $2M from two crowdfunding rounds handled by online broker StartEngine
Three months after a man radicalized on Gab.com killed 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue, the social media website that has become … Tweets: @hatewatch and @michaelehayden Tweets: @hatewatch : How is ...
Tinder settles class action about charging users over 30 double the standard Tinder Plus fee, will pay class members $11.5M+ and stop the practice in California
Dami Lee / The Verge :
Amazon's Rekognition mistakes women as men 19% of the time, and darker-skinned women as men 31% of the time, more than similar services from IBM and Microsoft
Commercial AI System for Analyzing Faces. aies-conference.com : Actionable Auditing: Investigating the Impact of Publicly Naming Biased Performance Results of Commercial AI Products Abrar Al-Heeti / C...
Study of registered US voters in 2016: 6.7% of all news consumed on Twitter was fake news, 1% of users were exposed to 80.0% of it, and 0.1% shared 79.8% of it
Airbnb has acquired Denmark-based startup Gaest, which helps businesses book off-site spaces for meetings and events
Sean O'Neill / Skift :
Sources: BuzzFeed and Group Nine have discussed merger; companies have ties via BuzzFeed's chairman Ken Lerer and his son Ben Lerer, CEO at Group Nine
Peter Kafka / Recode :
How Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are landing top talent in movies, TV, and other media ahead of the mobile video platform's launch by year's end
The movie mogul (Disney, DreamWorks Animation) and tech executive (eBay, Hewlett Packard) are aiming for short-form glory with the well-funded Quibi. Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @ohmdee , and @caseynewton...
European Commission says that more than 95K complaints have been filed with data regulators since adoption of GDPR in May
Agence France-Presse :
Canada-based 7shifts, which uses AI to forecast staffing needs and help manage the workforces of 250K+ restaurants worldwide, raises $10M Series A
Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit :
A collection of stories from US tech workers about how they organize among themselves with tools like Slack, Signal, and Google Docs, for political activism
@mer__edith, who helped organize the @GoogleWalkout http://clsndy.co/... Lauren Naturale / @lnaturale : “I said, 'OK, instead of you trying to sell me, I'm going to tell you why I wouldn't work for Am...
How black women founders, long underestimated and overlooked in tech, are now raising millions in venture capital and forcing Silicon Valley to pay attention
Jessica Guynn / USA Today : Tweets: @6gems , @usatoday , @arlanwashere , @blackgirlscode , and @recookie Tweets: Kimberly Bryant / @6gems : Super proud of @blackgirlscode board member @JuliaCollins f...
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