Facebook says it won't back down from allowing lies in political ads but will give users the option to see fewer political ads in their feed and in Instagram
The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies. But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.
In letter to senators, Ring says it has fired four employees over the last four years after it was notified about the employees' improper access to user videos
Amazon-owned home security camera company Ring has fired employees for improperly accessing Ring users' video data …
Mozilla patches an actively exploited Firefox zero-day flaw that could allow attackers to take control of computers by accessing sensitive memory locations
Flaw allows attackers to access sensitive memory locations that are normally off-limits. — Mozilla has released a new version …
TikTok says it has fixed major security vulnerabilities that could have let hackers manipulate content, gain access to private videos, and extract personal data
The vulnerabilities, which the app says it has fixed, could have let attackers manipulate content and extract personal data.
Microsoft says it will roll out Teams features aimed at deskless workers, like Walkie Talkie, SMS sign-in, and shared device sign-out, later this quarter
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Verizon eliminates bundles and contracts for Fios line of TV, broadband, and phone services, will now sell them as standalone products via “Mix & Match on Fios”
Verizon — feeling the pain of customer cancellations over high pay-TV prices — is killing off bundles …
Google starts selling Android search privileges to the highest bidder in EU in a quarterly auction; Bing will appear only in UK between March 1 and June 30
- Android users in the EU will soon be able to choose their default search engine from a list of four options, including Google, when setting up their new phones or tablets.
Insight Partners buys cloud data management provider Veeam Software for $5B, says deal is expected to close in Q1 2020
The equity firm says the deal will ensure Veeam's billion-dollar business reaches the global stage. — Insight Partners has announced the acquisition of Veeam Software …
Twitter says a “conversation participants” compose screen tool is coming in 2020, letting users limit who can reply, and conversation threading will improve
although, isn't that the point of private accounts? For political/public figure persons, entities, networks, or corporations it's certainly the wrong way forward. https://twitter.com/... @chelseacirru...
TikTok outlines more concrete global content moderation rules following criticism, including banning election misinformation and videos glorifying terrorism
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ByteDance says Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, now has over 400M daily active users, up from 250M in January 2019
China's TikTok, which has taken the world by storm, is working its magic in its home nation, too. — The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin …
Upcoming short-form video streaming service Quibi details new features including Turnstyle, which lets videos play well in both portrait and landscape modes
after raising $1.4 billion before launch TechCrunch : Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman offer a deeper look at the new streaming service Fortune : I'm a Millennial, and I Don't Understand Wha...
Facebook moderators in Ireland say company policies, including tracking toilet breaks and setting unrealistic quality standards, add to their trauma
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — DUBLIN — When Valera Zaicev began working in Dublin … Tweets: @daithaigilbert , @daithaigilbert , @daithaigilbert , @daithaigilber...
TikTok accounts impersonating world leaders and politicians, who have largely stayed away from the platform, are multiplying, despite its ban on fake accounts
- Fake Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders' team accounts taunt users — App's slim content review a ‘ticking time bomb,’ analyst says
Facebook's deepfakes policy is a good move but remains deeply flawed, covering only certain videos created by AI and creating loopholes for misleading “satire”
good old fakes—will easily slip by annoticed. And how many writers on propaganda have warned that irony/satire are anyone's game & a hair's breadth away from disinfo? https://www.theverge.com/... @ael...
The Trump administration issues new guidelines for autonomous vehicles that rely on voluntary standards, despite calls for specific rules from safety advocates
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Lightspeed POS, a Montreal-based payments software company, has agreed to buy German POS systems developer Gastrofix for ~$61M in cash and ~$40M in shares
131 amazing new team members in Berlin and Hamburg serving businesses in Germany, Austria, Norway, and further solidifying our lead position in EMEA! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ ...
Business analytics software company Sisense raises $100M at a valuation of over $1B, says it now has 2,000 customers, including Tinder, Philips, and Nasdaq
Sisense, an enterprise startup that that has built a business analytics business out of the premise of making big data as accessible …
Soul Machines, which creates AI-powered customer-facing digital avatars for customers like Google, Sony, and Mercedes Benz, raises $40M Series B led by Temasek
Virtual avatars might well be the future of customer support. According to Juniper Research, conversational assistants …
Outlier.org, which allows students to take online classes for college credit, raises $11.7M Series A led by GSV Ventures
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Komodo Health, which deploys AI on data across the medical industry to build a healthcare “map” of patient outcomes in the US, raises $50M Series C led by a16z
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AI startups are selling images of realistic computer-generated faces, letting clients like dating apps “increase diversity” in their ads without needing people
just input your desired ethnicity and emotion. Great story from @drewharwell https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Evolv, which builds unobtrusive AI-powered scanners that can detect people carrying firearms, raises $30M Series C from Jeb Bush's Finback, Bill Gates, others
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @varma_ashwin97 Tweets: Ashwin Varma / @varma_ashwin97 : @bznotes Are there any resources to read about how this tech actually works? (I remember something about ...
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