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Looks like Google is changing Android’s gun emoji into a water gun
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April 25, 2018
Looks like Google is changing Android’s gun emoji into a water gun
Back in 2016, Apple swapped out the graphic used for its gun emoji, replacing the realistically drawn handgun with a…
Facebook shuffle brings a new head of US policy and chief privacy officer
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April 25, 2018
Facebook shuffle brings a new head of US policy and chief privacy officer
Trying times in Menlo Park, it seems: Amid assaults from all quarters largely focused on privacy, Facebook is shifting some…
Particle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3G
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April 24, 2018
Particle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3G
Particle, a developer of networking hardware and software for connected devices, has released an LTE-enabled module for product developers. The…
Hidden Amazon page drops hints about a ‘Fire TV Cube’
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April 24, 2018
Hidden Amazon page drops hints about a ‘Fire TV Cube’
Rumors have been floating around for a few months now of a new device from Amazon that would mash-up the…
Facebook and the perils of a personalized choice architecture
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April 24, 2018
Facebook and the perils of a personalized choice architecture
Yafit Lev-Aretz Contributor Share on Twitter Yafit Lev-Aretz is a Research Fellow at the Information Law Institute, New York University…
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is an overstuffed adventure with a terrific villain
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April 24, 2018
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is an overstuffed adventure with a terrific villain
When I saw the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, I was really excited and really worried. Excited because, holy…
Vacation rental management service Guesty raises $19.75M
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April 24, 2018
Vacation rental management service Guesty raises $19.75M
As the vacation rental sector heats up — with Airbnb making even more moves to expand its portfolio of services…
IoT ‘conversation’ and ambient contextuality
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April 24, 2018
IoT ‘conversation’ and ambient contextuality
A few years back, I wrote about the way we communicate with our technology. It was obvious even then that…
Digit’s first move beyond saving money is a feature to pay down credit card debt
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April 24, 2018
Digit’s first move beyond saving money is a feature to pay down credit card debt
Digit, the developer of a wildly popular automatic savings mobile app, is moving beyond its core business with a new…
New numbers illustrate how fast fundraising has changed for young startups
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April 24, 2018
New numbers illustrate how fast fundraising has changed for young startups
Fundraising is never easy, but it’s even harder when the goal posts keep shifting from one place to another. Such…
MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency from the creator of Signal, just raised $30M for private mobile payments
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April 24, 2018
MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency from the creator of Signal, just raised $30M for private mobile payments
A new privacy-centric cryptocurrency project with some big names on board just raised a round worth noting. On Tuesday, the…
MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency from the creator of Signal, just raised $30M for mobile payments
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April 24, 2018
MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency from the creator of Signal, just raised $30M for mobile payments
A new privacy-centric cryptocurrency project with some big names on board just raised a round worth noting. On Tuesday, the…
Four MIT students have launched DeepBench to democratize access to expert networks
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April 24, 2018
Four MIT students have launched DeepBench to democratize access to expert networks
Frederick Daso Contributor Share on Twitter Frederick Daso is a Master's candidate in Aerospace Engineering at MIT writing about college…
Kogan: ‘I don’t think Facebook has a developer policy that is valid’
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April 24, 2018
Kogan: ‘I don’t think Facebook has a developer policy that is valid’
A Cambridge University academic at the center of a data misuse scandal involving Facebook user data and political ad targeting…
Voyage open-sources autonomous driving safety practices
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April 24, 2018
Voyage open-sources autonomous driving safety practices
Voyage, the self-driving car spin-out from Udacity, is open-sourcing its approach to autonomous driving safety. This comes at a time…