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Looks like Google is changing Android’s gun emoji into a water gun
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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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