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7 Ways To Make It Easier For Recruiters To Skim Your Resume
2018-03-22

Recruiters rarely read your resume from start to finish. Follow these tips in order to grab their attention right away. It’s easy to think that after all the work you’ve put into perfecting your resume, recruiters will at least spend the time thoroughly reading it from start to finish. Unfortunately,...

57 billion Facebook friendships: Giant data dump given to Cambridge Analytica’s academic
2018-03-22

Even though Facebook broke all ties with researcher Aleksandr Kogan last week (after news broke about Kogan misusing Facebook data to help Cambridge Analytica), the social network sure shared a lot of user information with the academic. The Guardian reports that Kogan and his research partners were given access to an...

Instagram mixes it up by putting new posts first again
2018-03-22

Instagram today announced it would be updating timeline settings for users, offering some extra control for users, as well as a concession to those who’ve long wanted their photo feeds to be ordered by timeliness again. Instagram officially switched from a chronological feed to an algorithmic one back in 2016, and...

Pot Meet Kettle Alert: Google’s AI Guru Attacks Facebook’s Algorithms
2018-03-22

A Google software lead is scared of Facebook’s power, but shouldn’t he be scared of himself too? Last night Google’s deep-learning expert François Chollet tweeted a long and slightly illuminating thread, decrying the state of artificial intelligence programming. In light of Facebook’s...

7 ways to boost your conversion with Instagram ads
2018-03-22

Instagram is one of the hottest social media platforms on social media right now. The people on this platform are the individuals who make this platform so great. There is so much to do and find on Instagram it’s actually overwhelming at times. This also means that you might have some trouble pushing your brand out...

How To Get A Job At Twitter
2018-03-22

A hiring manager and a new hire reveal what it takes to get in at the social media giant. There’s a decent chance you came to this article via Twitter. While the company isn’t as big as its main rival, Facebook, it can be argued that in today’s climate, Twitter is the more socially important and...

Binance denies it’s being shut down in Japan
2018-03-22

Contrary to reports from Japanese news outlet Nikkei, Binance has denied rumors that Japan’s Financial Services Authority (JFSA) is planning to issue a warning requiring the cryptocurrency exchange desk to shut down its operation in the country. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has taken to Twitter to refute claims made...

Mozilla suspends advertising on Facebook after Cambridge Analytica scandal
2018-03-22

The Mozilla Foundation, maker of the Firefox web browser, has announced it plans to suspend all advertising activities on Facebook. The move comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which has embroiled the popular social networking site. In a blog post announcing the move, Denelle Dixon, Mozilla’s chief...

We’re looking for the best young digital talent in the Netherlands
2018-03-22

Dutch entrepreneurs, digital designers, coders, and academic researchers: if your work is kick-ass, we want to hear from you. After last year’s incredible success, the T500 program is back. We want to continue recognising and celebrating young digital talent – so we’re once again looking for the 500 most...

Mozilla yanks ads from Facebook due to Cambridge Analytica scandal
2018-03-22

The company, best known for its Firefox web browser, has suspended its advertising on Facebook, the company announced in a blog post. The move is directly due to the Cambridge Analytica scandal currently engulfing the social media giant, which saw tens of millions of Facebook users have their personal information...

Uber says it’s not testing unmanned flying taxis in Kenya
2018-03-22

The company stepped up to deny the reports in Kenyan newspaper Business Daily that it was preparing to introduce autonomous flying taxis in the nation for testing purposes, reports Bloomberg. The Business Daily, citing Kenya Civil Aviation Authority director-general Gilbert Kibe, reported that Uber has sought...

Best Buy severs ties with Huawei over security concerns
2018-03-22

The U.S. electronics retailer giant has cut ties with China’s Huawei Technologies citing increased scrutiny of Chinese tech firms by the U.S. government, reports Reuters. A source told Reuters that Best Buy will stop selling Huawei devices over the next several weeks. The move follows both Verizon and AT&T...

Path founder considers rebuilding his social network as Facebook takes a hit
2018-03-22

In the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica controversy, Dave Morin, the CEO and co-founder of rival social network Path, tweeted that he’s considering rebuilding his site after being overwhelmed by requests to do so. Within hours, Morin received replies from the likes of Mike DiCarlo, Path’s former director...

YouTube wants to ruin music videos and get you to pay for its upcoming streaming service
2018-03-22

YouTube wants a larger piece of the streaming music pie than it’s currently earned, so it’s come up with an audacious plan that you’re going to hate – and it involves more ads. In an interview at SXSW, YouTube’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, said that people who listen to plenty of music on the platform...

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “happy” to testify before Congress
2018-03-22

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told CNN tonight that he’d be “happy” to testify before Congress regarding the scandal over Trump-connected data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica obtaining personal info on up to 50 million Facebook users.  “The short answer is I’m...

YouTube is banning gun videos. Now they’re reappearing on Pornhub.
2018-03-21

YouTube today updated its policies on videos containing firearm and firearm modifications, banning demo videos, how-tos, and anything containing links to sites that sell guns. Needless to say, the gun enthusiast community on the site is not taking happy about it, and some are starting to find unconventional new hosts...

Google is reportedly working on “blockchain-related” cloud technology
2018-03-21

Blockchain Kodak, blockchain taxis, blockchain pizza! What’s next? Why Google, of course. According to a report by Bloomberg, Google is working on “blockchain-related” technology for its cloud business. It would theoretically help make customers feel their data is more secure. It could also differentiate Google...

Here’s everything Mark Zuckerberg didn’t say, and probably won’t
2018-03-21

Cambridge Analytica’s improper access to Facebook user data turned into a firestorm for the social media giant this past week. Four days later, CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded, publishing a Facebook post in which he made a familiar vow to do “what it takes to protect our community.” He...

Mark Zuckerberg responds to the Cambridge Analytica scandal
2018-03-21

Facebook’s been having a rough week, as news broke recently of a misuse of data it provided to data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. After days of relative silence from his company, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the scandal. He opens by ‘fessing up to Facebook’s role in the problem, while in...

Facebook basically wants to pay for its own police force
2018-03-21

While Facebook is excoriated this week over its failure to stop Cambridge Analytica from misusing the private data of millions of people, the company’s vast expansion is still going full-speed ahead. One vision Facebook has been slowly executing on is its plan to build an entire Silicon Valley-based...

At A Moment Of Crisis, Facebook Needs Sheryl Sandberg Out Front
2018-03-21

It’s hard to fathom why Facebook’s number two has gone along with a crisis strategy that puts herself (and Mark Zuckerberg) squarely behind the curtain. Over the weekend it was business as usual on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s profile page. On Saturday, she shared two photos from a visit to her...

Killer robots? Cambridge Analytica and Facebook show us the real danger of AI
2018-03-21

We were warned, time and time again, by one expert after another. AI doesn’t play fair, it can’t make moral decisions, and it relies entirely on humans for ethics. When those humans are (allegedly) Alex Nix, Steve Bannon, and Dr. Aleksandr Kogan we’re all in a lot of trouble. Cambridge Analytica (allegedly)...

Instagram now lets you link to hashtags and other profiles in your bio
2018-03-21

Your social media bios are where you introduce yourself to the world, and Instagram gives you a canvas of 150 characters to accomplish this. Until very recently, this was a bit of a gilded cage. Instagram restricted users to mere text, emoji, and hyperlinks, and it wasn’t possible to link to hashtags and other...

Twitter CEO says Bitcoin will be the world’s primary currency by 2028
2018-03-21

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, has said that Bitcoin will become the world’s single currency within the next ten years. “The world ultimately will have a single currency, the internet will have a single currency. I personally believe that it will be bitcoin,” Dorsey told The Times. “This would happen probably...

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