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Verge cryptocurrency asks users for $3M to reveal a ‘potential partnership’
2018-03-23

This can only happen in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Privacy-oriented digital currency Verge has taken to Twitter to ask its users to donate 75,000,000 XVG (approximately $3 million) so it can reveal a mysterious, “potential partnership” next week. For the record, this is completely unheard of –...

Apple’s and Google’s CEOs are heading to China amid burgeoning trade war
2018-03-23

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and other tech CEOs including IBM’s Ginny Rometty, and Qualcomm’s Steven Mollenkopf are headed to China this weekend to attend the China Development Forum, which Cook will co-chair, reports 9to5Mac. The delegation of tech giants comes at the beginning of a...

Grief Is A Seismic Force For Social Change
2018-03-23

After Parkland, like many people before then, the students have used the power of grief and loss to power a social movement. For years, we could predict the response to any mass shooting with almost scientific precision: variations of “thoughts and prayers” would overwhelm our Twitter feeds. The Onion...

The Gawker/Peter Thiel legal battle is being turned into two movies
2018-03-23

Two production companies are turning the lawsuit, which saw billionaire venture capitalist Thiel financially back Hulk Hogan in a suit against the former online media giant Gawker, into films, reports Engadget. The first, titled Gawker v. Thiel, will be helmed by Modern Family director Jason Winer and will focus on...

YouTube is bringing movies involving Susan Sarandon and Eminem to theaters this year
2018-03-23

YouTube has been producing original content for subscribers of its paid Red tier for a while now, but it’s graduating from shows and web series to feature films this year, starting with the Susan Sarandon-starrer, Vulture Club. IndieWire notes that the film, directed by Iranian-American Maryam Keshavarz, sees...

Sheryl Sandberg defends Facebook’s data-hungry business model
2018-03-22

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg spoke publicly on Thursday for the first time about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, nearly a week after users and investors began to voice alarm at the revelation that the data-analytics firm had improperly gained access to the personal data associated with millions of Facebook user...

How the Cambridge Analytica scandal could harm data research efforts
2018-03-22

The scandal that has erupted around Cambridge Analytica’s alleged harvesting of 50m Facebook profiles assembled from data provided by a UK-based academic and his company is a worrying development for legitimate researchers. Political data analytics company Cambridge Analytica – which is affiliated with Strategic...

While Facebook crashes and burns, Instagram finally answers a common user complaint
2018-03-22

Instagram would probably like you to forget that its parent company is in the midst of a massive data privacy scandal. How does it do that? Well, it’s finally fixing one of the most common quibbles people have about the platform. Have you ever had your Instagram feed automatically refreshed,...

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...

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