Tech
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Facebook Shuts Down ‘Trending’ Topics, Tests ‘Breaking News’ Feature
Tab dedicated to quick news hits brought in little clicks and occasionally surfaced fake news
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Jesse Jackson Grills Mark Zuckerberg Over Facebook’s Lack of Diversity: ‘Top 15 Employees Are White’
Jackson opens company’s annual shareholder meeting, where COO Sheryl Sandberg announces they will automatically consider minority candidates for its board
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Spotify Botched ‘Hateful Conduct’ Policy That Hit R Kelly, CEO Daniel Ek Admits
“We could have done a much better job” of rolling out rules, says chief exec
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Smartphone Use Hits Record High, Mary Meeker’s Latest Report Shows
Famed investor reports Americans are spending 3.3 hours per day consuming content on their phones
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Sarah Silverman to Produce Facebook Comedy Series With Group Nine
“Please Understand Me” pits comedians in fake relationships — as they visit real therapists
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Addresses Why No One Was Fired After Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Mark Zuckerberg “has said very clearly on Cambridge Anlaytica that he designed the platform and he designed policies and he holds himself responsible,” Sandberg says at Code Conference
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US Newspapers Blocked in Europe as EU Privacy Policy Launches
Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune are down right now in most European countries
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Netflix Is Now Worth More Than Disney
Shares of streaming giant have surged more than 75 percent in 2018
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Vevo Shuts Down Website and Apps, Will Lean on YouTube Even More
Music video service will be “exploring ways to work with additional platforms”
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MoviePass Parent Company Stock Continues Free Fall, Drops 12 Percent to New All-Time Low
Helios & Matheson’s stock has dropped 80 percent in the last month
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Facebook Wants Your Naked Pics to ‘Proactively’ Fight Revenge Porn
Social network tests blocking “devastating” pics shared without permission
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Brandi Chastain Hall of Fame Plaque to Get Do-Over After Social Media Outcry
“It’s expensive, but it’s the right thing to do,” says Bay Area Hall of Fame president Kevin O’Brien
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Apple Drops on Latest Fortune 500 List as It Nears $1 Trillion Valuation
Walmart tops ranking of U.S. companies with $500 billion in sales
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Jay-Z’s Tidal Says ‘Potential Data Breach’ May Have Inflated Streams for Kanye West, Beyoncé
Streaming service investigates accusations it artificially boosted play counts
