Tech
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Facebook Watch Adds Bloomberg and BuzzFeed News to Lineup
Anderson Cooper’s daily news brief — along with several other shows — will air beginning Monday, July 16
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Speaker Giant Sonos Files to Go Public, Reports 33 Percent Jump in Yearly Streaming
Customers listened to 70 hours of content each month in 2017, according to SEC filing
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Facebook Blocked – Then Unblocked – Declaration of Independence as Hate Speech
Paragraph calling Native Americans “savages” was flagged by social network
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Facebook Stock Drops as Feds Expand Cambridge Analytica Probe
The FBI, SEC, and Federal Trade Commission join Justice Department in investigation of massive data leak
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Trump Hotel Promos Accidentally Blocked by Facebook’s New Political Ad Rules
But it wasn’t just Trump Hotels — the new system has also flagged ads with the name Clinton, and the word “bush”
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Facebook Bug Hits 800,000 Users, Makes Blocked ‘Friends’ Unblocked
Bug was active for a week in June
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Verizon Shutters Go90 After Betting Hundreds of Millions on Short-Form Video
Service shuts down after launching in 2015
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Most Republicans Believe Social Media Giants ‘Intentionally Censor’ Political Views
A majority of Republicans believe companies like Facebook and Twitter are against them, says a new Pew Research poll
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Apple and Samsung Settle 7-Year Court Battle Over ‘Blatantly Copied’ iPhone Features
Samsung had recently appealed a jury’s decision that the company owed $539 million
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Facebook Tests ‘Snooze’ Feature to Block Keywords From ‘Trump’ to ‘World Cup’
Users will be able to wipe words from their feeds for 30 days
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Twitter Adds Warning Sign for ‘Suspicious Accounts’
Company unveils several new measures to block “spammy” behavior
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‘Fortnite: Battle Royale’ Just Made $318 Million in a Single Month
Uber-popular free game sets record for biggest sales month, ever
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Tim Cook on Why Apple News Needs Human Editors: ‘News Was Kind of Going a Little Crazy’
Apple wants to curate variety of content that won’t just be “enraging,” says exec
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20 Teens Tell Us Why Snapchat Isn’t Dead Yet
“I’d delete all of my other apps before getting rid of Snapchat,” one young VidCon attendee told TheWrap
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Anthony Bourdain Performed Bhutan Death Ritual for Final ‘Parts Unknown’ Episode
“It seems ironic now,” director Darren Aronfsky says of the show that aired Sunday
