Tech
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Insider Says Facebook Ignored Companies’ Use of Private Data
Former Facebook operations manager Sandy Parakilas says social network’s handling of data is “utterly shocking and horrifying”
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‘Post-Cable’ Digital News Outlet Cheddar Raises $22 Million for International Expansion
Milennial-focused tech and news network will launch a Snapchat channel next month
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#DeleteFacebook Movement Gains Steam After 50 Million Users Have Data Leaked
Cambridge Analytica news has Facebook users ready to call it quits
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Facebook Conducts Forensic Audit of Trump-Linked Cambridge Analytica Data
“If this data still exists, it would be a grave violation of Facebook’s policies,” the social network says in a blog post
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Facebook Stock Sinks After Cambridge Analytica Report
Social network is on track for its worst trading day in more than a year
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New York Town Becomes First US City to Ban Bitcoin Miners
“We needed a moratorium to give us time to really flesh out the public policy,” Plattsburgh mayor tells TheWrap after residents see huge jumps in their electric bills
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Amazon Has Half as Many Paid Streamers as Netflix – But 50 Percent More Than Hulu (Report)
A whopping 26 million Americans are streaming video on Amazon, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters
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Rihanna Slaps Back at Snapchat for ‘Ignorance,’ Making a ‘Joke’ Out of Domestic Violence
Smartphone game ad asking “Would you rather slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown?” was pulled earlier this week
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Drake Jumped on Twitch to Play ‘Fortnite,’ Quickly Broke Viewing Record
Rapper Travis Scott and Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster also joined the video game party
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Facebook Bans Far-Right Group Britain First for ‘Hatred Against Minority Groups’
“We are an open platform for all ideas and political speech goes to the heart of free expression. But political views can and should be expressed without hate,” says Facebook
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Facebook to Add Video News Section Ahead of 2018 Midterm Elections
Social network is looking to launch news clips from 10 publishers this summer
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Microsoft Received Hundreds of Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Complaints, Lawsuit Says
One out of 118 pay discrimination complaints were “founded,” according to software giant
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Jake Paul Lays Out 5-Point Plan to Prevent School Shootings in Latest YouTube Video
YouTuber hits “ground floor” in Parkland, Florida to combat gun violence
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Apple SVP Eddy Cue: Don’t Expect a Netflix Buyout Anytime Soon
“Generally the history of Apple — we have not made huge acquisitions,” exec said at South by Southwest
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Dropbox Announces IPO, Setting Valuation Well Under $10 Billion
File-sharing giant had previously been valued near $10 billion
