MENLO PARK, Calif. — Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, was tearing up. For half an hour, we had been sitting in a conference room at Facebook’s headquarters, surrounded by whiteboards covered in blue and red marker, discussing the technical difficulties of removing toxic content from the social network. Then we brought up an episode […]
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These new TikTok influencers have millions of fans and are hustling for a fraction of the price of YouTubers
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The Google city that has angered Toronto
It was meant to be a vision of how we will all live in future – a smart city built from the internet up – offering citizens the chance to experience the very latest technology. That would include autonomous cars, innovative ways to collect rubbish and shared spaces for communities to come together in new […]
AI and 5G will create an explosion in cybersecurity risks, says FBI agent and general counsel at $50 billion firm
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How to backup an Apple Watch and restore its data after you unpair it from an iPhone
Getty Images Your Apple Watch will automatically backup its data when it’s connected to its companion iPhone. The backup will save the majority of your data but will not save Bluetooth pairings, credit or debit cards saved in Apple Pay, or the passcode for your watch. If you’ve reset your Apple Watch, you’ll be given […]
This tech CEO has sold 6 startups for a combined $500 million. These are his top tips for selling at the perfect time.
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How the Promise of a $120 Billion Uber I.P.O. Evaporated
Last September, Uber’s top executives were pitched by some of Wall Street’s biggest banks, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. The bankers’ presentations calculated Uber’s valuation almost identically, hovering around one particular number: $ 120 billion. That was the figure the bankers said they could convince investors Uber was worth when it listed its shares on […]
Trump declares national emergency over IT threats
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from “foreign adversaries”. He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose national security risks. The order does not name any company, but is believed to target Huawei. The Chinese tech giant said restricting […]
White House declines to back Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concerns
The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques, saying free-speech concerns prevented the White House from formally signing onto the largest campaign to date targeting extremism online. The “Christchurch Call,” unveiled at an […]
A tech executive who was personally mentored by Marc Benioff explains the simple difference between good employees and great ones
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Wikipedia blocked in China in all languages
All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed. Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China. The country had previously banned the Chinese language version of the site, but the block has now been expanded. […]
WhatsApp was hacked and attackers installed spyware on people’s phones
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustrationReuters WhatsApp has been hacked and attackers have installed spyware on an unknown number of people’s smartphones. Bad actors installed the surveillance technology by phoning the target through WhatsApp’s call functionality, according to […]
Google Walkout Organizers Demand HR Investigation After Claims Of Retaliation
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The Shift: Instagram Is Trying to Curb Bullying. First, It Needs to Define Bullying.
If you were to rank all the ways humans can inflict harm on one another, ranked by severity, it might be a few pages before you got to “intentional inducement of FOMO.” Purposefully giving someone else FOMO — fear of missing out — is not a crime, or even a misdemeanor. But it is a […]
Instagram Blocks Anti-Vaccine Hashtags To Combat Misinformation
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