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Amazon Is Finally Releasing A Waterproof Kindle
The second-generation Kindle Oasis is now pool- and bathtub-friendly.
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Hacking Convention Finds Voting Machines Were Easy To Hack
Giving hackers free access to voting machines at last summer's DEF CON convention in Las Vegas uncovered a range of vulnerabilities.
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Twitter Adds "Happening Now" Feature That Groups Tweets By Event
The feature will start by highlighting tweets from sports games, then it will move on to TV, breaking news, and more.
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Twitter Plans To Release A Bookmarking Tool
"Fresh out of HackWeek and coming soon — a new way to save tweets to read later," says Twitter product head Keith Coleman.
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Twitter Tells Republican Senate Candidate To Edit Advertisement If She Wants To Run It
Twitter objected to the line: "We stopped the sale of baby body parts."
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With Project Ark, Uber Aims To Consolidate Its Splintered Engineering Division
As Uber rapidly grew to 5 billion total rides and 16,000 employees, its engineering division grew disorganized and redundant. Project Ark, announced last month, is an attempt to fix that.
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Facebook Execs Have Donated To Lawmakers On Congressional Intel Committees This Year
COO Sheryl Sandberg and others have given to a handful number of lawmakers who serve on the committees currently conducting investigations into Russian interference.
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AIM Is Officially Dying, And So Is Your Childhood
*~ RIP AIM, 4ever in our ♥ ~*
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People Are Getting Kicked Off Venmo For Breaking Its Very Long User Agreement
Reading the terms of service on Venmo's app may become more important as the company tests out a debit card that will allow users to make purchases with their balance.
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Apple Is Introducing Androgynous Emojis
There are new gender-neutral people, plus "I love you" in American Sign Language and — finally — a "shhh" emoji.
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Uber Removes Code That Could Have Let It Surveil iPhone Users
After dealing with past controversies in which it followed passengers through a "God View" and tracked users who deleted its app from their phone, Uber now has another surveillance mishap on its hands, though the company says this one was unintentional.
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After Seven Years, Engineer Curtis Chambers Has Left Uber
Curtis Chambers, Uber director of engineering and self-proclaimed "secret weapon," left the company on Monday after seven years.
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People Didn't Know That Their Instagram Polls Weren't Anonymous And It's A Total Mess
"I CAN NOW SEE ALL MY H8ERS."
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Here's How YouTube Is Spreading Conspiracy Theories About The Vegas Shooting
And increasing the chances that users stumble down an algorithm-powered conspiracy video rabbit hole.
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Google’s New Earbuds Can Translate 40 Languages
The search behemoth enters the increasingly crowded smart headphones market with a $159 pair of buds that can do something pretty close to real-time translation.
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The Trump Administration Is About To Enter The Space Race. Everyone Wants To Know How They’ll Deal With The Billionaires Building Their Own Rockets.
Donald Trump’s first space council meeting happens on Thursday. It may pick a winner in the billionaire-backed race for the moon and Mars.
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Google's New Pixel 2 Phones Ditch The Headphone Jack, Can Take Photos In Portrait Mode
The second-generation Pixels can be squeezed to activate Google Assistant, and are finally water- and dust-resistant. But RIP to the headphone jack.
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To Stay Relevant, Wireless Speaker Company Sonos Teams Up With Its Competitors. All Of Them.
Sonos, the home wireless speaker company, was once a trailblazer — before voice-activated home speakers became all the rage. Now, it's unveiling its strategy to stay relevant: if you can't beat em, join em.
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The Pixelbook Is A Fancy, Schmancy New Chromebook
The tablet-laptop hybrid has Google Assistant built in and works with a new stylus. Oh, and a brand-new, custom-built laptop version of Snapchat.
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Google Unveils Its $399 Home Max And $49 Home Mini Smart Speakers
Google's Echo competitors are powered by Google Assistant, a virtual, voice-activated bot.
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Uber Searches For Harmony After Board Limits The Power Of Its Former CEO
Uber’s board, including former CEO Travis Kalanick, voted to limit the power of early shareholders in a vote that paves the way for a multi-billion dollar investment deal with SoftBank.
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If You Had A Yahoo Account In 2013, You Were Hacked
Previously, the company said only 1 billion accounts were affected.
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Researchers Are Upset That Twitter Is Dismissing Their Work On Election Interference
“I think it's dangerous that companies like Twitter are discrediting academic studies in the reckless way they are,” professor David Carroll told BuzzFeed News.
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Snapchat Use Is Down 34% Among Top Influencers
Data on top influencers shows they’ve been posting less and less on Snapchat in the last six months.
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Instagram Stories Adds A Polling Feature
IT'S POLL TIME, BABY!
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Uber's Internal Investigation Into Allegedly Stolen Trade Secrets Was Just Made Public
When Uber acquired a former Google engineer’s self-driving startup, it hired a law firm to investigate whether he stole any intellectual property.
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Facebook Does More Explaining Ahead Of Its Date With Washington
Facebook says 10 million people saw ads a Russia-linked entity bought in an effort to disrupt US politics.
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The Big Tech Platforms Still Suck During Breaking News
Facebook, Google, and Twitter always promise to do better. Why can't they?
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This Guy Used A Simple Trick To Figure Out Snapchat's Big Announcement A Day Early
Tomorrow's big announcement... today?
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