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Amazon Accused of Copying Camera Gearmaker's Top-Selling Item
San Francisco-based Peak Design is calling out Amazon for copying its top-selling “Everyday Sling” bag.
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Facebook Trains A.I. to ‘See' Using 1 Billion Public Instagram Photos
Facebook has built an AI program called “SEER” that can tell what it is looking at. It did this by feeding it over 1 billion public images from Instagram.
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Overtime Is Starting a Basketball League for 16-To-18-Year-Olds That Pays at Least $100,000 a Year
The sports media company has investors, including NBA players, and will select 30 young players to compete in a development basketball league.
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Amazon-Backed Food Delivery Firm Deliveroo Picks London for Its Blockbuster Debut
The food delivery start-up’s IPO plans will allow founder and CEO Will Shu to maintain control of the firm.
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Australian Treasurer Says Talks With Facebook on New Media Law Were ‘Protracted and Difficult'
Passage of the law made Australia the first country where a government-appointed arbitrator can decide on the price digital platforms have to pay publishers.
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Snowflake Eliminates Dual-Class Share Structure, Hits Estimates on Guidance
Snowflake’s product revenue guidance for the full fiscal year came in right in line with analysts’ estimates, and the company converted all shares to one vote.
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Facebook Will Allow Political Ads Again Starting March 4
The company said in October it would be halting political advertising for an indefinite period after the election to prevent confusion or abuse.
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Twitter Isn't Worried About Apple's Big Privacy Change, Says It'll Level the Playing Field
Twitter CFO Ned Segal said the company is feeling confident as it prepares for Apple’s planned IDFA privacy update to iOS 14.
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TikTok to Begin New Push to Court Smaller Companies That Fuel Spending on Rivals Like Facebook
The event highlights the importance of the millions of small business advertisers for social media companies.
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Facebook Group Helps People Find Vaccines in Northern Virginia
With almost 70,000 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines going to Virginia this week, there’s still a lot of confusion about who can get their shot and where. A Northern Virginia man started a Facebook group to help connect people with answers after trying to find how and where to get his mother a vaccine. “I was navigating the rules and…
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Post-Brexit London Aims to Lure Tech IPOs and SPACs in Challenge to New York
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is hoping to convince more fast-growing tech firms to list in London.
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America's Biggest Companies Push for Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers'
The move comes as President Biden and Democrats in Congress look to immigration as one of their next major legislative priorities.
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Facebook Group Helps People Find COVID-19 Vaccinations
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder talks with a man who started a Facebook group to help people find information about coronavirus vaccinations.
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Facebook Lowers Expectations for Its Upcoming Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Facebook CFO David Wehner lowered expectations for what that the company’s upcoming Ray-Ban smart glasses will be capable of.
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Facebook's Growth Rate Could Be Impacted by Covid Vaccines as Consumers Shift Spending to Services, CFO Says
Facebook CFO David Wehner said the company’s advertising growth rate could be impacted as more consumers receive their Covid-19 vaccinations.
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Microsoft Shows Off Its Vision for Future Meetings, With Your Colleagues as Holograms Floating in Space
Microsoft’s Mesh cloud service will enable applications in which people can share holograms, speak with one another, make doodles and appear as virtual avatars.
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Martin Marietta Materials CEO Is Bullish as He Expects More Federal Spending on Roads
Martin Marietta Materials CEO Ward Nye expects the Biden White House to make good on its plans to boost federal spending on the country’s infrastructure.
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Why Content Moderation Costs Billions and Is So Tricky for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Others
After the riots at the Capitol in January, debate is swirling over how platforms like Facebook and Twitter moderate content and what’s protected as free speech.
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Judge Approves $650M Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its users
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Dow Drops More Than 460 Points to End Losing Week on Rate Fears
The weakness came even after the personal consumption expenditures price index that the Federal Reserve watches indicated subdued inflation in January.