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Twitter rolls out its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, more features
Twitter’s website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since…
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Twitter updates hate speech rules to include dehumanizing speech around religion
Against a backdrop of rising violence against religious minorities around the world, Twitter today said that it would update its…
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Bumble chief responds to reports of misconduct at parent company
Update 4:30pm PT: “The responses are designed to obfuscate and deflect from the facts as borne out by the rigorous…
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Spark Networks SE closes its $258M acquisition of dating brand Zoosk
Berlin-based Spark Networks, the owner of niche dating app brands like Christian Mingle, Jdate, LDSsingles, Silver Singles, Jswipe, and others,…
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300M-user meme site Imgur raises $20M from Coil to pay creators
Meme creators have never gotten their fair share. Remixed and reshared across the web, their jokes prop up social networks…
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Facebook makes another push to shape and define its own oversight
Facebook’s head of global spin and policy, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, will give a speech later today…
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Finance
Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency: All you need to know
Facebook has finally revealed the details of its cryptocurrency Libra, which will let you buy things or send money to…
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Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet
Facebook has announced its cryptocurrency Libra and a global association of organizations that will govern it. The company also announced…
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In trying to clear “confusion” over anti-harassment policy, YouTube creates more confusion
After a series of tweets that made it seem as if YouTube was contradicting its own anti-harassment policies, the video…
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STARTUPS
Zendesk acquires Smooch, doubles down on support via messaging apps like WhatsApp
One of the bigger developments in customer services has been the impact of social media — both as a place…
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