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Twitter removed 299,649 accounts tied to terrorism in the first half of 2017
Google boosts Cloud Natural Language API with automatic content classification and deeper sentiment analysis
Google launches Tez, a mobile payments app built for India
Slack confirms it has raised $250 million at $5 billion valuation amid growing competition
Gab sues Google for antitrust violations following ban from Play Store
Uber used Greyball software to evade 16 Portland city officials
Facebook disables feature that let marketers target ‘Jew haters’
Facebook is opening an AI office in Montreal
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Facebook Messenger passes 1.3 billion monthly active users
Pinterest passes 200 million monthly users, up from 150 million last year
Netflix and Orange extend distribution deal to 29 markets across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Wowza creates ClearCaster streaming appliance for Facebook Live broadcasters
Facebook fights fake news with guidelines for monetizing content
Kickstarter opens to crowdfunders in Japan
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton is leaving the company
Apple unveils animojis, animated emojis that track your face
Slack gets shared channels for businesses, support for French, German, and Spanish
Instagram now lets you share Stories in direct messages
Nintendo to revive NES Classic Edition in 2018 as it extends SNES retro console shipments
Spotify and Hulu to offer U.S. students $5 bundled monthly subscription
FTC warns Instagram influencers to disclose business ties
Microsoft and Facebook launch open source project to make neural networks portable
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Facebook becomes exclusive livestream partner for Paladins Premier League
Innoviz Technologies raises $65 million to accelerate its lidar tech for autonomous cars
Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act is the wrong solution to a serious problem
Facebook sold $100,000 in political ads that ‘likely’ came from Russia
No, Twitter did not delete your lists
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