Facebook open-sources deep learning framework Pythia for image and language models
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Coalition of governments and tech companies pledges to fight terrorist content, but U.S. refuses to join
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Twitter opens Developers Labs program to test new API products
Neighborhood social network Nextdoor raises $123 million at $2.1 billion valuation
WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to be installed on smartphones
Facebook’s FTC settlement could include 20 years of oversight
Facebook raises wages, improves conditions for contract content moderators
NYT: Russia is attacking 5G with health disinformation campaigns
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Uber, Google, IBM, and others join Urban Computing Foundation to create tools for ‘cities of tomorrow’
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U.S. senators say Facebook executives including Zuckerberg must be personally accountable in FTC settlement
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