Senate bill aims to make user data ‘portable’ across social networks

The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act (ACCESS Act) would allow user to, for instance, carry all of their Facebook data to another platform. That could give… Read the original post: Senate bill aims to make user data ‘portable’ across social networks

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Facebook releases Zuckerberg’s upcoming testimony in defense of Libra

According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is “committed to taking the time to get this right.” But he also points out that China could reveal a similar system in the coming months. “If America doesn’t… View post: Facebook releases Zuckerberg’s upcoming testimony in defense of Libra

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Snap continues to add new users

Snap also managed to grow its revenue by 50 percent from the same quarter last year, making $446 million over the previous $296 million. Overall, though, the company is still not profitable,… Read more: Snap continues to add new users

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Kik Messenger will keep running under a different owner

The messaging app’s new owner says it’ll concentrate on making it faster and less buggy, as well as on getting rid of spambots. It has to ditch a few features to be able to accomplish that and… See the rest here: Kik Messenger will keep running under a different owner

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Intel will publicly share its race and gender pay gap statistics

Pay gaps are a widespread issue, and they are particularly prevalent in the tech industry (especially in AI). Even so, critics dismiss the issue as a myth. The program spearheaded by the United… See the original post here: Intel will publicly share its race and gender pay gap statistics

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