Facebook to End Targeted Ads Built with Third-Party Data Mining

From PC Mag: The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica controversy has triggered Facebook to cancel an advertising tool that pulled data from people's backgrounds, like whether you own a home or what products you like to buy.

"We want to let advertisers know that we will be shutting down Partner...

Facebook data used by Cambridge Analytica may still be around

From CNET: The data used by Cambridge Analytica -- data Facebook said had been deleted -- may still be circulating.

That's according to a report from the UK's Channel 4 News, which saw some of the information, which included details on 136,000 individuals from Colorado.

The data, which Cambridge...

Trump slams Amazon for 'causing tremendous loss to the US'

From CNET: President Donald Trump is once again calling out Amazon, complaining in a tweet Thursday morning about the e-commerce giant's business practices.

The president took aim at Amazon's tax contributions, its use of the US Postal Service and practices that put "many thousands of retailers out...

New Nvidia Chips Enable Big Leap in Deep Learning, Virtual Reality

From eWeek: Chipmaker Nvidia made a series of big product announcements here at its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) for developers highlighted by faster graphics chips, a workstation designed to compete with far more expensive supercomputers and a new high-powered server.

A clearly energized...

Sony PSVR bundles now start from $299 in the US and Europe

From The Verge: If you’ve ever wanted to try out a VR gaming headset but have been put off by the price, we have good news — Sony is cutting the prices of its PSVR bundles in the US and Europe. In the US, the Playstation VR Doom bundle now costs $299.99 and includes a PSVR headset, the Doom VFR game...

Facebook Sued Over Call and SMS Data Collection

From PC Mag: If Facebook's legal team wasn't already on high alert, it certainly is today as the social network is being sued by three Facebook Messenger users for violation of their privacy. The alarm bells will be ringing at Facebook because the lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of all...

Netflix and YouTube streaming video is about to get a lot faster

From CNET: Tech's biggest companies -- including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Cisco and Netflix -- have finished the first version of video compression technology called AV1, and now they're ready to use it to speed up your streaming video.

AV1 can match the quality of the prevailing video...

Foxconn Is Buying Belkin for $866M

From PC Mag: US consumer electronics company Belkin could soon be in the hands of well-known Taiwan-based manufacturer Foxconn if a deal announced today gains approval.

According to the Financial Times, Foxconn subsidiary FIT Hong Teng will acquire Belkin for $866 million in cash. As part of the...

Firefox extension keeps Facebook from tracking you on the web

From CNET: Mozilla has released a Firefox tool called Facebook Container to stop the social network from seeing what you do online beyond Facebook's own site.

Facebook, like Google and other companies, can track you when you visit many websites -- for example, on those that have a Facebook like...

The first Chrome OS tablet is here

From The Verge: Chrome OS has run on laptops, desktops, convertibles, and all-in-ones, but until today, it hasn’t run on a tablet. That changes with the Acer Chromebook Tab 10, the first tablet to run Chrome OS.

Acer’s Chromebook Tab 10 is very much meant to rival the iPad, and that’s particularly...

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