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Facebook criticized by health experts for allowing the rise of closed groups rife with anti-vaccination misinformation, some with 150,000+ members (The Guardian)

The Guardian: Facebook criticized by health experts for allowing the rise of closed groups rife with anti-vaccination misinformation, some with 150,000+ members  —  Experts are calling on company to counter closed groups where members can post misinformation without challenge Facebook criticized by health experts for allowing the rise of closed groups rife with anti-vaccination misinformation,

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Amazon now lets users create and submit custom Alexa skills for certification and publication in the US Skills Store (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Amazon now lets users create and submit custom Alexa skills for certification and publication in the US Skills Store  —  Anyone can create a trivia game and share it on the Alexa store  —  Amazon is now letting anyone create and publish Alexa skills into the Alexa skills store. Amazon

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Freelance services marketplace Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers find professionals to write promotional content (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Freelance services marketplace Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers find professionals to write promotional content  —  Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers like Intuit and Carfax find professionals to write promotional content. Freelance services marketplace Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers find

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Amazon and Google are asking smart gadget makers to continuously send status updates to Echo and Home devices, even if customers aren't interacting with devices (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Amazon and Google are asking smart gadget makers to continuously send status updates to Echo and Home devices, even if customers aren’t interacting with devices  —  As Amazon.com Inc. and Google work to place their smart speakers at the center of the internet-connected home … Amazon and Google are asking smart

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Amber Authenticate is a new tool built on Ethereum that generates hashes of a video and records them on a public blockchain to protect it from deepfakes (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Amber Authenticate is a new tool built on Ethereum that generates hashes of a video and records them on a public blockchain to protect it from deepfakes  —  VIDEO HAS BECOME an increasingly crucial tool for law enforcement, whether it comes from security cameras, police-worn body cameras, a bystander’s smartphone,

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UK's Chief Medical Officers issue advisory for families on social media and screen use, recommending screen-free meal times and more (Palko Karasz/New York Times)

Palko Karasz / New York Times: UK’s Chief Medical Officers issue advisory for families on social media and screen use, recommending screen-free meal times and more  —  LONDON — With even Silicon Valley worrying about the effect of technology exposure on young people, Britain’s top doctors on Thursday issued advice to families about social media

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