Giorno: Marzo 17, 2019

Facebook has removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand shooting, but questions remain

” We already knew that Facebook moved quickly on Thursday to stop videos of the New Zealand mass shooting from spreading, but now we have some actual numbers.
In a public statement and identical series of tweets dispensed by Facebook Newsroom, the company confirms that 1.5 million videos were removed in the first 24 hours following the terror attack on two New Zealand mosques that left 50 dead and 50 injured as of Sunday. Of those, 1.2 million were stopped before they were even uploaded.”

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Everything we think we know about Google’s mystery gaming announcement

” Google is making a big play in gaming next week, but we’re still unsure exactly what that entails. For years, the company has toyed with the idea of getting involved in what is now the biggest sector of the entertainment industry, worth an estimated $138 billion dollars as of last fall. And it would make competitive sense: Amazon owns Twitch, Facebook acquired Oculus, and Microsoft has Xbox. The only other major tech company without a serious gaming platform or investment of its own, not counting mobile app stores, is Apple, although even the iPhone maker is now rumored to be working on a game subscription service of its own.”

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La denuncia di Spotify? Ecco cosa rischia davvero Apple

” Gli analisti della Capital Markets ritengono che la denuncia presentata alla Commissione europea da Spotify contro Apple nasconde tre potenziali rischi per l’azienda di Cupertino e l’intero App Store. Nella sua denuncia, Spotify chiede tre cose: Le app devono essere in grado di competere in modo equo nel merito e non in base a chi possiede l’App Store. “

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