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Advocacy Group Files FTC Complaint Over Kardashians' Instagram Ads
The group Truth in Advertising has filed an official complaint saying members of the Kardashian/Jenner family engage in deceptive advertising practices on social media. If the FTC acts on the complaint, the sisters — or the company whose products they're selling — could be fined.
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Want To Run Promoted Stickers On Twitter? It'll Cost At Least $500,000
Twitter is lowering minimum ad spend on some of its products, but its Promoted Sticker is pricey.
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The Alt-Right Has Its Own Comedy TV Show On A Time Warner Network
Adult Swim's Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace is identity content for trolls.
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WhatsApp Is Going To Start Sharing Your Account Information With Facebook
The company said the move is intended to help users communicate better with businesses.
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An Afternoon In The Park With The Soylent CEO And A Star Of "Silicon Valley"
Josh Brener, or Big Head to fans of the HBO show, delivered an anti-pitch for Soylent's latest meal-in-a-bottle. The Soylent CEO, meanwhile, was dreaming of life in a shipping container.
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Facebook Says Suspension Of Libertarian Groups Was An “Error"
Another vague explanation for another controversial takedown.
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Facebook Messenger Is Testing "Add Contact" Request
Facebook : Friend Request :: Messenger : Contact Request
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Dissent And Distrust In Tor Community Following Jacob Appelbaum's Ouster
In the aftermath of the explosive allegations against its most famous advocate, and under new leadership, the Tor Project struggles to move on.
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Is This An Ad? Beyoncé And Her Super Bowl Airbnb
Was she paid to post about the ultra-swanky rental she stayed at?
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Facebook’s New App Is All About Getting Teens To Share Videos Of Themselves
A new camera-first app from Facebook reimagines the company's early profiles in video format. It's also meant to address a key weakness.
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Instagram's New Snapchat Feature Sucks For Lefties
As a left-handed person, I must take umbrage at this abomination.
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Cybersecurity Is Broken And The Hacks Are Going To Just Keep Coming
“No one in the industry is incentivized to actually fix it.”
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Four Months Into 'Chatbot Revolution,' Expectations Are Being Reset
Four months into the "bot revolution," and we still don't have an indispensable bot. That's a worrisome sign for the companies betting on them.
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Judge Rejects Uber’s $100 Million Settlement For Being “Not Fair” To Drivers
There's a risk that drivers could get nothing at trial.
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Twitter Announces Tools That Seem Intended To Curb Harassment
The changes come one week after a BuzzFeed News investigation into Twitter's decadelong failure to stop abuse.
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Uber Is Putting A Bunch Of Self-Driving Volvos On The Road In Pittsburgh
Uber also announced this morning that it's buying Otto, a San Francisco-based automated trucking startup that's less than a year old.
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The Two Biggest Scoundrels In Tech Are Fighting Over A Mysterious Company
John McAfee, Kim Dotcom, and a possible pump-and-dump scheme. What could go wrong?
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Take Our Twitter Harassment Survey
BuzzFeed News is conducting a harassment survey to understand just what happens when abusive tweets are reported to Twitter.
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Why Silicon Valley Is Turning To An Exclusive Group Of Hackers To Fix Its Code
As more companies invite hackers to crack their code for bounties, the list of invitees is getting a little more selective.
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Univision To Buy Gawker Media For $135 Million
The bankrupt network has found a buyer after its clash with Hulk Hogan and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel.
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Ford Plans To Mass Produce Self-Driving Cars By 2021
The legacy automaker announced a series of investments that'll help it launch its self-driving cars.
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How This Decades-Old Technology Ushered In Predictive Text
Stanford professor Tom Mullaney has the largest collection of Chinese typewriters in the world — a collection that he says contains clues to the almost-lost history of information technology.
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I Dropped Samsung's New Phone In A Lake And It's Totally Fine
A review of the Galaxy Note 7, the ultimate phone for anyone who's still obsessed with their stylus.
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Now That Snapchat Has Been Cloned By Instagram, Its Missteps Matter More
Can Snapchat afford further filter foibles now that Instagram is cloning some of its key features?
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Peter Thiel Tries To Pivot His Personal Brand To Privacy Hero
In a New York Times op ed, the billionaire board member of Facebook and Palantir recasts himself as a defender of online privacy.
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Werner Herzog Loves Cat Videos
“I think the internet is starting to develop its own humor,” the director said on BuzzFeed’s Internet Explorer podcast.
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Trump Family Connection Raises Questions For Tech Investor Josh Kushner
What’s the brother of Trump’s son-in-law supposed to do?
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Livestreaming Dances Awkwardly Between The Horrifying And Absurd
We now know what type of videos "go big" on social livestreams.
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Is This An Ad? Amber Rose And The $700 Juicer
Is she shilling for juice, or juicing just for thrills?
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