Coronavirus contact tracing apps face consistency challenges Contact-tracing apps across the U.S. and internationally won't be following the same standards, creating a substantial roadblock to their effectiveness.

Snapchat refuses to promote Trump’s account over his controversial tweets Snapchat, of all things, today joined the debate among social media platforms about the words of President Donald Trump — and it’s taken the side of Twitter, putting the Trump account on notice for his words. Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat parent company Snap, said in a memo to his employees over the weekend (which was published on the company blog on Wednesday) that “we simply cannot promote accounts in America that are linked to people who incite racial violence, whether they do so on or off our platform.” He added that the Discover page on Snapchat is a curated… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Snapchat

Unrest delays Epic Games’ Fortnite Season 3, Call of Duty esports event Epic Games postponed the launch of Season 3 of its wildly popular Fortnite battle royale game, which has more than 350 million registered players.

Social media firms fail to act on Covid-19 fake news A study indicates that 90% of misinformation reported to Facebook and Twitter remains online.

Zoom's End-to-End Encryption Will Be for Paying Customers Only The video conferencing company says it wants to be able to work with law enforcement to catch bad actors on its platform.

Pilgrim’s Pride Chief Executive Is Accused of Price Fixing The charges are the first in a Justice Department investigation involving several other major chicken producers.

Review: The Burley Travoy is an almost-perfect bike trailer for city life If you ask me, every e-bike should be able to carry some cargo. Some cyclists do everything to minimize the weight and maximize the aerodynamics of their two-wheel machines. But as someone who uses e-bikes as veritable car (and subway) replacements rather, I need to be able to run most of the errands I’d regularly do using a larger vehicle. The Burley Travoy makes it so I needn’t have to choose. An ingenious cross between a bike trailer, a handtruck, and a granny cart, the Travoy has helped me haul all sorts of things I’d never imagined I’d be able… This story continues at The Next Web

Facebook creates shopping data sets to make more humanlike chatbots In a preprint paper, Facebook describes data sets and a basic framework for AI assistants that recommend fashion and furniture items.

How To Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok Actually deleting your social media accounts is more complicated than it looks.

Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It Inside the company, one faction wanted Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief, to take a hard line against the president’s tweets while another urged him to remain hands-off.

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Major Hydroxychloroquine Trial Shows No Prevention Benefits A large, double-blind study examined 821 people who had been exposed to the virus. The drug was no better at stopping Covid-19 infection than a placebo.

Early Facebook Employees Disavow Zuckerberg’s Stance on Trump Posts In an open letter, nearly three dozen called on the chief executive to take action on President Trump’s messages.

CES 2021 organizers are planning a physical event, but who will come? The Consumer Technology Association is trying to move forward with a major in-person CES event in Las Vegas, but attendees might not want to show up.

This $350M ‘quant fund’ played the stock market using real-time data — then 2020 happened Coatue’s $350 million data-driven ‘quant fund’ made a swift exit from the market in early April — having realised the coronavirus pandemic had rendered its algorithm unreliable, Business Insider reports. The tech-focused fund, launched by billionaire Philippe Laffont just over one year ago, joins a growing list of “quant funds” to have failed to turn a profit due to 2020’s unpredictable nature. Quant funds use complex algorithms to find hidden trade signals in a hyperconnected web of data. While Coatue’s quant fund mixes old-school stock picking with quantitative analysis (a method dubbed “quantamental”), execs were reportedly concerned that data farmed in… This story continues at The Next Web