TickX, a U.K., Manchester-based startup that has developed a search engine and discovery platform for events and other “attractions” tickets, has raised £3 million in Series A funding. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
These are your apps of summer.
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Meanwhile, 74 percent of Facebook users visit the site or app at least once a day, according to PEW Research.
Source: CNET
A purebred performer with minimal frills.
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Get a whiff of this! Selfies act as “portable funhouse mirrors” that distort noses, a new study says. And more people are going under the knife because of it.
Source: CNET
The western theme park wasn’t disturbing enough, so now we’ve got these ghostly naked beings to deal with.
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EU steps up pressure on companies such as Facebook and Google for the speedy removal of all illegal content.
Source: CNET
Google researchers know how much people like to trick others into thinking they’re on the moon, or that it’s night instead of day, and other fun shenanigans only possible if you happen to be in a movie studio in front of a green screen. So they did what any good 2018 coder would do: build a neural network that lets you do it. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
A lawsuit alleges the search giant set hiring quotas for some technical positions.
Source: CNET
The social network is asking experts to help it learn to be a less toxic place online.
Source: Wired