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| | | | | Friday, February 07, 2020 ⢠By Anthony Ha |
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Happy Friday Netflix makes an overdue product change, Instagram tests a new ad partner program and Carta will invest in startups. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 7, 2020. |
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| Netflix’s autoplay trailers are now optional. Thatâs it. Thatâs the news. And here’s how to turn them off now: Click “Manage Profiles,” choose your profile, then untick “Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices.” Read more |
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| Instagram confirmed to TechCrunch that it has internally prototyped an Instagram Partner Program that would let creators earn money by showing advertisements along with their videos. By giving creators a sustainable and hands-off way to generate earnings from IGTV, those creators might be inspired to bring more and higher-quality content to the service. Read more |
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| Carta has created an investing vehicle called Carta Ventures. The well-funded unicorn hopes to foster an ecosystem around its core products and services. Read more |
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| When Fair laid off 40% of its staff in October, CEO Scott Painter promised it wasnât shuttering its leasing services to on-demand fleets. But just one week later, Painter was removed as CEO and replaced in the interim by Adam Hieber, a CFA from Fair investor SoftBank. Read more |
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| Since they started leveraging the technology, tech companies have received numerous accusations regarding the unethical use of artificial intelligence. Gramener’s Ganes Kesari says that to address the issue, fixing the model is not enough. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more |
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| NASAâs Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is recommending that Boeingâs software testing processes undergo a review, following the discovery of another problem with the on-board system that was in operation during the CST-100 Starliner uncrewed Space Station docking test launch in December. Read more |
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| This morning, at an event in Chicago, Motorola introduced two new entries into the G line: the Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus, which will run $300 and $250, respectively. Read more |
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