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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Ars Technica

Google recently changed the way it stored timeline data to improve privacy , but the company now confirms that a "technical issue" resulted in many users losing their timeline history altogether, and there might not be any way to recover it. You can probably see where this is going.

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GameStop stock halts trading after Reddit drama

The Verge

Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. GameStop’s Reddit-related surge triggered a circuit breaker stoppage when it rose 69 percent (nice) on Friday around 12:45PM ET.

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NASA Signs Contract for Elon Musk's Starship, Even Though It's Never Launched Without Exploding

Futurism

Even Jared Isaacman, who's expected to be sworn in as NASA's next administrator soon, has a long history with SpaceX. I'm sure whenever NASA needs a payload spread across 1000 km of ocean they'll pick Starship," one Reddit user joked. It's not so much a delivery system, as it is a distribution system" another user added.

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Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

Futurism

In other words, it seems that any piece of content, published at any point in the social media site's long history it's been around since 2010 is subject to being fed into an AI model. In the update, Pinterest claims its goal in training AI is to "improve the products and services of our family of companies and offer new features."

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Reddit raises $250 million in Series E funding

TechCrunch

Reddit has raised a new funding round, totalling $250 million. Reddit also ran a 5-second Super Bowl ad on Sunday, consisting of. This is Reddit’s 16th year of operation, and the company has raised around $800 million to date, including a Tencent-led $300 million Series D in February, 2019. Reddit acquires Dubsmash.

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Reddit and Twitter join the fight against US demands for visa applicants’ online handles

The Verge

Reddit and Twitter have filed supporting evidence in a lawsuit against the US government, which challenges the requirement that nearly all visa applicants submit their social media handles for scrutiny. Applicants must submit any handles they use on twenty online sites, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Reddit.

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Reddit is bringing back r/Place, its April Fools’ Day art experiment

The Verge

Reddit has brought back its April Fools’ Day project. Reddit said Monday that it’s bringing back its r/Place April Fools’ Day experience for four days beginning April 1st. If you visit the page but you’re not logged in to Reddit, you can still see the image evolve in real time, but won’t be able to place tiles of your own. “We

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