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10:25 AM ET, April 7, 2016

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Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Australian reporter Tara Brown and 60 Minutes TV crew detained in Beirut while filming story about Australian children taken to Lebanon by father  —  Australian reporter and TV crew detained while filming story in Beirut  —  Tara Brown and Nine Network staff were filming story …
Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Gay Talese ends up with a dim view of social media after a Twitter storm followed his struggle to name an inspiring female writer during a talk  —  Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer  —  On Friday, April 1, the 84-year-old writer Gay Talese made his way from New York to Boston …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo's sale “book”, circulated among prospective buyers, reveals expected 2016 revenue dropping 15%, earnings by 20%  —  Secrets of the Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveal Financial Meltdown and Big Bet on Mobile Voice Search  —  According to some pages from the “book” …
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Serajul Quadir / Reuters:
Liberal Bangladeshi blogger and law student Nazimuddin Samad killed by machete-wielding attackers in Dhaka  —  Liberal Bangladeshi blogger killed by machete-wielding attackers  —  Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said on Thursday …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers say Facebook's Suggested Videos program helps bring in new viewers but ad revenue is small  —  Publishers Say Jury Is Still Out on Facebook's Suggested Videos Product  —  Suggested Videos helps pull in new viewers for some, but ad revenue so far is tiny
Discussion: Ad Age and Variety
David McCabe / The Hill:
Google pitches its consumer surveys product to campaigns and journalists involved in 2016 election campaign to gain foothold in political polling industry  —  Google eyes move into political polling work  —  Google is using the excitement surrounding the 2016 election to seek a foothold in the political polling industry.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Linking to Pirated Content Is Not Copyright Infringement, Says EU Court Adviser  —  One of the key roles of the EU's Court of Justice is to interpret European law to ensure that it's applied in the same manner across all member states.  —  The Court is also called upon by national courts …
Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press:
Judge gives final approval to multimillion dollar settlement in Sony Pictures class-action lawsuit filed by former employees after 2014 data breach  —  Judge Approves Settlement in Sony Pictures Hacking Case - Los Angeles (AP)  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Wednesday approved …
Discussion: Deadline
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit expands its blocking feature, now hides comment responses from the users you block, similar to “muting” on Twitter, as well as blocking personal messages  —  Reddit Steps Up Anti-Harassment Measures With New Blocking Tool  —  Bit by bit, Reddit — long the Internet's playground …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: NFL selected Twitter because it felt Facebook undervalued content rights, has poor monetization model  —  Why the NFL went to Twitter instead of Facebook  —  Twitter's surprising deal to stream NFL games may have been the result of a dispute between the sports league and the world's largest social network — Facebook.
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Washington Post Director of Product Joey Marburger says publication is working on “WaPo bot” a chatbot that will talk to readers, research news, and more  —  Why the Washington Post is building chatbots to deliver the news  —  When Microsoft's Tay, the artificially intelligent bot …
 
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Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
 
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