Thu. 10/03 - These Two Content Recommendation Companies Merged… You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!

Instagram launches Threads, the iPhone SE might ride again, the biggest content recommendation players have merged, Vice Media and Refinery 29 have merged, and why has Apple banned an app for users in Hong Kong?

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Links:

• Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends chat app with auto-status (TechCrunch)
• Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules (NYTimes)
• Kuo: Apple to release ‘iPhone SE 2’ in Q1 2020 with iPhone 8 design, A13 processor (9to5Mac)
• What the Taboola-Outbrain combination means for publishers (Digiday)
• Vice Media to Acquire Refinery29, as Both Digital-Media Players Seek Scale (Variety)
• Google using dubious tactics to target people with ‘darker skin’ in facial recognition project: sources (NY Daily News)
• Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store (The Register)

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