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Facebook's new emojis

Facebook Emojis Influx: Over 1,500 Messenger Emojis Adds More Diversty

Facebook has revealed plans to add 1,500 new emojis to its Messenger app, all aimed at catering to its diverse body of users.
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Latino Civil Rights Groups, Media Coalition Take Aim at SiriusXM Shifting Eight Latin Music Stations

A coalition of Latino civil rights groups is taking aim at SiriusXM for removing a majority of Latin music stations from its lineup.
Solgaleo, the new legendary Pokémon.

Pokemon Sun and Moon Legendaries Names Revealed In New Trailer And New Characters, Map, Art [Watch]

Although still several months away from its launch, the newest Pokémon legendaries for "Pokémon Sun" and "Pokémon Moon."

PS Plus Free Games June 2016: AAA PS4 Game Leaked Ahead of Next Week's Reveal?

We may already know the top AAA title for PlayStation 4 coming to the PS Plus free games list for June 2016.
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Android M, 6.0 Marshmallow Update Release Date: AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6, Edge, A9, HTC One M9, M8 Finally Get Rollout

Finally this month, AT&T is rolling out Android Marshmallow to some of its top flagship devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung Galaxy A9, the HTC One M9, and the HTC One M8.
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Seeking More Paid Subscribers, Spotify Premium Goes Family Sized

Seeking to boost the important core of Spotify's business model, the streaming company just joined most of its competition in offering a Premium family plan.
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Facebook VR Plans Get an Aural Boost, Unleashing Free 3D Audio Kit from Two Big Ears Acquisition

Facebook just boosted its VR efforts with an acquisition of immersive audio company Two Big Ears -- and it's making the 3D audio startup's technology available free to developers.
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It's Internship Season: Is Expanding Diversity at the Lowest Level Enough?

Silicon Valley is working to expand the reach of introductory-level work to a more diverse pool of talent. But are diversity internship initiatives the silver bullet for the tech industry's persistent homogeneity?

Social Media Sunday: Zuckerberg Talks Trending Topics, Messenger Accused of Privacy Violations, and Twitter May Free Up the Character Limit (a bit)

This week in social media, Facebook tried to reassure conservatives, Reddit introduced post embedding, and Twitter may stop counting photos and links against its character limit.

Project Ara Update: It's Still On the Way, Sooner Than You Think

Project Ara, the modular smartphone concept that gained a lot of attention last year, seemed to fall by the wayside of Google's ambitions in recent months. Now it looks like Ara just got fast-tracked.

PS Plus June 2016 Free Games List Predictions and Rumors: With E3 Coming Up What AAA Titles Would Benefit From a Free Release?

Next month is quickly on its way, and PlayStation Plus members are already starting the rumor (or request) mill about what might be coming in the free games list for June 2016. Here are the most speculated-about titles.

Diversity in Tech: Silicon Valley Leadership Dominated by White Men, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Report Finds

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) met on Wednesday to discuss for the first time the diversity problem in Silicon Valley, as Latin Post previously reported.
Pittsburgh Uber Self-driving car testing

So Much for That Gig: Uber Now Testing Self-Driving Cars

For now, humans still remain in the drivers seat, even in the self-driving Uber cars currently being trained to eventually work without their input.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg F8 Developer Conference

Trending Topics Controversy: Facebook's CEO Zuckerberg Sits Down With Conservative Pundits

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a meeting with top conservative commentators and media luminaries on Wednesday, seeking to allay fears, and defuse charges, of Trending Topics workers suppressing conservative news stories on his worldwide media platform.
Mobile World Congress 2015 - Day 2

Moto X 2016 Release Date, Price, & Specs Rumors: New 'Moto Z' Branding Reported for Moto X4

The Moto G4, the Moto G4 Plus, and the Moto G4 Play were all announced this week by Lenovo (which owns Motorola). But it looks like we won't be getting a "Moto X4" or anything named with an X this year, as reports now have the company rebranding its flagship smartphone as the "Moto Z."
Google Home

Google I/O 2016: Google Home & Google Assistant AI to Rival Amazon's Alexa & Echo

Google AI will invade your home soon through Google Assistant and Google Home, the software and hardware (respectively) that could soon help run your life.
Google VR, Android VR, Daydream

Google I/O 2016: Forget Cardboard, Android VR 'Daydream' Hardware & Software Plans Unveiled

As expected, Google unveiled some of its plans for VR at its I/O 2016 developers conference on Wednesday.
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Netflix and Univision Partnership Will Allow Shared Content Through Old and New Media Platforms

Aimed at boosting its Latino audience, Netflix has partnered with Univision to coproduce some new shows for next year. The announcement was made at Univision's upfronts for 2016 in New York, in which the media company presented its programming plans to advertisers.
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Otto Wants Big Rigs to Drive Themselves 'Exit to Exit' - And Has a Plan to Make it Happen Fast

What do you get when a couple dozen former Google, Apple, and Tesla employees get together? A startup called Otto -- quite possibly the most disruptive tech since the Internet.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Diversity in Tech: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to Discuss Solutions, Reveal New Report

Silicon Valley continues to struggle with its lack of diversity, but many firms are now funding initiatives, adjusting policy, and actively seeking solutions. Now, two years after Google began the trend, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is finally joining the conversation in an active way.
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