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June 4, 2020, 3:15 PM

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Tim Cook / Apple:
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol:
Activists say Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM, who all expressed solidarity with protestors, should reassess their work with police forces; none have said they will  —  Over the past week, tech giants including Microsoft, Amazon and IBM have expressed solidarity with protesters who have taken to the streets to oppose police brutality.
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Sidney Fussell / Wired:
Moxie Marlinspike / Signal Blog:
Messaging app Signal adds face blurring tool on iOS and Android to help hide protesters' identities  —  Right now, people around the world are marching and protesting against racism and police brutality, outraged by the most recent police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook will start blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying ads in the US this summer and is rolling out labels for ads and posts from those outlets  —  Facebook said Thursday it will begin blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying advertising in the U.S. this summer.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Google researchers say hackers backed by China recently targeted the Biden campaign and Iran targeted the Trump campaign, but see “no signs of compromise”  —  Google security researchers say they've identified efforts by at least two nation state-backed hackers against the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns.
Reuters:
Sources: Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a ~5% stake in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel, worth at least $2B  —  NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) …
Joshua Franklin / Reuters:
Business intelligence service ZoomInfo prices its IPO at $21/share, above its upwardly revised range, which would raise $934.5M and value the company at $8B+  —  (Reuters) - ZoomInfo Technologies Inc ZI.O priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $21 per share, above its upwardly revised target range …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook ran an ad for 5 days starting late May from a GOP Congressional candidate urging people to shoot “looting hoards from Atlanta”; the ad is now removed  —  This is the online edition of the Popular Information newsletter.  Sign up to get independent accountability journalism in your inbox:
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Kitty Hawk shuts down original Flyer program, shifts focus to developing Heaviside, a sleeker electric aircraft that can fly and land anywhere autonomously  —  Kitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup's inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A proposed $5B class action suit filed Tuesday accuses Google of covertly collecting user browsing info in Incognito mode via Google Analytics and other tools  —  (Reuters) - Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading …

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