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Google warns Australians that a plan to make it pay for news content threatens privacy, free Search and YouTube; Australia says the open letter contains misinfo — Internet group has also paused licensing deals with outlets due to proposed regulation — Google has warned …
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Germany's antitrust authority says it has launched an investigation into Amazon's influence over third-party traders selling on its platform — BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon's relationship with third-party traders selling on its site …
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Canada's Competition Bureau says it has opened an antitrust investigation into Amazon to determine if it hurts consumers and competition — - Canada's Competition Bureau said Friday it has launched an investigation into Amazon's marketplace conduct in the country and whether it has hurt businesses … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
ZTE says it will unveil Axon 20 5G, the first “mass-produced” smartphone with an under-display camera, on September 1; leak hints at a 6.92" display and more — ZTE has announced that it will release the first “mass-produced” smartphone with an under-display selfie camera, with the launch set for September 1st.
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Sources: US will further tighten restrictions on Huawei's access to semiconductors and add its affiliates in 21 countries to the government's economic blacklist — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is set to announce on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co … | Alan Gibson / Landshark.io: |
With troubles at Mozilla and dominance of Chrome, Android, and AdWords, Google is close to replicating the WeChat and Facebook walled garden model on the web — Looking at Mozilla's finances, it's reasonable to conclude that Google is keeping them on life support to keep the anti-trust hounds at bay.
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An ex-Googler who wrote a searing critique decrying Google's lack of innovation lambasts Google's approach to deprecation of its Cloud APIs — God dammit, I didn't want to blog again. I have so much stuff to do. Blogging takes time and energy and creativity that I could be putting to good use …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative say Zuckerberg's philanthropy efforts are stymied by blind spots around race and a desire to appear bipartisan — Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, his $80 billion philanthropic corporation, say his efforts are stymied …
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How small VOIP operators in the US are being used to perpetrate robocall scams related to social security, COVID-19, and more — Mom-and-pop carriers are a key link in the telecom system. They can also open the door to scams. — When you receive a robocall, chances are someone like Nick Palumbo collects roughly $0.0024 a minute.
Tweets: @hoofnagle, @bysarahkrouse, and @ryanjtracy
| Mark Townsend / The Guardian: |
UK-based counter-extremist group, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, says Facebook's algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content — Facebook's algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content according to an analysis that will increase pressure on the social media giant …
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IBM announces Power10 CPUs, its first commercial 7-nanometer processors with up to 3x efficiency, aimed at big data analytics and AI workloads — At the Hot Chips 2020 conference, which was held virtually this year, IBM announced the IBM Power10. It's the successor to the Power9 and represents …
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