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A bipartisan group of 38 AGs sues Google for alleged antitrust violations in search, its third antitrust suit, including exclusionary contracts with Apple — More than 30 states said that the company downplayed websites that let users search for information in specialized areas.
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The Verge, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Axios, Engadget, Protocol, CNBC, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Yelp, Colorado Attorney General, and The Guardian
| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system — A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
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New York Times, The Verge, The Information, United States District Court, Bloomberg, CNET, Light Reading, Reuters, Vox, Fortune, MarketWatch, CNBC, Business Insider, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @ousfourita, @robinberjon, @jason_kint, @econ_marshall, @froomkin, @brynstole, @amir, @dseetharaman, @daiwaka, @johnnyryan, @wired, @dseetharaman, @petersterne, @parismarx, @tayhatmaker, @linamkhan, @moonalice, and @amir
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Facebook hits back at Apple with a second full-page newspaper ad, saying upcoming iOS 14 changes will “change the internet as we know it - for the worse” — Facebook isn't done criticizing Apple just yet — Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple's privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today.
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MacRumors, CNBC, iClarified, Hindustan Times, New York Post, The Mac Observer, Protocol, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @pt, @jacknicas, @jacknicas, @jacknicas, @fintanr, @azeem, and @gadgetsboy
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple responds to Facebook's criticism of iOS 14 privacy measures, says Facebook won't be forced to change how it tracks users, but it must give users a choice — Apple has responded to Facebook's criticism over an upcoming iOS 14 privacy measure — specifically a change that will require users …
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Daring Fireball, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, International Business Times, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @hkanji, @arainert, @ldrogen, @s_oehler, and @tomwarren
| Bloomberg: |
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About Facebook, Business Insider, Computerworld, XDA Developers, Washington Post, Input, BGR, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @mosseri, @johnpaczkowski, @tomwarren, @mosseri, @waltmossberg, @davestangis, @mikeisaac, @ronwyden, @fbnewsroom, @benedictevans, @mkarolian, @ralphhhenson, @rsgnl, @mikeisaac, @moonalice, @larakiara, @jason_kint, @blackamazon, @emdubin, @carolecadwalla, @caseynewton, @alexlindsay, @moonalice, @iamtherog, @samfbiddle, @bdsams, @amy_siskind, @kfury, @jasperboerstra, @eric_seufert, @kantrowitz, @jeremybmerrill, @allenholub, @kentbye, @davepell, @rmac18, @mosseri, and @wolfiechristl
| Wall Street Journal: |
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Facebook for Business, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Axios, iPhone Hacks, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and New York Post
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @cheratomo, @can, @morfid_plays, @karissabe, @jstrauss, and @shiraovide
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Facebook rolls back a post-election change that boosted news from authoritative outlets, even as some staff asked for the “nicer news feed” to be made permanent — Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets …
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The Verge and Engadget
| Thomas P. Bossert / New York Times: |
Ex-Homeland Security Adviser to Trump says the magnitude of the Solarwinds breach is hard to overstate and the remediation effort alone will be staggering — The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate. — Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump …
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Financial Times, New York Post, Forbes, and Fox News
Tweets: @tombossert, @kylieatwood, @dnvolz, @dandrezner, @nicoleperlroth, @kaitlancollins, @dnvolz, @ewong, @alaneyre1, @normative, @marcambinder, @dnvolz, @jonhurwitz, and @brett_mcgurk
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Github says it is doing away with all non-essential cookies and will no longer feature “irritating” cookie banners on GitHub.com and its subdomains — Microsoft -owned GitHub today announced that it is doing away with all non-essential cookies on its platform.
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The GitHub Blog, The Register, The Verge, Windows Central, and MSPoweruser
| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood agrees to pay $65M to settle SEC charges that the company deceived customers between 2015 and late 2018 about its source of revenue — This is a developing story. Check back for updates. — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Robinhood with the deceiving customers …
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U.S. Securities …, TechCrunch, VICE, USA Today, Engadget, Agence France-Presse, Silicon Valley Business …, CoinDesk, New York Times, New York Post, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, Finextra, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @adetolaov, @greekfire23, and @liam_gallas
| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Twitter says it will stop prompting users to Quote Tweet, restoring the standard RT functionality, and says QT use increased but overall sharing dropped by 20% — Well, it was worth a shot. — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will cease prompting users to quote tweet in lieu of the standard retweet.
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The Verge, MakeUseOf, Pocketnow, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Pocket-lint, TechRadar, and The Verge
Tweets: @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @twittersupport, @noupside, @grabmybuttsticc, @sethamandel, @parkermolloy, @javi_draws, @molleindustria, @luulubuu, @jillpantozzi, @kerubright, @jmj, @kevinbparry, @marklittlenews, @anthony, @jwaaaap, @immort4l_legacy, @villainmorris, @katebevan, @aelkus, @nkulw, @mashable, @yoda, and @wongmjane
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Avast found 28 malicious Chrome and Edge extensions with 3M+ downloads, many posing as third-party add-ons for Instagram and Facebook; 25 still remain in stores — Extensions could redirect users to ads, phishing sites, collect user data, or download malware on infected systems.| CNBC: |
The European Commission approves Google's $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit, on condition of compliance with a set of commitments related to privacy and user consent — - The Commission on Thursday set out a number of commitments that Google must follow over the next 10 years.
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Gizmodo, European Commission, The Verge, XDA Developers, Android Police, Forbes, Thurrott, The Irish Times, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, CNET, Pocketnow, Android Central, Reuters, and Neowin
Tweets: @lewis_crofts, @jenn_elias, @tomvalletti, @ryan_browne_, @markdistef, @kostasrossoglou, @martinsfp, and @linamkhan
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart partners with TikTok to test live-streamed video shopping, during which users will be able to shop Walmart fashion without leaving the app — Walmart and TikTok announced this morning they will be partnering on the first pilot test of a new shoppable product experience on TikTok's social video app.
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Walmart Inc., CNET, Forbes, Engadget, marketingdive.com, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, and USA Today
Tweets: @walmartinc, @ginnymarvin, @producthunt, and @mgtalksretail
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Spotify is now available on the Epic Games Store, signaling Epic's ambitions to make its game-focused store into a general app store — Epic is in prolonged battles with Apple and Google over their app store business models — Spotify is now available on the Epic Games Store …
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Engadget, GameSpot, and Destructoid
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
GoCardless, which processes direct debit payments for businesses, raises $95M led by Bain Capital at a $970M valuation — - Payments technology start-up GoCardless raised $95 million in an investment round that values it at $970 million. — GoCardless plans to capitalize on an emerging trend …
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TechCrunch, Telegraph, Tech.eu, coinspeaker.com, and GoCardless Resources
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vice food vertical Munchies is launching a channel on OnlyFans, the first verified media publisher to do so, to post exclusive weekly videos for $4.99/month — Vice's food vertical, Munchies, is launching a verified channel on the breakout creator platform OnlyFans, a subscription site …
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Complex. Tweets: @sarafischer, @ryanrodenbaugh, @sachgau, @caseynewton, @neerajka, @sportsrapport, @carnage4life, @austin_rief, @richlightshed, and @modestproposal1
| Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: |
Judge orders Apple to produce Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify in Apple vs. Epic lawsuit; Apple wants Tim Cook's testimony to be limited to four hours — A judge has ordered Apple to produce Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify for the Apple versus Epic lawsuit … | Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
Alibaba's cloud business site detailed how clients could use its software to detect the faces of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities within images and videos — The website for the tech titan's cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members …
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The Guardian, Reuters, IPVM, and VICE
Tweets: @crtejada, @fabiochiusi, @cjwerleman, @gadyepstein, @inihelene, @poppymcp, and @kenroth
| Bloomberg: |
A group of AI researchers at Google have asked for policy and leadership changes including the removal of VP Megan Kacholia from their reporting hierarchy — - Team says it must be able to contest Google ‘revenue agendas’ — Letter to CEO asks company to commit to academic integrity
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Engadget, Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR, CNN, Beyond Search, and Axios
Tweets: @josheidelson, @nils_gilman, @miad, @seldo, @adrs, @mmitchell_ai, @hughlangley, @joelgrus, @josheidelson, @business, and @mattrosoff
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Filing: Alphabet's AI unit DeepMind lost £460.9M last year, down 2% on 2018, and Alphabet wrote off a further £1.1B in debt — Annual accounts underline huge investment parent company is making in UK-based team — Google's UK-based artificial intelligence unit DeepMind lost half … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter launches Spaces, its Clubhouse-like service, in private beta on iOS, limited to select individuals, largely from under-represented backgrounds — Last month, Twitter announced it would soon begin testing a new social experience on its platforms involving audio-only chat rooms …
Tweets: @twitterspaces
| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Google unveils an open source multilingual language model supporting 16 Indian languages to help researchers and students build tech in local languages — Google has unveiled a machine learning tool for Indian languages to help researchers, students, and startups keen on building local language technologies …
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Official Google India Blog, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Android Police, Inc42 Media, and XDA Developers. Thanks:@tsuvik
| Washington Post: |
A look at the “grinch bots” tailored to help resellers know when hot holiday gifts like the PS5 are in stock, and complete orders faster than humans can — Bots, easily gamed retailers and supply shortages have caused consoles to sell for double the price — This Christmas, it's boy vs. bot.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spryker, which provides a full suite of e-commerce tools for customers like Aldi and Toyota, raises $130M Series C led by TCV, at a $500M+ valuation — Businesses today feel, more than ever before, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be.Sponsor Posts
Meta:
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Zoho:
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Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
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