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Apple says it didn't know DOJ was asking for House Democrats' data when it complied with subpoena; Microsoft also received and complied with a similar subpoena — - Apple on Friday said it didn't know former President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was subpoenaed data on Democrats when it complied with the request.
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The DOJ's opaque subpoena of Apple during the Russia probe highlights the tension tech companies face in obliging law enforcement and protecting users' privacy — Apple, Google and Microsoft have been plunged into a political firestorm as they have contended with law enforcement requests to hand over information.
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House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to limit anticompetitive practices of tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook — The proposals could reshape the tech industry as we know it — On Friday, House Democrats introduced five new bills meant to chip away at the power …
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Epic trial email suggests Apple manually boosted ranking of its Files app in App Store search results for Dropbox in 2017; Apple says it was a simple mistake — “We are removing the manual boost and the search results should be more relevant now” — In 2019, facing down extensive investigations … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Honeywell merges its quantum computing business with Cambridge Quantum to form a new joint venture; Honeywell will hold a majority stake and invest $270M-$300M — Honeywell, which only recently announced its entry into the quantum computing race, and Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQ) … | Chen Du / PingWest: |
ByteDance launches Volcano Engine to offer enterprise clients its technologies, such as its recommendation algorithm that drove the success of TikTok and Douyin — Taken and compiled from ByteDance's various successful products, the data-driven business insight service marks … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T CEO says Biden's municipal broadband plan is “a bit misguided” and is confident that Congress will steer legislation in the more “pragmatic” direction — CEO thinks US will keep giving billions to private ISPs instead of public networks.| Financial Times: |
Disclosures from Tether show it has $30B in commercial paper, a short-dated investment similar to cash, making it one of the largest investors in the US market — JPMorgan estimates stablecoin operator would be one of the largest investors in the US market| Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar: |
As ransomware gangs operate on multi-million dollar budgets at a global scale, telling companies to “just patch” or “implement zero trust” is no longer feasible — ve talked about ransomware and extortion attacks on organizations for about a decade.
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Facebook buys BigBox VR, the maker of VR battle royale title POPULATION: ONE, in its fifth VR game development studio acquisition — Facebook acquired another VR shooter game development studio with the purchase of BigBox VR, the creator of battle royale title POPULATION: ONE.
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Aura, which offers device and identity theft protection including financial fraud monitoring for consumers, raises $150M Series E led by Warburg Pincus — Aura, a Burlington MA-based company which specializes in digital security for consumers, raised $150M in Series E funding.| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Google commits to involve UK's competition and privacy regulators in the development of its Privacy Sandbox proposals to replace third-party cookies on Chrome — - Google will give the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority a say in its plans to replace third-party cookies on Chrome.
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