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Senate votes 69-28 to confirm Lina Khan, an antitrust expert who wrote the “Amazon Antitrust Paradox”, to the FTC, with reports saying Khan will be FTC chair — Congress is preparing to take drastic action against tech monopolies — The Senate confirmed Lina Khan as commissioner … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Ahead of Microsoft's event to unveil the next gen of Windows, a Windows 11 build leaks, showing a revamped UI, like a new taskbar with centered app icons, more — Screenshots have leaked online — Screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 operating system have appeared online today.
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Engadget, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, mobilesyrup.com, Laptop Mag, Ars Technica, Thurrott, PCWorld, Thurrott, AppleInsider, BetaNews, XDA Developers, CNET, ZDNet, HotHardware.com News, Neowin, SlashGear, Tom's Hardware, Trusted Reviews, Pureinfotech, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, WinCentral, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, Petri, and The Verge
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Interviews with ~200 people show how Amazon's warehouse employment system, under strain before the pandemic, burned through workers and created huge confusion — Each year, hundreds of thousands of workers churn through a vast mechanism that hires and monitors, disciplines and fires.
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Insider, GeekWire, Fast Company, and WRAL TechWire
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| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 53 people shed light on Airbnb's secretive safety team, made up of ~100 agents, some with military backgrounds, who handle emergency situations — The first-floor apartment on West 37th Street, a few blocks south of Times Square, was popular with tourists …
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The Verge, Insider, and New York Post
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
UK's CMA says it will launch an investigation into Apple and Google's mobile ecosystems over whether their market power is harming users — Today, the UK's competition watchdog (the Competition and Markets Authority) announced an official investigation into the mobile device ecosystem, citing Apple and Google's effective duopoly.
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| Kate Kaye / Digiday: |
Analysis: Amazon's properties, including Amazon.com, WholeFoods.com, and Zappos.com, are blocking Google's new FLoC tracking system from gathering data — Amazon is blocking Google's controversial cookieless tracking and targeting method. — Most of Amazon's properties including Amazon.com … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon brings its cashierless tech to a full-size grocery store for the first time in a new 25K square foot Amazon Fresh location in Seattle — Amazon's newest physical grocery store opening in the Seattle area this week is unique as it will feature the company's “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology.
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About Amazon, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, and KnowTechie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
IRL, which is building a messaging-based social network, raises $170M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2, at a $1.17B valuation — Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.”
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @evelyndouek, and @tomfgoodwin
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Investigation explores Apple's censorship or removal of LGBTQ+ apps globally; Apple's App Stores for Saudi Arabia and China are missing the most apps — As LGBTQ+ people around the world celebrate Pride Month, new report from Fight for the Future and GreatFire shows how Apple's App Store … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Nearly five months after his inauguration, Biden has yet to nominate a Democratic FCC commissioner to fill the empty fifth slot — Biden's failure to fill empty FCC slot has consumer advocates increasingly worried. — President Joe Biden's failure to break the Federal Communications … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Andreessen Horowitz launches Future, a media property that will focus on informational and editorial content created by full-time staff and outside contributors — Today, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is officially launching its media property, called Future.
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Axios, Protocol, and DomainInvesting.com
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google unveils features for Android including end-to-end encryption for RCS-based one-to-one chats in Messages, starred messages, emoji mashup suggestions, more — Earthquake Alerts in more places and better accessibility — Google has announced seven new features for Android …
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| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
A look at lip-reading AI, with development supported by Google, Sony, and Huawei, as startups begin deploying it in hospitals, public transport systems, more — First came facial recognition. Now, an early form of lip-reading AI is being deployed in hospitals, power plants, public transportation, and more.
Tweets: @evanselinger, @zenalbatross, and @vice
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q4 revenue of $11.23B, up 8% YoY, vs $11.04B est., with revenue from its Fusion ERP up 46% and NetSuite ERP up 26% — - Oracle beat on the top and bottom lines. — Barclays analysts lowered their rating on the stock last month after it saw gains with investors shifting from growth to value.
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
EU's top court says Facebook can't avoid potential EU-wide privacy orders from data protection authorities beyond its legal watchdog in Ireland — - EU top court rules on scope of so-called one-stop-shop system — Dispute stems from Belgian data order over Facebook cookies
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Reuters, Silicon Republic, Agence France-Presse, Fortune, Reuters, RTÉ, CNET, Associated Press, Euractiv, TechCrunch, and The Hill
Tweets: @eucourtpress, @satariano, and @jason_kint
| Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg: |
Fox Corp. creates a $100M creators fund for the NFT market, as part of a broader effort that includes Blockchain Creative Labs, a new business unit to sell NFTs — - New blockchain unit will sell and manage digital goods — Dan Harmon's ‘Krapopolis’ animated show is first project| Jacquelyn Melinek / Blockworks: |
Bitwise Asset Management, known for managing crypto index funds, raises $70M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Electric Capital and says it's now valued at $500M+ — - Bitwise has over $1.5 billion in assets under management, up 25% from the previous $1.2 billion AUM at the end of Q1
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The Block, CNBC, ETFdb, FinSMEs, Coinspeaker, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @cryptowendyo and @katies
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dYdX, which develops decentralized financial derivative products on the Ethereum blockchain, raises $65M Series C after a $10M Series B four months ago — Quick Take — A number of crypto liquidity providers have also invested in dYdX, which hopes to become one of the world's largest crypto exchanges …
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Blockworks, CoinDesk, Decrypt, and Crypto Briefing
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
PayCargo, which develops cloud-based payment and financing services for the cargo industry, raises $125M Series B, following a $35M Series A last September — When products exit a cargo carrier and payment isn't immediately available for all of the entities that touched it, those products are generally hauled to a warehouse to sit.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Iterable, which offers AI-powered cross-channel sales and marketing tools, raises $200M Series E, giving the company a $2B post-money valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Iterable, a cross-channel platform for customer experiences …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Formative, a student learning and analytics service with at least one teacher signed up in 92% of all US school districts, raises $70M led by Summit Partners — Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic acquires Day One, a popular journaling app for Apple devices with 15M+ downloads on the Mac and iOS App Store; terms of the deal were not disclosed — Automattic is expanding its lineup of online writing platforms with its acquisition of Day One, a popular journaling app for Mac and Apple mobile devices.
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