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Apple says it's now handicapping its own apps in App Store search results after analysis finds they have ranked first for at least 700 search terms — If you opened the App Store on an iPhone in May 2018 and typed “podcast” in the search box, you would have seen something like this.
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Attorneys general from 48 states, DC, and Puerto Rico launch a new antitrust probe into Google — KEY POINTS — Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday. — The news follows the announcement …
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Based on an internal build of iOS 13, 2019 iPhones will include an R1 sensor coprocessor, adding support for more sensors than the existing M-series coprocessor — Apple is planning to add a new coprocessor, codenamed both “Rose” and “R1,” to the A13 series chips in its upcoming iPhones set to debut on Tuesday.| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
900+ Amazon employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to protest Amazon's huge carbon footprint, demanding a commitment to get to zero emissions by 2030 — Nearly 1,000 employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to demand the company go to zero emissions by 2030.
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| Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News: |
Privacy International finds popular period tracking apps, including MIA Fem and Maya, are sending monthly timings, contraception use, symptoms, more to Facebook — Period tracker apps are sending deeply personal information about women's health and sexual practices to Facebook, new research has found.
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China Labor Watch: at the largest iPhone factory ~50% of workers were temps in August, breaking a 10% limit set by China; Apple, Foxconn admit it was an issue — - Companies confirm report on excessive use of temporary workers — China Labor Watch alleges harsh conditions before iPhone event
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils a redesigned To-Do app, now just called To Do, to look and feel more like Wunderlist, which it is set to replace — Microsoft encourages Wunderlist users to switch to its To-Do app — Microsoft is making some big tweaks to its To-Do app this week, with a redesign …
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The Vivaldi browser comes to Android with swipe gestures for navigation, advanced tab management, notes, screenshots, no-tracking, dark mode, and more — Almost three years after launching its desktop version, cross-platform browser Vivaldi has finally released its mobile version today.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Federal appeals court rejects LinkedIn's effort to stop hiQ Labs from scraping public profile data, reaffirming a ruling from August 2017 — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected LinkedIn's effort to stop a San Francisco company from using information that users …
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Current and former employees say Google still conceals issues like sexual harassment; internal document details stories of retaliation for reporting harassment — Google employees (from left to right) Sam Moreno, Katie Slavin, and Keny Cueltar listen to speakers during the Boulder Colorado Google Campus … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Volocopter, which wants to launch an autonomous air taxi service, raises €50M Series C led by the owner of Volvo, bringing total raised to €85M — The promise of flying cars has become an idea more synonymous with the tech world's shortcomings than its exciting potential …
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Volocopter MediaCenter, China Money Network, FinSMEs, DroneDJ, SlashGear, Crunchbase News, Coinspeaker, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Pandaily, Engadget, and Financial Times. Tweets: @sarahcat21. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
YouTube vowed to suspend comments on videos with kids age 13 and younger, but six months later, comments on such videos are still easy to find — YouTube is about to reposition how its massive online video service treats clips for children. Following a record $170 million penalty … Sponsor Posts
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