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June 9, 2020, 9:25 AM

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Ina Fried / Axios:
In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it's exiting the general-purpose facial recognition business and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance  —  In a letter to members of Congress on Monday, IBM said it is existing the general-purpose facial recognition business …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning to announce a shift to its own Arm-based processors in Mac computers, replacing chips from Intel, as early as this month at WWDC  —  - Company readies Macs for next year without Intel processors  — Apple is holding virtual version of WWDC event week of June 22
Ramesh Nagarajan / The Keyword:
Google Maps to show COVID-19 related travel alerts and local restrictions, as well as crowdedness predictions  —  Product Management Director, Google Maps  —  Getting from A to B can be more complicated these days.  Because of COVID-19, it's increasingly important to know how crowded …
Reuters:
An obscure Indian firm provided hacking services to help spy on 10K+ email accounts over seven years, in one of the largest spy-for-hire operations ever exposed  —  LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Nextdoor's reliance on untrained volunteer moderators has raised concerns over censorship and targeting of people of color, an issue amplified by recent events  —  Kalkidan G. moved to Rancho Santa Fe because it was one of the nicer neighborhoods in San Diego.
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Twitch has had a “sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips” from 2017 to 2019, as creators bemoan the three strike rule and lack of bulk deletion tools  —  There has been a flurry of takedown requests in the last few days  —  Over the last few days …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Cox says it has slowed Internet speeds for entire neighborhoods to punish users with “excessive usage”  —  Cox warns customers to lower usage, imposes 10Mbps upload limit on “gigabit” plan.  —  Cox Communications is lowering Internet upload speeds in entire neighborhoods to stop …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon sues former AWS VP of product marketing Brian Hall, alleging his new role at Google Cloud violates a non-compete agreement  —  A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, alleges that his new role at Google Cloud violates …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter says it's working on a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelines and an option to request verification from within the app  —  Twitter is developing a new in-app system for requesting verification, according to a recent finding from reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, which Twitter has since confirmed.

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