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| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Microsoft says it will not sell facial recognition tech to police departments until there is a federal law regulating its use — The software giant will ban police use of its controversial facial-recognition systems, as the company awaits regulatory rules for how law-enforcement agencies deploy the technology.
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The Amazon Blog, The Hill, Vox, The Verge, Slate, Vox, Associated Press, Government Technology News, Los Angeles Times, VICE, Amnesty International USA, Reuters, ZDNet, GeekWire, OneZero , Engadget, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Input, Windows Central, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @justkelly_ok and @katecrawford
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as its chief product officer, a year after quitting over differences with Mark Zuckerberg over the company's direction — The longtime executive had quit in 2019 after a difference of opinion over the company's direction — A year after quitting the company …
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Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, New York Times, NBC News, ZDNet, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Input, TheStreet, CNBC, and Business Insider
Facebook: Chris Cox and Mark Zuckerberg
Tweets: @caseynewton, @scottlucas, @work_matters, @joshconstine, @dylanbyers, @ankitshah, @kimmaicutler, @leimer, @jamesrbuk, @lanceulanoff, @willoremus, @joshconstine, @lamonicabuzz, @pierce, @sriramk, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @dylanbyers, @teddyschleifer, @mollywood, @oliviasolon, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, @tayhatmaker, @mdudas, @stevenlevy, @rsg, @joshelman, @can, and @ericnewcomer
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation — The campaign will urge its supporters to push the social media giant to strengthen its rules against misinformation and harmful comments.
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About Facebook, Joe Biden for President, New York Times, Joe Biden for President, and Variety
Tweets: @joebiden, @donie, @ceciliakang, @joebiden, @joebiden, @tducklo, @sarahfrier, @realderekutley, @ceciliakang, @ericboehlert, @caseynewton, @slpng_giants, @kurtwagner8, @sg, @joncoopertweets, @jason_kint, @rob_flaherty, @mikememoli, @timothydurigan, @rob_flaherty, @shiraovide, @kurtwagner8, @caseymattox_, @thejtlewis, @adamgreen, @ericschultz, @nickgillespie, and @alyssa_milano
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment, led by VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson — Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice …
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Axios, CNBC, Deadline, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Valley Business …, CNET, Engadget, MacDailyNews, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Variety, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
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YouTube Blog, The Hill, Variety, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @akilahobviously, @cydereal, @taynixster, @youtube, and @susanwojcicki
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Snap says more than 170M+ people access AR features daily and updates its AR platform with voice search, geography-specific Local Lenses, and SnapML — Snapchat's augmented reality dreams might be starting to look a bit more realistic. — The company has been subtly improving …
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Engadget, Bloomberg, New York Times, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Protocol, VentureBeat, and Mashable
Tweets: @sarahfrier, @fromedome, @mgsiegler, @karissabe, @jason_kint, @lucasmtny, and @dusanwriter
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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The Verge, dot.LA, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @thekenyeung, @caseynewton, @jrichlive, @joshelman, @dickc, @loudmouthjulia, and @robertgaal. Thanks:@sal19
| Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg: |
Twitter removed 32K+ accounts engaged in propaganda linked to Russia, China, and Turkey, describing the accounts as “state-linked information operations” — - Accounts spread ‘deceptive’ claims about Hong Kong politics — Russia-linked accounts supported Kremlin, attacked dissidents
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Twitter, cyber.fsi.stanford.edu, Washington Post, Financial Times, ZDNet, CNET, and TheStreet
Tweets: @twittersafety, @noupside, @nakashimae, @nakashimae, @jack, and @yoyoel
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces the schedule for its all-virtual WWDC 2020, including Special Event Keynote on June 22 at 10am PT — Ahead of WWDC 2020 kicking off on June 22, Apple today has offered additional details on this year's schedule. Apple has confirmed that the all-virtual WWDC will include a keynote address …
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Apple, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Ars Technica, Engadget, Cord Cutters News, VentureBeat, CNET, iPhone Hacks, CNBC, Appleosophy, Wccftech, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar.com, The Verge, The Mac Observer, TidBITS, and TechSpot
Tweets: @twostraws, @dylanmcd8, @lukemiani, @kmx411, @neilcybart, @mgsiegler, and @reneritchie
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony reveals new hardware design for it upcoming PlayStation 5, which ships in two versions, one with a 4K Blu-ray drive and a Digital Edition without — Sony's next-gen console is here — Sony is finally revealing what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After nearly an hour of PS5 game announcements …
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Laptop Mag, VentureBeat, The Next Web, VentureBeat, PCWorld, AnandTech, Tom's Hardware, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, IGN, CNET, CNET, GameSpot, Gamasutra, BGR, Mashable, and Polygon. Tweets: @stammy
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Palantir is preparing to register an S-1 filing confidentially, with plans to go public in the coming weeks and start trading as early as fall — Palantir Technologies Inc., the secretive big-data firm, plans to file to go public in the coming weeks and could start trading as early as the fall … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after China's government determined they can be used to access “illegal” content — Pocket Casts and Castro are gone from China's App Store — Apple has removed Pocket Casts, the popular iOS …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Voice of America, TechCrunch, MacDailyNews, Input, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @pocketcasts, @pocketcasts, @cedricbastin, @overcastfm, @abolitionof, @joshgnosis, @emilyywu, @suka_hiroaki, @smc90, and @carnage4life
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, which uses its Sensei AI to suggest filters, on iOS and on recent Pixel, Galaxy, and OnePlus phones — Another way for Adobe to introduce people to Photoshop — Adobe is launching a new app today called Photoshop Camera that's filled with a bunch …
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App Store, iMore, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Neowin, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Forbes, Gizmodo, Thurrott, AppleInsider, Android Headlines, and MacRumors
Tweets: @chrismichel and @om
| The Verge: |
Google countersues Sonos, alleging infringement of patents; Google says it provided “significant assistance” in integrating Google music and Assistant services — The tech giant says it must ‘assert its intellectual property rights’ — Google has countersued Sonos for patent infringement …
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ZDNet, Android Police, Axios, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Android Central, and SlashGear
Tweets: @reckless, @backlon, and @zoeschiffer
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Jim Keller, SVP of Intel's Silicon Engineering Group, has resigned from the company due to personal reasons, will remain as a consultant for next six months — Intel has just published a news release on its website stating that Jim Keller has resigned from the company, effective immediately, due to personal reasons.
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Intel Newsroom, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, PCWorld, and TechPowerUp
| Paige Leskin / Business Insider: |
Sources: at all-hands, Snap CEO said he would not release diversity numbers so as not to reinforce the perception minority groups are underrepresented in tech — - At a company all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel addressed concerns of racism at the company …
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The Verge. Tweets: @paigeleskin, @carnage4life, @ryannmcenany, @iancoldwater, @belfastagmt, @lordkabelo, @garycoby, and @econ_marshall
| April Glaser / NBC News: |
Sources detail Google's lackluster response to the BLM movement, which one employee said was to “isolate the black employees” to vent without structural changes — On May 29, four days after George Floyd died in police custody, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, wrote an email to his staff …
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Forbes. Tweets: @aprilaser, @aprilaser, @oliviasolon, @oneunderscore__, @shannonpareil, and @aprilaser
| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches its first commercially available product, an API that can perform a broad set of language tasks, like translation or writing a news story — Over the past few months, OpenAI has vacuumed an incredible amount of data into its artificial intelligence language systems.
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OpenAI, Wired, TechCrunch, The Next Web, ZDNet, The Verge, VentureBeat, and Fortune
Tweets: @tsimonite, @_karenhao, @scottthurm, @tsimonite, @jacyanthis, and @valleyhack
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: EU plans to file formal antitrust charges against Amazon for scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that info to compete against them — Charges are set to accuse Amazon of scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that information to compete against them
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SiliconANGLE, CNET, The Hill, New York Times, Thurrott, The Verge, GeekWire, Engadget, The Irish Times, and Android Central. Tweets: @molson_hart
| Financial Times: |
ARM is currently wrestling for control of its Chinese joint venture; ARM said ARM China's CEO had been replaced, but ARM China publicly contradicted the claims — Joint venture of UK chip designer refuses to change management — Arm, the UK chip designer owned by SoftBank …
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Telegraph, TechNode, Bloomberg, Reuters, Fortune, and Nikkei Asian Review
Tweets: @caseynewton, @tomtugendhat, @pernilleru, and @mattgarrahan
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Technology Coalition, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, announces Project Protect, a 5-point plan to combat online child sexual abuse — - The Technology Coalition is a group backed by the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Its aim is to combat online sexual abuse.
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About Facebook, Reuters, 9to5Mac, Adweek, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @bricksilk, @nick_clegg, @tweetinjules, @repagonzalez, @wcathcart, and @dmiles575. Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
After outcry, Nextdoor pledges to provide more explicit guidelines on how to moderate against racism and tells community leads to allow BLM discussions — 'To be clear, conversations related to racial inequality and black lives matter are allowed on Nextdoor'
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Nextdoor Blog. Tweets: @rmac18, @kellymakena, @willoremus, @sarahnemerson, @andreacervone1, and @film_girl
| Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg: |
EPA orders Amazon and eBay to stop selling or distributing 70 products, including sprays, lanyards, and other gear sometimes touted as killing COVID-19 — - Products include pesticide-coated lanyards and sprays — E-commerce marketplaces new focus of stepped-up enforcement
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Engadget, US EPA, Gizmodo, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @brady_dennis, @environment, and @annierpalmer
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