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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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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, as Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech — - Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 and more — The campaign will urge its supporters to push the social media giant to strengthen its rules against misinformation and harmful comments.| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap announces Minis, apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat, launching on Android and iOS in July — - Snap on Thursday announced a new product called Snap Minis — small apps built by third-party software developers that can be opened within Snapchat.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Snap says more than 75% of its 170M+ DAUs 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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple confirms 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, CNET, Appleosophy, The Verge, iMore, VentureBeat, TechRadar.com, Cord Cutters News, TidBITS, Engadget, and CNBC. Tweets: @reneritchie
| 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, The Irish Times, CNET, GeekWire, New York Times, Android Central, Thurrott, The Verge, Bloomberg, Engadget, CNBC, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after the 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 and Android podcast client, from the App Store in China.
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Tweets: @pocketcasts, @joshgnosis, @emilyywu, @suka_hiroaki, 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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| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios: |
US-based Chinese activists say Zoom closed their paid account after event commemorating Tiananmen; Zoom says it was complying with local law, has reactivated it — The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held …
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New York Times, Washington Post, Ars Technica, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, CNET, Agence France-Presse, Engadget, Security Boulevard, Input, getrevue.co, and Wall Street Journal
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| Axios: |
Sources: Facebook is establishing a venture arm to invest in startups and has hired a head of investments for the New Product Experimentation team — Facebook has been hiring seasoned tech investors to help lead a new “multi-million dollar” investment fund within its experimental apps team, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @joshconstine, @martinsfp, @tonyromm, and @loganlahive
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Technology Coalition, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter, announces Project Protect, a five-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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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Source: at the request of the Trump administration, Sen. Josh Hawley is working on new legislation targeting Section 230 protections — At the request of the Trump administration, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is working on new legislation targeting the tech industry's liability shield, a source familiar with the effort told Axios.| 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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| Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
California regulatory agency for transportation formally rules that it considers Uber and Lyft drivers as employees of those companies under AB5 state law — OAKLAND, Calif. —The California Public Utilities Commission, the state government body responsible for licensing and regulating …
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Tweets: @ohioaflcio, @nbcnews, @transportworker, @therideshareguy, and @rcmoya84
| CNBC: |
Instacart raises $225M led by DST Global and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $13.7B, up from $8B in 2018 — - Amid surging demand for grocery delivery, Instacart has raised $225 million, led by DST Global and General Catalyst. — The round increases its valuation to nearly $14 billion …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Axios, and GeekWire
Tweets: @fromedome, @gigworkersrise, @taylor_soper, @dee_bosa, and @jyarow
| 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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail security issues in OmniBallot, a web-based system used across US for blank ballot delivery, ballot marking, and (optionally) online voting — Elections in five states have used or plan to use OmniBallot's online voting tech. — OmniBallot is election software that is used …
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MIT, Slashdot, Cointelegraph, and Internet Policy Research Initiative at MIT. Tweets: @binarybits
| Bloomberg: |
Just Eat Takeaway confirms it is acquiring Grubhub in an all-stock deal; the deal has an equity value of $7.3B — - Deal creates one of world's largest food-delivery companies — Dutch company offered to pay $75.15 per share for Grubhub — Europe's Just Eat Takeaway.com NV agreed …
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