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| 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, New York Times, cyber.fsi.stanford.edu, Financial Times, Washington Post, Gizmodo, CNET, and ZDNet
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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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Tweets: @caseynewton, @scottlucas, @joshconstine, @dylanbyers, @ankitshah, @moonalice, @willoremus, @caseynewton, @joshconstine, @soleio, @lamonicabuzz, @kimmaicutler, @leimer, @pierce, @sriramk, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @dylanbyers, @jamesrbuk, @teddyschleifer, @lanceulanoff, @mollywood, @oliviasolon, @armano, @mikeisaac, @work_matters, @caseynewton, @tayhatmaker, @mdudas, @stevenlevy, @rsg, @joshelman, @can, @ericnewcomer, @alexeheath, @karaswisher, @willoremus, and @jank0
| 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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Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, CNBC, Deadline, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
YouTube launches a $100M fund to “amplify” the voices of black creators by supporting talent and funding new YouTube Original shows — A YouTube special funded by this initiative is set to air on Saturday — YouTube is launching a $100 million fund to “amplify” … | 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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Joe Biden for President, About Facebook, Joe Biden for President, and New York Times
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| 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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Tweets: @jeffgrubb, @jeffgrubb, @samhenrigold, @stammy, and @reckless
| 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 …
Tweets: @william_fitz, @mdudas, @quinnypig, @sonalibasak, @sallyshin, @hunterwalk, and @sashaperigo
| 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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9to5Google, Thurrott, Android Authority, Neowin, Softpedia News, Android Central, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Android Police, ZDNet, CNET, XDA Developers, and Axios
Tweets: @reckless, @backlon, and @zoeschiffer
| 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, New York Times, TechCrunch, Turner's Blog, Mashable, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @sarahfrier, @fromedome, @mgsiegler, @karissabe, @jason_kint, @lucasmtny, @dusanwriter, and @pierce
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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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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NBC News, Reuters, Slate, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, MediaNama, IT Management, Amnesty International USA, Government Technology News, Vox, Mashable, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @justkelly_ok, @katecrawford, @kasparov63, @nitin, @evan_greer, and @matt_cagle
| 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: @iancoldwater, @belfastagmt, @lordkabelo, @paigeleskin, @garycoby, @cgrantwsj, @carnage4life, @econ_marshall, and @ryannmcenany
| 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, VentureBeat, The Verge, PCWorld, Reuters, 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, TechPowerUp, and Wccftech
| 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 … | 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, @aaschapiro, @oliviasolon, @oneunderscore__, @shannonpareil, @hypervisible, @lizthegrey, and @aprilaser
| 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, Nikkei Asian Review, Fossbytes, Lifehacker, MacStories, Wccftech, Neowin, MacRumors, KnowTechie, and TechSpot
Tweets: @om and @chrismichel
| Anna Irrera / Reuters: |
PayPal pledges $530M to support black and minority-owned US businesses, of which $500M is for an opportunity fund and $15M for fostering diversity at PayPal — NEW YORK (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it was pledging $530 million to support black and minority-owned businesses … | 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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TechNode and Telegraph
Tweets: @zachweinberg, @caseynewton, @tomtugendhat, @pernilleru, and @mattgarrahan
| Ruth Reader / Fast Company: |
Researchers find sites monetizing health misinformation with Google's AdSense and DoubleClick; Google says the specific sites don't violate its policy — Google's programmatic ad tools AdSense and DoubleClick are placing ads on websites that publish health misinformation, according to reports from two independent research groups.
Tweets: @slpng_giants, @penamerica, and @matthewstoller
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