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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
After a 16-month probe, House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple enjoy “monopoly power”, suggest antitrust changes that could break up businesses — - After a 16-month investigation into competitive practices at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google …
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| The Amazon Blog: |
In response to House's report on Big Tech, Amazon says in a blog post that “fringe notions on antitrust would destroy small businesses and hurt consumers” — Misguided interventions in the free market would kill off independent retailers and punish consumers by forcing small businesses … | New York Times: |
Sources: US House report investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook's power has been delayed as Democrats and Republicans are split on the remedies — WASHINGTON — For all the divisions in Washington, one issue that had united Republicans and Democrats in recent years was their animus toward …
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| NBC News: |
Facebook says it will ban QAnon across its platforms, removing all “Facebook Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts” that represent QAnon — Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action …
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| BBC: |
Facebook removed a post by Trump saying COVID-19 is “less lethal” than flu, only the second time it has done so, as Twitter hides the tweet and adds a warning — Facebook has deleted a post in which President Trump had claimed Covid-19 was “less lethal” than the flu.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google rebrands G Suite as Google Workspace, integrates Meet, Chat, and Rooms across all its applications, and introduces new logos for all apps in Workspace — Google is rebranding G Suite, its set of online productivity and collaboration tools for businesses that include the likes of Gmail, Drive, Docs and Meet.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft says the US Labor Department is probing whether Microsoft's diversity efforts constitute racial discrimination by a government contractor — The Labor Department has been probing whether Microsoft's goal of increasing Black representation in its ranks constitutes racial discrimination, the software maker disclosed Tuesday.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces it will hold an event on October 13 at 10am PDT, where it's expected to unveil new 5G iPhones; invites are titled “Hi, Speed.” — Apple today has officially announced its highly-anticipated iPhone 12 event for October 13 at 10 am PT. Much like WWDC 2020 …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Security flaw meant Qiui's Cellmate chastity device for men could be remotely locked by hackers; the flaw was disclosed after company missed deadlines to patch — Just because almost every gadget or appliance can be connected to the internet, doesn't mean they should be.
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Pen Test Partners, BBC, The Internet Of Dongs Project, Daily Mail, PCMag, New York Post, Business Insider, Forbes, Engadget, The Sun, Newsweek, The Verge, Threatpost, Gizmodo, and Input
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has banned the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes to retail users from January 6, 2021 — More than 12,500 users participated in the first phase of a public token sale on CoinList for Flow, a new blockchain platform developed by Dapper Labs, the creator of CryptoKitties.
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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
The European Court of Justice, EU's highest legal authority, rules that member states cannot collect mass mobile and internet data of citizens — - The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that member states cannot collect mass mobile and internet data on citizens.
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Tweets: @privacyint, @klillington, @rogeragrimes, @tomrtweets, @kimdotcom, @hoofnagle, @davekeating, and @freedomonthenet
| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Leaked memo from February reveals Amazon's plans to invest in software to analyze data on unions, alongside non-union “threats” like crime and weather — A representative of a union for Amazon employees protesting at Amazon's Swansea fulfillment center on November 23, 2018, in Swansea, W| Alison DeNisco Rayome / CNET: |
Facebook says it is launching an emotional health resource center, with expert guides and information, available globally with location-specific resources — Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger will also get new tools to help support users' emotional health during the coronavirus pandemic.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google adds a Stories feature to its Google iOS and Android app, a carousel focusing on publisher content that can include audio, full-screen video, and photos — Google announced today it's introducing a Stories feature to its Google app for iOS and Android, which now reaches over 800 million people per month.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds support for Netflix to Portal TV and support for Zoom to Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal+ devices — Facebook announced this morning it's bringing a number of new features and services to its family of Portal devices, including support for Netflix and Zoom.
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About Facebook, Android Police, The Verge, CNET, Neowin, Adweek, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, iMore, Social Media Today, and TechHive
Tweets: @andrewcrow, @johntassparker, and @boztank
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google integrates Assistant with dedicated assistive devices through a partnership with Tobii Dynavox and makes Action Blocks more accessible — October is International Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month, and Google is working to make Assistant available …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
After years harshly criticizing Big Tech's impact on the publishing industry, News Corp now has partnerships with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Snapchat, and others — One of the biggest news publishing companies in the world has slowly backed away from its harsh public criticism of Big Tech platforms … | Bloomberg: |
As Google and Oracle face off in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, both have funded outside groups that signed amicus briefs, often without disclosure — - Both companies funded some who signed friend-of-court briefs — Supreme Court rules don't require general funding disclosures
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| Daniel Oberhaus / Wired: |
FEC data: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle employees have donated ~20x more to Biden than Trump since 2019 and far more overall than in 2016 — A WIRED analysis finds roughly 95 percent of contributions by employees of six big tech firms have gone to Trump's Democratic challenger.
Tweets: @wiredbusiness and @wired
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google launches Chrome 86 with stronger password protections on iOS and Android, VP9 video codec for macOS Big Sur, a slew of new developer features, and more — Google today launched Chrome 86 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Chrome 86 brings password protections for Android and iOS …
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9to5Google, Softpedia News, Dark Reading, Pocketnow, Android Authority, Android Police, XDA Developers, Neowin, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @firt and @caseynewton
| Bloomberg: |
Health insurance startup Clover Health, which uses health and behavioral data to lower costs, agrees to go public via Social Capital's SPAC at a $3.7B valuation — - Deal values the health-insurance startup at $3.7 billion — ‘We need companies like Clover,’ Social Capital III CEO says
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Tweets: @chamath, @katie_roof, @johnstcapital, @lianabaker, and @joshk
| Martin Giles / Forbes: |
Unqork, a “no-code” enterprise app development service, raises $207M Series C led by BlackRock at a valuation of $2B — When Gary Hoberman founded Unqork in 2017 after standing down as CIO of giant insurer MetLife, he had a frustrating time trying to get venture capitalists … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram marks its 10th anniversary by expanding in-app warnings when users post bullying comments and adds a private map of stories from the last three years — Instagram is officially 10 years old, and is marking the end of its first decade with new features meant to encourage users to be nice to one another.
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