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Sources: EU to fine Google for abusing its search market dominance in the coming weeks; fine could top the €1B EU fined Intel in 2009 — Search giant is braced for a fine that could top €1bn with decision expected shortly — Read next … Google is braced for a fine of potentially …
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Facebook details its process to fight terrorism: AI including image matching, increased human intervention to flag posts and remove accounts, partnerships, more — By Monika Bickert, Director of Global Policy Management, and Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager
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Canada's telecom regulator CRTC orders all new devices be unlocked, bans unlocking fees, effective Dec. 1 — Wireless providers will no longer be allowed to sell locked mobile devices or charge Canadians to unlock their phones for use on rival's networks, according to new rules that will erase millions in annual revenue for carriers.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft updates its AI-powered photo editing app Pix with new styles and effects — Microsoft is rolling out an update to its AI-powered photo editing app, Microsoft Pix, that aims to give Prisma and others like it some new competition. While the app was originally designed to enhance …
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Changing course, Netflix says it'll “never outgrow” fight for net neutrality, after CEO Hastings said company was big enough that issue didn't pose a big risk — Even thought its CEO said otherwise — After a few months of wishy-washy statements on net neutrality indicating …
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Oath unveils Bullet, an open source general-purpose query engine for streaming data — Yahoo Inc. probably hasn't been given enough credit for its contributions to the open-source software community over the last couple of decades. The company, which famously developed the Apache Hadoop software that's … | Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
As Amazon claims a former AWS VP violated his non-compete agreement, former employees say AWS' non-compete enforcement is selective and opaque — Career decisions are always stressful, but employees at Amazon Web Services face an additional source of anxiety when evaluating new opportunities: am I about to get sued?| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Snap closes at $17, a 4.9% drop from opening price, as it sinks to its IPO price amid investor concerns about future growth and profit — Shares of Snap Inc dropped 4.9 percent on Thursday to its initial public offering price, highlighting investors' loss of confidence in the social media company …
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Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike announces $600M round led by Tencent to fuel global expansion, plans to be in 200 cities this year, up from current 100 — Read next … Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike has raised more than $600m in a funding round led by internet giant Tencent to fuel its global expansion.
| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Slack is raising $500M at a $5B post-money valuation, leading to acquisition interest from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce — The business communications company has gotten acquisition offers in the past from Microsoft and others — Slack, the popular business communications company …
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Apple hires Sony TV execs Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg as heads of video programming worldwide reporting to Eddy Cue, to lead push into original content — Jamie Ehrlicht and Zack Van Amburg will join Apple as co-heads of video programming world-wide — Apple Inc. has poached … | Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Passenger raped by Uber driver in India sues Uber, Kalanick, others in US federal court for defamation, more after it emerges they obtained her medical info — SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company and three current …
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