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Profile of Lina Khan, whose antitrust argument, which says Amazon has far too much power, is making waves in Washington by reframing decades of antitrust law — With a single scholarly article, Lina Khan, 29, has reframed decades of monopoly law. — The dead books are on the top floor of Southern Methodist University's law library.| Siva Vaidhyanathan / New York Times: |
Facebook says it deleted 1.3B fake accounts in six months; fake accounts are being created, probably for commercial purposes, faster than Facebook can delete — Sheryl Sandberg's testimony to Congress revealed that fraudulent pages are being created as fast as the social network can delete them.
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| Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Many fitness- and health-tracking apps and devices, including Apple Health and Watch, don't take pregnancy, or any other health condition, into account — I'm not a super fit person. I am considered a healthy weight, and I exercise simply because I enjoy eating and drinking whatever I want.
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| Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Researchers think we may be on the verge of breakthroughs in AI's comprehension of language similar to the AI image recognition breakthroughs of 2012 — IN 2012, ARTIFICIAL intelligence researchers revealed a big improvement in computers' ability to recognize images by feeding …
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| Polina Devitt / Reuters: |
Google removed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's YouTube ad inviting Russians to join protests after authorities complained it violated election law — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Google removed a YouTube advert by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after authorities complained …
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Alibaba says NYT story on Jack Ma's retirement is wrong; Ma will continue as executive chairman for some time, providing a succession strategy on Monday — Jack Ma, who co-founded the world's largest e-commerce platform, will unveil a succession strategy next week, part of a management plan 10 years …
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| Peter Holley / Washington Post: |
Interviews with ER physicians in seven US cities reveal a spike in severe injuries due to electric scooters; Bird, Lime, and Spin say apps contain safety info — They have been pouring into emergency rooms around the nation all summer, their bodies bearing a blend of injuries …
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| Matthew De Silva / Quartz: |
Ripple's general counsel Brynly Llyr has left the company as it prepares for a class action lawsuit about whether its XRP cryptocurrency is a security or not — The general counsel of one of the world's leading cryptocurrency companies has departed her post.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US GAO releases report on how the 2017 Equifax hack occurred and the steps taken in its aftermath, concluding Equifax left information vulnerable on many fronts — GAO report takes us inside Equifax from March 2017 onward, showing how a few slip-ups led to one of the biggest breaches in US history.| New York Times: |
How mainstream users searching YouTube for info about Germany's far-right protests get pointed toward extremist and conspiracy videos — CHEMNITZ, Germany — The day after far-right demonstrators took over the streets here, Sören Uhle, a city official who oversees municipal marketing and development … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
A look at how Stockholm became Europe's capital of startup exits, with Spotify's $27B IPO and iZettle's $2.2B acquisition — The exits earlier this year by two of Sweden's biggest startup names would be enough to swell the pride of any regional ecosystem. Spotify's $27 billion IPO …
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Apple has hired Liz Schimel, a former president of Condé Nast China, whose LinkedIn page lists a July start date and her Apple role as “head of news business” — Apple is beefing up the management of its Apple News product, with the recent hiring of veteran media executive Liz Schimel.Sponsor Posts
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