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Sources: as it weighs constraints for Facebook, the FTC has discussed stronger monitoring of Facebook's privacy practices and direct punishment of Zuckerberg — Regulators on four continents are preparing for a long-awaited showdown with Facebook, after years of disinterest and half-steps.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
New York State Attorney General announces investigation into Facebook's unauthorized collection of more than 1.5M users' email address books — SAN FRANCISCO — The New York State attorney general's office plans to open an investigation into Facebook's unauthorized collection …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Canadian privacy regulator finds that Facebook committed serious breaches of local privacy laws due to its mishandling of users' personal info — Canadian regulators on Thursday found that Facebook committed “serious” breaches of local laws over its mishandling of users' personal information …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
NY State AG sues Bitfinex for allegedly using Tether reserve funds to cover withdrawals, after the loss or theft of ~$851M from Bitfinex's payments processor — The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) is suing Bitfinex, the cryptocurrency exchange, and affiliated firm Tether, the company behind the stablecoin of the same name.
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| Motherboard: |
Sources: at a Twitter all-hands, a staffer said it doesn't block white supremacist content as aggressively as ISIS since algorithms may ban some GOP politicians — A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Amazon says it's working to offer free one-day shipping as the default for Prime customers but that it will take “a significant amount of time to achieve” — Amazon revealed today that it's working to offer free one-day shipping as the default for Amazon Prime customers …
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| Amazon: |
Amazon reports Q1 revenue of $59.7B, up 17% YoY, operating income of $4.4B, up from $1.9B in Q1 2018, and net income of $3.6B, up from $1.6B in Q1 2018 — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iFixit says it has removed its Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung's request through a “trusted partner” who supplied iFixit with the phone — The drama is unfolding with increasing strangeness — What in the world is going on over at Samsung in the wake of the Galaxy Fold delay?
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel slightly beats with Q1 revenue of $16.1B, flat YoY, “data-centric” revenue down 5% YoY, and PC revenue up 4% YoY; stock down 7%+ after hours — Intel slightly beat Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter as the company reported earnings of 17 cents a share on revenue of $16.1 billion.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Report: Intel CEO Bob Swan says the chip company decided to exit the mobile 5G business after Apple and Qualcomm announced their settlement — Which came first, the chicken or the egg? — Intel has clarified that it bowed out of the mobile 5G marketplace earlier this month, and now we know why … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber is planning IPO price range of about $44-$50 a share, which could value the ride-hailing company at $80B-$90B; Uber was last valued at about $76B — - Ride-hailing company planning price range of $44 to $50/shr — Uber could seek to raise about $8 billion to $10 billion
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| Eddie O'Neil / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook says it will no longer permit apps with minimal utility, such as personality quizzes, and will expire user permissions not used or accessed in 90 days — As part of our ongoing commitments to privacy and security, we are making updates to our platform.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts — It hid listener data from creators, which they need to make their shows — Major creators are continuing to remove their shows from Luminary …
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| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Google says it is changing how employees can report harassment and discrimination, publicly releases its policy on harassment and other workplace issues — Changes follow last year's walkout of workers — After pledging to make cultural changes following a mass walkout of employees last year …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft says it will drop password expiration policies with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, suggests organizations implement other password security practices — Microsoft announced the configuration baseline settings draft release for Windows 10 v1903 (19H1) and Windows Server v1903 …
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| CNBC: |
A marketplace for pre-IPO securities says some Slack investors have been selling stock at $28/share ahead of its IPO, which would value the company at ~$16.7B — - Slack investors are getting up to $28 a share to sell some of their holdings ahead of a public offering.| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Leaked documents show how Amazon automatically tracks and terminates warehouse workers for failing to meet productivity quotas — Amazon's fulfillment centers are the engine of the company — massive warehouses where workers track, pack, sort, and shuffle each order before sending it on its way to the buyer's door.
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| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Sources: Amazon is readying a high fidelity music streaming service that's expected to launch before the end of 2019, will likely cost $15 per month — Here comes Amazon. — Less than a week after the online giant launched its first fully free music streaming service … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft briefly passed a market cap of $1T, the third US company to do so after Apple and Amazon — Strong earnings push Microsoft toward a new milestone — Microsoft has become the third US company to pass a market cap of $1 trillion. The software giant passed the milestone after a jump …
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