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Attorneys general from every US state, excluding California and Alabama, as well as DC and Puerto Rico, launch an antitrust investigation into Google — KEY POINTS — Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday.
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Sources: SoftBank urges WeWork to cancel IPO following cool reception from investors, amid fears it could affect SoftBank's Vision Fund fundraising efforts — SoftBank, the biggest outside shareholder in WeWork, is urging the lossmaking property group to shelve its hotly anticipated initial public offering …
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Ahead of iOS 13, which will warn users of apps that collect location data in the background, Facebook publishes a blog post explaining how it uses location data — KEY POINTS — Facebook has published an informational blog post about how its app collects and uses background location data from smartphones.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils a redesigned To-Do app, now just called To Do, to look and feel more like Wunderlist, which it is set to replace — Microsoft encourages Wunderlist users to switch to its To-Do app — Microsoft is making some big tweaks to its To-Do app this week, with a redesign …
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Photos and videos on private Facebook and Instagram accounts can be shared publicly by followers via source URLs, even after Stories expire or media is deleted — Photos and videos posted to private accounts on Instagram and Facebook aren't as private as they might seem.
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Tweets: @broderick, @achendrick, @yoda, @joshsternberg, @rmac18, @miriamelder, @bzamayo, @lindseybieda, @passantino, @mattnavarra, @jkohlmann, and @carlnasman
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Hedge fund Elliott Management takes a $3.2B stake in AT&T, questions its M&A strategy and operational execution, calls for reassessing leadership team — KEY POINTS — Hedge fund Elliott Management takes a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T, questioning its M&A strategy and operational execution.
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
900+ Amazon employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to protest Amazon's huge carbon footprint, demanding a commitment to get to zero emissions by 2030 — Nearly 1,000 employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to demand the company go to zero emissions by 2030.
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The Guardian, Medium, Wired, MIT Technology Review, CNN, Geek.com, The Seattle Times, bit-tech.net, Engadget, Gizmodo, Fast Company, The Daily Dot, Boing Boing, Mashable, CNET, and Vox. Tweets: @amznforclimate
| Georgina Torbet / Engadget: |
Polaroid Originals unveils Polaroid Labs, a device that prints photos directly from smartphone screens, goes on sale on October 10 for $130 in the US and Europe — There's something appealing about physical photos in the age of smartphone cameras. Sifting through images to find …
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CNET, The Verge, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, and Mashable
| Alex Danco: |
E-commerce and other internet companies can take cues from industries like retail and commercial aviation to build loyalty businesses — Each day on Tech Twitter, we get up in the morning, open up the website, and then go see what it is we're mad about. A few days ago, it was this:
Tweets: @nikillinit, @simoncarless, and @jhtscherck
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Shopify acquires 6 River Systems, which offers fulfilment automation for e-commerce and retail operations, for ~$450M in cash and stock — Shopify today announced it is acquiring 6 River Systems, a startup focused on fulfillment automation for e-commerce and retail operations.
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Shopify, Xconomy, TechCrunch, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, PE Hub Blog, BetaKit, and Bloomberg
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Adobe unveils Customer Journey Analytics, which draws on data from multiple enterprise systems to provide better perspectives on customers' brand engagement — Adobe Inc. today added a new tool to its Adobe Analytics offering that's meant to give companies more advanced insights into their customer's behavior.
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ZDNet, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PCMag, and Adweek
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Brazil-based QuintoAndar, an online marketplace that lets users search, book, and advertise rental properties, raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank — QuintoAndar, the Brazilian real estate technology developer, has secured a massive $250 million Series D led by SoftBank … Sponsor Posts
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