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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google announces a new tab-grouping tool for Chrome, rolling out “slowly”, letting users cluster tabs together and organize them by name and color — Google is introducing a new feature to Chrome that will have you asking how you lived without it before.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
In an open letter, Brian Huseman, Amazon's VP of public policy, calls for the establishment of a federal price gouging law amid coronavirus scams — - In a blog post Wednesday, Brian Huseman, Amazon's vice president of public policy, called for the establishment of a federal price gouging law.
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Apple says its VP for Public Policy and Government Affairs Cynthia Hogan has resigned, following her appointment to Joe Biden's VP selection committee — Cynthia Hogan, Apple's vice president for public policy and government affairs, has resigned from the company, Apple said.
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| Celia Wan / The Block: |
Reddit is beta testing two Ethereum-based tokens for users to earn rewards for contributing content to subreddits /r/Cryptocurrency and /r/FortniteBR — Reddit, the popular online forum, is beta testing two Ethereum-based tokens for users to earn rewards for contributing content, The Block has learned.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Trump extends an executive order banning US companies from using telecom equipment from companies like Huawei for another year — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency …
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| Martin Matishak / Politico: |
A bipartisan amendment to FISA to prohibit warrantless surveillance of Americans' online browsing and search histories failed in the Senate by one vote, 59-37 — Congressional privacy hawks scored a critical victory on Wednesday that deepens the uncertainty about the fate of expired federal surveillance powers.
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| Joe Maring / Android Central: |
Report: Google's Pixel division has lost Marc Levoy, the engineer leading the camera division, and GM Mario Queiroz over the past year, as sales disappoint — The general manager for the Pixel division is also gone. — What you need to know — According to The Information, Marc Levoy and Mario Queiroz have both left Google.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Uber says all riders and drivers will need to wear masks starting next week and introduces new tools to verify drivers are doing so before each trip — - Uber is launching a new tool that checks if drivers are wearing face masks before starting trips. — The ride-hailing firm …
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
TikTok has flouted an agreement it made with the FTC to protect the privacy of children according to a coalition of 20 children's and consumer groups — Twenty consumer groups said the video app had failed to make some changes it agreed to carry out last year to settle federal charges.| April Glaser / NBC News: |
Sources say Google has rolled back diversity programs, but Google disputes the claims and says it's adding outside help to scale racial equity training globally — One well-liked diversity training program at Google called Sojourn was cut entirely, according to seven former and current employees.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sony says it has developed the world's first image sensors with built-in AI, which would give “intelligent vision” to cameras for retail and industrial uses — - Turning the chip into a tiny computer, company touts privacy — Benefits for factory automation and retail footfall analysis| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon is suing two companies for “widespread tech support fraud,” alleging that they tricked new users of Alexa devices into paying for purported tech support — Amazon is suing two companies for “widespread tech support fraud,” alleging that they tricked new users of Echo speakers … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Houseparty is debuting its first co-watching live event video series called In The House, featuring more than 40 celebrities, starting May 15 through May 17 — Houseparty, the video chat app that's seen a surge of growth during quarantine, is preparing to expand its service in a new direction: co-watching live video with friends.
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Report: 175M people under the age of 18, or 93.1% of Chinese minors, were online in 2019; urban-rural internet penetration gap among minors is down to 3.6% — Children and teenagers in China are hyper-connected and using the internet in ways that were unimaginable and inaccessible to earlier generations.
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Ireland-based Workvivo, an employee communication platform, raises $16M Series A led by Tiger Global — Workvivo, an employee communications platform founded only three years ago, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding, in a round led by Tiger Global which is best know for large growth-oriented rounds.
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| Chris Duckett / ZDNet: |
Intel releases its 10th-gen Comet Lake vPro mobile and desktop CPUs, with mandatory hardware shield and Wi-Fi 6 integration — Chip giant releases nine mobile and 18 desktop Core and Xeon chips under the VPro badge. — Intel has released its latest batch of 14-nanometre chips.
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| Reuters: |
A new French law compels internet giants to remove pedophile and terrorism-related content within an hour or face a fine of up to 4% of global revenue — PARIS (Reuters) - Social networks and other online content providers will have to remove paedophile and terrorism-related content …
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| Tyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider: |
Filing: Kickstarter laid off 25 employees, or ~18% of its workforce; the company says 30 staff members took voluntary buyouts, taking total reductions to 39% — - Kickstarter is reducing its workforce by around 39%, the company confirmed on Wednesday. — “Through a combination … | Rich Woods / Neowin: |
Microsoft stops offering 32-bit version of Windows 10 to OEMs for new PCs, but still offers support for existing 32-bit PCs — Microsoft is beginning what will be a very long and drawn-out process of no longer supporting 32-bit versions of Windows 10. Beginning with Windows 10 version 2004 …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Facebook brings Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, to the US after launching internationally last year — Avatars can be used in comments, messages, and stories — Facebook is now rolling out its customizable avatars in the US after first launching them internationally last year.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Stockholm-based Anyfin, whose app uses AI and publicly available data to help consumers refinance existing loans, raises $30M Series B led by EQT Ventures — Anyfin, the Stockholm-based startup that enables consumers to refinance their existing loans, has raised $30 million in funding.
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EU-Startups, EU-Startups, and Tech.eu
| Lauren Debter / Forbes: |
Profile of Louis Borders, founder Borders bookstores, as his dotcom-era online grocery delivery service Webvan reemerges using a network of automated warehouses — Louis Borders is sure he can do it this time. He just needs time, money and customers. And more robots.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Dell announces a new XPS 17 and a redesigned XPS 15 with 16:10 edge-to-edge displays, only USB-C ports, and Intel 10th-gen CPUs, starting at $1,300 and $1,500 — Dell goes all USB-C and 16:10 for its XPS lineup — Dell is making some big changes to its XPS lineup today, with a redesigned XPS 15 and a new XPS 17.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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