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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce, regarding racism in America after George Floyd's death — Comments Share 70 Tweet Share Reddit Email — Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response …
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Tweets: @amazon, @sundarpichai, @sherrell_dorsey, @steven_ballmer, @ajassy, @aclu, @boztank, @sharatibken, @aprilaser, @stewart, @pinboard, @alexeheath, @eugenio_pace, @tmobile, @andrewmd5, @calbucci, @rich_barton, @sherrell_dorsey, @carolineha_, @zzzzaaaacccchhh, @erickfernandez, @_michaelinho, @shiringhaffary, @hshaban, @carnage4life, @isosteph, @duncansmithnba, @boztank, @nathanzed, @slpng_giants, @hunterwalk, @zainabsikander, @prashanttandy, @ariannnyy_, @stewart, @ross, @rkradhakrishn, @amir, @megandfigueroa, @moveon, @womensmarch, @ericajoy, and @teddyschleifer
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook, in a memo to staff addressing racism in US, says Apple will give to non-profits like Equal Justice Initiative, match staff donations 2-to-1 in June — - Tim Cook writes letter to employees after George Floyd killing — Apple donating to equal justice, human rights groups, CEO says| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will donate $1M to the Center for Policing Equity, a nonprofit think tank that works with police departments to change discriminatory practices — The nonprofit works with police departments to address discriminatory behavior — YouTube says it will donate $1 million …
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @youtube, @samsykesswears, @nerdpyle, @barnacules, @grady_booch, @sruhle, @joabaldwin, @slpng_giants, @jwsthomson, @wagatwe, @everywhereist, @patreon, @gaywonk, @sokareemie, @chartier, @talbertswan, @erinbiba, @slpng_giants, @hypervisible, @niktaylorde, @hoarsewisperer, @youtube, @simplyundrea, and @mcwm
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
As some Facebook employees publicly express anger, Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook is committing $10M to groups working on racial injustice — - At least six Facebook employees have condemned CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up President Trump's post.
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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive — In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides as productive.
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| Bloomberg: |
Global Disinformation Index report examining 49 sites with COVID-19 disinformation says Google placed ads on 84% of them — One ad for telecom company O2 appeared on an article linking virus to 5G networks — Google has taken aggressive action to scrub coronavirus conspiracies …
Tweets: @rj_gallagher
| Michael Pelly / Australian Financial Review: |
Australian appeals court rules that media companies can be held responsible for defamatory comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages — Australia's leading media outlets are considering an appeal to the High Court after a ruling that publishers can be sued for comments on their Facebook pages.| Matthew Hutson / Science: |
Researchers: new algorithms aimed at making neural networks more efficient perform as well as old algorithms, suggesting little improvement over 10-year period — Artificial intelligence (AI) just seems to get smarter and smarter. Each iPhone learns your face, voice, and habits better than the last …
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Beyond Search. Tweets: @holgerhoos, @anttiajanki, @grady_booch, @wvdaalst, @kpelechrinis, @av_thakkar, @newsfromscience, and @lr
| Bloomberg: |
Zynga says it will buy Turkish mobile game developer Peak for $1.8B, its biggest acquisition yet; the deal is $900M in cash and $900M in Zynga stock — - Turkish company known for its Toy Blast and Toon Blast Games — Deal will boost Zynga's margins, revenue and users: CEO
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Some Walmart staff claim AI-based tech used in stores to prevent shoplifting misidentifies innocuous behavior as theft and often fails to flag actual stealing — The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Survey: 54% of Americans agree with adding fact-checking labels to Trump tweets; 60%+ say politicians' lies are a bigger threat than censorship on social media — A narrow majority of Americans believe Twitter was right to flag one of President Trump's tweets as violating its rules on violence … | Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes: |
Accern, which uses NLP and predictive analytics to create workflow automation and risk management software for financial services industry, raises $13M Series A — When Kumesh Aroomoogan was working in the public finance department at Citigroup, he spent hours looking at financial statements …
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