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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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| 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, @grady_booch, @sruhle, @joabaldwin, @gaywonk, @sokareemie, @talbertswan, @hypervisible, @niktaylorde, @patreon, @hoarsewisperer, @simplyundrea, @samsykesswears, @barnacules, @slpng_giants, @nerdpyle, @everywhereist, @chartier, @erinbiba, @slpng_giants, @jwsthomson, @wagatwe, @youtube, 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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Tweets: @stirman, @jasontoff, @andrewcrow, @ryanchris, @chrismasterson, @iamnbutler, @superrrsara, @mosseri, @pasql, @kimmaicutler, @drdenagrayson, @jayrayner1, @authorkimberley, @ninzucchi, @tvietor08, @kevinroose, @kurtwagner8, @davegillis, @shonaghosh, @kylebrussell, @paulachertok, @shannoncoulter, @joncoopertweets, @can, @boycottutah, @ceciliakang, @jason_kint, @chrismasterson, @maxberger, @vanitaguptacr, @can, @juddlegum, @mattyglesias, @blakehounshell, @trevorphillippi, @andrewcrow, @parkermolloy, @golikehellmachi, @lindsayballant, @dommclennon, @slpng_giants, @jesselehrich, @chrismasterson, @andrewprojdent, @sarahfrier, @mikeindustries, @tomcoates, @chrismasterson, @chantayyjayy, @lib_librarian, @lydiadepillis, @dseetharaman, @vanitaguptacr, @schwartzesque, @ohthatflo, @notaaroncraig, @manuelabat, @oscarraymundo, @mygdal, @iangertler, @chrismasterson, @inafried, @donie, @rmac18, @rmac18, @schwartzesque, @zeynep, @atalba, @ursulaperano, @karissabe, @dseetharaman, @jamarlinmartin, and @oversightboard
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Samsung launches Access, a new service for US users offering an S20 handset, Microsoft 365, 1TB OneDrive, and more, starting at $37/month — Samsung has now officially launched the extra-care Access program in the United States, which gives you added protection and benefits such as a Microsoft 365 subscription.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | Noah Kirsch / Forbes: |
StubHub's co-founder Eric Baker bought back the company for $4B just days before the pandemic brought the live events business to a halt — Fifteen years after Eric Baker was fired from StubHub, the ticketing giant he cofounded, he bought it back for $4 billion—weeks before coronavirus utterly wrecked the business.
Tweets: @tonyknopp, @forbes, @alexrkonrad, @forbessports, and @iamjackstephens
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