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On a call with Facebook employees Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg stood firmly behind his decision to leave up President Trump's inflammatory posts — In a call with Facebook employees, who have protested the inaction on President Trump's messages, Mark Zuckerberg said his decision was “pretty thorough.”
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
After discussing the lack of action on Trump's posts with Mark Zuckerberg, civil rights leaders say they are “stunned by Mark's incomprehensible explanations” — A trio of civil rights leaders issued a blistering statement Monday following a meeting with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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Zoom CEO says the app's upcoming end-to-end encryption feature will be available only to paid users in order to comply with law enforcement in case of misuse — If you're a free Zoom user, and waiting for the company to roll out end-to-end encryption for better protection of your calls, you're out of luck.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom Q1: revenue of $328.2M, up 169% YoY, 265K customers with 10+ employees, up 354% YoY, projected Q2 revenue nearly double expectations, down 3% after hours — - Zoom's revenue growth picked up significantly during the quarter. — The company more than doubled its revenue guidance for the fiscal year as well.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek says Facebook and PayPal were participating in its ongoing Series F; Gojek was valued at $10B after raising $1.2B in March — Facebook and PayPal have made investments in GoJek, joining Google and Tencent among other high-profile technology companies …
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| Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: |
Google removes Remove China Apps, which promised to help users rid their smartphones of Chinese apps, from the Play Store; the app had 4.7M downloads in India — Remove China Apps reached top of Play Store in India before it was ousted on Tuesday — Google intervened on Tuesday after millions …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Early build of iOS 14 points to the addition of an offline, built-in translator in Safari and possible full support of Apple Pencil input on websites — Apple is working to include a built-in translator in Safari, 9to5Mac has learned, as well as full Apple Pencil support on websites.
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Trump's executive order on social media is facing its first legal challenge, from the Center for Democracy and Technology, filed in DC's US District Court — The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology argues that the president's move against Twitter and other companies is retaliatory.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
As Blackout Tuesday posts fill Instagram feeds, many say they are drowning out vital information shared under the BLM and BlackLivesMatter hashtags — Users sharing black screens in solidarity have inadvertently taken over the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag — As part of a Blackout Tuesday …
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Brave says it had 15.4M MAUs, up 125% YoY, and 5.3M DAUs in May, and the number of campaigns using Brave Ads grew from 400 to 1,530 since October 2019 — Over 1,500 ad campaigns delivered since Brave Ads launched one year ago — This May, Brave saw its monthly active users pass … | Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Rivals say Microsoft used sharp-elbowed tactics to push Teams during the pandemic, deploying 50 staffers to work with NYC's school district to replace Zoom — The tech giant sees Teams, its group conferencing and collaboration software, as critical to its future
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Interview with ex-Uber CTO Thuan Pham, who left last month, on his seven years atop the company, its rapid expansion, future plans, and more — Reflecting on seven years as the top technology executive at Uber Technologies Inc., Thuan Pham divides his time there into three “tours of duty,” as he describes them.
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