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June 11, 2020, 2:35 PM

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Jay Greene / Washington Post:
Microsoft says it will not sell facial recognition tech to police departments until there is a federal law regulating its use  —  The software giant will ban police use of its controversial facial-recognition systems, as the company awaits regulatory rules for how law-enforcement agencies deploy the technology.
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, as Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech  —  - Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment, led by VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson  —  Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation and more  —  The campaign will urge its supporters to push the social media giant to strengthen its rules against misinformation and harmful comments.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple confirms the schedule for its all-virtual WWDC 2020, including Special Event Keynote on June 22 at 10am PT  —  Ahead of WWDC 2020 kicking off on June 22, Apple today has offered additional details on this year's schedule.  Apple has confirmed that the all-virtual WWDC will include a keynote address …
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:
Snap says more than 75% of its 170M+ DAUs access AR features daily and updates its AR platform with voice search, geography-specific Local Lenses, and SnapML  —  Snapchat's augmented reality dreams might be starting to look a bit more realistic.  —  The company has been subtly improving …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: EU plans to file formal antitrust charges against Amazon for scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that info to compete against them  —  Charges are set to accuse Amazon of scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that information to compete against them
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after the government determined they can be used to access “illegal” content  —  Pocket Casts and Castro are gone from China's App Store  —  Apple has removed Pocket Casts, the popular iOS and Android podcast client, from the App Store in China.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, which uses its Sensei AI to suggest filters, on iOS and on recent Pixel, Galaxy, and OnePlus phones  —  Another way for Adobe to introduce people to Photoshop  —  Adobe is launching a new app today called Photoshop Camera that's filled with a bunch …
Cyrus Farivar / NBC News:
California regulatory agency for transportation formally rules that it considers Uber and Lyft drivers as employees of those companies under AB5 state law  —  OAKLAND, Calif. —The California Public Utilities Commission, the state government body responsible for licensing and regulating …
CNBC:
Instacart raises $225M led by DST Global and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $13.7B, up from $8B in 2018  —  - Amid surging demand for grocery delivery, Instacart has raised $225 million, led by DST Global and General Catalyst.  — The round increases its valuation to nearly $14 billion …
Bloomberg:
Just Eat Takeaway confirms it is acquiring Grubhub in an all-stock deal; the deal has an equity value of $7.3B  —  - Deal creates one of world's largest food-delivery companies  — Dutch company offered to pay $75.15 per share for Grubhub  —  Europe's Just Eat Takeaway.com NV agreed …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $150M Series C led by Insight Partners at a $2B valuation  —  Postman, a collaborative platform where developers can build, test, and iterate their application programming interfaces (APIs), has raised $150 million …
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News:
Meditation app Headspace raises an additional $47.7M, bringing its Series C round from February to $100.7M in equity funding  —  The Orange Dot, better known as Headspace, has closed on $47.7 million in equity funding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
US-based Chinese activists say Zoom closed their paid account after event commemorating Tiananmen; Zoom says it was complying with local law, has reactivated it  —  The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held …

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