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Zoom says it deactivated accounts of US-based activists due to China's demands, won't allow such requests to impact users outside mainland China “going forward” — - Company shut down video meetings to remember Tiananmen Square — Zoom's in the middle of a free speech and censorship clash
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| Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg: |
Twitter removed 32K+ accounts engaged in propaganda linked to Russia, China, and Turkey, describing the accounts as “state-linked information operations” — - Accounts spread ‘deceptive’ claims about Hong Kong politics — Russia-linked accounts supported Kremlin, attacked dissidents
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK Competition and Markets Authority, the country's antitrust watchdog, launches an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Giphy — Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Internet Archive to close its National Emergency Library, which offers free, unrestricted access to ebooks, on June 16, after lawsuit from four major publishers — Online library asks publishers to “call off their costly assault.” — The Internet Archive has ended its National Emergency Library programs …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook announces the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge, says the winning algorithm spotted deepfakes with an average accuracy of just 65.18% — But the company says deepfakes are not currently ‘a big issue’ — Facebook has announced the results of its first Deepfake Detection Challenge …
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| CNN: |
Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan respond to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative scientists who wrote a letter on Trump, say they are “disgusted” by Trump's protest remarks — Hong Kong/New York (CNN Business)Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan say they are “disgusted” by President Donald Trump's remarks …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
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| Lee Fang / The Intercept: |
Sources: Facebook internally showcased a feature for its Workplace chat product that allowed administrators to remove and block trending topics like “unionize” — During an internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: California is conducting an inquiry into Amazon's business practices, including selling its own products in competition with third-party sellers — State is looking at how the tech giant treats third-party sellers — California investigators are examining Amazon.com Inc.'s business practices … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Sources: NY AG has interviewed NY Amazon warehouse workers as employee retaliation claims become a central focus of investigation into Amazon's labor practices — - The New York attorney general's office is in the process of collecting information from Amazon workers who say the company retaliated … | Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google says it's updating its advertising policies to prohibit demographic and zip code targeting for housing, employment, and credit ads — The update will roll out in the U.S. and Canada this year. — Google is updating its advertising policies around housing, employment and credit opportunities, the company announced Thursday.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
HeadLight, a Seattle-based developer of photo-based inspection software for infrastructure construction projects, raises $25M Series B — Construction technology startup HeadLight announced a $25 million investment round from Viking Global Investors to help scale its photo-based inspection software.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: AT&T is considering selling its Warner Bros. gaming division for about $4B, with Take-Two Interactive, EA, and Activision Blizzard expressing interest — - AT&T is considering selling its Warner Bros. gaming division for about $4 billion, sources say.
Tweets: @sherman4949, @sherman4949, and @mattrosoff
| 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 …
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| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
Airbnb settles a lawsuit against NYC, will hand over physical addresses of NYC listings plus host names, addresses, phone numbers, and more every quarter — - Move could cost Airbnb thousands of listings in the city — Longstanding dispute was seen as impediment to stock debut
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony reveals new hardware design for its upcoming PlayStation 5, which ships in two versions, one with a 4K Blu-ray drive and a Digital Edition without — Sony's next-gen console is here — Sony is finally revealing what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After nearly an hour of PS5 game announcements …
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BBC, CNET, Laptop Mag, Telegraph, Engadget, Android Central, Game Rant, Input, ResetEra, VGC, GameSpot, Polygon, Android Authority, OnMSFT.com, Dot Esports, GamingBolt, South China Morning Post, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Decrypt, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, and Nikkei Asian Review
Tweets: @jeffgrubb, @jeffgrubb, @samhenrigold, @stammy, and @reckless
| The Information: |
Sources: Google plans to overhaul Google Pay by letting online and brick-and-mortar merchants set up their own branded buttons inside the US version of its app — Google is working on a major overhaul of its payment app, Google Pay, in hopes of jump-starting its use in the U.S. Google Pay plans …
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