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Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech — Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's and others have suspended campaigns over the platform's content moderation practices.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Senate Republicans introduce bill calling for an end to “warrant-proof” encryption, citing apps like WhatsApp that use end-to-end encryption — The proposed legislation is Congress' latest attempt to weaken encryption from tech giants. — A group of Senate Republicans are looking …
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United States Senate Committee …, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, iTnews, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @wcathcart, @patrickbeuth, @foxcahn, and @mikeisaac
| Bloomberg: |
Central Bank of Brazil tells Mastercard and Visa to stop payments via WhatsApp in the country to evaluate risks and regulations — - Authority wants to assess risks to country's payment system — Lawyer says suspension is an unusual move by the bank
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CoinDesk, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, Cointelegraph, Engadget, Reuters, MediaNama, and PYMNTS.com
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| Janus Rose / VICE: |
1,000+ technologists, including some from MIT, Facebook, Google, urge Springer to not publish a paper that describes a system to predict crime based on faces — Technologists from MIT, Harvard, and Google say research claiming to predict crime based on human faces creates a “tech-to-prison pipeline” that reinforces racist policing.
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Facebook says it will stop selling Oculus Go, ending app submissions for it in December, and vows to no longer make headsets that only track head rotation — Facebook will stop selling Oculus Go this year as the company sharpens its focus on fully positionally tracked VR headsets like Oculus Quest.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Twitter permanently suspends @DDoSecrets account for violating distribution of hacked data policy after it shared links to data stolen from US law enforcement — Twitter said DDoSecrets account leaked and promoted BlueLeaks, a huge collection of files stolen from more than 200 US police departments and fusion training centers.
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Tweets: @dellcam, @dangillmor, @samred, @gregghoush, and @dellcam
| Bloomberg: |
Recent pledges by Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft to diversify their workforce come after years of similar claims followed by little progress — Spurred by nationwide protests and calls to end systemic racism after the police killing of George Floyd, Google, Microsoft Corp …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
After WWDC, the performance of Apple's silicon chips for Mac remains a mystery, with speed and efficiency claims not yet substantiated through benchmarks — There were canned demos but no benchmarks or comparisons — For years, Apple has steadily revealed how the ARM-based chips …
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PCWorld, Mashable, OneZero , DIGITS to DOLLARS, Tech.pinions, MacRumors, The Shape of Everything, Micky, Ubergizmo, Channel Partners, AppleInsider, Take, OSnews, Input, Michael Tsai, and Michael Tsai
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
watchOS 7 drops support for Force Touch, a hardware feature that has been available on every Apple Watch model for revealing hidden menus and more — watchOS 7 adds a variety of new features, such as sleep tracking and new workout types, but it also drops support for one key feature.
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Apple Developer, Apple, Gizmodo, Cord Cutters News, Appleosophy, and TechSpot
Tweets: @andrewm497, @seb_astian_c, @rafahari, @bzamayo, @davidhodge, and @apollozac
| Kyle Daly / Axios: |
Twitter flags a Trump tweet for breaking rules on abusive behavior; it threatened “serious force” against anyone who may try creating an “autonomous zone” in DC — Twitter on Monday opted not to take down or flag a tweet from President Trump that baselessly tied mail …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Source: Amazon is “actively pursuing” licensing deals to add live and linear TV to complement its Prime Video offerings — Amazon is looking to add 24/7 live programming to its Prime Video service, according to multiple job listings posted over the past several weeks.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Open Technology Fund, the US digital speech advocate that funded Signal, faces turmoil after the abrupt firing of entire leadership team and resignation of CEO — 'There are so many countries and individuals who need this support right now,' says former OTF president
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Times, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @russellbrandom, @campuscodi, @adellelin, @jstrauss, @internetff, and @garrytan
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dell is examining spinning off its ~$50B stake in VMware as well as other options; after hours, Dell's stock is up 18%+, VMware's is up 8%+ — PC maker is saddled with sluggish shares and heavy debt load — Dell Technologies Inc. DELL 1.49% is examining options including a spinoff …
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| New York Times: |
Over 70 people, mostly women, have shared stories of discrimination, harassment, and sexual assault within the video game live-streaming industry since Friday — After more than 70 allegations surfaced on Twitter this weekend, gaming companies and streamers responded with action.
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BBC, Forbes, The Next Web, Blue's News, TechRadar, and USgamer.net
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| Isaac McIntyre / Dexerto: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases the first public preview of its Defender antivirus Android app, as Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux becomes generally available for all users — UPDATE: Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux has also exited public preview and is now generally available for all users.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, BetaNews, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Fossbytes, Android Headlines, and Microsoft Docs
Tweets: @msftsecurity, @msintune, and @campuscodi
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's antitrust watchdog, the Competition Commission of India, approves Facebook's purchase of a 10% stake in Reliance Jio Platforms — India's antitrust watchdog has given its blessing to Facebook and Reliance Jio Platforms for their $5.7 billion deal. — In a statement on Wednesday … | Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
A previously suspended German antitrust order against Facebook gets reinstated amid pending lawsuit, after a judge says Facebook abuses its dominant position — - Social network giant is abusing its market power, judges say — Antitrust order won't be suspended while suit is pending
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New York Times, The Information, TechCrunch, Financial Times, MediaNama, RTÉ, Business Insider, DW.COM, Axios, and iTnews
Tweets: @profcarroll, @marietjeschaake, @nytimes, @karaswisher, @jason_kint, and @cernovich
| Aaron Gordon / VICE: |
Former JUMP employees blame the bikeshare company's downfall on Uber applying a software business mentality to a transportation business after acquiring it — One morning at the end of May, Mark Miretsky awoke in his San Francisco apartment and groggily browsed his phone. There was no rush to get up.
Tweets: @a_w_gordon, @moorepants, @luke_metro, @nickhasthoughts, @a_w_gordon, @vicelife, @emanuelmaiberg, @asherdemontreal, and @vice
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon unveils the Climate Pledge Fund, which will invest an initial $2B in startups building sustainable technologies — Tech giant plans to invest in transportation, energy, food and other industries — Amazon. AMZN 2.36% com Inc. is launching a $2 billion internal venture-capital fund focused …
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CNBC, Inc42 Media, Marker , Investopedia, Barron's Online, Axios, MarketWatch, Entrepreneur, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and TechSpot
Tweets: @jjacobs22, @danprimack, @teddyschleifer, @madhavchanchani, @jmpyper, and @jjacobs22
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