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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Unilever says it will halt US advertising on Facebook and Twitter for at least the remainder of 2020, citing hate speech and divisive content on the platforms — Facebook to start labeling posts that violate its rules but are deemed newsworthy — Consumer-goods giant Unilever UL -.57% PLC …
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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that is not taken down because it is deemed newsworthy and of public interest — Three weeks ago, I committed to reviewing our policies ahead of the 2020 elections. That work is ongoing, but today I want to share some new policies to connect people …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook to ban ads that claim people from a specific race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, gender, sexual orientation or immigration origin are a threat — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the company will change its policies to prohibit hate speech in its advertisements.
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it will permanently close all Microsoft Store retail locations and focus on its online store instead — - Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its Microsoft Store retail locations. — In the past decade or so, Microsoft began to expand its retail presence …
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| CNBC: |
Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire self-driving car startup Zoox, reportedly for $1.2B+; Zoox was valued at over $3B in 2018 — - Zoox was valued at over $3 billion in 2018, but has struggled with management turnover in its efforts to develop a self-driving car.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Leaked Microsoft document hints at a cheaper and less powerful Xbox console, designed to provide key improvements in Xbox Series X at a lower price point — The document mentions multiple Project Scarlett consoles — Microsoft has been planning a second, cheaper and less power next-gen Xbox console.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple says iOS 14 and macOS 11 will support the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) protocols — Apple said this week that iOS 14 and macOS 11 will support the DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS protocols. — In a presentation at its developer conference this week … | Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
The creator of the Satori botnet, Kenneth Schuchman, is sentenced to 13 months in prison; experts says Satori gained control of 500K+ IoT devices — A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for developing Mirai botnet variants that compromised hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Volvo to integrate Waymo's autonomous driving technology in its future fleet of electric robotaxis, the fourth automaker to commit to using Waymo's AV tech — Waymo says it is an ‘exclusive’ supplier of Level 4 technology to Volvo — Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
DHS sends letters to Facebook, Alphabet, Apple, Twitter, and others urging action against posts that call for people to break curfews, topple statues, and more — The Trump administration is calling on Facebook, Twitter and other tech giants to take action against posts that call for people …
Tweets: @campuscodi, @tonyromm, and @joshsternberg
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Report: Alphabet said to be close to buying Canadian smart glasses maker North for ~$180M; sales of North's first generation Focals were said to be minuscule — While Glass lives on as an enterprise product, it never came close to reaching Google's wildly ambitious vision of replacing the smartphone.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
A look at Netflix's long-term content strategy, which is enabling the company to launch 59 new original shows in July, despite the global pandemic — The streamer has nearly 60 original titles landing in July alone — Netflix is set to introduce 59 new original things in July …
Tweets: @gzbenso, @filmcollab, and @murjanirawls
| Avi Asher-Schapiro / Reuters: |
California's Santa Cruz becomes the first US city to ban predictive policing — NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California's Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts …
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Oscar raises another $225M for its direct-to-consumer health insurance service, says it now has a $2B revenue base — The direct-to-consumer health insurer Oscar has raised another $225 million in its latest, late-stage round of funding as its vision of tech-enabled health care services …
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: facing growing ad boycott, Facebook told advertisers it will “not make policy changes tied to revenue pressure” but will invest more in tackling hate — Social network tells advertisers it takes civil-rights groups' concerns seriously, but won't ‘make policy changes tied to revenue pressure’| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
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