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Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal — - Uber agreed to buy Postmates, the fourth-largest U.S. delivery food service, for $2.65 billion in stock. — Uber had attempted to acquire GrubHub last month but talks failed.
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Facebook and Telegram say they are suspending requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China — Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service is also pausing reviews ‘pending further assessment of the impact of the National Security Law’
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Source: UK to begin phasing out use of Huawei equipment in its 5G network as soon as this year, after report doubted viability of Huawei due to new US sanctions — - Decision would reverse green light given to Chinese tech giant — Minister Dowden to give statement on Huawei before July 22
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Even if government use of facial recognition tech is regulated more strictly, issues will remain due to the ubiquity of the same tech in consumer devices — A growing number of gadgets are scanning your face. — Facial recognition is having a reckoning.| Nick Punt: |
Social networks like Twitter lack ways to de-escalate conflicts caused by viral posts, but potential solutions exist, like a self-applied “I was wrong” label — Designing humility and forgiveness into social media products — Social media has a conflict problem.| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
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Netflix began to build its Black content catalog, the envy of Hollywood, in 2015 after the success of “Orange Is the New Black” and a memo from Black employees — The company didn't set out to build a big library of Black programming, but now it's the envy of its rivals.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iCloud Keychain in iOS 14 alerts users about passwords that are easy to guess and those that may have leaked on the web — In addition to the redesigned Home screen with widgets, App Library, and features like Car Key, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings important enhancements to iCloud Keychain.| John Haughey / Washington Examiner: |
Florida becomes first state to enact a DNA privacy law, blocking life, disability, and long-term insurers from accessing genetic data — Florida on Wednesday became the nation's first state to enact a DNA privacy law, prohibiting life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from using genetic tests for coverage purposes.
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With macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple seems to have lifted a ban on fun, allowing for an expressiveness in visual design that we haven't seen from it in almost a decade — It's finally here. The thing I have been advocating for through my work, writing, videos and talks for years. A swing of the pendulum.
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| Paul J. Davies / Wall Street Journal: |
How Wirecard, a global electronic-payments giant that was once valued at $14B+ and said it processed $140B of transactions a year, fully unraveled in eight days — Prosecutors are probing whether the electronic-payments giant used fictitious income to inflate its sales and fool investors; a missing $2 billion| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Kirkland, WA-based auto repair financing service DigniFi raises $14M Series A led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds — DigniFi, the Kirkland, Wash.-based tech platform that helps drivers finance auto repairs and services, has raised $14 million. — The Series A funding was led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds.| William Clowes / Bloomberg: |
A Nigerian man with 2.4M Instagram followers, who allegedly conspired to use hacked email accounts to trick others into sending money, was extradited to the US — A Nigerian social-media celebrity was extradited to the U.S. from Dubai to face fraud charges.Sponsor Posts
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