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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
As the House antitrust hearing looms, lawmakers discuss potential lines of inquiry, including evidence of a “copy-acquire-kill” strategy to subdue rivals — Congress brought the country's big banks to heel after the financial crisis, cowed a tobacco industry for imperiling public health …
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| Kyle Daly / Axios: |
Combined market cap of Apple, Facebook, Alphabet, and Amazon is ~$5T, their combined 2019 revenue was ~$773B, and they have a combined cash reserve of ~$420B — The four Big Tech CEOs who will testify before Congress Wednesday command global empires with power and wealth that make them more like countries than companies.
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| Bloomberg Law: |
Through June 30, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft announced 27 acquisitions, up 29% YoY, the fastest pace since 2015, amid antitrust scrutiny — Listen — The biggest U.S. technology companies have gone on a buying spree this year, waving off intense scrutiny …
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| Jackson Ryan / CNET: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter scramble to remove a video touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure, after it was shared by Trump — Social media lights up with viral videos touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure. It's not. — Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug used …
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| Intel Newsroom: |
Intel announces a reorg, with chief engineering officer Murthy Renduchintala departing, Intel veteran Dr. Ann Kelleher now leading work on 7nm and 5nm processes — New Leaders for Key Intel Technology Organizations will Report Directly to CEO Bob Swan; Murthy Renduchintala to Depart
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Analytics service Waydev says hackers breached it earlier this month and stole GitHub, GitLab OAuth tokens, likely pivoting to attack other companies like Dave — OAuth tokens have been abused for intrusions at least two other companies, Dave.com and Flood.io.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Garmin says a ransomware attack occurred on July 23 but there's “no indication” customer data was stolen, expects to return to normal operation in a few days — Sport and fitness tech giant Garmin has confirmed its five-day outage was caused by a ransomware attack.
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| The Economic Times: |
Sources: India is examining an additional 275 Chinese apps, including PubG, AliExpress, and Resso, for a potential ban citing national security and user privacy — List includes Tencent-backed gaming app PubG, Xiaomi's Zili and AliExpress from Alibaba Group.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm announces Quick Charge 5, refueling smartphone batteries to 50% in five minutes and 100% in 15, likely to start showing up over the next few months — Wireless recharging has become increasingly popular over the past few years due to its convenience — just drop your phone on a pad …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Alexa app gets revamped, adding more personalization options and replacing 3rd-party skill suggestions on the main screen with frequently used actions — After launching a number of new developer tools for Alexa last week, Amazon today introducing an updated version of its Alexa mobile app for consumers.
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| Ed Caesar / New Yorker: |
The story of CyberBunker, a hosting provider that once hosted The Pirate Bay and a number of dark web sites, whose German facility was raided by police in 2019 — An eccentric Dutchman began living in a giant underground facility built by the German military—and ran a server farm beloved by cybercriminals.
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| Dan Rys / Billboard: |
Profile of FaZe Clan, an e-sports collective of 85 professional gamers and content creators, backed by big-time music investors, which has become a cultural hit — Esports company FaZe Clan is emerging as a cultural behemoth as gamers move from the basement into the entertainment businessSponsor Posts
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