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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.
Tweets: @madhavchanchani, @axios, and @patrickmcgee_
| 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 … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg plans to tell Congress that Facebook's rise is an American success story and regulation only serves to help Chinese companies — - CEO likely to use testimony to set up comparison with China — Zuckerberg sees weakening of American tech as helping China
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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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| 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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TechCrunch, Android Authority, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, Agence France-Presse, India Today, News18, Gadget Now, The Kashmir Monitor, International Business Times, Notebookcheck.net, Android Central, The Next Web, Neowin, Gizchina, Android Police, Business Insider, Pricebaba.com Daily, Fossbytes, XDA Developers, TechPP, Inc42 Media, and Pocketnow. Tweets: @aparanjape
| 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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Qualcomm, The Next Web, Fossbytes, Engadget, Softpedia News, TalkAndroid.com, SemiAccurate, Wccftech, Android Authority, XDA Developers, and 9to5Google
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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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| Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Twitter's struggle to control employee account access: multiple warnings to Dorsey since 2015, bogus help requests used to snoop, and more — - Dorsey, Twitter's board warned repeatedly, ex-employees say — Company says 1,500 staff and contractors can access user data| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google will extend its work from home policy until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees — Search-engine giant pushes back return to normalcy — SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July …
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Source code leaked from exposed repos of many companies including Nintendo, Daimler AG, Microsoft, Adobe, Lenovo, and AMD; unclear how much of it is proprietary — Source code from exposed repositories of dozens of companies across various fields of activity (tech, finance, retail, food …
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Tom's Guide, HackRead, Business Insider, and Polygon
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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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