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| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
AGs from 36 states and DC file an antitrust suit against Google, targeting Play Store's practice of making devs use its billing system and charging a commission — The lawsuit filed in California federal court is the third by state attorneys general to target the company for alleged antitrust violations.
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| Wilson White / The Keyword: |
Google says antitrust suit by 37 AGs targeting Google Play is “meritless” as it ignores Android's openness to allow competing app stores and sideloading of apps — We built Android to create more choices in mobile technology. Today, anyone, including our competitors … | CNBC: |
Donald Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Pichai, claiming the companies have violated his First Amendment rights — - Former President Donald Trump announced he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai.
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| Bonnie Kristian / The Week: |
Trump's lawsuits that claim Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube violated his First Amendment rights are just PR and fundraising tools, and likely legally doomed — One member of this class action is not like the others — Former President Donald Trump announced himself on Wednesday …
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| Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers: |
OnePlus confirms the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro throttle many popular apps to improve battery life, after investigations found uneven throttling across apps/benchmarks — While camera and display haven't always remained the strongholds of OnePlus, performance is one area where OnePlus phones have historically been quite good.| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
TikTok tests letting US users apply for jobs with video resumes, posted with a #TikTokResumes hashtag; 30+ brands join the pilot including WWE, Shopify, Target — expanding into job recruitment. As of today, the company has launched a pilot program that allows people in the US to apply for entry …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A Dutch security researcher group says it had notified Kaseya in April about one of the flaws that was exploited in the devastating ransomware attack last week — President Biden is meeting officials to discuss recent attacks, including latest affecting hundreds of organizations around the world
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China plans rule changes requiring Chinese companies to seek approval to list overseas, even if the unit selling shares is incorporated outside China — - Securities regulator working to change overseas listing rules — Change would require VIE firms to get nod to list offshore
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook-commissioned study by Comscore claims that most US iOS and Android users stick with preinstalled apps; Apple says the study is “seriously flawed” — If you use an iPhone or Android phone, chances are the majority of your most-used apps were made by Apple and Google.
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis of global venture funding for H1 2021: $288B invested, an all-time high and up by $110B on H2 2020, with most going to late-stage companies — Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2021 shattered records as more than $288 billion was invested worldwide, Crunchbase numbers show.
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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood's IPO filing shows 81% of Q1 revenue came from payment for order flow, an oft-scrutinized practice that could potentially be banned by the SEC — The practice provided 81% of the online brokerage's first-quarter revenue — Robinhood Markets Inc. is on a collision course … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Instagram's shift away from being a photo-sharing app fits within its broader continuous evolution, from photo filtering tool to network to Stories and beyond — Last week Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri posted a video on Instagram about Instagram: … Everyone that I've seen …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft confirms it's developing Assassin's Creed Infinity, an online service with evolving gameplay that expands over time, seeking to emulate Fortnite and GTA — Assassin's Creed, a video game franchise set in huge worlds where each one can take hundreds of hours to complete, is getting even bigger.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla's crowdsourced study about YouTube over a 10-month period finds 71%+ videos flagged as objectionable by participants were recommended by YouTube itself — For years YouTube's video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab-bag of societal ills by feeding users …
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| Tom McKay / Gizmodo: |
In an attempt to keep ahead of China's regulations, Tencent says it'll use a facial recognition system to prevent minors from playing games late into the night — Shenzhen, China-based gaming giant Tencent has announced it will use a face recognition system to prevent minors in its home country …
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| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
Inside a GlobalFoundries chipmaking plant in upstate NY, filled with $10B worth of machinery, detailing the three-month, 700-step chip manufacturing process — The U.S. Senate has set aside $52 billion in hopes of increasing the U.S. share of semiconductor manufacturing.
Tweets: @stevenkvogel
| Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
How activists and fraudsters are evading facial recognition, including by using face masks and paint and combining multiple faces to form a new identity — The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, cities and more.
Tweets: @martijnrasser, @parmy, and @evanselinger
| Carson Kessler / ProPublica: |
Some users have reported getting locked out of their accounts at Chime, a “neobank” serving millions, with 920 complaints filed to CFPB since April 15, 2020 — Chime, a “neobank” serving millions, is racking up complaints from users who can't access their cash.
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Planet Labs, which provides satellite imagery data analytics to 600+ customers, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a post-deal equity value of $2.8B — - Satellite imagery and data specialist Planet Labs is preparing to go public, merging with a SPAC in a deal with backing from Google, BlackRock, and Marc Benioff.
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