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Biden to sign an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions” — - President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.
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Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more — All in the name of promoting competition in the US economy — The White House has issued a “fact sheet” listing the industries …
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| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple has had discussions with NFL execs to buy streaming rights for Sunday Ticket games, which currently air on DirecTV — Apple has expressed interest in the streaming rights for a package of National Football League games the NFL is now auctioning, said people familiar with the situation …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
TikTok tests auto-deletion of videos as they are uploaded, for categories like minor safety, adult nudity and sexual activities, violent and graphic content — TikTok is rolling out a new system that will allow the company to block videos that violate its policies automatically when they're uploaded.| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Crypto exchange Bullish, unveiled in May as a subsidiary of Block.one, to go public via a SPAC merger at a $9B valuation — The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. — Crypto exchange Bullish is set for a public listing through a merger with the special purpose acquisition company led …
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| Sarah Frier / New York Times: |
Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability — When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — AN UGLY TRUTH
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| Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: |
News Corp has shut down its news aggregation service Knewz after just 18 months of operation, citing lack of profits — News Corp shuttered its the aggregation site Knewz on Friday, just 18 months after its launch. Users who navigated to the site found an announcement declaring, “Knewz is no more.”
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Square announces it will build a hardware wallet for bitcoin, after Jack Dorsey had discussed the possibility of creating one in June — CEO Jack Dorsey said the company was considering one in June — Square is going to make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the company's hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker, announced on Thursday.
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Instacart hired at least 55 engineers, product managers, recruiters, designers, and data scientists from Facebook this year, based on analysis of LinkedIn data — Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta's decision to hire his replacement as the grocery delivery firm prepares a public stock debut surprised most of its employees and investors.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Latest iOS 14.7 beta fixes a bug that caused certain network names to disable iPhone's WiFi — Over the last several weeks, a flaw has emerged in iOS that means a handful of network names can actually disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone altogether. In the latest beta of iOS 14.7 …
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Biden warns Putin in a call that the US “will take any necessary action” to defend its people and critical infrastructure, after the latest ransomware attacks — President Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United States will take “any necessary action” …
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| Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes: |
Otter, a childcare marketplace that matches parents and prospective caregivers, raises $23M Series A led by Sequoia Capital — In May 2020, Helen Mayer began to realize that her stint as a stay-at-home pandemic parent wasn't going to be as temporary as she originally thought.
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China orders app stores to remove 25 more apps operated by Didi, including a carpool app and a financing app, saying the apps illegally collect personal data — Cyber watchdog says the apps illegally collect personal data — BEIJING—China's cyber watchdog ordered app stores to remove 25 … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft says its bug bounty program paid $13.6M to 341 security researchers in the past 12 months, down slightly from the $13.7M it paid a year ago — Microsoft said it awarded more than $13.6 million as monetary rewards to security researchers through its public bug bounty programs over the past 12 months.
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Cloud security company Netskope raises $300M led by ICONIQ Growth, at a valuation of $7.5B, up from a valuation of $3B in 2020 — Netskope said on Friday its valuation more than doubled to $7.5 billion after a $300 million funding round led by ICONIQ Growth, highlighting massive demand …
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