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After England's defeat in Euro 2020, Boris Johnson and others condemn racist abuse of players on social media, with some calling for tougher action by platforms — The social media bigotry, directed at three players who missed penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final, was condemned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most everyone else.
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A look at Facebook's long-term struggles with courting creators, as it falls behind YouTube, TikTok, and other rivals — The social network is aiming to be a destination for creators and their viral memes. But TikTok and YouTube got there first. — SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past 18 months …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft has agreed to acquire SaaS security intelligence company RiskIQ; a source says Microsoft will pay over $500M — Software giant said to pay more than $500 million in cash for the San Francisco company — Microsoft Corp. said it has agreed to acquire RiskIQ, a security software maker …
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FCC approves Amazon's request to use “Radar Sensors” to sense motion and “enable contactless sleep tracing functionalities” — - FCC gives Amazon approval to use airwaves for radar sensor — Device could aid ‘management of sleep hygiene,’ company says
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance put its US or Hong Kong IPO plans on hold in March after meeting with Chinese regulators, which asked the company to address security issues — Owner of TikTok video app took different approach from ride-hailing company Didi, which pressed ahead with U.S. listing
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A look at Search Atlas, a tool that lets users compare Google results for the same query from around the world, showing how Google caters to different locales — Search Atlas displays three sets of links—or images—from different countries for any search.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event will be on August 11 and shares renders of new phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds — New phones, watches, earbuds, and a date: August 11th — We might now know a lot of what's coming at Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event thanks …
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Sources: Broadcom is in talks to buy SAS, which sells analytics, business-intelligence and data-management software, in a deal valuing SAS between $15B and $20B — A deal by the chip maker would value closely held SAS in the range of $15 billion to $20 billion
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils a feature for Android 12 that lets users play a game from the Play Store before it's fully downloaded, available with “minimal developer effort” — On the first day of this year's Games Developer Conference, Google introduced a handful of Android 12-specific features …
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Ray Ozzie's Blues Wireless, a startup that sells a $49 cellular connectivity chip for IoT devices, raises $22M Series A led by Sequoia Capital and Lachy Groom — Blues Wireless Inc., an “internet of things” chip startup founded by Microsoft's former top software engineer Ray Ozzie …
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| Pei Li / Reuters: |
Sources: China to order Tencent Music to give up exclusive rights to music labels, and fine ~$77K for lapses in reporting the acquisitions of two streaming apps — China's antitrust regulator is set to order the music streaming arm of Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) to give up exclusive rights … | Matt Stoller / BIG: |
Deep dive on Biden's EO, which directed all of the US government to take on big businesses, like tech giants, in concentrated markets, and whether it will work — “In the late 1930s, FDR's Administration supercharged antitrust enforcement, increasing more than eightfold the number of cases brought in just two years.”
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| Eriq Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter: |
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Flipkart raises a $3.6B round led by GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Walmart, at a $37.6B valuation — Flipkart said on Monday it has raised $3.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $37.6 billion in what is considered as the pre-IPO round …
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| Kate Kaye / Digiday: |
Facebook confirms it is delaying a brand safety audit by industry body MRC, after publicly committing to the audit a year ago during an ad boycott — Facebook's brand safety audit is postponed. — The company promised the Media Rating Council, the industry's decades-old measurement verification body …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
After Binance froze for over an hour during a cryptocurrency crash on May 19, many users who lost money have had trouble petitioning Binance, which lacks a HQ — The world's largest crypto exchange has no headquarters, making it difficult for disgruntled traders to complain about the May crash
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