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Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $113.08B vs. $115.2B est., net sales grew 27% YoY, net income of $7.8B, and AWS net sales of $14.8B, up 37% YoY; stock down 5%+ — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) July 29, 2021—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2021.
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In a filing, Amazon discloses that EU privacy regulators levied a record $888M fine for violating GDPR data storage rules in a July 16 decision — - Luxembourg watchdog wields new powers with highest data fine — Fine follows probe based on complaint by French privacy group
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SEC has stopped processing IPO and other registrations by Chinese companies as it crafts guidance for investors disclosures over China's crackdown — (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stopped processing registrations of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) …
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48 civil rights and advocacy groups ask the FTC to ban corporate facial surveillance technology and continuous corporate surveillance of public space — The open letter uses Amazon as a case study to argue that corporate surveillance technologies cause immense harm and fall under the FTC's authority to ban.
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Binance says it will wind down futures and derivatives trading in Europe, amid regulatory pressure; users will have 90 days to close from a date specified later — Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Friday it would wind down its futures and derivatives products offerings across Europe …
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Source: NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients globally from using its technology as the company investigates their possible misuse — Israeli spyware company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its technology …
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Snap says it resolved an issue that prevented some Snapchat users from logging in and advises users to manually update the app if the issue persists — Snap resolved an issue preventing users from logging in — Snapchat experienced a massive issue Thursday evening, with more than 125,000 users reporting problems on Downdetector.
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Robinhood closes down 8% on its first day of trading, after raising $2.1B in its IPO at a valuation of around $32B — - Stock trading app Robinhood fell more than 8% on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq. — Robinhood's opening price was $38 per share.
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| Nick Statt / Protocol: |
A look at the fallout from the Activision Blizzard suit, as the company confirms it fired WoW lead for misconduct last year and hires “union-busting” law firm — Activision Blizzard is in crisis mode. The World of Warcraft publisher was the subject of a shocking lawsuit filed …
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| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Researchers detail a never-before-seen attack against Iran's train system and transport ministry from a new threat actor using a reusable wiper called Meteor — SentinelOne analysts were able to recreate the July 9 attack and identify the threat actor behind it.
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| Kieran Leavitt / Toronto Star: |
Canada proposes the creation of a digital safety commissioner role to oversee violations of new harmful online content rules and issue penalties to platforms — The Liberal government has proposed a vast new system that would be tailored to ensure illegal content, such as child pornography and hate-speech … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
In an email to creators, audio app Fireside, funded by Mark Cuban, says it is accepting investments through August from anyone who is interested — It hasn't even launched publicly yet — The Mark Cuban-funded and co-founded audio app Fireside has yet to publicly launch …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, raises $205M Series C led by Vy Capital, with GV and others participating — In addition to SpaceX and Tesla, Neuralink is another Elon Musk company. Focused on building a brain machine interface, Neuralink today announced … | Davey Alba / New York Times: |
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