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Amazon says Dave Clark, CEO of its Worldwide Consumer division, will step down after 23 years with the company; his last day in the office will be July 1, 2022 — Amazon today announced that Dave Clark, CEO of the company's worldwide consumer division, will step down after 23 years in the position.
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More than 46,000 people have reported losing $1B+ to crypto scams from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022, about 25% of all losses reported to the FTC — From Super Bowl ads to Bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrency seems to be everywhere lately. Although it's yet to become a mainstream payment method …
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A bipartisan data privacy bill, unveiled in the House and Senate, will let users opt out of targeted ads and sue companies that improperly sell their data, more — Considered a step forward, the proposal still doesn't have support of some key members — A bipartisan group of legislators …
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The New York State Senate passes a bill to ban crypto mining powered by carbon-based sources for two years; the governor now needs to sign the bill or veto it — The state Assembly had already passed the bill, which would bar new mining operations powered by carbon-based energy sources for two years.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sandberg left Meta feeling burned out and amid an internal probe into her activities, including using corporate resources to plan her wedding — One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Creators who focused on the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial made thousands of dollars through platform incentives, influencing public opinion in the process — Influencers discovered there's money and clout to be made in covering breaking news — When the verdict came …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: daily downloads needed for an app to hit No. 1 on the US App Store is 156K, up 37% from 114K in 2019; Android apps need 56K, down from 83K in 2019 — A new analysis indicates it's gotten harder to get an app to the top of the App Store, in terms of downloads, over the past several years.
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| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
Coinbase extends its hiring freeze “for as long as this macro environment requires” and will “rescind a number of accepted offers”, updating new hires by email — Coinbase is rescinding some accepted job offers and extending an existing pause on hiring new candidates …
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Sources: Facebook is developing a “basic ads” product that doesn't rely on anonymized data from users and instead uses metrics like engagement and video views — - Meta's Facebook is early in developing a “basic ads” product as privacy changes limit its targeting abilities.
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| Jim Hagerty / USA Today: |
In April, Google settled an Illinois lawsuit accusing it of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act via a Photos face regrouping tool, for $100M — ROCKFORD, Ill. — Illinois residents are eligible to receive part of a $100 million class-action settlement after Google was accused of violating privacy laws in the state.
Tweets: @adam_k_levin and @carnage4life
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Masayoshi Son used SoftBank's Vision Fund to build a society mediated by AI, but failed as he invested in firms with exploitative technology, not explorative — Masayoshi Son used SoftBank and its $100 billion Vision Fund to remake the world in its image. It's not a pleasant picture.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
GM's Cruise secures a permit to charge fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco, which will operate from 10PM to 6AM on select streets — Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has finally been given the green light to start charging fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco.
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