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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, as Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech — - Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: EU plans to file formal antitrust charges against Amazon for scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that info to compete against them — Charges are set to accuse Amazon of scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that information to compete against them
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Researcher Jane Wong: Twitter is testing new tweet reactions that would let users respond with an emoji or using Fleets, its version of Stories — A way to quickly respond beyond a ‘like’ — Twitter is developing a new feature that would let users react to tweets with emoji, according to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, which uses its Sensei AI to suggest filters, on iOS and on recent Pixel, Galaxy, and OnePlus phones — Another way for Adobe to introduce people to Photoshop — Adobe is launching a new app today called Photoshop Camera that's filled with a bunch …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after the government determined they can be used to access “illegal” content — Pocket Casts and Castro are gone from China's App Store — Apple has removed Pocket Casts, the popular iOS and Android podcast client, from the App Store in China.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple confirms the schedule for its all-virtual WWDC 2020, including Special Event Keynote on June 22 at 10am PT — Ahead of WWDC 2020 kicking off on June 22, Apple today has offered additional details on this year's schedule. Apple has confirmed that the all-virtual WWDC will include a keynote address …
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Source: at the request of the Trump administration, Sen. Josh Hawley is working on new legislation targeting Section 230 protections — At the request of the Trump administration, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is working on new legislation targeting the tech industry's liability shield, a source familiar with the effort told Axios.| Axios: |
Sources: Facebook is establishing a venture arm to invest in startups and has hired a head of investments for the New Product Experimentation team — Facebook has been hiring seasoned tech investors to help lead a new “multi-million dollar” investment fund within its experimental apps team, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @tonyromm, @joshconstine, @martinsfp, and @loganlahive
| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios: |
US-based Chinese activists say Zoom closed their paid account after event commemorating Tiananmen; Zoom says it was complying with local law, has reactivated it — The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Technology Coalition, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter, announces Project Protect, a five-point plan to combat online child sexual abuse — - The Technology Coalition is a group backed by the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Its aim is to combat online sexual abuse.
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| Bloomberg: |
Just Eat Takeaway confirms it is acquiring Grubhub in an all-stock deal; the deal has an equity value of $7.3B — - Deal creates one of world's largest food-delivery companies — Dutch company offered to pay $75.15 per share for Grubhub — Europe's Just Eat Takeaway.com NV agreed …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment — Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice that will see the company donate $100 million to make change happen.| Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
California regulatory agency for transportation formally rules that it considers Uber and Lyft drivers as employees of those companies under AB5 state law — OAKLAND, Calif. —The California Public Utilities Commission, the state government body responsible for licensing and regulating …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail security issues in OmniBallot, a web-based system used across US for blank ballot delivery, ballot marking, and (optionally) online voting — Elections in five states have used or plan to use OmniBallot's online voting tech. — OmniBallot is election software that is used …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $150M Series C led by Insight Partners at a $2B valuation — Postman, a collaborative platform where developers can build, test, and iterate their application programming interfaces (APIs), has raised $150 million …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Biden campaign will step up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation and more — The campaign will urge its supporters to push the social media giant to strengthen its rules against misinformation and harmful comments.
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Now-defunct VC firm Binary Capital settles a 2017 harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by former principal Ann Lai; the firm did not admit to wrongdoing — Now-defunct venture capital firm Binary Capital and its founders are settling a 2017 harassment and discrimination lawsuit brought …
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| David Jeans / Forbes: |
Transcend, whose data privacy software makes it simple to give users control over their personal data, raises $25M Series A — Crippling online hacks have tarnished consumer faith in the safety of their personal data, and new privacy laws are forcing companies to hand over information to consumers upon request.
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| Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg: |
EPA orders Amazon and eBay to stop selling or distributing 70 products, including sprays, lanyards, and other gear sometimes touted as killing COVID-19 — - Products include pesticide-coated lanyards and sprays — E-commerce marketplaces new focus of stepped-up enforcement| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
JIFFY.ai, which uses RPA and AI to help companies automate tasks, raises $18M Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners — Enterprise automation startup JIFFY.ai announced today it has raised $18 million in Series A funding for product development and expansion into new markets around the world.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
120+ former staff accuse Change.org of “siphoning” funds from George Floyd petition with “chip in” tool used to promote petitions; tool now temporarily disabled — The site's ‘chip in’ feature looks like a donation, but it's used to promote the petition
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