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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as its chief product officer, a year after quitting over differences with Mark Zuckerberg over the company's direction — The longtime executive had quit in 2019 after a difference of opinion over the company's direction — A year after quitting the company …
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Wall Street Journal, NBC News, TechCrunch, ZDNet, CNET, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, CNBC, Business Insider, and Engadget
Facebook: Chris Cox and Mark Zuckerberg
Tweets: @caseynewton, @dylanbyers, @tayhatmaker, @ankitshah, @joshelman, @ericnewcomer, @lamonicabuzz, @alexeheath, @can, @willoremus, @willoremus, @pierce, @oliviasolon, @sriramk, @mikeisaac, @mollywood, @rsg, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @jank0, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, and @teddyschleifer
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Microsoft says it will not sell facial recognition tech to police departments until there is a federal law regulating its use — The software giant will ban police use of its controversial facial-recognition systems, as the company awaits regulatory rules for how law-enforcement agencies deploy the technology.
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Reuters, Vox, The Hill, Vox, ZDNet, GeekWire, Los Angeles Times, Windows Central, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, CNET, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Neowin, VICE, Amnesty International USA, Input, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Daily Dot, Fortune, Business Insider, and OneZero
Tweets: @justkelly_ok, @katecrawford, @nitin, @evan_greer, and @matt_cagle
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
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New York Times, The Amazon Blog, Wired, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Popular Mechanics, Fox News, forklog.media, Tech.co, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, Beyond Search, Adweek, ComputerWeekly.com, Government Technology News, Android Central, GeekWire, TechRepublic, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @evanselinger, @astepanovich, @marietjeschaake, @briebriejoy, @mireillemoret, @carolineha_, @mikeisaac, and @jason_koebler
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook announces Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a $100M commitment, led by VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson — Tim Cook has just announced a new major commitment from Apple to support the fight for racial equality and justice …
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Axios, CNET, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Macworld, Silicon Valley Business …, The Verge, Bloomberg, MacRumors, iMore, CNBC, Variety, Engadget, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @tim_cook, @lisapjackson, @arrington, @reneritchie, @chillmage, @carlquintanilla, and @inafried
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation — 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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About Facebook, New York Times, Joe Biden for President, and Joe Biden for President
Tweets: @joebiden, @donie, @ceciliakang, @joebiden, @ericboehlert, @mikememoli, @rob_flaherty, @neeratanden, @ericschultz, @thejtlewis, @realderekutley, @jeremycliffe, @joebiden, @sarahfrier, @ceciliakang, @caseynewton, @kurtwagner8, @sg, @joncoopertweets, @jason_kint, @rob_flaherty, @timothydurigan, @shiraovide, @kurtwagner8, @adamgreen, @nickgillespie, @alyssa_milano, and @ddayen
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Snap says more than 170M+ people access AR features daily and updates its AR platform with voice search, geography-specific Local Lenses, and SnapML — Snapchat's augmented reality dreams might be starting to look a bit more realistic. — The company has been subtly improving …
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New York Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Protocol, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Mashable
Tweets: @pierce, @sarahfrier, @fromedome, @mgsiegler, @karissabe, @jason_kint, and @lucasmtny
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap announces Minis, apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat, launching on Android and iOS in July — - Snap on Thursday announced a new product called Snap Minis — small apps built by third-party software developers that can be opened within Snapchat.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, and Engadget
Tweets: @loudmouthjulia, @fahdananta, @joshelman, @dickc, @thekenyeung, @caseynewton, and @jrichlive. Thanks:@sal19
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces 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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Apple, Ars Technica, MacRumors, CNET, Appleosophy, TechSpot, The Verge, iMore, VentureBeat, Cord Cutters News, TechRadar.com, CNBC, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Wccftech, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, and TidBITS. Tweets: @reneritchie
| 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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App Store, iMore, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Thurrott, AppleInsider, Neowin, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Forbes, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, and MacRumors
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple pulls podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from the App Store in China after China's 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 …
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, and Engadget
Tweets: @pocketcasts, @markgurman, @joshgnosis, @emilyywu, @suka_hiroaki, and @carnage4life
| 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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SiliconANGLE, The Hill, CNET, The Irish Times, New York Times, Thurrott, The Verge, Bloomberg, GeekWire, Engadget, CNBC, Android Central, and Reuters. Tweets: @molson_hart
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Technology Coalition, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, announces Project Protect, a 5-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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About Facebook, Reuters, CNET, Adweek, The Mac Observer, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, and Engadget
| April Glaser / NBC News: |
Sources detail Google's lackluster response to the BLM movement, which was to “corral and isolate the black employees” to vent without making structural changes — On May 29, four days after George Floyd died in police custody, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, wrote an email to his staff …
Tweets: @shannonpareil, @aprilaser, @aprilaser, @oneunderscore__, @aprilaser, and @oliviasolon
| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches its first commercially available product, an API that can perform a broad set of language tasks, like translation or writing a news story — Over the past few months, OpenAI has vacuumed an incredible amount of data into its artificial intelligence language systems.
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OpenAI, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Wired, ZDNet, The Verge, Computer Business Review, VentureBeat, and Fortune
Tweets: @valleyhack and @jeffclune
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
After outcry, Nextdoor pledges to provide more explicit guidelines on how to moderate against racism and tells community leads to allow BLM discussions — 'To be clear, conversations related to racial inequality and black lives matter are allowed on Nextdoor'
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Nextdoor Blog. Tweets: @rmac18, @kellymakena, @sarahnemerson, @andreacervone1, @film_girl, and @willoremus
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Evan Spiegel says Snap's decision to stop promoting Trump's account in Discover is within its First Amendment rights — - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said the company is well in its rights to restrict the accounts it promotes on Snapchat's Discover platform. — Snap faced backlash … | 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.
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Social Media Today. Tweets: @joshconstine, @martinsfp, @tonyromm, @lutherlowe, and @loganlahive
| The Verge: |
Google countersues Sonos, alleging infringement of patents; Google says it provided “significant assistance” in integrating Google music and Assistant services — The tech giant says it must ‘assert its intellectual property rights’ — Google has countersued Sonos for patent infringement …
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9to5Google, XDA Developers, and SlashGear
| 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.| 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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch says it plans to scan clips of livestreams to automatically delete those including copyrighted music in the coming months, without penalizing streamers — Streamers won't be penalized — Twitch plans to start automatically scanning clips of live streams for copyrighted music following …
Tweets: @twitchsupport
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is expanding the role of chief diversity officer, Maxine Williams, who will now report directly to COO Sheryl Sandberg — Amid a heavier focus on race, diversity and inclusion in light of the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, Facebook is making …
Facebook: Sheryl Sandberg
| Financial Times: |
ARM is currently wrestling for control of its Chinese joint venture; ARM said ARM China's CEO had been replaced, but ARM China publicly contradicted the claims — Joint venture of UK chip designer refuses to change management — Arm, the UK chip designer owned by SoftBank … | Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Meditation app Headspace raises an additional $47.7M, bringing its Series C round from February to $100.7M in equity funding — The Orange Dot, better known as Headspace, has closed on $47.7 million in equity funding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Thanks:@bayareawriter
| CNBC: |
Instacart raises $225M led by DST Global and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $13.7B, up from $8B in 2018 — - Amid surging demand for grocery delivery, Instacart has raised $225 million, led by DST Global and General Catalyst. — The round increases its valuation to nearly $14 billion …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, GeekWire, and Axios
Tweets: @dee_bosa, @taylor_soper, @gigworkersrise, and @jyarow
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports Q2 revenue of $3.13B, a 14% jump YoY but below analyst expectations of $3.16B, subscription revenue increased to $2.87B, from $2.46B YoY — Nonetheless, the cloud software giant reported record fiscal second quarter profit of $1.1 billion. — Adobe on Thursday reported mixed …
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adobe.com, Seeking Alpha, and MarketWatch
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it is testing an updated version of Search that displays information panels with publicly available data, including from Wikipedia — Facebook is testing a new feature that aims to keep users inside its platform when they're looking for factual information they would otherwise turn to Google or Wikipedia to find.
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Search Engine Land
| 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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San Francisco Chronicle. Tweets: @ohioaflcio, @nbcnews, @transportworker, @therideshareguy, and @rcmoya84
| 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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SiliconANGLE, Inc42 Media, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Analytics India Magazine, TechCrunch, Business Standard, VCCircle, and The Financial Express
Tweets: @madhavchanchani and @samkya
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