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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg stoked concerns about Chinese internet companies and TikTok in meetings with officials and several senators in Washington, DC last fall — Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook
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U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit, files a lawsuit in district court in SF against Trump's executive order banning transactions with WeChat and ByteDance — Group of users of popular Tencent-owned app says Trump administration's planned curbs violate civil rights, target Chinese-Americans
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TikTok confirms it plans to sue the Trump administration as early as this week over executive order banning transactions with TikTok and ByteDance — TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over the president's executive order banning transactions with the popular video-sharing app …
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In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft — ‘An unlawful effort to... chill any action by others who might dare oppose Apple,’ new motion reads — Apple is threatening …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple says it won't require IAP in WordPress app “since the developer removed the display of their service payment options”, apologizes for confusion caused — “We [...] apologize for any confusion that we have caused” — On Friday, the internet erupted in a small way to learn …
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| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
US law enforcement agencies are getting more savvy about using information collected by smart speakers and other devices as part of criminal investigations — Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.
Tweets: @wired, @hypervisible, @zenalbatross, @quiara, @claytoncubitt, @homolingual, @onekade, and @jay_hernandez
| Bloomberg: |
Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC — - Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
South Korea's antitrust watchdog says Apple Korea has offered to spend $84M on supporting small businesses, consumers, and others, to address antitrust concerns — SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s (AAPL.O) South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered …
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Enterprise data science startup Dataiku raises $100M Series D led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management — At a time when tech giants such as Google and Amazon are weaving artificial intelligence throughout their company fabrics, data remains siloed at many companies outside of tech … | Eric Pfanner / Bloomberg: |
UK grocery giant Tesco says it will create 16,000 permanent jobs in its e-commerce division, on top of the 4,000 already created during the pandemic — Tesco Plc plans to create permanent roles for 16,000 new workers in its online business, underlining a pandemic-fueled shift … | Stella Yifan Xie / Wall Street Journal: |
Jack Ma's Ant Group, which owns Alipay, had profits of around $3.5B in the six months to March, ahead of planned concurrent IPOs in HK and Shanghai — Results show how lucrative the Chinese financial-technology giant's business has been as it gears up for blockbuster offering
Tweets: @wsjmarkets
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Datasembly, which scrapes data to offer a real time pricing tool for consumer goods, raises $10.3M Series A led by Craft Ventures — Washington-based Datasembly aims to take the guesswork out of the pricing for consumer goods. — The company founded by Ben Reich and Dan Gallagher initially started … | Wall Street Journal: |
As workspace usage of Slack and Microsoft Teams soars, lawyers see an uptick in harassment claims, as messaging is more informal and often misinterpreted — Chat applications have become a major way employees stay connected, but some see an uptick in agitation and bullying| Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : |
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