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After a 16-month probe, House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple enjoy “monopoly power”, suggest antitrust changes that could break up businesses — - After a 16-month investigation into competitive practices at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google …
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| The Amazon Blog: |
In response to House's report on Big Tech, Amazon says in a blog post that “fringe notions on antitrust would destroy small businesses and hurt consumers” — Misguided interventions in the free market would kill off independent retailers and punish consumers by forcing small businesses …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says it “vehemently disagrees” with the conclusions reached in US House report and doesn't have dominant marketshare in any categories of its businesses — Earlier today, the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee completed its ongoing antitrust investigation …
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| NBC News: |
Facebook says it will ban QAnon across its platforms, removing all “Facebook Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts” that represent QAnon — Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action …
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| BBC: |
Facebook removed a post by Trump saying COVID-19 is “less lethal” than flu, only the second time it has done so, as Twitter hides the tweet and adds a warning — Facebook has deleted a post in which President Trump had claimed Covid-19 was “less lethal” than the flu.
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Leaked memo from February reveals Amazon's plans to invest in software to analyze data on unions, alongside non-union “threats” like crime and weather — A representative of a union for Amazon employees protesting at Amazon's Swansea fulfillment center on November 23, 2018, in Swansea, W
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft says the US Labor Department is probing whether Microsoft's diversity efforts constitute racial discrimination by a government contractor — The Labor Department has been probing whether Microsoft's goal of increasing Black representation in its ranks constitutes racial discrimination, the software maker disclosed Tuesday.
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| Bloomberg: |
As Google and Oracle face off in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, both have funded outside groups that signed amicus briefs, often without disclosure — - Both companies funded some who signed friend-of-court briefs — Supreme Court rules don't require general funding disclosures| Alison DeNisco Rayome / CNET: |
Facebook says it is launching an emotional health resource center, with expert guides and information, available globally with location-specific resources — Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger will also get new tools to help support users' emotional health during the coronavirus pandemic.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google adds a Stories feature to its Google iOS and Android app, a carousel focusing on publisher content that can include audio, full-screen video, and photos — Google announced today it's introducing a Stories feature to its Google app for iOS and Android, which now reaches over 800 million people per month.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces it will hold an event on October 13 at 10am PDT, where it's expected to unveil new 5G iPhones; invites are titled “Hi, Speed.” — Apple today has officially announced its highly-anticipated iPhone 12 event for October 13 at 10 am PT. Much like WWDC 2020 …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google integrates Assistant with dedicated assistive devices through a partnership with Tobii Dynavox and makes Action Blocks more accessible — October is International Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month, and Google is working to make Assistant available …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
As Twitter reinstates accounts of two Ugandan activists, environmental groups worry that Twitter's moderation system is being exploited to silence activists — He's not alone — A Ugandan environmental activist was suspended from Twitter in the midst of a high-profile campaign …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Report details how West Texas has become a hotbed for patent and IP litigation, after a federal judge, who was formerly a patent litigator, took office in 2018 — For years, you may recall that we would write about the insane nature of forum shopping for patent trolls … | Karen Chiu / South China Morning Post: |
Google Chrome is the most popular browser in China across both desktops and smartphones, with a 36%-39% market share in 2020 according to Baidu Analytics — Internet users in China cannot use the Google search engine without a VPN, yet Chrome has the highest market share among web browsers China … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Instagram says there are 900M daily emoji reactions, and 50% of users watch a video daily, but again didn't reveal how many users it has or what its revenue is — Hey all, it's Sarah Frier. Today is Instagram's 10th birthday. Reporters received an email with some celebratory statistics …
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| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google Ads introduces an Insights page, automated Performance Max campaigns and will bring Video Action out of beta to all advertisers in the coming weeks — The new products and features are further indication of Google's machine learning goals. — Google introduced more automation features …
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| Liam Frost / Decrypt: |
China says the People's Bank of China has processed 3M+ transactions in digital yuan, worth ~$162M, as part of its digital currency pilot — The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has processed over three million transactions—worth 1.1 billion yuan ($162 million) as part of its trial of the DCEP … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds support for Netflix to Portal TV and support for Zoom to Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal+ devices — Facebook announced this morning it's bringing a number of new features and services to its family of Portal devices, including support for Netflix and Zoom.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google launches Chrome 86 with stronger password protections on iOS and Android, VP9 video codec for macOS Big Sur, a slew of new developer features, and more — Google today launched Chrome 86 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Chrome 86 brings password protections for Android and iOS …
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