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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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| New York Times: |
Sources: US House report investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook's power has been delayed as Democrats and Republicans are split on the remedies — WASHINGTON — For all the divisions in Washington, one issue that had united Republicans and Democrats in recent years was their animus toward …
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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| 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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| 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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| 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.
Tweets: @daveleeft and @quinnypig
| 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 … | 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 … | 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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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has banned the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes to retail users from January 6, 2021 — More than 12,500 users participated in the first phase of a public token sale on CoinList for Flow, a new blockchain platform developed by Dapper Labs, the creator of CryptoKitties.
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Financial Conduct Authority, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Crypto.IQ, PYMNTS.com, and BTC Times
Tweets: @lex_node, @thecryptolark, @markets, @scottmelker, and @mdudas
| 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 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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About Facebook, Android Police, MakeUseOf, SlashGear, Adweek, Neowin, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @andrewcrow, @johntassparker, @boztank, and @wongmjane
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
After years harshly criticizing Big Tech's impact on the publishing industry, News Corp now has partnerships with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Snapchat, and others — One of the biggest news publishing companies in the world has slowly backed away from its harsh public criticism of Big Tech platforms … | 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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Tweets: @firt and @caseynewton
| Daniel Oberhaus / Wired: |
FEC data: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle employees have donated ~20x more to Biden than Trump since 2019 and far more overall than in 2016 — A WIRED analysis finds roughly 95 percent of contributions by employees of six big tech firms have gone to Trump's Democratic challenger.Sponsor Posts
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