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Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option” — We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
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A look at the well-funded Big Tech opponents, from lawyers to academics, that have helped guide potential government regulation like Google's antitrust suit — An unlikely collection of lawyers, activists, economists and academics are fueling the tech backlash, armed with funding from billionaire sponsors.
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Politico and Nikkei Asia
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DOJ's lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, focusing on search and providing a template for congressional action against Big Tech even if it fails — So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging anticompetitive behavior under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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PayPal will let users buy and sell cryptocurrency using its online wallets in the coming weeks and shop at merchants on its network starting in early 2021 — LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Report: at least 2,000 US law enforcement agencies, including 49 of the 50 largest police departments, have the tools to access locked, encrypted phones — At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are using them far more than previously known.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPad Air (2020) review: has an excellent screen, very fast processor, and is compatible with iPad Pro accessories, but it's expensive and has no 128GB option — Despite the higher cost, this iPad is the one to get — If you're looking to get an iPad right now and can afford it …
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| Nathan Grayson / Kotaku: |
Twitch sent DMCA notices to streamers on Tuesday, deleting content without allowing counter claims; Twitch says “thousands” of music rights holders complained — It's finally happening: Twitch is taking action against copyrighted music—long a norm among streamers—in response to music industry pressure.
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FCC's top lawyer defends its authority to interpret Section 230, saying 1996 legislation that included Section 230 amended a 1934 act that created the FCC — FCC lawyer claims authority to interpret any part of the Communications Act. — The Federal Communications Commission's top lawyer today explained … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream — More than 430,000 people tuned in simultaneously to Twitch on Tuesday night to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) play a hit video game as part of an effort to promote voting.
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Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public — - Product for local connections is being tested in Canada now — Nextdoor is considering options, including a public offering
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Documents show Google Cloud will be used for its AI capabilities by the CBP in conjunction with Anduril Industries' surveillance tech on the US-Mexico border — After years of backlash over controversial government work, Google technology will be used to aid the Trump administration's efforts …
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Anyscale, which offers tools to securely and efficiently run apps built with the Ray open source distributed programming framework, raises $40M Series B — The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Israeli startup Mine, which helps users control their data, raises $9.5M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures and has helped send 1.3M deletion requests — TechCrunch readers probably know that privacy regulations like Europe's GDPR and California's CCPA give them additional rights around … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
TikTok says it will do more to tackle coded language and symbols that promote hate speech, after reports found viral anti-Semitic videos — - TikTok has pledged to do more to tackle hateful content and behavior on its platform. — The commitment comes after reports that TikTok has a Nazi problem and a White supremacy problem.
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Descript, which offers a simple podcast editing tool, expands into video editing, letting users edit videos by rearranging a transcript — For the past few years, Descript has offered an intuitive way to edit podcasts, letting you cut, paste, and delete from a written transcript to modify the corresponding audio.| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling out a Full Self-Driving “beta” in an “extremely slow and cautious” way; critics remain worried about Tesla's bet against lidar — Even iPhones have lidar now, but not the cars Tesla hopes to one day make autonomous.| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Pulley, which offers a cap table management service to help startup founders and employees work out equity, raises $10M Series A led by Stripe — Pulley, which provides a platform to help startup founders and employees figure out their equity, raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Stripe.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese tech companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm — - China is unlikely to grant its unconditional blessing — Arm may become another flashpoint in the U.S.-China tech war
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Study: companies are increasingly tailoring their financial statements to cater to algorithms parsing text and speech and avoiding phrases perceived as negative — - Study finds companies alter words to cater to listening algos — Emphasis on positivity as negative phrases get ditched| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Chinese manufacturer Vivo says it is bringing its smartphones to Europe, including the flagship Vivo X51 5G — The X51 5G goes on sale in major new markets this month — Vivo, one of the largest smartphone brands in the world, is expanding its operations in Europe.
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