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Recording of House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on platform misinformation with Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey — The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
House tech hearing revealed unorganized lawmakers who conflated issues of competition, privacy, and moderation, and were unable to move past personal grievances — It's time to move past listening and into legislating — This story is part of a group of stories called
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
At the hearing, lawmakers accused CEOs of being evasive and condescending; CEOs seemed barely able to restrain their exasperation with gotcha yes/no questions — Washington (CNN Business)The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced withering criticism from members of Congress …
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| Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept: |
Internal Amazon documents show Amazon was aware of the practice of employees using pee bottles, identifying it as a “Tier 1” infraction that can lead to firing — In anticipation of Sen. Bernie Sanders's scheduled trip to Bessemer, Alabama, to support the unionization drive …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is considering to launch an Apple Watch with a rugged casing aimed at athletes, hikers, and others as soon as late 2021 or early 2022 — - Company discusses new model to target different watch buyers — Device may debut later in 2021 or 2022 at the earliest
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft is in exclusive talks to acquire Discord for $10B+ and could complete the deal next month — Deal valuing chat app at $10 billion or more could be completed next month — Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire messaging platform Discord Inc. for $10 billion or more …
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| Owen Thomas / Protocol: |
Stewart Butterfield says Slack will introduce audio messages and a Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms without an invitation — Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said on Clubhouse that Clubhouse-like additions will soon be coming to the app.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Text routing firm Aerialink says that all major US cell carriers have closed an SMS loophole that allowed hackers to easily reroute a target's text messages — All the mobile carries have mitigated a major SMS security loophole that allowed a hacker to hijack text messages for just $16. — Joseph Cox| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WeWork has agreed to merge with a SPAC in a deal that would take the startup public at a $9B valuation including debt — Planned merger with the BowX Acquisition would value WeWork at $9 billion including debt — WeWork has agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company …
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| Jane Chung / Public Citizen: |
Analysis of Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon US lobbying: $124M spent on lobbying and campaign donations during 2020 cycle; Facebook and Google are top spenders — An updated analysis of the rise in lobbying and campaign contributions from the Big Tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
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| GlobalData: |
Apple bought the most AI companies globally from 2016 to 2020, with 25 acquisitions; Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook collectively bought 60 AI companies — - US tech giants are leading the AI companies acquisition race — Four FAAMG companies feature in the list of top five acquirers …
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Consumer Reports, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, and Cult of Mac
| Reuters: |
Source: Biden EO draft would require many software vendors to notify their federal govt. clients of cybersecurity breaches and preserve accompanying data logs — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A planned Biden administration executive order will require many software vendors to notify … | Insider: |
YouTube has temporarily suspended monetization for three channels operated by David Dobrik following a rape allegation against a former Vlog Squad member — - YouTube is temporarily blocking David Dobrik and Durte Dom from making money off ads. — The company said it demonetized …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Xiaomi is in talks with Great Wall Motors to manufacture EVs under its own brand, a partnership could be announced as early as next week — HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi Corp plans to make electric vehicles (EVs) using Great Wall Motor Co Ltd's factory … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
H&M removed from Chinese e-commerce sites and mapping apps after its statement last year on forced labor in Xinjiang resurfaced and caused a backlash on Weibo — - H&M faced backlash on Chinese social media service Weibo over a statement reportedly from last year in which the retailer said it was …
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Google said it shut down a hacking group in January but didn't disclose that it was an active counter-terrorism operation by a US ally, raising ethical concerns — The decision to block an “expert” level cyberattack has caused controversy inside Google after it emerged that the hackers in question were working for a US ally.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Robinhood is building a platform to let its users directly buy into IPOs of companies, including its own, in order to “democratize” IPOs — (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc is building a platform to “democratize” initial public offerings (IPOs), including its own … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
AWS announces the general availability of Lookout for Metrics, a service for businesses that uses machine learning to analyze metrics and performance indicators — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Amazon today announced …
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| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Robotic process automation software maker UiPath files to go public on the NYSE, reports $607.M revenue in FY2021, up 81% YoY, and net loss of $92.3M — - UiPath filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PATH.”
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Troy Hunt claims that Carding Mafia, a forum for stealing and trading credit cards, has been hacked, exposing emails, usernames, and passwords for ~300K hackers — Credit card hacking forum Carding Mafia is the latest victim of the age-old hackers on hackers crime. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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