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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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In the hearing, lawmakers accused CEOs of being smug, evasive, and condescending; CEOs appeared barely to restrain their own exasperation with 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 … | Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
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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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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 … | 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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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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| 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 an 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 … | 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| 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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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 … | 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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| Mike Minotti / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: PUBG Mobile has earned $5.1B in lifetime sales, $2.7B of it in 2020 alone; Tencent says the game surpassed 1B accumulated downloads outside China — PUBG Mobile has earned $5.1 billion in lifetime sales, according to market analyst Sensor Tower.
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| Abhijit Ahaskar / Livemint: |
India's DotPe, which helps offline businesses get online, raises $27.5M Series A from investors including Google, bringing its total raised to $35.5M — NEW DELHI:Gurugram based e-commerce startup DotPe has secured $27.5 million (about Rs200 crore) in series A funding from existing investors PayU … | Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog: |
Substack offers further clarity on its content moderation guidelines, detailing its stance on harassment, doxxing, hate, and more — In December, we published a statement about our philosophy on content moderation. In the time since, content moderation policies across all platforms have become only more consequential and debated.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Android Ready SE Alliance to drive adoption of features like digital car keys and mobile IDs in Android phones through tamper-resistant hardware — Smartphones have already obviated single-purpose gadgets like point-and-shoot cameras and MP3 players.
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