Apple’s $M settlement, Google’s $M fine, and Twitter’s Super Follow
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 324

🍎 What to expect from #WWDC 2021: #iOS15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of #iPadOS home screen, new #AppleSilicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more 🔗


🚀 #JeffBezos says he and his brother #MarkBezos will fly on #BlueOrigin's first human spaceflight on July 20 alongside an auction winner 🔗


🍎 #Apple paid millions to settle a woman's claims that, after sending her #iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her #Facebook account 🔗


🐦 #Twitter #SuperFollow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content 🔗


🩳 #YouTube brings #YouTubeShorts, its #TikTok rival, to the #UK, #Canada, and #LatinAmerica, letting users pick soundtracks from YouTube videos and 250 licensed labels 🔗


🇫🇷 #France fines #Google $268M for adtech abuses and gets interoperability commitments 🔗


🔋 #ElonMusk tweets that #Tesla’s Plaid Plus is ‘canceled’ because ‘Plaid is just so good’ 🔗


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Apple’s #WWDC21, Facebook’s shot at Apple, and some 64 bitcoins news
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 325

🍏 Here’s everything #Apple announced at the #WWDC 2021 keynote 🔗


🍎 #Apple details #iOS15 features: notification summaries, Live Text in photos, new ways to share in Messages, cross-app drag and drop, updates to Weather and Maps 🔗


🍎 #Apple: #iCloudPrivateRelay will not work in #China, #Belarus, #Colombia, #Egypt, #Kazakhstan, #SaudiArabia, #SouthAfrica, #Turkmenistan, #Uganda, and the #Philippines 🔗


📍Starting with #iOS15, #iPhone-s can be traced via the #FindMy network even while powered off or after factory reset 🔗


📲 Unlike with previous #iOS releases, #Apple will let users choose to stay on #iOS14 and still receive security updates, even after #iOS15 is released 🔗


⛽️ #US investigators seize nearly 64 bitcoins, valued at ~$2.3M, that #ColonialPipeline had paid in ransom to hackers last month; source says ransom was 75 #bitcoin 🔗


💸 #Facebook says it will show creators who are using its new tools how much #Apple, #Google, and others take as a cut of their earnings through a payout interface 🔗


👉 #FTC: consumers have reported losing nearly $82M to #crypto scams during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021, up more than 10x YoY 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter restricts accounts in #India to comply with government legal request 🔗


📌 #Pinterest adds a Shopping List feature to round up your saved products 🔗


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Instagram’s opening up, Google’s search problem, and ProtonMail’s new design
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 326

👉 In the first of a series of blog posts, #Instagram explains how it ranks Feed, Stories, Explore, and Reels, and addresses “shadowbanning” accusations 🔗


👉 #Facebook and #Instagram will now reward influencers with cash bonuses for hitting certain milestones, like selling a set number of badges in an Instagram stream 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Ohio's AG files lawsuit with Delaware County Court alleging that #Google's search business is anticompetitive and asks court to declare Google a public utility 🔗


🇪🇺 #Google will stop charging search providers for chance to be #Android default in #Europe 🔗


🗣 #MicrosoftOutlook for #iOS now lets you use your voice to write emails and more 🔗


👉 #ProtonMail gets a slick new look, as privacy tech eyes the mainstream 🔗


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More ransomware attacks, Facebook’s smartwatch, and how Apple Silicon matters
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 327

👉 #JBS says it paid an $11M ransom in #bitcoin to resolve a #ransomware attack last week; the payment was made after most plants were operational to avoid further disruption 🔗


👉 Founders of #Fanhouse, an #OnlyFans-like platform, say #Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the #AppStore 🔗


⌚️ Sources: #Facebook is planning to launch its first #smartwatch, featuring a detachable display with two cameras and a heart rate monitor, next summer 🔗


🇺🇸 #Biden signs an EO revoking the #Trump-era bans on #TikTok and #WeChat and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy 🔗 #TikTokBan


💻 Several #macOS Monterey features will not come to #Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, #FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation 🔗


🎙 In an email to podcasters, #Apple says #Podcasts Subscriptions will launch globally on June 15, after postponing a planned launch in May 🔗


👉 #MythicalGames raises $75M Series B led by WestCap Group for developing a platform for “playable NFTs” where player-owned game avatars can be bought and sold 🔗


🐦 #Twitter names new board member to replace Elliott Management's #JesseCohn, who was appointed to the board in March 2020 as part of a deal to keep #JackDorsey as CEO 🔗


👉 #Instagram adds affiliate and shop features for creators 🔗


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More hints at Apple Car, EA’s hack, and Netflix’s merch store
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 328

🇺🇸🇷🇺 #Apple provided data of House Democrats after #US #DOJ subpoenaed it during #Russia leak probe; Apple notified the lawmakers after a gag order expired this year 🔗


👉 #Apple has hired #UlrichKranz, who ran the development teams for the #BMW i3 and i8 and co-founded self-driving electric vehicle startup #Canoo 🔗


👉 #EA confirms that it has suffered a data breach, after hackers claim they have 780GB of data, including source code for FIFA 21 and the #Frostbite engine 🔗


💸 #Facebook adds #Venmo-like QR codes to Messenger for peer-to-peer payments in the #US, alongside a new quick reply bar and other updates 🔗


🛒 #Netflix launches an online store with #Shopify, featuring merch tied to its shows, expanding its retail business which includes deals with #Walmart and others 🔗


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US against big tech monopolies, Facebook’s next VR step, and Apple Design Award
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 329

🇺🇸 #US House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to limit anticompetitive practices of tech giants like #Amazon, #Apple, #Google, and #Facebook 🔗


👓 #Facebook buys #BigBoxVR, the maker of #VR battle royale title POPULATION: ONE, in its fifth VR game development studio acquisition 🔗


👉 The #DOJ's opaque subpoena of #Apple during the #Russia probe highlights the tension tech companies face in obliging law enforcement and protecting users' #privacy 🔗


👉 #ByteDance launches #VolcanoEngine to offer enterprise clients its technologies, such as its recommendation algorithm that drove the success of #TikTok and #Douyin 🔗


🍏 #Apple announces its 2021 #AppleDesignAward winners 🔗


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Gag orders, faster Apple watches, and Google’s free stuff
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 330

🇺🇸 #Apple says it didn't know #DOJ was asking for House Democrats' data when it complied with subpoena; #Microsoft also received and complied with a similar subpoena 🔗


🍎 Sources: many #Apple #US stores will drop mask requirement for vaccinated customers as soon as Tuesday; mask requirement to be dropped at some Cupertino offices 🔗


⌚️ Sources: #Apple is planning to launch a faster #AppleWatch with improved connectivity and screen this year, and an entry-level and extreme sports models next year 🔗


👉 #GoogleWorkspace and #GoogleChat are officially available to everybody 🔗


🎮 #E3 2021: all the news and announcements 🔗


🚀 #JeffBezos’ #BlueOrigin auctions off a seat on first human spaceflight for $28M 🔗


🇨🇳 #China's #Mars rover took a selfie 🔗


🍟 #McDonalds hit by data breaches in #US, #SouthKorea and #Taiwan 🔗


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Amazon’s not joining the FLoC, Facebook’s EU-wide issue, and a unique NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 331

🇬🇧 #UK's #CMA says it will launch an investigation into #Apple and #Google's mobile ecosystems over whether their market power is harming users 🔗


👉 Sir #TimBernersLee is auctioning his original source code for the web as an #NFT, the first time he would be able to raise money directly from his invention 🔗


🇪🇺 #EU's top court says #Facebook can't avoid potential EU-wide privacy orders from data protection authorities beyond its legal watchdog in #Ireland 🔗


🛍 #Amazon brings its cashierless tech to a full-size grocery store for the first time in a new 25K square foot #AmazonFresh location in Seattle 🔗


👉 Analysis: #Amazon's properties, including #Amazon.com, #WholeFoods.com, and #Zappos.com, are blocking #Google's new #FLoC tracking system from gathering data 🔗


🐦 #Twitter is asking for feedback on a new feature letting users “unmention” themselves as an anti-abuse tool and to help users control unwanted attentions 🔗


📺 #YouTube is banning alcohol, gambling, and politics from its ‘most prominent’ ad slot 🔗


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Clubhouse rivals going live, US vs big tech, and next gen Windows leaked design
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 332

👉 #Google unveils features for #Android including end-to-end encryption for RCS-based one-to-one chats in Messages, starred messages, emoji mashup suggestions, more 🔗


🇺🇸 #Biden names #LinaKhan, an #antitrust expert who wrote the “Amazon Antitrust Paradox”, as FTC chair, after the Senate voted 69-28 to confirm her as commissioner 🔗


🪟 Ahead of #Microsoft's event to unveil the next gen of #Windows, a Windows 11 build leaks, showing a revamped UI, like a new taskbar with centered app icons, more 🔗


🎮 #MarkZuckerberg says the original #Oculus Quest will receive #AirLink support in a post about the upcoming v30 update for Quest 🔗


🎙 #Facebook CEO #MarkZuckerberg hosts first test of #LiveAudioRooms in #US 🔗


🍎 #Apple #Podcasts’ in-app subscriptions are now live 🔗


🎙 #Spotify launches its live audio app and #ClubhouseRival, #SpotifyGreenroom 🔗


⚛️ #IBM unveils the #QuantumSystemOne, its first quantum computer physically built outside of the #US, in #Germany in partnership with research institute #Fraunhofer 🔗


👉 Analysis: total #NFT sales reached $2B in Q1 2021, with a seven-day peak of $176M on May 9, but have fallen in recent weeks, with sales of $8.7M on June 15 🔗


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Spotify’s latest move, police raiding online gangs, and Reels ads
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 333

🇺🇦 #Ukrain police arrest members of #ransomware gang #Clop, the first time that a national law enforcement agency has carried out mass arrests of such a gang 🔗


🎙 #Spotify has acquired #Podz, a #podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments 🔗


🔎 APK teardown of new version of #GooglePlay Services suggests that #Google is working to build an #Android device network like #Apple's #FindMy 🔗


👻 #Snap eliminates #Snapchat's speed filter, which let users show how fast they were moving, after a #US court ruled that Snap could be sued for a fatal car crash 🔗


👻 #Snapchat will let developers put their apps inside Spotlight 🔗


🇮🇳 #PUBG Mobile returns to India after ban with green blood and a new name: #Battlegrounds Mobile 🔗


💸 #Instagram #Reels now has ads 🔗


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Vaccine passports, picture-in-picture, and government-friendly Twitter alternative
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 334

💉 California launches a digital #vaccine verification system built using the open-source SMART Health Card Framework, with QR codes to show #COVID19 vaccine status 🔗


📺 #YouTube says it is rolling out picture-in-picture support for YouTube Premium users on #iOS and plans to launch the feature for all iOS users in the #US 🔗


💸 #PayPal will increase #US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction on its payment products starting Aug. 2, up from 2.9% plus $0.30 on most transactions 🔗


👉 #Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to #Twitter in #India, is taking a similar approach in #Nigeria 🔗


🇨🇳 Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange #DigitalYuan for cash at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of #China's digital currency experiment 🔗


👉 #ElonMusk’s #BoringCompany reportedly pitching wider tunnels that could transport freight 🔗


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​​China’s latest crypto move, Apple’s antitrust problem in Germany, and Facebook’s Clubhouse clone goes live
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 335

🇨🇳 #China's Sichuan Province closes #crypto mines, following Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan; an estimated 90% of China's mining capacity has now been shut down 🔗


👉 #Facebook rolls out #LiveAudioRooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its #podcast service, available to select partners, in the #US 🔗


🍎🇩🇪 #Germany's Federal Cartel Office announces an #antitrust investigation into #Apple's #AppStore, pre-installed apps, and more 🔗


🤖 #Hyundai completes deal for controlling interest in #BostonDynamics 🔗


👉 #Google’s first-ever retail store 🔗


📖 #OxfordUniversityPress has been printing books since 1586, and now it will stop 🔗


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​​Google’s antitrust issue, Bitcoin’s latest drop, and a Clubhouse surprise
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 336

🇪🇺 #EuropeanCommission says it has opened an #antitrust investigation into whether #Google favours its own display ad tech over rivals 🔗


👉 After agreeing to be #Facebook's first #VR ad test partner, #ResolutionGames says it won't move forward with the test in its paid VR game #Blaston 🔗


👉 #TikTok launches #TikTokJump to let creators enhance their videos by adding mini-app integrations from select partners including #Whisk, #Wikipedia, #Quizlet, more 🔗


🚇 London's mayor says the Underground will have mobile coverage by the end of 2024 across the entire network, with some popular stations by the end of 2022 🔗


👉 Filing: #Amazon has ordered 1,000 autonomous driving systems from self-driving truck startup Plus and acquired the option to buy up to a 20% stake in the startup 🔗


🇬🇧 #UK government says it will test its new national #EmergencyAlerts system, starting with #Android devices today before a smaller, regional #iPhone test next week 🔗


🇨🇳 #Bitcoin drops below $30,000, its lowest level since January 28 after a $64,000 peak in mid-April, as #China continues to crackdown on mining 🔗


👉 #EpicGames releases free anti-cheat and voice chat services for developers 🔗


👉 #Zoom is adding new options for sharing your pronouns 🔗


👉 #Clubhouse is building a DM text chat feature 🔗
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Apple’s case against sideloading, US blocking Iranian websites, and Amazon’s scandal
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 337

🍎 #Apple says allowing users to download apps directly onto their #iPhone without having to use the #AppStore would harm customers by damaging #privacy and security 🔗


🇮🇷 #US #DOJ says it has seized 36 #Iran-ian media websites and sites for groups affiliated with Iran that are linked to Iranian disinformation for violating US sanctions 🔗


😳 #Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its #UK warehouses every year, including MacBooks, COVID-19 masks, and TVs, some of them new and unused 🔗
👉 One #Amazon warehouse destroys 130,000 items per week


🦁 #Brave’s non-tracking search engine is now in beta 🔗


🐦 #Twitter opens applications to test #TicketedSpaces and #SuperFollows for a small number of users, who will keep 97% of revenue after the IAP cut if making <$50K 🔗


🐦 #Twitter now lets #iOS users easily share tweets as #InstagramStories 🔗


👉 #Microsoft has become the second public #US company to reach a $2T market value, after #Apple did in August 2020 and two years after hitting its first $1T in value 🔗
👉 Only #Apple and Saudi #Aramco had hit $2 trillion in value


🇨🇳 #TikTok’s Chinese nemesis #Kuaishou hits 1 billion monthly users worldwide 🔗 #China


🛰 #SpaceX's #Starlink satellite internet could achieve global coverage by September 🔗


👉 The #FTC is reportedly poised to probe #Amazon’s #MGM acquisition 🔗


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Antitrust bills for big tech, Instagram’s latest mix, and John McAfee’s suicide in a Spanish jail
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 338

🪦 #JohnMcAfee has died in a jail cell in #Spain by suicide according to his lawyer, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the #US 🔗


👉 After debate, House committee approves five major antitrust bills, including regulations on user data portability and acquisitions of competitors 🔗


📱 #Google and #Jio Platforms announce #JioPhone Next, an affordable phone powered by an optimised version of #Android, that will debut in India on September 10 🔗


👉 #Google will delay plans to block third-party cookies from early 2022 to late 2023, to find ways to protect privacy without hurting ad-dependent publishers 🔗


💳 #Visa buys #Sweden-based #Tink, which offers open banking APIs used by more than 3,400 banks and financial institutions in Europe, for €1.8B 🔗


👉 #Instagram says it will test mixing suggested posts throughout primary feeds, even above posts from people users follow, and adds new controls 🔗


🍎🇨🇳 #Apple launches #AppStore search ads in #China, five years after launching in the #US 🔗


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Windows 11 announcement, Virgin Galactic’s FAA approval, and Apple’s crackdown on leaks
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 339

🪟 #Microsoft announces #Windows11, with a simplified UI, new Windows store, Start menu, #MicrosoftTeams integrated into taskbar, and more, available free to #Windows 10 users 🔗
👉 #Microsoft is bringing #Android apps to #Windows11 🔗


👉 #WesternDigital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by #malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked 🔗


👉 #UK's #CMA launches an investigation into whether #Amazon and #Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews and deter sellers from manipulating listings 🔗


📷 #Instagram starts to quietly roll out the option to publish posts from its website on desktop, but #iPad is not supported 🔗


🍎 A highly reliable #Apple leaker known as “Kang” says they and others have received warnings from lawyers representing Apple cautioning against further leaks 🔗


🧑‍🚀 #VirginGalactic receives #FAA approval to take passengers into space 🔗


👻 #Snap makes a deal with #UniversalMusicGroup, adding its catalog to #Snapchat Sounds 🔗


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SolarWinds, TikTok’s user data, and a huge crypto seizure in the UK
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 340

💨 #Microsoft says an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents and launched attacks against customers in a probe of suspected #SolarWinds hackers 🔗


👉 Ex-TikTok staff say its boundaries with #ByteDance are non-existent, with ByteDance involved in decision-making; source: #ByteDance has access to #TikTok’s #US user data 🔗


💬 #Amazon's #AWS acquires encrypted messaging service #Wickr, says it will continue operating the service and offer it to AWS customers 🔗


🦊 #Mozilla launches #Rally, a #Firefox plugin that lets users share browsing data with researchers studying the web, starting with researchers from Princeton 🔗


🚓 Police seize approximately $158 million in #UK's largest #crypto seizure 🔗


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Binance banned in the UK, Qualcomm’s latest chip, and larger iPads
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 341

💰 #UK's Financial Conduct Authority #FCA orders #Binance to stop all regulated activities in Britain by June 30 and issues consumer alert against the company 🔗


👉 #Qualcomm unveils #Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3GHz clock speed and a claimed 20% boost in AI capabilities, arriving in devices during Q3 2021 🔗


🍎 Sources: #Apple is considering #iPads with displays larger than 12.9-inch, for 2023 or later, and has promoted new execs to the leadership team of its car project 🔗


🚫 #YouTube took down and then restored a channel featuring testimonials from #Xinjiang; the channel owner says the videos are being backed up on the #LBRY blockchain 🔗


👉 #Netflix lets #Android users watch partially downloaded shows 🔗


🇬🇧🇪🇺 #UK gets data flows deal from #EU — for now 🔗


📅 #Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release for #Windows11 🔗


🇨🇳 Listen to the sounds of #China’s #ZhurongRover on the surface of #Mars 🔗


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Facebook’s good day, Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming, and some crypto news
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 342

🧑‍⚖️ #US district court dismisses #FTC's #antitrust complaint against #Facebook, saying its definition of market dominance was insufficient, but will let FTC refile it 🔗


📈 On Monday, #Facebook's stock rose 4.2%, closing at $355.64, giving Facebook a $1T market cap for the first time, the fifth #US company to hit the milestone 🔗


🎮 #Microsoft rolls out its #XboxCloudGaming service via browser to PCs, iPhones, and iPads across 22 countries for #Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members 🔗


🪟 #Microsoft releases the first #Windows11 preview, available to Insiders, with major updates included except Teams integration and Android app support 🔗


👉 #MicrosoftOffice is getting a new design and a native 64-bit Arm version for #Windows11 🔗


👁 #Worldcoin, a #cryptocurrency co-founded by #SamAltman, launches with $25M from #a16z and others and plans to develop an orb-shaped device to scan human eyeballs 🔗


🍔 #Google debuts a new website and set of resources for Americans experiencing #food insecurity 🔗


⌚️ #Samsung unveils new #OneUIWatch experience for #WearOS 🔗


🇰🇷 A court in #SouthKorea has ruled that #Netflix is obligated to pay network usage fees to mobile carriers; Netflix made up 4.8% of the country's traffic in Q4 2020 🔗


🇹🇭 #Google says it removed two user-generated maps that listed names and addresses of hundreds of activists in #Thailand accused of opposing the monarchy 🔗


🇮🇳 #Google Messages will auto-delete OTPs and sort like #Gmail, but only in #India 🔗


🇩🇪 #Coinbase is granted a #crypto custody license from #Germany's Financial Supervisory Authority, the first company to get such a license according to the regulator 🔗


💰 #Coinbase CEO #BrianArmstrong says the exchange's goal is “to list every asset where it is legal to do so”, and it will provide a ratings system for assets 🔗


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Facebook’s newsletter platform, Shopify’s app store cut, and a Twitter bug
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 343

🤖 #Microsoft and #OpenAI announce #GitHub Copilot, an #AI-based tool to recommend code to software developers in almost any programming language 🔗


👉 #Facebook unveils #FacebookBulletin, its #Substack newsletter competitor, but is not yet accepting signups and says it won't take a cut of creators' revenue “at launch” 🔗


💰 #Shopify drops Shopify App Store's cut to 0% on devs' first $1M in revenue, says app developer partners earned $233M in 2020, more than 2018 and 2019 combined 🔗


🤝 Sources: amid escalating rivalry, neither #Google nor #Microsoft are keen to renew a recently expired truce to not use their lobbying firepower against each other 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it fixed a bug that caused some users to lose access to its “Latest” chronological feed option on its web application 🔗


👉 Data on 700M #LinkedIn users for sale on a forum, with info like names, addresses, inferred salary; LinkedIn says it seems some of the data is from other sources 🔗


🇬🇧 #Google tightens #UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams 🔗


🧠 #Zoom acquires Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions or #Kites — an #AI company building real-time translation 🔗


💔 If you pay an emotional labor fee, #Postdates will get your stuff from your ex 🔗


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