Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
FTC commissioners broke along party lines, 3-2, with the Republican majority lining up to support the pact while Democratic commissioners objected
Trump says cryptocurrencies including Facebook's Libra are “not money”, need to be regulated, citing their high volatility and facilitation of unlawful behavior
Just hours after a “social media summit,” the president's Twitter account posted a thread aimed at, of all things, cryptocurrency.
Sources: FTC settlement includes more comprehensive oversight of how Facebook handles user data, but no restrictions on how it collects and shares that data
The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to fine Facebook about $5 billion for mishandling users' personal information …
Critics say the FTC's $5B settlement with Facebook is a “parking ticket” to the company, which had more than $15B in revenue in the first three months of 2019
The $5bn fine would be the largest ever levied by the Federal Trade Commission against a technology company
Bird CEO says the company makes $1.27/ride on its new Bird Zero scooters, which make up 75% of the fleet, says $100M loss was a one-time accounting write-off
Bird has positive unit economics, CEO Travis VanderZanden said Friday in fiery response to a report from The Information …
Accenture names its North America head Julie Sweet as CEO as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation
becoming the first female leader of the consulting giant as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation. https://www.ft.com/... Arianna Huffington / @ariannahuff : Congratulations...
Shopify's ecosystem, with its own fulfillment network, may become the first true Amazon competitor by enabling merchants to succeed or fail on their own terms
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Hulu, which removed support for 4K content in early 2018, brings back the feature for Hulu Originals, starting with Apple TV 4K and Chromecast Ultra
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Fernando Corbató, a Turing Award recipient whose work on time-sharing systems paved the way for the PC, as well as the computer password, dies at 93
Fernando Corbató, whose work on computer time-sharing in the 1960s helped pave the way for the personal computer … Tweets: @rodneyabrooks Tweets: Rodney Brooks / @rodneyabrooks : Fernando Corbato of M...
A look at Life360, a location-sharing app aimed at families, and conversations with teens who installed the app and their concerns about privacy and autonomy
SPEND ENOUGH TIME on the social media app TikTok, and you're bound to see a Life360 meme. That's because Life360 …
Facebook, Calibra, and Libra Association execs on how they will approach taxation, anti-money laundering, and other regulatory issues for the new cryptocurrency
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Amazon expands Transparency, its program to fight counterfeits by marking products with a QR-style code, to Europe, India, and Canada
Amazon is no stranger to the nefarious forces of e-commerce: fake reviews, counterfeit goods and scams have all reared their heads on its marketplace …
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it was hacked for $32M in crypto assets, of which $23M belonged to its customers
Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk :
Less than a year after TikTok's US launch, the popularity of its stars at VidCon shows that it's poised to dominate the American social media landscape
Anaheim, Calif.—Last night, YouTube hosted its annual VidCon party, in one of the Anaheim Convention Center's large halls … Tweets: @mattnavarra , @rachgutman , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Matt Navarra ...
Microsoft, after an outcry by many of its reseller partners, now says it will not charge them for internal use of the company's products and services
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
StreamElements: Twitch viewers live streamed 2.72B+ hours in Q2, compared with 735.54M hours on YouTube Live, 197.76M on Facebook Gaming, and 112.29M on Mixer
Twitch continues to lead rivals including YouTube Live, Facebook Gaming, and Microsoft's Mixer when it comes to live streaming video.
In Q2, IDC estimates global PC shipments grew 4.7% to 64.9M units; Gartner estimates 1.5% growth to 63M units; both say Windows 10 refresh contributed to gain
but they don't agree what a PC is Nathaniel Mott / Tom's Hardware : Gartner: US Tariffs on China Could Significantly Drive up Laptop Prices Paul Lilly / PC Gamer : PC shipments get ‘back on track’ rig...
Data regulator of the German state of Hesse rules that schools cannot use Microsoft Office 365, says it may expose students' data to US officials
Cathrin Schaer / ZDNet :
Operator of Bitcoin exchange Bitfunder sentenced to 14 months in jail for fraud and lying to investigators about a hack that cost clients 6,000 BTC in 2013
Guillermo Jimenez / Decrypt :
A look at how many founders and early-startup executives wrestle with issues like anxiety, drug addiction, insomnia, depression, and binge eating
The swashbuckling creativity that drives many entrepreneurs often comes with inner demons; on IPO day, dread and a cold wet suit Tweets: @shalini , @scottmaustin , and @saraheneedleman Tweets: Shalini...
YouTube unveils new ways for creators to make money, including Super Stickers for chats in livestreams and premieres and paid levels for Channel Memberships
and as part of Google — the best they can offer you to make money is “Super Stickers”; my goodness. https://techcrunch.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : YouTube launches new ways for creators to m...
Aspen Technology acquires Canadian startup Mnubo, which uses AI for IoT data analytics, for CAD$102M
Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit :
Google announces it is rolling out redesigned News results for Search on desktop, making publishers' names more prominent, adding a carousel, and more
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
How companies like Kenworth, ZF, and Team Inc., are using HoloLens and Microsoft Teams for employee training, and communication with frontline workers
Karen Weise / New York Times : Tweets: @shiraovide , @sub8u , and @shiraovide Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Maybe Google Glass or other consumer AR will eventually be a bigger deal for technolo...
Twitter says it will test a feature to let users hide replies to their tweets starting next week in Canada
& very characteristic of @twitter in that it must have been thought up by people who don't use @twitter themselves. I do not want to have to keep choosing between insulting people, by hiding their stu...
Investigation finds 151 tech companies, including GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon, offering hosting, DNS, or CDN services to sites spreading hate speech
Aaron Sankin / Gizmodo : Tweets: @fightextremism , @randfish , @nickmartin , @nickmartin , @russpitts , and @asankin . Thanks: @jstrauss Tweets: CEP / @fightextremism : Social media has received the ...
How the Mastodon community is dealing with the influx of hateful content after Gab migrated to Mastodon's decentralized open source protocol
Adi Robertson / The Verge : Tweets: @egavactip , @thedextriarchy , and @reckless Tweets: Mark Pitcavage / @egavactip : Alt right social media site Gab is now using open source platform Mastodon. What...
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