Tile accused Apple of acting anti-competitively at a House antitrust hearing on Friday, while Sonos testified against Google, and PopSockets against Amazon
BOULDER, Colo. — Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google took a public lashing at a congressional hearing here Friday …
FBI seizes the domain of WeLeakInfo, a site offering usernames and passwords from data breaches for sale; WeLeakInfo claims to have 12B+ usernames and passwords
Site aggregated 12 billion usernames and passwords from over 10,000 breaches. — On Wednesday, police in the Netherlands …
Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that had revenue of $15M+ in 2018
The Ringer, founded in 2016 by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, has over 30 podcasts — Spotify Technology SA SPOT -2.31% is in talks to buy sports …
The latest panic that the EU may force Apple to abandon Lightning is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of both the EC's intent and how charging works
It's all about chargers, and Apple already makes them — You might have read headlines today about how the EU is looking to force Apple to ditch the Lightning cable.
Leaked white paper: European Commission is considering a 3-5 year ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private or public actors in public spaces
Languages: Ελλην ικά … The European Commission is considering measures to impose …
Sources: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G will have 6.2", 6.7", 6.9" displays respectively; S20 Ultra gets 108MP camera and 10X optical zoom camera
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Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests
Ahead of plans to go public, home-sharing platform emphasizes serving ‘stakeholders’ that include hosts, guests, investors, employees
In a Q&A, Joe Biden says Section 230 should be immediately revoked for Facebook and other platforms and that Zuckerberg should be submitted to civil liability
New York Times :
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. Tweets: @kashhill , @nytimes ,...
Massachusetts Superior Court orders Facebook to turn over data about tens of thousands of apps from ~400 developers company said it suspended last September
A Massachusetts judge has ordered Facebook to turn over data about thousands of apps that may have mishandled its users' personal information …
Report: Intel CPU supply shortages are expected to persist through the end of 2020, giving a likely boost to AMD market share
DigiTimes, Taiwan's biggest publication and one of the more reliable sources of information as far as the PC triumvirate are concerned has just published …
Sources: some FBI officials were stunned by AG Barr's use of the Pensacola case to rebuke Apple as they believe Apple had already provided ample assistance
Wall Street Journal :
Second Measure: DoorDash led the 2019 US food delivery market with 33% of total sales, followed by GrubHub with 32%, Uber Eats with 20%, and Postmates with 10%
- DoorDash captured 33% of the U.S. market, Grubhub 32%, Uber Eats 20% and Postmates 10%. — Digital food delivery is projected …
NBC says Peacock will launch on July 15 and have a free tier with limited programming and two premium tiers, at $4.99/month with ads and $9.99/month with no ads
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BT, the biggest ISP in the UK, partners with Google to offer a free Stadia Premiere Edition with some of its broadband plans
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Sources: Eaze, an on-demand pot delivery startup with $166M in funding, raises $15M bridge round, amid struggles with cash and a pivot to selling its own brands
The Uber of pot is almost out of cash — The first cannabis startup to raise big money in Silicon Valley is in danger of burning out. Tweets: @joshconstine , @samkottler , @thealicemoon , @ingridlund...
SoundCloud's filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M
If there's one stat that says everything about the recovery of SoundCloud in recent years, it's this: in calendar 2017, the company turned over circa $102m.
Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal :
Istanbul-based Getir, which promises an average grocery delivery time of 10 minutes, raises $38M Series A led by Michael Moritz, starts raising $100M Series B
Laura Pitel / Financial Times :
Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund led a $750M investment last August in Philadelphia-based goPuff, an on-demand delivery service for convenience products
The Information :
Profile of Adam Mosseri, who sees Project Daisy, which will eliminate public display of Instagram Likes later this year, as a way to “depressurize the app”
or a team—whose job was to care for users, like an ombudsman/chaplain hybrid, focused less on users' technological experience than on the emotional + psychological. https://www.nytimes.com/... Elana Z...
Phenom People, which helps customers like Microsoft build career websites with personalized job recommendations and chatbots, raises $30M Series C
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Payments processing and automation company AvidXchange raises $260M Series F from TPG Sixth Street Partners and others
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.