Sources: Trump is planning to sign an executive order Thursday that could threaten punishment for Facebook, Google, and Twitter over content moderation
The president is expected to sign the order on Thursday — President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday that could roll …
Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: private companies, especially platform companies, shouldn't be the arbiters of truth
Mark Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: Private companies shouldn't be the arbiter of truth — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Twitter …
After Twitter adds a label to his misleading tweets, Trump says Republicans will “strongly regulate” social media platforms or “close them down”
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In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims
The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked
Arizona AG sues Google for allegedly collecting Android user location data even when users had turned digital tracking off
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant violated its users' privacy by collecting information about their whereabouts …
Apple confirms it has acquired Ontario-based Inductiv, which develops AI to automate identifying and correcting errors in data
- Inductiv engineering team joined iPhone maker in recent weeks — Apple has acquired over a dozen AI-related companies for Siri
After Twitter labeled Trump's tweets, his campaign and Fox News target Twitter's Site Integrity lead Yoel Roth; Twitter says Roth works on manipulation and bots
“It's unfortunate to see individual employees targeted for company decisions — Right-wing media and Trump supporters …
Google's Threat Analysis Group says it saw new activity from some Indian “hack-for-hire” firms in Q1 2020, which spoofed WHO Gmail accounts for spearfishing
Google also discloses seven coordinated political influence campaigns that took place on its platforms during Q1 2020.
Apple's acquisition of Fraggle Rock's past TV seasons ahead of a reboot on TV+ signals a strategy shift for the service that had relied on original content
Apple isn't echoing Netflix's strategy, but it's certainly doing something new — Apple is acquiring Fraggle Rock's past TV seasons ahead …
Nuro's driverless delivery robots will deliver medication from a CVS pharmacy in Houston to its customers at no extra charge, in a pilot starting in June
This represents a shift in Nuro's typical operations — Nuro, the autonomous vehicle startup founded by two ex-Google engineers …
Amazon says it plans to offer permanent jobs to about 125,000 US warehouse workers, representing 70% of those it hired temporarily to meet pandemic demand
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily …
Nvidia says that, moving forward, users will only be able to play games on GeForce Now from publishers who have opted into the service, currently around 200
When NVIDIA launched GeForce Now earlier this year, the streaming service ran into trouble with publishers like Activision Blizzard and Bethesda.
Google says Discovery ads, which are eligible to serve across YouTube Home and Watch Next feeds, Gmail, and the Discover feed, are now available globally
Discovery campaigns are available to all advertisers globally. — Google introduced two big image-driven ad tests at its Google Marketing Live event last year.
At virtual shareholder meeting, Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook's criteria for policing content should remain limited to avoiding “imminent harm”
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Microsoft adds a standalone app for its Cortana virtual assistant to Windows 10, launching without support for Alexa queries
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Instagram says it will now split revenue with creators, sharing 55% of the revenue from IGTV ads and badges on Live, starting with 200 partners next week
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Gatsby, which provides a suite of tools for website and app development, raises $28M Series B led by Index Ventures, at a $200M+ valuation
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing businesses to reinforce their online presence, one website-building startup aiming to rival companies ranging …
Jeff Bezos says no workers were fired for speaking out on work conditions, as all non-board approved proposals are voted down in Amazon shareholder meeting
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET :
Hulu is testing Watch Party, a social feature that lets viewers watch titles together virtually and chat in groups of up to eight people
Todd Spangler / Variety :
London-based Decibel, which develops an AI-powered customer experience analytics platform, raises $40M Series B led by private equity firm Perwyn
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Platform Science, which provides fleet management telematics software for trucking companies, raises $42M Series B led by Prologis with Daimler participating
Jennifer Smith / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @prologis and @truckersreport Tweets: @prologis : The era of connected trucks and freight is here. @Prologis Ventures is excited to partner with @Platfo...
Vesta, which wants to fight payment fraud using AI, raises $125M led by Goldfinch Partners, bringing its total raised to over $145M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Box beats expectations with Q1 revenue of $183.6M, up 13% YoY, and billings of $128.1M, up 8% YoY, expects “softness” in revenue from small businesses
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
JD.com and Kuaishou, a Chinese livestreaming platform with 300M+ DAUs, announce partnership, allowing users to directly purchase JD products within Kuaishou app
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
Interview with Docker CEO Scott Johnston on its new partnership with Microsoft, refocusing on developers, missteps by the company, the pandemic, and more
Tom Krazit / Protocol :
Payment card services startup Marqeta raises $150M from an undisclosed firm at a $4.3B valuation, up from a $2B valuation last May
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch : Tweets: @mdudas Tweets: Mike Dudas / @mdudas : Fintech unicorns continue torrid pace of growth and valuation increase as @Marqeta raises $150M at $4.3B valuation, an i...
Online porn has shifted dramatically during the pandemic, with performers big and small flocking to more intimate services like OnlyFans, ManyVids, and Snapchat
content creators take home 80 percent of their gross earnings, far above the split offered by most cam sites, which can be as low as 25 percent— https://www.theringer.com/... @ringer : Even as the adu...
Researchers made a USB fuzzing tool, with plans to open source it, that found 26 USB bugs in Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD; Linux had the most and has fixed 11
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Overview of major efforts by Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs to boost Joe Biden's chances in the upcoming election
Eric Schmidt's data play, STAC Labs, is run by Martha Laning, the former head of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. #wipolitics https://twitter.com/... Cate Long / @cate_long : “Republicans have invested...
Google rolls out tools across Maps and Search to help businesses impacted by COVID-19, including letting restaurants point to preferred delivery partners
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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