A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce, regarding racism in America after George Floyd's death
Comments Share 70 Tweet Share Reddit Email — Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response …
As some Facebook employees publicly express anger, Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook is committing $10M to groups working on racial injustice
- At least six Facebook employees have condemned CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up President Trump's post.
Tim Cook, in a memo to staff addressing racism in US, says Apple will give to non-profits like Equal Justice Initiative, match staff donations 2-to-1 in June
- Tim Cook writes letter to employees after George Floyd killing — Apple donating to equal justice, human rights groups, CEO says
Australian appeals court rules that media companies can be held responsible for defamatory comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages
Australia's leading media outlets are considering an appeal to the High Court after a ruling that publishers can be sued for comments on their Facebook pages.
Zynga says it will buy Turkish mobile game developer Peak for $1.8B, its biggest acquisition yet; the deal is $900M in cash and $900M in Zynga stock
- Turkish company known for its Toy Blast and Toon Blast Games — Deal will boost Zynga's margins, revenue and users: CEO
YouTube says it will donate $1M to the Center for Policing Equity, a nonprofit think tank that works with police departments to change discriminatory practices
The nonprofit works with police departments to address discriminatory behavior — YouTube says it will donate $1 million …
Researchers: new algorithms aimed at making neural networks more efficient perform as well as old algorithms, suggesting little improvement over 10-year period
Artificial intelligence (AI) just seems to get smarter and smarter. Each iPhone learns your face, voice, and habits better than the last …
Samsung launches Access, a new service for US users offering an S20 handset, Microsoft 365, 1TB OneDrive, and more, starting at $37/month
Samsung has now officially launched the extra-care Access program in the United States, which gives you added protection and benefits such as a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Apple paid a researcher $100K for reporting a flaw in “Sign in with Apple” in April that could have let attackers hijack any user's account on third-party apps
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Survey: 54% of Americans agree with adding fact-checking labels to Trump tweets; 60%+ say politicians' lies are a bigger threat than censorship on social media
A narrow majority of Americans believe Twitter was right to flag one of President Trump's tweets as violating its rules on violence … Tweets: @wexler and @axios Tweets: Nu Wexler / @wexler : - 3 in 5 ...
Global Disinformation Index report examining 49 sites with COVID-19 disinformation says Google placed ads on 84% of them
One ad for telecom company O2 appeared on an article linking virus to 5G networks — Google has taken aggressive action to scrub coronavirus conspiracies … Tweets: @rj_gallagher Tweets: Ryan Gallaghe...
StubHub's co-founder Eric Baker bought back the company for $4B just days before the pandemic brought the live events business to a halt
Fifteen years after Eric Baker was fired from StubHub, the ticketing giant he cofounded, he bought it back for $4 billion—weeks before coronavirus utterly wrecked the business. Tweets: @tonyknopp , @f...
Accern, which uses NLP and predictive analytics to create workflow automation and risk management software for financial services industry, raises $13M Series A
When Kumesh Aroomoogan was working in the public finance department at Citigroup, he spent hours looking at financial statements …
Tia Health, the developer of a network of digital wellness apps, clinics, and telehealth services focused on women's health, raises $24M Series A
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Some Walmart staff claim AI-based tech used in stores to prevent shoplifting misidentifies innocuous behavior as theft and often fails to flag actual stealing
one of the largest retailers in the world—was relying on AI they believed was flawed. https://www.wired.com/... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : NEW: here's a very peculiar story I've been working on fo...
Stitcher releases its first podcasting report, with 10 years of data trends; a pandemic update shows a dip in listening at commute times and a lunchtime rise
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Singapore-based Beam, which offers shared electric scooters in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Taiwan, raises $26M Series A
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Alibaba debuts AliExpress Connect, a service to pair influencers with brands and merchants, hoping to attract 100,000+ creators this year with a focus on Europe
the global equivalent of Taobao — has launched a matchmaking service to pair social media infuencers with brands looking to market their products. Comissions can be based on how much they sell. https:...
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $15M Series A from investors including 8VC and Jeff Bezos
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Indian government rejects Walmart-owned Flipkart's proposal to enter the food retail business in the country
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Facebook Shops integration with Shopify is good for Shopify merchants, but using Facebook Checkout limits the upside of Shopify's own payments offering
Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Tweets: @auchenberg , @juokaz , @rachelmercer , and @modestproposal1 Tweets: Kenneth Auchenberg / @auchenberg : “What Instagram has done is basically build their own brow...
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