Sources: Apple to roll out 12-month interest-free Apple Card payment plans for iPads, Macs, more and 6-month plans for AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod
- Company gearing up for monthly installments for Apple Card — Similar feature for iPhone purchases already available on card
More than 140 scientists funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urge Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider Facebook's policies on misinformation and incendiary language
More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around …
Three Amazon workers file lawsuit alleging that Amazon has failed to adequately protect workers from COVID-19 by not following CDC's contact tracing guidelines
- A lawsuit filed by three Amazon workers calls into question the company's contact tracing efforts.
Facebook publishes new recommendations for group admins, suggests adding people of color as moderators to help navigate conversations about the BLM movement
To help them navigate the Black Lives Matter movement — Facebook published new recommendations for group admins yesterday evening …
How Tunisia-based PR firm UReputation used social media platforms and websites to spread disinformation and influence elections in 10 African countries
In-Depth Research & Reports by Andy Carvin, Luiza Bandeira, Graham Brookie, Iain Robertson, Nika Aleksejeva, Alyssa Kann, Kanishk Karan …
Reliance Jio Platforms says Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will invest $750M for a 1.16% stake in the company
Mukesh Ambani has courted the seventh major investor for his telecommunications business in just as many weeks. — On Sunday, Reliance Jio Platforms said it will sell …
Several Facebook groups are grappling with inadequate and uneven moderation policies as members attempt to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement
offline and online — are burning and crumbling, whether you like it or not https://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : the fascinating thing about this is that Facebook's moderation problem is ...
In post, Zuckerberg vows to review content policies on state force and voter suppression, ensure content moderation diversity, and announces a new voter hub
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Overall, remote learning this spring didn't work: schools disagree on fair student assessment, students lack equal access to technology, teaching got harder
The pandemic forced schools into a crash course in online education. Problems piled up quickly. ‘I find it hectic and stressful’ Tweets: @afrankhistory , @trumwill , @econ_marshall , @baddogs4343 , ...
[Thread] Alexis Ohanian resigns from the Reddit board, urges company to fill his seat with a black candidate, pledges $1M to Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp
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Connected learning platform Chegg has acquired Mathway, an automated learning app that helps students understand and solve math problems, for $100M in cash
The $100 million deal gives Chegg access to Mathway subscribers in about 100 countries. — Chegg, a leading direct-to-student learning platform …
Review finds Amazon is using the top-left slot of its search results pages, a premier bid slot for brands, to promote its private labels during the pandemic
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. Tweets: @cobrapost , @ctmirror , @patrick_hruby , @mdudas , ...
Q&A: web cryptography pioneers Martin Hellman, Taher Elgamal, and Tom Jermoluk on recent advances in authentication tech, and what the future could look like
Martin Hellman, Taher Elgamal, and Tom Jermoluk were instrumental in shaping how the Internet works. Now they're looking at what's next for web security. Tweets: @ieeespectrum Tweets: IEEE Spectrum /...
Black tech execs hope the current attention on racial disparities will help diversify tech workers, as black people account for only 7.8% of core US IT workers
Despite yearslong efforts by companies to diversify their tech workforces, black people account for less than 8% of core IT workers in the U.S. Tweets: @grattongirl , @wsj , and @shatter242 Tweets: Sa...
Some Amazon workers say they're struggling to get paid sick leave as the deluge of requests swamps the company's heavily automated HR system during the pandemic
Tony Banks told Amazon.com Inc. right away when he tested positive for Covid-19. More than a month later, he's on the mend … Tweets: @mattmday , @technology , @fmbutt , @mattmday , @margaretomara , @...
Google Docs is a key tool for organizing protests, as activists anonymously edit public lists of funds, charities, books on racism, and letter-writing templates
Facebook and Twitter might have the bells and whistles, but the word processing doc's simplicity and accessibility have made it a winning tool. Tweets: @halleberry , @hautepop , @dariorodighiero , @aa...
Instacart changes how it handles tips, including deactivating customers who “consistently and egregiously” engage in tip-baiting, after a Congressional inquiry
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Indian online travel booking company Yatra terminates pending merger with Atlanta-based software company Ebix, files suit for damages, alleging breach of terms
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A list of donations by companies and prominent individuals in the tech community to anti-racism groups
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Zoom consultant Alex Stamos and experts say offering end-to-end encryption, which needs user authentication, only to paying customers is a reasonable compromise
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Tweets: @ncweaver , @alexstamos , @alexstamos , and @alexstamos Tweets: Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver : @evan_greer @pvineetha Billing records matter. $15/month is establish...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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