After a 16-month probe, House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple enjoy “monopoly power” and suggest antitrust changes that could break them up
- After a 16-month investigation into competitive practices at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google …
Facebook says it will ban QAnon across its platforms, removing all Facebook Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts that represent QAnon
Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of the broadest rules …
Sources: US House report investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook's power has been delayed as Democrats and Republicans are split on the remedies
Good morning! This Wednesday, let's take a deep breath … Karl Bode / Techdirt : Stop Pretending The Trump GOP Genuinely Cares About Monopoly Power Reuters : U.S. House antitrust findings on Big Tech ...
Apple says it “vehemently disagrees” with the conclusions reached in US House report and doesn't have dominant marketshare in any categories of its businesses
Earlier today, the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee completed its ongoing antitrust investigation …
In response to House's report on Big Tech, Amazon says that “fringe notions on antitrust would destroy small businesses and hurt consumers”
Misguided interventions in the free market would kill off independent retailers and punish consumers by forcing small businesses …
Sony publishes a full PS5 teardown, revealing removable sides, dust catchers, storage expansion, and more
A closer look inside the PlayStation 5 — Sony has published a seven-minute teardown video of the PS5. The teardown gives us the best look at the PS5 so far …
Microsoft says the US Labor Department is probing whether Microsoft's diversity efforts constitute racial discrimination by a government contractor
The Labor Department has been probing whether Microsoft's goal of increasing Black representation in its ranks constitutes racial discrimination, the software maker disclosed Tuesday.
SK Hynix says it is launching the world's first DDR5 DRAM chips, which support data transfer rate of 4,800-5,600 Mbps while operating at 1.1V vs. 1.2V for DDR4
Back in July, JEDEC finalized the specifications for DDR5 memory, and laid out a number of key performance advantages …
Slack says it will add Snapchat-like stories and push-to-talk audio calls before end of 2020
Get ready to Slack your daily stories — Slack is getting ready to introduce Instagram-like stories and push-to-talk audio into its communications software before the end of 2020.
Apple brings Health Records on the iPhone to the UK and Canada, starting with Oxford University Hospitals in UK and Women's College Hospital in Canada
Apple has today announced that access to Health Records on the iPhone is now available in the UK and Canada, providing a fuller, more secure picture of patient health.
Facebook removed a post by Trump saying COVID-19 is “less lethal” than flu, only the second time it has done so, as Twitter hides the tweet and adds a warning
Facebook has deleted a post in which President Trump had claimed Covid-19 was “less lethal” than the flu.
Trump administration announces changes to the H-1B visa program, substantially raising the wages companies must pay and narrowing the eligibility criteria
Four weeks before the election, the Trump administration has announced stricter rules for the H-1B visa program, which U.S. companies have long valued.
Facebook's QAnon ban left some high-profile Australians who are linked to the conspiracy theory untouched because the ban does not extend to individual profiles
The Guardian : Tweets: @earleyedition Tweets: Dave Earley / @earleyedition : Facebook's QAnon ban doesn't extend to individual posts, so high-profile Australians linked to the conspiracy theory - lik...
Leaked memo from February reveals Amazon's plans to invest in software to analyze data on unions, alongside non-union “threats” like crime and weather
A representative of a union for Amazon employees protesting at Amazon's Swansea fulfillment center on November 23, 2018, in Swansea, W
As Google and Oracle face off in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, both have funded outside groups that signed amicus briefs, often without disclosure
- Both companies funded some who signed friend-of-court briefs — Supreme Court rules don't require general funding disclosures
Slack unveils new features to allow messaging between companies, including Connect DMs, Verified Organizations, more, coming later this year or early next year
opening up chats with folks outside your company Paayal Zaveri / Business Insider : Slack is greatly expanding the ability for users to message people at other companies, as it works to replace work e...
Survey: TikTok has surpassed Instagram as the second most popular social app for US teens, with 34% choosing Snapchat, 29% TikTok, and 25% Instagram
- TikTok has surpassed Instagram as teenagers' second favorite social media app, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Apple announces it will hold an event on October 13 at 10am PDT, where it's expected to unveil new 5G iPhones; invites are titled “Hi, Speed.”
and that looks a lot like Apple's rumored AirTags (Tile clone) right on the invite. https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : 5G. A14. Both speedy. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Panzarino / @...
Sources: Google is facing an antitrust investigation in India over allegedly abusing the dominance of Android in the smart TV market
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the U.S. tech giant is alleged to have abused …
Shogun, which helps companies build e-commerce sites on top of back-ends like Shopify or Magento, raises $35M Series B led by Accel
E-commerce has boomed this year, with more businesses and shoppers than ever before turning to websites and apps as a safer, socially distanced alternative during the current global health pandemic.
Stories as a media format won over all social media platforms as they are a perfect compromise of ease of creation and the richness of narrative
On September 23rd, Pinterest officially launched a new feature called Story Pins to make it easier for Pinterest creators to “share their talent, passions and creativity”. Tweets: @efeng Tweets: Eric ...
UK ICO publishes three-year investigation into Cambridge Analytica, finding no evidence that CA or associate company SCL misused data to influence Brexit vote
UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group — A sprawling investigation …
Security flaw meant Qiui's Cellmate chastity device for men could be remotely locked by hackers; the flaw was disclosed after company missed deadlines to patch
Okta announces new SDK and API to let developers build biometric and push notification sign-ins for mobile, coming in Q1 2021
According to Okta, security and authentication services need to acknowledge mobile-first workflows and technologies. — Okta is launching a new software developer kit …
Google Ads introduces an Insights page, automated Performance Max campaigns, and will bring Video Action out of beta to all advertisers in the coming weeks
The new products and features are further indication of Google's machine learning goals. — Google introduced more automation features …
India offers 16 phone makers, including Samsung, Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron, incentives of 4% to 6% over five years on sales of some products made in India
Manish Singh / Techcrunch :
How a Citigroup tech executive's news site, with an estimated 10M visitors/month, helped QAnon go mainstream with widespread political implications
Jason Gelinas lived a normal suburban life with a plum Wall Street gig. He also ran the conspiracy theory's biggest news hub. Tweets: @williamturton , @williamturton , @danbeucke , @clairehoworth , @...
Health insurance startup Clover Health, which uses health and behavioral data to lower costs, agrees to go public via Social Capital's SPAC at a $3.7B valuation
The European Court of Justice, EU's highest legal authority, rules that member states cannot collect mass mobile and internet data of citizens
After two senators' inquiry into warrantless tracking by the IRS, the agency is being investigated for its use of location info from data brokers
Google adds a Stories feature to its Google iOS and Android app, a carousel focusing on publisher content that can include audio, full-screen video, and photos
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
MetaMask, an Ethereum browser extension and wallet app that also functions as an access point for decentralized apps, adds token swaps, coming first to Firefox
Brady Dale / CoinDesk :
A GPT-3 AI bot posing as a human went seemingly undetected for a week on r/AskReddit, answering one question per minute on various topics including suicide
it didn't end well Tweets: Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick : This is great https://twitter.com/... Clive Thompson / @pomeranian99 : A bot based on GPT-3 was answering questions on Reddit for a week, and ...
Google rebrands G Suite as Google Workspace, integrates Meet, Chat, and Rooms across all its applications, and introduces new logos for all apps in Workspace
Envisics, which builds in-car holographic displays, raises $50M Series B from Hyundai Mobis, GM, and others, at a $250M+ valuation
Ingrid Lunden / Techcrunch :
Unqork, a “no-code” enterprise app development service, raises $207M Series C led by BlackRock at a valuation of $2B
China says the People's Bank of China has processed 3M+ transactions in digital yuan, worth ~$162M, as part of its digital currency pilot
Liam Frost / Decrypt :
Google integrates Assistant with dedicated assistive devices through a partnership with Tobii Dynavox and makes Action Blocks more accessible
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Google launches Chrome 86 with stronger password protections on iOS and Android, VP9 video codec for macOS Big Sur, a slew of new developer features, and more
Broadcom settles antitrust dispute with EU by agreeing to refrain from any exclusivity arrangements for chips used in TV set-top boxes and internet modems
Valentina Pop / Wall Street Journal :
Illusive Networks, which aims to stop cyberattacks using deceptions on endpoints like IoT devices, raises $24M Series B1, bringing its total raised to $54M+
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
As Twitter reinstates accounts of two Ugandan activists, environmental groups worry that Twitter's moderation system is being exploited to silence activists
Justine Calma / The Verge : Tweets: @anakpawispl , @tonyocruz , and @ecowarriorss Tweets: Anakpawis Party-list / @anakpawispl : One of those killed this year was Randy Echanis, a longtime advocate fo...
Pittsburgh-based Abridge, which connects doctors and patients to provide insights on proposed treatment plans, raises $15M across seed and Series A
Facebook adds support for Netflix to Portal TV and support for Zoom to Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal+ devices
After years harshly criticizing Big Tech's impact on the publishing industry, News Corp now has partnerships with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Snapchat, and others
Facebook says it is launching an emotional health resource center, with expert guides and information, available globally with location-specific resources
Alison DeNisco Rayome / CNET :
mmhmm, Phil Libin's virtual presentation startup, raises $21M Series A led by Sequoia alongside $5M from Libin's startup studio All Turtles and $5M in debt
Alex Konrad / Forbes : Thanks: @alexrkonrad
Report details how West Texas has become a hotbed for patent and IP litigation, after a federal judge, who was formerly a patent litigator, took office in 2018
Mike Masnick / Techdirt :
Google Chrome is the most popular browser in China across both desktops and smartphones, with a 36%-39% market share in 2020 according to Baidu Analytics
Karen Chiu / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @mdhaldane Tweets: Matt Haldane / @mdhaldane : Google Chrome is the most-used browser in China even though Google services are blocked. The “cluttered ...
FEC data: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle employees have donated ~20x more to Biden than Trump since 2019 and far more overall than in 2016
Daniel Oberhaus / Wired :
Amazon says it will extend its Diwali sales event, which starts in mid-October, to an entire month in India, as it battles Flipkart and other rivals
Sources: Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC will invest $1B in Ant Group's IPO, which could raise as much as $35B across its Hong Kong and Shanghai listings
Remotion, a workplace video service for short chats, raises $13M across seed and Series A; its Mac app is live in beta with a waitlist for Windows and Linux
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.