Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives”
but it's the government's power to police big tech that's on trial Financial Times : Google/antitrust: unparanoid Android Mark Sullivan / Fast Company : Why Google is poised to win the DOJ's antitrust...
DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising
not because they're forced to or because they can't find alternatives. We will have a full statement this morning. Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : A few peanut-gallery thoughts on DOJ v Google as a vet...
iPad Air (2020) review: has an excellent screen, very fast processor, and is compatible with iPad Pro accessories, but it's expensive and has no 128GB option
Despite the higher cost, this iPad is the one to get — If you're looking to get an iPad right now and can afford it …
PayPal will let users buy and sell cryptocurrency using its online wallets in the coming weeks and shop at merchants on its network starting in early 2021
LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy …
DOJ's antitrust suit against Google is being driven by cronyism and election season politics, not by a serious concern about monopoly power
but Trump's shadow will continue to loom over the case, especially if he's reelected Franklin Foer / The Atlantic : The Irony of the Google Antitrust Suit Bloomberg : U.S. Case Against Google Mimics S...
Netflix plans to test a 48-hour free weekend in India, dubbed StreamFest and scheduled for Dec. 4, and may bring the promotion to other countries later
Netflix is looking to promote its service with a 48-hour free streaming event, confirmed COO Greg Peters during the company's Q3 2020 earnings call Tuesday afternoon.
Over 430,000 viewers tuned in simultaneously to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez play Among Us on Twitch, the third highest ever for an individual Twitch stream
More than 430,000 people tuned in simultaneously to Twitch on Tuesday night to watch Rep. Alexia Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) …
In lawsuit, DOJ says nearly half of Google search traffic in 2019 came from Apple products and estimates Google pays Apple $8B to $12B per year
payments that are as much as one-fifth of Apple's annual net income. https://twitter.com/... @toddbishop : Compared to the antitrust complaint against @Microsoft 2+ decades ago, the introduction to @T...
DOJ's case against Google relies on proving restrictive contracts protected its dominant position, a similar move to the antitrust case against Microsoft
The Justice Department's antitrust case points to restrictive contracts, a focus that a professor said “is as old as the Sherman Act.”
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3 2019 and 10.1M in Q2 2020
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company
Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.
DOJ's lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, focusing on search and providing a template for Congressional action against Big Tech even if it fails
Manage your Stratechery subscription. — So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google …
Amazon's Luna in early access: streaming performance can be spotty without a strong connection, iOS web app support is decent, channel groups silo game choice
A first look at Luna — Amazon's Luna streaming service has arrived, with the company rolling out early access to a limited set of customers today.
Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public
- Product for local connections is being tested in Canada now — Nextdoor is considering options, including a public offering
Report: at least 2,000 US law enforcement agencies, including 49 of the 50 largest police departments, have the tools to access locked, encrypted phones
At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are using them far more than previously known.
NSA publishes a report of the top 25 vulnerabilities with patches available that are currently being found and exploited by “Chinese state-sponsored hackers”
NSA urges US public and private sector to apply patches or mitigations to prevent attacks.
Dropbox launches a shared family plan with 2TB for up to six people for $17 per month
Dropbox is giving families and groups of friends the option to team up and get Plus perks for less than the price of two accounts. The service's Family plan is now available for $17 a month and gives...
TikTok says it will do more to tackle coded language and symbols that promote hate speech, after reports found viral anti-Semitic videos
- TikTok has pledged to do more to tackle hateful content and behavior on its platform. — The commitment comes after reports that TikTok has a Nazi problem and a White supremacy problem.
Anyscale, which offers tools to securely and efficiently run apps built with the Ray open source distributed programming framework, raises $40M Series B
The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project …
Sources: WH is seeking to fast-track a no-bid contract to lease DOD mid-band 5G spectrum to Rivada Networks, which has Peter Thiel and Karl Rove as investors
Washington (CNN)Senior officials throughout various departments and agencies of the Trump administration tell CNN they are alarmed … Tweets: @jaketapper , @alyssa_milano , @maxbergmann , @dangillmor ,...
Researchers find a bot that generates fake nudes from photos of women; by July, 100K+ images of women had been transformed, shared in public Telegram channels
James Vincent / The Verge :
The DOJ's antitrust complaint against Google alleges it paid US mobile carriers $1B+ last year in search advertising revenue sharing deals to box out rivals
HPE says it has been awarded $160M in EU funds to build a supercomputer in Finland, with theoretical 550 petaflops peak performance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced it has been awarded over $160 million to build a supercomputer called LUMI in Finland.
Tekion, which offers a service that connects car makers, dealers, and buyers, raises $150M Series C led by Advent at a $1B+ valuation
- Company raises $150 million in Series C funding round — Tekion was started by former Tesla executive Jay Vijayan
Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, giving telecoms operators until 2025 to remove equipment made by the companies from their existing infrastructure
Parallels launches Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, available at $69.99 per user, letting Windows apps run on Chromebooks
but there's a catch Prakhar Khanna / Pocketnow : Enterprise users can run Windows apps on Chromebooks now, courtesy of Parallels Desktop
Cameo, which lets fans request custom videos from celebrities, integrates with Sendoso, a service that lets businesses send gifts to clients
With in-person networking on ice, the company hopes b-to-b sales executives will want to stand out in other ways Tweets: @mr312 Tweets: Steven Galanis / @mr312 : For years sales people have been sendi...
Adobe is adding its “content authenticity” tool to the latest Photoshop beta, to help users build trustworthy attribution directly into a picture
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Sources: Chinese tech companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm
- China is unlikely to grant its unconditional blessing — Arm may become another flashpoint in the U.S.-China tech war
Google releases Chrome update to deploy security fixes, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Study: companies are increasingly tailoring their financial statements to cater to algorithms parsing text and speech and avoiding phrases perceived as negative
- Study finds companies alter words to cater to listening algos — Emphasis on positivity as negative phrases get ditched Tweets: @jessefelder , @lisaabramowicz1 , @melinanders , and @rickgreennybiz...
Researcher discovers address bar spoofing bugs in Safari, Opera, and Yandex, all now fixed, but other popular browsers, like UC Browser, have not issued a patch
Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged
when Covid-19 cases were surging in the country 1/4 https://restofworld.org/... Nilesh Christopher / @nilchristopher : IMPORTANT: When covid cases were surging, third-party FB moderators employed by I...
eVisit, a SaaS startup that helps hospitals and health care systems provide telehealth services, raises $14M Series A led by TVC Capital
David Gargaro / IT PRO :
From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs
Jay Peters / The Verge : Tweets: @twitter , @asteadwesley , @twittercomms , @twittercomms , @twittercomms , @twittercomms , @twittercomms , and @chrismessina Tweets: @twitter : Hey everyone, we made ...
Kik and the SEC propose a $5M fine to settle their dispute over a 2017 token sale that raised ~$100M; the settlement still needs approval from a judge
Profile of Moxie Marlinspike, CEO of Signal, as he defends centralization as a necessary condition for Signal's widespread adoption, and for its ease of use
we love seeing it take the spotlight. Signal will be the right tool for some people, but for those of you who want the highest level of security without having to put your phone number in a database, ...
WarnerMedia debuts WarnerMedia RIDE, a free video service for smartphones and tablets connected to in-car WiFi via AT&T's unlimited data connected-car plans
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Syte, which offers visual search tech to e-commerce companies, raises $30M Series C led by Viola Ventures and $10M in debt, bringing its total raised to $71M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
US officials offer Brazil telecoms financing to buy equipment from Huawei competitors, in an effort to keep China out of Brazil's 5G market
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14.1 with multiple bug fixes ahead of the iPhone 12 launch and adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and editing in Photos
Retool, a low-code tool for creating enterprise apps, raises $50M in Sequoia-led round, valuing it at $925M, with GitHub CEO and Stripe founders among investors
Instagram rolls out premium badges on Instagram Live, giving fans a way to support creators and stand out in the comments
Pinterest adds Salaam Coleman Smith, former top exec of Disney's ABC Family and president of NBCUniversal's Style Media, to its board of directors
Snap reports Q3 revenue of $679M, up 52% YoY, vs $555.9M est., DAUs were up ~18% YoY to 249M, average number of daily Snaps up 25% YoY; stock up 25%+
Evan Spiegel // $SNAP // Snap Q3 results trounce expectations, users reach 249 million, stock soars 18% https://www.zdnet.com/... Ari Levy / @levynews : Knock knock Snap is worth $50 billion https://w...
Source: in an all-hands, Zuckerberg said recent content rules banning hate and conspiracy content were added following concerns about violence amid US elections
ThredUp, an online marketplace for second hand clothes, files for a US IPO, reportedly looking to raise $200M-$300M
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jordynjournals Tweets: Jordyn Holman / @jordynjournals : ThredUp, the online retailer, filed for an IPO. In the past year, it's landed key partnerships with Macy's and Walmart an...
Beats Flex review: the basics of the earbuds are done right, with improved battery life, USB-C connector, easy to use controls, but it lacks sweat resistance
Filings for Q3 lobbying: Facebook spent $4.9M, up 1.5% from Q2, Amazon spent $4.4M, up 0.7%, Google spent $1.9M, up 14.2%, Amazon spent $1.9M, up 35.4%
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Intel launches PhiSat-1 satellite into space, aiming to use its built-in Movidius Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit to analyze cloud cover using AI
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
VENN, a linear TV and esports network available on various streaming services like Roku, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Gaming, and Plex, raises $26M Series A
Sara Fischer / Axios :
Boston-based Perch, which acquires D2C businesses that sell products on Amazon, raises $123.5M led by Spark Capital
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.
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