Dismissals of FTC and state AGs suits against Facebook shows the difficulty of making antitrust charges stick and could spur lawmakers to toughen antitrust laws
and how Facebook's big court win could actually help it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : “This is going to strengthen the case for legislation,” said Herbert Hoven...
GAO report finds 20 out of 42 federal agencies surveyed use facial recognition tech and sheds light on how deeply the tech is integrated into federal agencies
Black Lives Matter protesters, Jan. 6 rioters and regular travelers are among those targeted by agencies using the tech, including the IRS and the Postal Service
Microsoft says Windows 11 will feature a new Dynamic Refresh Rate, designed to save laptop battery life and boost refresh rates when they're really needed
here are some of the biggest changes Jonathan Lamont / mobilesyrup.com : Windows 11 dynamic refresh rate feature can help save battery on laptops Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : Windows 11 will save bat...
T-Mobile is letting owners of eSIM-compatible iPhones try out its cell network with a 30-day free trial just by installing an app; no billing info is required
Owners of newer iPhones can start a free 30-day trial just by downloading an app thanks to eSIM
Microsoft and OpenAI announce GitHub Copilot, an AI-based tool to recommend code to software developers in almost any programming language
- GitHub, GitHub's parent company Microsoft and OpenAI have teamed up to deliver a tool that comes up with source code for programmers to use as they work.
Hands-on with Windows 11 preview: a new and refreshing approach, with welcome and simplified UI updates; Snap Layouts and Snap Groups improve multitasking
Microsoft's first Windows 11 preview looks promising — Microsoft's first version of Windows appeared more than 35 years ago …
Sources: amid escalating rivalry, neither Google nor Microsoft are keen to renew a recently-expired truce to not use their lobbying firepower against each other
A non-aggression pact forged by their CEOs expired in April, threatening to add fuel to industry's antitrust battles
While a judge dismissing FTC's suit against Facebook was a setback, experts say the 30-day window to refile and prove Facebook has a monopoly should be enough
A judge dealt the Federal Trade Commission a setback this week in its quest to break the company up—but also provided a roadmap for how to proceed.
iPhone 12 series sales crossed 100M globally in April 2021, seven months after launch, two months faster than iPhone 11; iPhone 12 Pro Max had a 29% sales share
Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires, London, New Delhi, Seoul - June 30, 2021 — Exactly 14 years ago, Apple disrupted …
Facebook unveils Bulletin, its Substack newsletter competitor, but is not yet accepting signups and says it won't take a cut of creators' revenue “at launch”
Facebook won't take a cut ‘at launch’ — Facebook is getting into the subscription newsletter game.
Slack releases Slack Huddles, an audio chat tool, and details new features, including video messages and an enhanced company directory
Slack started talking about a new set of communications tools to enhance the text-based channels at the end of last year.
Google UK will only run ads for financial products from sources approved by UK's financial watchdog, from Sept. 6, after being threatened with legal action
Google is tightening its ad screening rules in the UK after a steep rise in fraudulent adverts online during the pandemic. The search giant has
Shopify drops Shopify App Store's cut to 0% on devs' first $1M in revenue, says app developer partners earned $233M in 2020, more than 2018 and 2019 combined
Following similar moves by Apple, Google, and more recently Amazon, among others, e-commerce platform Shopify announced today it's …
Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments
Amazon.com Inc. wants Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recused from any matters involving the company because of her history criticizing …
The mounting legal and regulatory scrutiny of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google has led to a growing demand for lawyers who work in corporate competition law
Twitter releases a set of seven NFTs, each available in 20 designs, and is auctioning them on marketplace Rarible
Quick Take — Twitter has released a set of seven NFTs, with 20 available in each design. — It's auctioning them on NFT marketplace Rarible.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines Robinhood $70M for misleading customers and system outages, the biggest fine it has ever imposed
Online brokerage faulted for missteps related to options trading and technology outages; company neither admits nor denies allegations
Google says Android App Bundle, introduced at I/O 2018, will replace APK as the default format for new apps published to the Play Store in August
Google introduced the Android App Bundle format in May of 2018 at I/O as part of its modern development push. Source: Android Developers Blog .
TikTok says it removed 11M+ accounts during Q1 2021, including 7M+ for belonging to those under 13; around 62M videos were removed, or 1% of all uploaded
TikTok on Wednesday said it removed more than 7 million accounts “from the full TikTok experience” during the first quarter of 2021 …
Outbrain files for an IPO aiming to raise over $100M, says it had $767M in revenue last year, $4.4M in net income, and funnels ads to 7,000+ websites like CNN
Outbrain, one of the top purveyors of clickbait ads, filed on Tuesday to raise at least $100 million through an initial public offering …
After hackers wiped many of Western Digital's My Book Live devices, a look at the code suggests the manufacturer had removed authentication code
Facebook releases Habitat 2.0, a simulator to help AI interact with the real world, and partners with Matterport to open source its indoor 3D scan data set
To train a robot to navigate a house, you either need to give it a lot of real time in a lot of real houses, or a lot of virtual time in a lot of virtual houses.
Investigation of Ray Hushpuppi, a Nigerian influencer with a lavish lifestyle, who authorities say mastered business email compromise attacks, netting millions
For Ramon Abbas, the Instagram influencer popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi, @hushpuppi, Hush, or the Billionaire Gucci Master, birthdays were always a time for reflection. Tweets: @bw , @bw , @bw , @d...
Data on 700M LinkedIn users for sale on a forum, with info like names, addresses, inferred salary; LinkedIn says it seems some of the data is from other sources
Madeleine Hodson / PrivacySharks :
Seoul-based Mathpresso, maker of AI-based K-12 mobile learning app QANDA, raises $50M Series C from investors including GGV, bringing its total raised to $105M
Seoul-based edtech startup Mathpresso has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round from a group of investors …
Shogun, which helps e-commerce businesses build their storefronts on platforms like Shopify, raises $67.5M Series C led by Insight Partners at a $575M valuation
E-commerce marketplaces continue to play a major role in how consumers buy goods online and how retailers show off and sell goods …
Amazon debuts Reading Sidekick, which reads physical and digital books aloud from a catalog of over 700, for Kids Plus on Fire tablets and Echo devices
Drone delivery startup Zipline raises $250M at a $2.75B valuation to further its expansion in Africa and the US
Drone delivery startup Zipline, a company that got its start delivering medical supplies across Africa, has raised $250 million in new funding.
Worldcoin, cofounded by Sam Altman, raises $25M, plans a cryptocurrency belonging to all people on earth, and is making a device to ID recipients via iris scan
Instagram confirms it is working on tools to let creators share “exclusive” content to Stories for paying fans
Instagram is building its own version of Twitter's Super Follow with a feature that would allow online creators to publish “exclusive” content to their Instagram Stories that's … Tweets: @alex193a , @...
Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, raises $60M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing total raised to $85M
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. — Noname Security …
Twitter says it fixed a bug that caused some users to lose access to its “Latest” chronological feed option on the web
the option to switch your Home timeline view to latest Tweets first was removed for some of you on web. We've fixed this and the option should now be available again for everyone. Kayvon Beykpour / @k...
Sources: SentinelOne raised over $1.2B in its IPO, selling shares for $35, above its $31-$32 range, giving the company a $8.87B valuation
- Didi, LegalZoom, others follow in surge of listings Tuesday — Week to be decade's sixth-biggest, excluding blank-check firms
NHTSA says it will require that companies like Tesla and Waymo report incidents involving driver-assistance and automated systems within one day
Ably, a Pub/Sub messaging platform for devs to bring real time features in their products, raises $70M Series B co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital
Critics say UK's Online Safety Bill gives disproportionate powers to the government in the name of protecting users, with worrying implications for free speech
Annabelle Dickson / Politico :
Studies have found that certain neighborhoods across the US that were redlined in the past are the same areas without fast home internet service today
FightCamp, which offers an interactive at-home boxing training system with smart sensors in the gloves and subscription training videos, raises $90M
FightCamp, an interactive at-home training system for boxing/kickboxing, is announcing this morning that it has raised a $90M round …
Ahead of a House hearing, Microsoft's customer security chief says as many as one-third of all US government data demands are issued with secrecy clauses
Microsoft's customer security chief says as many as one-third of all government demands that the company receives for customer data …
Senator Warren asks the FTC for a “broad and meticulous review” of Amazon's MGM acquisition, citing Amazon's anticompetitive history and growing monopoly power
Catie Keck / The Verge :
TP ICAP, the world's largest interdealer broker, says it is launching a cryptocurrency trading platform with Fidelity Investments and Standard Chartered
Sources: Didi raised at least $4B in its US IPO, giving it a market capitalization of at least $67B
Financial Times :
Neeva, a $4.95/month ad-free search engine from two ex-Google executives, launches after raising $77.5M
Forum Brands, which provides market intelligence for e-commerce acquisitions, raises $27M Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners
India's Bharti Global invests a further $500M in internet satellite company OneWeb, becoming its biggest shareholder ahead of the UK government
Peggy Hollinger / Financial Times :
Chinese grocery delivery app Dingdong closed at $23.52, up just 2 cents from its offer price in its trading debut, after raising ~$96M in a downsized US IPO
Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online :
UK's DCMS issues guidance saying social media platforms and private messaging services should “prevent” the use of end-to-end encryption on “child accounts”
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Microsoft says it will grow its legal and corporate affairs staff by 20% this year in anticipation of a multiyear wave of increased tech regulation globally
Source: enterprise AI company DataRobot has raised ~$250M in new funding led by Altimeter Capital Management and Tiger Global at a ~$6B pre-money valuation
Quizizz, which helps teachers create gamified quizzes and interactive lessons that generate instant student feedback, raises $31.5M Series B led by Tiger Global
Tarush Bhalla / Livemint :
Moveworks, which automates enterprise IT tasks using chatbots, raises $200M Series C led by Tiger Global and Alkeon Capital at a $2.1B post-money valuation
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Gartner survey of public cloud services in 2020: AWS had $26.2B in revenue, up ~29% and a 41% share overall, followed by Azure with $12.7B in revenue, up ~60%
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet :
TCGplayer, an online marketplace for trading card games, raises $35M from Vista Credit Partners to expand into collectibles such as sports cards and comic books
Turkey-based Dream Games, which makes the popular mobile game Royal Match, raises $155M Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Makers Fund at a $1B valuation
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Orum, which provides an API to help financial institutions move money in real time, raises $56M Series B, bringing its total raised to $82M+
Versa Networks, whose SASE service lets companies unify their network and security tools into a single management console, raises $84M Series D
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
ServiceTitan, which offers SaaS products for tradespeople and is used by over 100,000 contractors, raises $200M Series G at a $9.5B valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Fishtown Analytics, which develops an open source data analytics tool, rebrands as dbt Labs and raises $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Tomo, a startup founded by former Zillow execs aiming to simplify and speed up the mortgage process, raises $70M seed led by Ribbit Capital
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Alphabet's Wing launches OpenSky in the US on Android and iOS, letting users find the nearest open airspace for drones, after debuting in Australia in 2019
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
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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