Sen. Josh Hawley pushes DOJ for an antitrust probe into Amazon over its reported practices of using independent sellers' data to develop private label products
The Republican urged the attorney general to make the move on Tuesday — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on federal prosecutors … Tweets: @reckless , @johnwilson , and @karlbode Tweets: Nilay Pate...
A list of issues that make contact tracing an impractical solution in the real world, from trolling others to cheating to insufficient adoption
but it doesn't have to be creepy Vass Bednar / regs to riches : #6 — This is a newsletter about regulatory hacking featuring (mostly) Canadian startups. Xinmei Shen / Abacus : From QR codes to socia...
Spotify will suspend political ads in early 2020, citing the lack of tools to review them; source: political ads are not a significant source of its revenue
George P. Slefo / Ad Age : Tweets: @johnwilson , @slacktivist00 , @jason_kint , and @jason_kint Tweets: John S. Wilson / @johnwilson : This is one of those “let's get a pat on the back” for something...
Apple unveils AirPods Pro, with active noise cancellation, transparency mode, silicone ear tip design, and water resistance, coming October 30 for $249
but with added ~branding~ Drake Hawkins / Digital Trends : The Apple AirPods 2 true wireless earbuds are only $165 on Amazon and Walmart Julio Cachila / International Business Times : AirPods Pro Reve...
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons
not bc Trump falsely said Biden offered $1B to Ukrainian officials to end an investigation of a company w/ connections to his son - Broken landing pages - Ads that look like they have “buttons” you ca...
Q&A with Satya Nadella and Panos Panay on aiming to create a new device category with dual-screen devices, not positioning Duo as a traditional phone, and more
and it's a big deal for the company: https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Georg Petschnigg / @georgpetschnigg : It's ten years between these two images. Microsoft Surface Duo (2019). Micr...
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
here's what it's like Louise Matsakis / Wired : Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing : Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to rea...
As identity fraud schemes plague Facebook, the company seems unable or unwilling to address accounts that use others' photos as their own profile pictures
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network … Tweets: @matthewkeyslive , @jacknicas , @kashhill , @toluogunlesi , @nytim...
Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
or one month's worth of revenue Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation Howard Lindzon : Why Facebook Needs Libra Mark Wyciślik-Wilson ...
Superhuman says it is removing location tracking, deleting location data, turning read statuses off by default, and building an option to disable remote images
or even an easy opt-out. Anil Dash / @anildash : Notably, this response is far more measured and reasonable than many responses from investors — including investors who have not (apparently) invested ...