Sources: Amazon changed its search algorithm last year to boost items that were more profitable for it, overriding internal dissent from lawyers and engineers
Jeff Bezos opened his 2016 letter to Amazon shareholders like this: Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : WSJ: Amazon changed search results to boost profits despite internal dissent Victoria Song / Gizmodo : ...
China Labor Watch: at the largest iPhone factory ~50% of workers were temps in August, breaking a 10% limit set by China; Apple, Foxconn admit it was an issue
September 10, 2019 Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple's Online Store Goes Down Ahead of Today's iPhone Event China Labor Watch : iPhone 11 Illegally Produced in China: Apple Allows Supplier Factory Fox...
House subcommittee sends letter requesting Facebook halt Libra's development until Congress and regulators can investigate potential risks to the global economy
It's been two weeks since we introduced Libra … Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk : Twitter Study Finds US Posts Most on Bitcoin and Facebook's Libra ComputerWeekly.com : Why Facebook's Libra digital currency ...
Facebook announces plans to launch Libra, a new cryptocurrency, and Calibra, a newly formed Facebook subsidiary to oversee financial services for Libra
The internet has changed nearly every aspect of our lives … Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Facebook Will Make the Money Now — Also cheating on tests and renting Buffett's house. Kari Paul / The Guardian ...
Apple responds to Spotify's complaint, says Spotify seeks to keep all the benefits of the App Store “without making any contributions to that marketplace”
and It's Failing to Make Its Case Jen Thorpe / Geek News Central : Apple Addressed Spotify's Claims Yoni Heisler / BGR : Apple fires back at Spotify and disputes claim that it's stifling innovation Mi...
Sen. Warren proposes tech regulation, including breaking up big tech and rolling back acquisitions at Amazon, Google, and Facebook, as part of her 2020 bid
Silicon Valley is unimpressed VentureBeat : Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook, and Google John Koetsier / Forbes : Why Apple Got Spared As Elizabeth Warren Targets Amazon, Facebook, G...
UK parliament's report on fake news and disinformation says “digital gangster” Facebook deliberately broke laws, calls for antitrust, data abuse investigations
for the UK Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : Facebook was destroyed by British lawmakers for its disastrous year, but new laws should not … Adam Satariano / New York Times : Facebook Targeted in Scathi...
Facebook confirms it is testing LOL, a feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips pulled from News Feed posts by top meme Pages
a meme hub meant to lure teens from Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Facebook is testing a new LOL app with teens, but will they even want it? Brittany A. Roston / SlashG...
Former recruiter sues Google, says YouTube set minority hiring quotas, stopped hiring white and Asian males last year for tech jobs, fired him for complaining
then deleted the evidence Steven Musil / CNET : Google accused of excluding Asians, whites for some positions Michael K. Spencer : Google is Beating up #MeToo — Here's How. Tweets: Scott Thurm / @scot...