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The EU wants to limit which apps Apple and Google pre-install on your phone
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the SEC to investigate secretive data firm Palantir before it hit the stock exchange
Explosive Amazon warehouse data shows serious injuries have been on the rise for years, and robots have made the job more dangerous
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Google's Sundar Pichai says future of office is employee 'on-sites'
As Facebook prepares to outsource tough content decisions to its new ‘Supreme Court,’ experts warn it still operates within a dictatorship and can’t legislate a better government
Facebook’s former director of monetization says Facebook intentionally made its product as addictive as cigarettes — and now he fears it could cause ‘civil war’
Facebook pledged to fight misinformation about climate change. Then it suspended a slew of environmentalist groups.
Chevron asks staff worldwide to delete WeChat from their work phones, despite a judge blocking Trump’s ban of the app
A new startup is recruiting gig workers to help landlords evict people from their homes, calling it the fastest-growing moneymaking gig because of COVID-19
TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly eyeing a $60 billion valuation for TikTok Global
Why Apple’s dongle problem isn’t getting any better
WhatsApp-tracking apps are letting people figure out when you’re sleeping and whom you’re likely talking to on the Facebook-owned app
Spotify reportedly fighting with employees about hosting episodes of Joe Rogan
2 US senators just demanded Amazon stop spying on its workers via social media after news surfaced that the tech giant was monitoring drivers’ plans to protest or strike
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Chinese hackers charged with orchestrating ‘unprecedented’ cyberattacks targeting over 100 companies, government agencies, and universities
Apple says ‘Fortnite’ hype is fading and the only reason Epic Games started a legal battle was to generate buzz
Apple gave the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester accused of setting police cars on fire
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly working on an antitrust lawsuit that it could potentially bring against Facebook
Apple unveiled a redesigned iPad Air, new Apple Watches, Fitness service, and more at its big September event
Internal documents: Amazon is testing a new ML service codenamed "AWS Thor" for industrial facilities, using vibration, sound, more to predict maintenance needs
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Microsoft reportedly upset TikTok’s owner during negotiations by describing the app as a security risk
Tech companies are starting to let their employees work from anywhere — as long as they take a lower salary
A fired Facebook employee wrote a scathing 6,600-word memo detailing the company’s failures to stop political manipulation around the world
Facebook whistleblower claims US politicians were artificially boosted by millions of fake followers and reactions during the 2018 elections
TikTok may not sell its US operations after all. Now, its US future hangs on whether Trump walks back his threat to ban the app.
Facebook election study comes too late, has wrong focus: researchers
A sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason.
Google says it will block autocomplete search suggestions that could sway voters ahead of the US election
A prototype of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ futuristic-looking flying wing aircraft just took its first flight in Germany – take a look at the Flying-V
A Facebook engineer just quit in protest, accusing the company of ‘profiting off hate’
Apple filed a claim seeking damages from ‘Fortnite’ for lost profits and harm to its reputation
Meet the 8-foot-tall robot designed to insert Elon Musk’s Neuralink AI brain chip — here’s how it works
Facebook: Apple censored update that mentioned App Store’s 30% commission
Facebook said it removed 2 of Rep. Clay Higgins’ posts for violating the company’s policies against inciting violence after the congressman suggested killing armed protesters
Facebook will ban new political ads a week before the election
SpaceX broke a record by launching 180 satellites in 1 month — accelerating Elon Musk’s project to blanket Earth in high-speed internet
Amazon’s drone program was cleared by the FAA — take a look at the machines it wants to use to deliver Prime packages to your doorstep
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How UK game studio Mediatonic created Fall Guys, which generated an estimated $130M revenue in its first month and has been downloaded ~7M times on Steam
PayPal terminated accounts linked to Russian influence operation that hid behind a fake news website
Amazon has reportedly been spying on workers’ private Facebook groups and tracking their plans to ‘strike or protest’
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Amazon posted — and then deleted — a job listing for an ‘intelligence analyst’ to monitor workers’ efforts to unionize
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