Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook CEOs agree to testify in House antitrust hearing
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San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast
Companies joining the Facebook ad boycott risk their bottom lines to take a stand
Apple to re-close 30 more retail stores as coronavirus cases spike
Netflix makes $100 million commitment to support Black communities in the U.S.
Tesla and the science behind the next-generation, lower-cost, ‘million-mile’ electric-car battery
Starbucks says it's pausing ads on "all social media platforms", but isn't joining #StopHateForProfit boycott campaign, will continue to advertise on YouTube
Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler
The Facebook ad boycotts have entered the big leagues. Now what?
Coca-Cola pauses advertising on all social media platforms globally
Microsoft says it will permanently close all Microsoft Store retail locations and focus on its online store instead
Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire self-driving car startup Zoox, reportedly for $1.2B+; Zoox was valued at over $3B in 2018
Techmeme · 5 days ago
Facebook to ban ads that claim people from a specific race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, gender, sexual orientation or immigration origin are a threat
Security software vendor Tanium partners with Salesforce, which led a new round of funding, bringing total raised to $900M at a $9B valuation
Verizon joins the boycott of Facebook ads, pulling them until Facebook has "an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable"
Techmeme · 6 days ago
CDC eyes TikTok to revamp coronavirus messaging for younger people as infections surge
Tesla lags auto industry in quality, finds new J.D. Power study
AWS announces Honeycode, a cloud-based tool that it hopes will help non-coders build apps
Google just announced it will automatically delete your location history by default
Ben & Jerry’s joins boycott of Facebook and Instagram ads in the US
Reddit · 1 week ago
China launches its final satellite to complete its global navigation system Beidou, which is a rival to the widely used, US-government owned GPS system
SoftBank announces it will sell up to 198M shares of T-Mobile stock worth ~$21B, representing 65% of its stake in T-Mobile
Apple announces it will ditch Intel and use its own chips
Patagonia joins growing list of companies boycotting Facebook ads
NYC lawmakers pass bill requiring police to disclose surveillance technology
Employee tracking is increasingly widespread, and it could be doing more harm than good
Facebook says it will expand its Ad Library tool to track spending by US senatorial and congressional candidates
Zoom will give end-to-end encryption option to all users
Facebook will allow some US users to turn off political ads starting Wednesday and says the feature will be available to all US users over the next few weeks
Google bans ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad platform
Oracle reports Q4 revenue of $10.44B, down 6% YoY, missing expectations of $10.65B, cloud and on-premises license revenue fell 22% to $1.96B
Sources: SoftBank plans to sell up to two-thirds of its T-Mobile stake, worth around $20B, early next week
Amazon is rolling out cameras that can detect if warehouse workers are following social distancing rules
Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Walmart has acquired technology and intellectual property from CareZone, a company that makes apps to help people manage their medicines; source say for $200M
US Supreme Court declines to re-examine Qualified Immunity doctrine
Sources: AT&T is considering selling its Warner Bros. gaming division for about $4B, with Take-Two Interactive, EA, and Activision Blizzard expressing interest
Sources: NY AG has interviewed NY Amazon warehouse workers as employee retaliation claims become a central focus of investigation into Amazon's labor practices
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Instacart raises $225M led by DST Global and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $13.7B, up from $8B in 2018
Snap announces Minis, apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat, launching on Android and iOS in July
Evan Spiegel says Snap's decision to stop promoting Trump's account in Discover is within its First Amendment rights
Amazon is suing a cloud employee who left for Google, rekindling the debate over non-compete agreements
Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, says Congress "appears ready" to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Hands-on with Huawei's P40 Pro Plus, launching internationally later this month without Google services: focus on the camera is undermined by Google's absence
Sources: Amazon aims to test the bulk of its US workers for COVID-19 every two weeks; company confirms launching a pilot program at some fulfillment centers
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Twitter and Square say they are adding a permanent company holiday on June 19, or Juneteenth, a key date celebrating African-American emancipation from slavery
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft all hit record highs as the Nasdaq Composite broke 10,000 for the first time, alongside several explosive IPOs
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago