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Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats press for investigation of mail delays – The Washington Post
Inside the efforts to sell TikTok as Trump keeps sending contradictory signals, amid shouting matches between Mnuchin and Navarro in the Oval Office
Georgia school suspends students over viral photos in Paulding hallway – The Washington Post
Trump issues executive orders against TikTok and WeChat
Shoppers for Target's Shipt say tipping issues with the app are cutting into pay; Shipt says an internal glitch affected tips on some orders in June and July
New York Attorney General seeks to dissolve NRA
Microsoft could use data culled from TikTok content, such as video of people of different ethnicities engaged in a variety of activities, to train its AI
Facebook removed video from Trump's page that claims kids are "almost immune" to COVID-19; Twitter blocks @teamtrump account from tweeting until video removed
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Officials say the Trump admin is withholding $20M approved by Congress for the Open Technology Fund, forcing the fund to halt 49 of 60 internet freedom projects
Data isn’t just being collected from your phone. It’s being used to score you.
DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents – The Washington Post
The makers of the app BlueMail say Google kicked their email app off Play Store on Friday in retaliation for cooperating with House antitrust investigation
Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November – The Washington Post
Rakuten: Amazon's share of US e-commerce fell to 38.5% in June from 42.1% in January; Target's share grew from 2.2% to 3.5% and Walmart's from 4.2% to 5%
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
An overview of attempts by tech CEOs to obfuscate and minimize during the hearing, claiming their companies are not that big and data remains under user control
Democrats at the hearing focused on big questions about the power of Big Tech, while the Republicans focused on Google and how it is "unfair" to conservatives
Live blog of the House's antitrust hearing focused on Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Coronavirus ravaged Florida, as Ron DeSantis sidelined scientists and followed Trump – The Washington Post
Why doesn't Trump try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis? – The Washington Post
As the House antitrust hearing looms, lawmakers discuss potential lines of inquiry, including evidence of a "copy-acquire-kill" strategy to subdue rivals
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US officials unveil a plan to build a quantum Internet, existing alongside our current one, which uses the laws of quantum mechanics to share info more securely
Leaked doc: while Apple will let third-party devices connect to Find My app, customers will be barred from using other competing services simultaneously
Reporters are leaving newsrooms for newsletters
Coronavirus orphans: Michigan kids lose both parents to covid-19 – Washington Post
Pinboard · 3 weeks ago