Apple and Google block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi’s order and are preventing users in the world’s second… »
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Four views: How will the work visa ban affect tech and which changes will last?
The Trump administration’s decision to extend its ban on issuing work visas to the end of this year “would be a blow to very early-stage tech companies trying to get… »
Biased AI perpetuates racial injustice
Miriam Vogel Contributor Share on Twitter Miriam Vogel is the president and CEO of EqualAI, a nonprofit organization focused on reducing unconscious bias in artificial intelligence. The murder of George… »
PACT Act takes on internet platform content rules with ‘a scalpel rather than a jackhammer’
The PACT Act is a new bipartisan effort to reform Section 230, the crucial liability shield that enables internet platforms to exist, approaching the law’s shortcomings “with a scalpel rather… »
FCC Commissioner disparages Trump’s social media order: ‘The decision is ours alone’
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has examined the President’s Executive Order that attempts to spur the FCC into action against social media companies and found it wanting. “There are good reasons… »
Free money for startups? It’s possible with MainStreet’s platform for economic development incentives
Startups need money. State and local governments need startups and the employment growth they offer. It should be obvious that the two groups can work together and make each other… »
UK competition watchdog launches investigation into Facebook’s $400M acquisition of Giphy
Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs —… »
Pocket Casts and Castro Podcasts removed from Apple’s China store
Before June each year, content and media platforms in China anxiously anticipate a new round of censorship as the government tightens access to information in the lead-up to the anniversary… »
Bipartisan Senate investigation urges more aggressive action against Chinese telecoms
Alarm has been rising in Washington over the extent of Chinese influence in the U.S., with particular focus on universities and their research as well as on concerns around China’s… »
Trump’s executive order attacking social media companies faces its first legal challenge
An executive order from the White House targeting Twitter for moderating one of the president’s posts is being challenged in a new lawsuit from a digital rights group. The president… »
Huawei’s terrible week
When news broke Friday morning that Britain is looking to propose an alliance of democracies to build a 5G alternative to Huawei, you might think that that was the worst thing… »
Twitter, Reddit challenge US rules forcing visa applicants to disclose their social media handles
Twitter and Reddit have filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a U.S. government rule change compelling visa applicants to disclose their social media handles. The lawsuit,… »
Fintech regulations in Latin America could fuel growth or freeze out startups
Ximena Aleman Contributor Share on Twitter Ximena Aleman is co-founder and chief business development officer at Prometeo, an open banking platform that serves Latin America. It may have entered the… »
Twitter plans to expand its misinformation labels—but will they apply to Trump?
President Trump is again testing Twitter’s stomach for misinformation flowing from its most prominent users. In a flurry of recent tweets, Trump floated conspiracy theories about the death of Lori… »
Anything less than nationwide vote by mail is electoral sabotage
The global pandemic has cast a light on decades of cumulative efforts to manipulate and suppress voters, showing that the country is completely unprepared for any serious challenge to its… »
With pandemic-era acquisitions, big tech is back in the antitrust crosshairs
With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the exception to the rule yet again. On Friday, Facebook confirmed its… »
NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’ set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation
NASA’s plan to return to the Moon is ambitious enough on its own, but the agency is aiming to modernize international cooperation in space in the process. Today it published… »
Amazon calls on Congress to create anti-price gouging law
Amazon has received a fair amount of criticism for perceived inaction against seller price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the retail giant has made efforts to rein in the… »
US Marshals says prisoners’ personal information taken in data breach
A data breach at the U.S. Marshals Service exposed the personal information of current and former prisoners, TechCrunch has learned. A letter sent to those affected, and obtained by TechCrunch,… »
California turns to vote-by-mail to keep residents safe come November
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that his state would issue a mail-in ballot to every registered voter for November’s election. Newsom issued the decision as an executive order in… »
Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat
Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their… »
Health APIs usher in the patient revolution we have been waiting for
Rish Joshi Contributor Rish is an entrepreneur and investor. Previously, he was a VC at Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), co-founded a fintech startup building an analytics platform for SEC… »
Air Force gives a rare look at the research going to orbit in its X-37B spaceplane
The X-37B spaceplane sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and its mysterious past is equally evocative. What does the military put in this long-term orbital vehicle? Turns out… »
Security lapse at India’s Jio exposed coronavirus symptom checker results
Since the start of the outbreak, governments and companies have scrambled to develop apps and websites that can help users identify COVID-19 symptoms. India’s largest cell network Jio, a subsidiary… »
If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it
Laura Behrens Wu Contributor Share on Twitter Laura Behrens Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Shippo, which is building a shipping platform for 21st century e-commerce. Since moving to… »
‘Deficiencies’ that broke FCC commenting system in net neutrality fight detailed by GAO
Today marks the conclusion of a years-long saga that started when John Oliver did a segment on Net Neutrality that was so popular that it brought the FCC’s comment system… »
My experience with the CARES Act was frustrating, confusing and unfair
Suzanne Borders Contributor Share on Twitter Suzanne is the CEO and co-founder of BadVR. She thrives at the intersection of data, art, technology and poetry. As a small business owner,… »
House passes COVID-19 relief package to replenish PPP loan funding
On Thursday, the House passed the newest federal stimulus package aimed at providing financial relief for businesses and institutions hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. The bill lingered in the… »
FCC updates orbital debris rules for the first time since 2004
The FCC has finally gotten around to updating its 15-year-old orbital debris rules, adding new requirements and streamlining the approval process. With hundreds of satellites going up every year into… »
Facebook agrees to restrict anti-government content in Vietnam after months of throttling
Facebook has agreed to block access to certain anti-government content to users in Vietnam, following months of having its services throttled there, reportedly by state-owned telecoms. Reuters, citing sources within… »
PM gives Downing Street press conference as lockdown measures are eased again Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has implored people to behave responsibly and… »
Rule change to come into effect on 10 July, with full list of countries published on Friday Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage English holidaymakers will be… »
