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Apple to restart watch sales after court temporarily blocks import ban

Brian Fung, CNN — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 08:28:23 +0000

Washington (CNN) — Apple will immediately return to selling its most advanced Apple Watch models in stores, after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a sweeping import ban on its latest smartwatches while a patent dispute winds its way through the legal system. Apple will also once again offer the affected watches for sale on

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Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege

Brian Fung, CNN — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:00:19 +0000

(CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company. The newly unsealed communications in the lawsuit

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends search deal with Apple in landmark antitrust trial

Brian Fung, CNN — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:52:33 +0000

Washington (CNN) — Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stand Monday to defend the search giant in the largest tech antitrust trial since the Microsoft case of the 1990s, marking a climactic moment in the US government’s weeks-long effort to prove that Google has illegally monopolized the online search market. Pichai, whom Google called as

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US government and 17 states sue Amazon in landmark monopoly case

Brian Fung, CNN — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:21:56 +0000

(CNN) — The US government and 17 states are suing Amazon in a landmark monopoly case reflecting years of allegations that the e-commerce giant abused its economic dominance and harmed fair competition. The groundbreaking lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 attorneys general marks the government’s sharpest attack yet against Amazon, a company that

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Washington investigates Tesla’s ‘Elon Mode’ autopilot

Brian Fung, CNN — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:20:47 +0000

(CNN) — US highway safety regulators are investigating an apparent hidden feature in Tesla’s Autopilot software that can reportedly disable the safety prompts Tesla gives to drivers to keep their hands on the steering wheel. The regulators are demanding information from the automaker about whether consumers could try to circumvent the safety controls on Tesla’s

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Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users

Brian Fung, CNN — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 01:34:36 +0000

Washington (CNN) — Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw. Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less than a week after it

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Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction

Brian Fung, CNN — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:19:48 +0000

(CNN) — Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads — in perhaps the clearest sign yet that Twitter views the app as a competitive threat. On Wednesday, an attorney representing Twitter sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter that accused the company of trade secret

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EU official visits Twitter headquarters to ‘stress test’ its ability to handle content moderation

Brian Fung, CNN — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:03:56 +0000

(CNN) — A top European Union official is touring Silicon Valley this week and reminding tech platforms including Twitter and Facebook-parent Meta about their content moderation obligations, just weeks ahead of a deadline to comply with sweeping new EU laws that will apply to large social media platforms. On Thursday, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and

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Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policy

Brian Fung, CNN — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 09:42:14 +0000

(CNN) — Thousands of Reddit forums are going dark Monday in one of the largest user-driven protests ever to hit the social media platform. The voluntary blackouts, which restrict groups’ content from being publicly visible, affect Reddit’s largest online communities, including popular groups devoted to music, history, sports, and video games. The protests include more

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Asian Americans are anxious about hate crimes. TikTok ban rhetoric isn’t helping

Brian Fung, CNN — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:49:40 +0000

(CNN) — Ellen Min doesn’t go to the grocery store anymore. She avoids bars and going out to eat with her friends; festivals and community events are out, too. This year, she opted not to take her kids to the local St. Patrick’s Day parade. Min isn’t a shut-in. She’s just a Korean American from

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