Experts against algorithms, Brazil Central Bank against WhatsApp, and Twitter against Trump — again.
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 47
👉 1,000+ technologists, including some from MIT, Harvard, Facebook, Google, urge Springer to not publish a paper that describes a system to predict crime based on faces 🔗
👉 #WhatsAppPayments suspended in #Brazil by Central Bank 🔗
👉 #Twitter flags a #Trump tweet for breaking rules on abusive behaviour; it threatened “serious force” against protestors 🔗
👉 A previously suspended antitrust order against Facebook in #Germany gets reinstated amid pending lawsuit, after a judge says #Facebook abuses its dominant position 🔗
👉 #Instagram is opening its Shopping tools to more businesses that comply with its new requirements, including creators selling their own merch 🔗
👉 #MercedesBenz and #Nvidia partner to bring ‘software defined’ vehicles to market in 2024 🔗
👉 #iOS14 appears to show #DarkSky integration after Apple purchase 🔗
👉 #India approves #Facebook’s $5.7 billion deal with Reliance #Jio Platforms 🔗
👉 #Amazon unveils a Climate Pledge Fund, which will invest an initial $2B in startups building sustainable technologies 🔗
👉 Amazon says its carbon footprint rose 15% YoY in 2019, emitting 51.17M tons of CO2, up from 44.4M the year before 🔗
📰 @iXDaily by @PerspectiveIX
💌 Weekly Newsletter.
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 47
👉 1,000+ technologists, including some from MIT, Harvard, Facebook, Google, urge Springer to not publish a paper that describes a system to predict crime based on faces 🔗
👉 #WhatsAppPayments suspended in #Brazil by Central Bank 🔗
👉 #Twitter flags a #Trump tweet for breaking rules on abusive behaviour; it threatened “serious force” against protestors 🔗
👉 A previously suspended antitrust order against Facebook in #Germany gets reinstated amid pending lawsuit, after a judge says #Facebook abuses its dominant position 🔗
👉 #Instagram is opening its Shopping tools to more businesses that comply with its new requirements, including creators selling their own merch 🔗
👉 #MercedesBenz and #Nvidia partner to bring ‘software defined’ vehicles to market in 2024 🔗
👉 #iOS14 appears to show #DarkSky integration after Apple purchase 🔗
👉 #India approves #Facebook’s $5.7 billion deal with Reliance #Jio Platforms 🔗
👉 #Amazon unveils a Climate Pledge Fund, which will invest an initial $2B in startups building sustainable technologies 🔗
👉 Amazon says its carbon footprint rose 15% YoY in 2019, emitting 51.17M tons of CO2, up from 44.4M the year before 🔗
📰 @iXDaily by @PerspectiveIX
💌 Weekly Newsletter.