June 11, 2020
Thu. 06/11 – Regulation News Thursday
It’s regulation news day. The EU might be about to file antitrust charges against Amazon and California officially labeled Uber and Lyft workers as employees. Amazon also hit pause on its facial recognition tech as it waits for Congress to set some ground rules. Photoshop Camera is an interesting app, and Postman is an interesting raise.
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- Amazon to Face Antitrust Charges From EU Over Treatment of Third-Party Sellers (WSJ)
- Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year (CNBC)
- Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, California regulatory agency finds (NBC News)
- Just Eat Takeaway to Buy Grubhub for $7.3 Billion to Enter U.S. (Bloomberg)
- 'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts (CNET)
- Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, a free app with tons of elaborate face filters (The Verge)
- API development platform Postman nabs $150 million at a $2 billion valuation (VentureBeat)
- Scoop: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups (Axios)
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