Thu. 07/02 – ALL of Silicon Valley (kinda) Has A Date With Washington

Zuckerberg has told Facebook staff he’s not overly worried about the boycotts. The Fab 4 CEOs of the biggest tech companies (minus Microsoft) all have a date to testify before Congress later this month. Police hacked an encrypted phone network popular with mafia types and the results won’t surprise you. And also, the weekend longreads suggestions. 

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Links:

• Zuckerberg Tells Facebook Staff He Expects Advertisers to Return ‘Soon Enough’ (The Information)
• Apple CEO Tim Cook agrees to testify in House antitrust investigation (Apple Insider)
• Facebook is shutting down Lasso, its TikTok clone (TechCrunch)
• How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime (Motherboard)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Mirror Wanted to Be the Next iPhone. Instead, It’s Selling to Lululemon. (Marker)
• There are more streaming choices than ever — why are prices going up? (The Verge)
• Apple’s Relentless Strategy, Execution, and Point of View (Learn By Shipping)
• Strategy Behind Blockbuster Grubhub Deal: Don’t Deliver (WSJ)
• Networks of self-driving trucks are becoming a reality in the US (recode)
• Did a Chinese Hack Kill Canada’s Greatest Tech Company? (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Disney's Developed Movie-Quality Face-Swapping Technology That Promises to Change Filmmaking (Gizmodo)

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