Nooses, Anger and No Answers: Inside the Uproar Over a Future Amazon Site
Davey Alba, The New York Times
The discovery of multiple nooses has set off heated debates about the responsibility of companies and the ability of workers to speak their mind.
Lina Khan wants to hear from you
Ben Brody, Protocol
The new FTC chair is trying to get herself, and the sometimes timid tech-regulating agency she oversees, up to speed while she still can.
AWS Growth Spurt Overshadows Microsoft, Google’s Cloud Gains
Kevin McLaughlin, The Information
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet provided details on the growth of their cloud businesses in earnings reports this week, and the numbers show that the market for renting access to remote servers, storage and databases is hotter than ever.
Russia fines Google for violating data storage law
Daria Litvinova, The Associated Press
A Moscow court ordered Google on Thursday to pay a fine of 3 million rubles (roughly $41,000) for refusing to store the personal data of Russian users on servers in Russia, a move that is part of the government’s longstanding effort to tighten its grip on online activity.
From Facebook to Twitter, Big Tech sees social commerce driving sales growth
Sheila Dang and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet’s YouTube to Snap Inc and Twitter are investing heavily in shopping features to drive revenue growth, a major theme that emerged during second-quarter results over the past week.
China Orders 25 Tech Giants to Fix Raft of Problems
Bloomberg
The Ministry of Industry Information Technology on Friday told 25 of its largest internet and hardware companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. to carry out internal reviews and rectify issues ranging from data security to consumer rights protections.
Republicans urge Gensler to investigate Chinese companies
Kellie Mejdrich, Politico
The senators in a letter to Gensler sent Thursday cited the recent stock price plunge of Beijing-based ride-hailing company Didi Global shortly after its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Didi shares took a nosedive earlier this month when regulators in China cut off downloads of its app, citing national cybersecurity risks.
China’s Didi denies report of plan to buy back shares
The Associated Press
Didi Global Inc. on Friday denied a report by The Wall Street Journal that the ride-hailing service was considering buying back its U.S.-traded shares after its June market debut was disrupted by Chinese government orders to overhaul data security.
Aging infrastructure the ‘single, greatest threat’ to NASA missions and technology
Dave Nyczepir, FedScoop
NASA infrastructure should be part of the wider effort to fund federal research and development infrastructure, said Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, during a House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics hearing Thursday.