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    Gates, Musk and Other Top Tech Figures Get Twitter Accounts Hacked

    SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the biggest names in American politics, entertainment and technology, including Joseph R. Biden Jr., Kanye West, Bill Gates and...

    Lawsuits allege Microsoft, Amazon and Google violated Illinois facial recognition privacy law – TechCrunch

    In a set of new lawsuits, two Illinois residents argue that three tech giants violated state laws prohibiting the use of personal biometric data...

    LATAM’s Passengers Fall 50% But There’s Hope For The Airline

    LATAM Airlines Group has seen a decrease of almost 50% in the number of passengers boarded during the first half of 2020 compared with...

    TikTok Enlists Army of Lobbyists as Suspicions Over China Ties Grow

    “These companies cannot claim that they don’t follow the orders of the party, that’s just not credible,” said Derek Scissors, a resident scholar at...

    GoHealth’s shares dip after upsized IPO – TechCrunch

    On the heels of nCino’s blockbuster debut, GoHealth’s public offering proved a more sedate affair, at least when comparing the two companies’ initial trading...

    Navistar teams up with TuSimple to produce self-driving trucks by 2024 – TechCrunch

    Navistar and TuSimple deepened their two-year relationship on Wednesday, announcing plans to develop and begin producing autonomous semi trucks by 2024. The strategic...

    More Passengers Are On The New York Subway Than Flying In The US

    The New York Subway has seen higher passenger numbers than airlines departing from United States airports have seen combined. Despite the high number, both...

    Amazon Influencer Program opens to livestreamers for broadcasting to Amazon Live – TechCrunch

    Amazon is giving livestreamers a new way to earn commissions on purchases of products showcased in their streams. The company is today adding livestreaming...

    Tilting Point acquires FTX Games assets and Plamee Studios – TechCrunch

    Game publisher Tilting Point announced today that it has made its third acquisition in eight months, buying games, key employees and “most of the...

    Generative algorithms are redefining the intersection of software and music – TechCrunch

    What if you could mix and match different tracks from your favorite artists, or create new ones on your own with their voices? This could...

    Air Serbia Eyes August Return To Israel & Russia

    Air Serbia has scheduled a resumption of its operations to Israel and Russia for early August. In both cases, flights will resume the moment...

    Hollywood Stays Away From Facebook Ad Boycott

    LOS ANGELES — More than 1,000 companies have halted their Facebook advertising over the past month as part of a protest over the social...

    Snap debuts a 13-week remote program to help developers create deeper Snap Kit integrations – TechCrunch

    Snap debuted its developer platform two years ago, and though it’s amassed several hundred integrations inside third-party apps, the company is still looking to...

    How to do remote work right, from the teams that know it best – TechCrunch

    What are the most important things to get right about remote work? What needs to be prioritized? With more and more teams being thrown headfirst...

    FAA Gives US Airlines Permission For Makeshift Freighter Flights

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday shared that it will allow carriers from the United States to remove seats and use seat tracks on passenger...

    Just Collect Less Data, Period.

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Let’s list some anxieties about digital life:...