An anonymous reader quotes a report from Forbes: The CEO of a startup that sold fraud prevention software is facing fraud charges after he was arrested Thursday by the FBI in Las Vegas. Adam Rogas, who abruptly resigned from NS8 earlier this month, is accused of misleading investors who poured in $123 million to his company earlier this year, a deal…
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Facebook and Google Serve As Vectors For Misinformation While Hobbling Local Journalism and Collecting Taxpayer Subsidies, Group Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Facebook and Google are hollowing out local communities by serving as vectors for misinformation while hobbling local journalism and collecting taxpayer subsidies, a new paper from progressive think tank the American Economic Liberties Project charges. Both companies cite benefits their platforms offer small businesses as a key defense against critiques of their size…
Apple Expands Its Independent Repair Program To Mac
Apple is expanding its program that provides parts, resources and training to independent repair shops to now include support for Mac computers. From a report: The repair program was first announced last fall, with the goal of making it easier for consumers to repair their out-of-warranty iPhones by allowing them to use third-party shops, including small businesses, that would now have…
Facebook Goes After Apple
Facebook is seeking to force a face-off with Apple over its 30% in-app purchase commission fee, which Facebook suggests hurts small businesses struggling to get by during the pandemic. From a report: Facebook has never publicly gone after Apple, a key strategic partner, this aggressively. Both companies face antitrust scrutiny, which in Apple’s case has centered on the very fee structure…
How Lauren turned a hobby into a successful IT career
My name is Lauren Parker and I am an IT Specialist at Sage Software in Oregon. When I began college a few years ago, I thought I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. After two very difficult terms, despite my best grades being in engineering courses, I discovered that mechanical engineering wasn’t really what I […]
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Google Expands Free Retail Listings Into Search as Pandemic Hits Ad Sales
Google will expand free shopping results from a narrow experiment in its shopping tab to the main search engine, dramatically expanding their reach. From a report: The company announced the move today in a blog post written by commerce president Bill Ready. The shift is part of a continuous move away from paid search results and follows a trend of users…
Tim O’Reilly Asks If Venture Capital Is Doing More Harm Than Good
Tim O’Reilly is the founder of O’Reilly Media (formerly O’Reilly & Associates), and is credited by Wikipedia as helping to popularize the term open source. But Techcrunch reveals what he’s learned about venture capital from his work with Bryce Roberts (O’Reilly’s investing partner at early-stage venture firm O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures). “At a minimum, O’Reilly — who bootstrapped his own company, O’Reilly…
After Merger, T-Mobile Lays Off Hundreds of Sprint Employees
In a conference call on Monday lasting under six minutes, T-Mobile vice president James Kirby told hundreds of Sprint employees that their services were no longer needed. He declined to answer his employees’ questions, citing the “personal” nature of employee feedback, and ended the call. From a report: TechCrunch obtained leaked audio of that call, which was said to be one…
Amazon Says Jeff Bezos Is Willing To Testify Before Congress
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, is willing to testify before a House antitrust investigation (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) into the market power of major tech companies alongside other chief executives, a lawyer for Amazon wrote to lawmakers on Sunday. The New York Times reports: Amazon had resisted making him available to the House Judiciary Committee, the group overseeing…
Startups Pursue ‘Free Money’ With Relief Funds, Prompting Backlash
Some young companies have turned to the government loans not for day-to-day survival but simply to buy useful time. From a report: Domio, a start-up that offers short-term rentals, has its headquarters in a New York City loft that features beer on tap, a game room and a wall of house slippers for visitors. The fast-growing and unprofitable company has raised…