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Vietnamese activists and former Facebook officials say the company has repeatedly censored dissent in the country to placate its repressive government (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times: Vietnamese activists and former Facebook officials say the company has repeatedly censored dissent in the country to placate its repressive government  —  For months, Bui Van Thuan, a chemistry teacher turned crusading blogger in Vietnam, published one scathing Facebook post after another … Vietnamese activists and former Facebook officials say the company

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How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

After a wide-ranging 16-month investigation, a congressional subcommittee examining dominance in the technology industry last week recommended more than two dozen updates to the U.S. antitrust system, including implementing nondiscrimination rules that would limit “preferential or discriminatory treatment” by dominant platforms. But such rules can be hard to enforce, experts said, and attempts by the

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Get PlayStation Plus, VPN coverage and 10 more killer entertainment apps at 80% off

TLDR: The Complete Entertainment Bundle ft. PlayStation Plus brings together a dozen services, apps and streaming options so there’s always something good to watch. For years, consumers railed against cable providers, screaming that their monthly cable bills were ridiculously high. So when the streaming age finally dawned about a decade ago, many users were all

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Spotify debuts its first daily morning show, The Get Up, a combination of pre-recorded news, pop culture, and personalized music, available as a playlist (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify debuts its first daily morning show, The Get Up, a combination of pre-recorded news, pop culture, and personalized music, available as a playlist  —  Spotify’s streaming music service is starting to resemble terrestrial radio with today’s launch of the company’s first daily morning show, “The Get Up.” Spotify debuts its

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Instacart will start accepting food stamps as a form of payment in coming weeks, beginning with a pilot program with Aldi in Georgia (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Instacart will start accepting food stamps as a form of payment in coming weeks, beginning with a pilot program with Aldi in Georgia  —  Grocery delivery service Instacart will soon begin accepting food stamps as a form of payment within its app.  The company announced that “in the coming weeks …

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Nordic digital challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C from existing investors, bringing its total raised to €104M (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Nordic digital challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C from existing investors, bringing its total raised to €104M  —  Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank that started out life as a personal finance manager app (PFM) but acquired a full banking license in 2019 … Nordic digital challenger bank Lunar raises €40M

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Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world  —  The iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and fourth-generation iPad Air are now available in stores and arriving to customers around the world.  —  Apple has shared a Newsroom

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