Googl敗於歐盟Google has lost an appeal against a landmark €2.42bn European antitrust decision。英國最高法院贏了a landmark £3 billion class-action lawsuit

 Breaking news: Google has lost an appeal against a landmark €2.42bn European antitrust decision that ruled the tech giant had abused its position to the detriment of rivals to its shopping service.

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Supreme Court throws out iPhone data lawsuit against Google

Google has fought off plans for a landmark £3 billion class-action lawsuit over allegations that it unlawfully tracked the personal information of millions of iPhone users. The UK Supreme Court dismissed a claim by Richard Lloyd, a consumer rights activist, that the giant search engine group had secretly used the data of more than five...

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We Already Live in Facebook’s Metaverse. What We’ve Learned from the Facebook Papers

 

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Daily Comment What We’ve Learned from the Facebook Papers Documents uncovered by Frances Haugen reveal how Facebook employees talk when they think that no one is listening. By Andrew Marantz Infinite Scroll We Already Live in Facebook’s Metaverse Who among us wants to inhabit an even more virtual world of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation? By Kyle Chayka

Side Search, Google Chrome

 據statcounter統計，Google Chrome在全球瀏覽器市場中市佔率高達63%、長年穩居龍頭；若側邊搜尋（Side Search）功能正式上線，將顛覆過往的搜尋及瀏覽方式，很可能連帶影響到未來的SEO操作。

假如你是Microsoft Edge瀏覽器的使用者，可能早已對「側邊搜尋」一詞不陌生。那麼，Chrome推出的這項新功能和Edge的差別在哪？

Edge側邊搜尋的使用情境是，當使用者在瀏覽文章，看到有興趣或不懂的詞彙時，可以直接反白該字詞在側邊欄搜尋、先跳出去了解該詞彙；與Chrome想改善整個搜尋及瀏覽流程體驗的出發點截然不同。

Amazon strikes deal with UK spy agencies to host top-secret material

 The procurement of a high-security cloud system has been championed by GCHQ, the UK’s signals intelligence body, and will be used by sister services MI5 and MI6.

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Exclusive: Amazon strikes deal with UK spy agencies to host top-secret material

Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

 

美國時間今日（28 日），Facebook CEO 朱克伯格宣布 Facebook 改公司名為 Meta，以反映公司對「元宇宙 (Metaverse)」的重視。換句話說，以後 Facebook、Instagram、Whatsapp 等軟件，均屬 Meta 公司旗下。

「從今天起，我們會 Metaverse 優先，而非 Facebook 優先。」他說。

The name change follows a series of negative stories about Facebook, based on documents leaked by an ex-employee.

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Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image. Google’s $2.1 Billion Office Purchase Offers Hope for New York Real Estate

No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals.
The proposal was said to have shocked several executives: Facebook had not previously positioned the News Feed as a place to burnish its own reputation.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, in Paris in 2019. Nicolas Messyasz/Hans Lucas, via Re​dux


Google’s $2.1 Billion Office Purchase Offers Hope for New York Real Estate
The purchase, one of the largest transactions for a building in the U.S. in recent years, further cements the tech giant’s presence in New York City.

Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops

 Google started to build its own silicon -- dubbed tensor processing units (TPUs) -- to facilitate its workloads for artificial intelligence computing for its data center cloud servers in 2016. It unveiled the fourth generation of TPUs this May. 

BREAKING | Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops

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Is Amazon America's newest military giant?

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The Pentagon canceling a $10 billion, Trump administration contract with Microsoft renews a question we asked in 2019: Is Amazon America's newest military giant? In a news release on Tuesday, the Defense Department said it would solicit bids from the two companies on future cloud-computing contracts.



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Meet America’s newest military giant: Amazon
The Pentagon’s controversial $10 billion JEDI cloud computing deal is o

微軟發布Windows 11，在應用經濟時代重新起航

微軟發布Windows 11，在應用經濟時代重新起航



Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more - The ...
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2021/06/15 — Windows 11 also includes new snap controls that you can access from the maximize button on all apps. They're modern equivalents of the cascade windows function that has existed in the operating system for years. You can ...



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谷歌將移除第三方cookies的時間延後到2023年底

 

• 谷歌將移除第三方cookies的時間延後到2023年底

Microsoft just took its place in the history books as just the second U.S. public company to reach a $2 trillion market value.

 BREAKING: Microsoft just took its place in the history books as just the second U.S. public company to reach a $2 trillion market value.

Google向10所傳統黑人學院和大學捐贈5,000萬美元 。Google將支付近2.7億美元的罰款，這是其與法國監管機構達成的和解的部分內容。Google agrees to alter ad practices after France imposes fine

 

• Google向10所傳統黑人學院和大學捐贈5,000萬美元

• Google將支付近2.7億美元的罰款，這是其與法國監管機構達成的和解的部分內容。該公司被指濫用其在數字廣告領域的主導地位，這是全球首批做出該指控的反壟斷案件之一。

Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under an unprecedented settlement with France's antitrust watchdog released on Monday.

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Google agrees to alter ad practices after France imposes fine

"private relay"(隐私中转)将无法在中国使用

 

据路透社报道，美国苹果公司（Apple）周一（6月7日）表示，由于触及中国网络监管，该公司旨在让用户向网络服务提供商和广告商隐藏网页浏览行为的隐私保护服务新功能“private relay”(隐私中转)将无法在中国使用。

Apple has announced a raft of new privacy protections at its annual software developer conference.

They include a function called "private relay", where users' web browsing behaviour can be hidden from Apple, internet providers and advertisers.

Apple has been under pressure to cut down on the tracking of user data.

However, the feature will not be available to users in China, one of its most important markets, due to regulatory reasons.

It's the latest compromise that the tech giant has made on privacy in China, where 15% of its revenue comes from.

The Internet is closely controlled in China, which also employs an extensive surveillance system on its residents.

The function will also not be available in several other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Belarus.

How does 'private relay' work?

Apple says the feature sends traffic to a server maintained by Apple, where a piece of information called its IP address will be removed.

From there, it goes to a second server operated by a third party, where it will be given a temporary IP address and sent onto the destination website.

Apple says the use of an outside party means "no single entity can identify both who a user is and which sites they visit".

Experts say the function will prevent advertisers from using IP addresses to pinpoint a person's location too.

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Apple did not immediately respond to a request for more information on the regulatory issues involved.

But it did say the relay service will not be available in Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda and the Philippines as well as China.

The feature will likely become available in other markets later this year.

Apple also announced a number of new privacy features included in the latest iPhone operating system, iOS 15.

Users will be able to track which apps are collecting data and some apps like Mail will hide IP addresses in order to block tracking.

The new features are likely to hinder social media companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter as customised advertising based on user data is central to their business model.

As well as collecting your data, Chrome also gives Google a huge amount...

 “If you’re using Chrome to browse the internet, even in private mode, Google is watching everything you do online, all the time.” Via WIRED UK

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As well as collecting your data, Chrome also gives Google a huge amount

亞馬遜接近達成收購好萊塢電影公司美高梅控股MGM的交易

 

• 亞馬遜接近達成收購好萊塢電影公司美高梅控股的交易
• 快手科技第一季度收入增長近37%，受線上營銷服務強勁勢頭提振
• 阿里巴巴高速增長的云計算業務面臨嚴峻壓力
• 中概股簡報：報稱阿里巴巴遭股東折讓1%拋售29億港元

亞馬遜將在英國創造1萬個工作崗位

 

亞馬遜將在英國創造1萬個工作崗位，三年內投資1,000萬英鎊用於培訓項目

亞馬遜公司周五表示，今年將在英國創造1萬個新的長期工作崗位，並將在三年內投資1,000萬英鎊用於新的培訓項目。

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亞馬遜公司(Amazon.com Inc., AMZN)周五表示，今年將在英國創造1萬個新的長期工作崗位，並將在三年內投資1,000萬英鎊（合1,410萬美元）用於新的培訓項目。

這家總部位於西雅圖的科技巨頭表示，加入新員工後，今年年底其在英國的員工總數將達到55,000人。

亞馬遜說，這些職位是在今年2月宣布的1,000個全職學徒的基礎上增加的。相關的學徒崗位也將在今年創建。

該公司表示，10,000個新的長期崗位將包括該集團在倫敦、曼徹斯特、愛丁堡和劍橋的公司辦公室、Amazon...

Facebook’s ban hits former President Trump where it hurts: messaging and money.

 

Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ Tells Mark Zuckerberg He’s the Decider

The company tried to punt its Trump dilemma to a panel of experts. On Wednesday, the experts punted back, Kevin Roose writes.

Nick Clegg Shaped Facebook’s Handling of Donald Trump at Every Turn

A British political veteran played perhaps the biggest behind-the-scenes role in decisions around Mr. Trump’s account.

Facebook’s ban hits former President Trump where it hurts: messaging and money.