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Amazon Unlawfully Confiscated Union Literature, NLRB Finds https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvz3kv/amazon-unlawfully-confiscated-union-literature-nlrb-finds

FTC struggles to keep up with merger filings, tells some businesses to merge at own risk https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/ftc-tells-some-businesses-to-merge-at-own-risk.html

Proposed federal standard would require cars to ‘prevent or limit operation’ by impaired drivers https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22607890/infrastructure-impaired-driving-provision-federal-standard-transportation

SpaceX says Starlink has about 90,000 users as the internet service gains subscribers https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-has-about-90000-users.html

Verisign raises dot com domain name prices again https://www.coywolf.news/webmaster/verisign-raises-dot-com-domain-name-prices-again/

Robinhood surges 25%, blows past $38 IPO price https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/robinhood-surges-10percent-runs-past-38-ipo-price.html

Amazon's drone delivery team 'collapsing,' losing over 100 workers https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/amazons-drone-delivery-team-collapsing-losing-over-100-workers/

Square's Afterpay acquisition proves Jamie Dimon is right to fear 'increasingly smaller role' of Wall Street https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/squares-new-deal-proves-dimon-right-to-question-role-of-wall-street.html

To Fight Vaccine Lies, Authorities Recruit an ‘Influencer Army’ - The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/vaccine-lies-influencer-army.html

Controversial crime app Citizen launches $20/month Protect service – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/controversial-crime-app-citizen-launches-20-month-protect-service/

Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/edtech-startup-bina-raises-1-4m-to-teach-4-to-12-year-olds-launch-school-as-a-service/

Substack doubles down on uncensored ‘free speech’ with acquisition of Letter – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/substack-doubles-down-on-uncensored-free-speech-with-acquisition-of-letter/

Facebook Reportedly Researching Ways to Use Encrypted WhatsApp Messages for Targeted Advertisements - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/03/facebook-researching-analyzing-encrypted-data/

Tencent cracks down on screen time after Chinese state media says gaming is 'spiritual opium' https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/03/investing/tencent-gaming-crackdown-hnk-intl/

Microsoft will require vaccinations for U.S. workers, vendors and office visitors https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/microsoft-will-require-vaccines-for-us-workers-vendors-visitors.html

Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack steps down following company's sexual harassment lawsuit https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-president-j-allen-brack-leaves-video-game-company-2021-8

Blizzard president is leaving amid harassment lawsuit against the company https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/blizzard-president-is-leaving-amid-harassment-lawsuit-against-the-company.html

Sky News Australia suspended from YouTube for a week over Covid-19 misinformation http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/XK8Y3jt8PDg/index.html

Github CoPilot is 'Unacceptable and Unjust' Says Free Software Foundation https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2021/08/github-copilot-is-unacceptable-says-free-software-foundation.html

Multiple Chinese State-Backed Hacking Groups are targeting Asian ISPs, according to Cybersecurity firm Cyberreason's research teams https://www.cybereason.com/blog/deadringer-exposing-chinese-threat-actors-targeting-major-telcos