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Hillicon Valley: DOJ approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger | Trump targets Google, Apple | Privacy groups seek to intervene in Facebook settlement | Democrats seize on Mueller hearings in election security push

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers and Emily Birnbaum

07/26/19 6:30 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Senate Intel releases election security report | GOP blocks votes on election security bills | Gabbard sues Google over alleged censorship | Barr meets state AGs on tech antitrust concerns

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum and Maggie Miller

07/25/19 7:44 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: FTC fines Facebook $5B in privacy settlement | Critics pan settlement as weak | Facebook also faces FTC antitrust probe | Senate panel advances ‘deepfakes’ legislation | House passes anti-robocall bill

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum

07/24/19 7:01 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: DOJ opens tech antitrust probe | Facebook, Amazon set lobbying records | Barr attacks encryption as security risk | NSA to create new cybersecurity arm

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum and Maggie Miller

07/23/19 6:55 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Equifax to pay up to $700M over data breach | Settlement invites criticism from lawmakers | Microsoft settles bribery case | Election security to take back seat at Mueller testimony

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum, Maggie Miller

07/22/19 6:40 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Intel chief creates new election security position | Privacy groups want role in new tech task force | Republicans urge Trump not to delay Pentagon cloud contract

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum, Maggie Miller

07/19/19 4:01 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Trump seeks review of Pentagon cloud-computing contract | FTC weighs updating kids’ internet privacy rules | Schumer calls for FaceApp probe | Report says states need more money to secure elections

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers and Emily Birnbaum

07/18/19 5:09 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers struggle to understand Facebook’s Libra project | EU hits Amazon with antitrust probe | New cybersecurity concerns over census | Robocall, election security bills head to House floor | Privacy questions over FaceApp

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum, Maggie Miller

07/17/19 6:23 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Senators unload on Facebook cryptocurrency plan | Trump vows to ‘take a look’ at Google’s ties to China | Google denies working with China’s military | Tech execs on defensive at antitrust hearing | Bill would bar business with Huawei

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6 years ago

by Maggie Miller, Emily Birnbaum, Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers

07/16/19 6:36 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Twitter says Trump ‘go back’ tweet didn’t violate rules | Unions back protests targeting Amazon ‘Prime Day’ | Mnuchin voices ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook crypto project | Congress mobilizes on cyber threats to electric grid

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum

07/15/19 6:22 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: FTC reportedly settles with Facebook for $5B fine | Trump calls to regulate Facebook’s crypto project | Court rules Pentagon can award $10B ‘war cloud’ contract | Study shows automation will hit rural areas hardest

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum

07/12/19 5:36 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Trump rails against ‘terrible bias’ at White House social media summit | Twitter hit by hour-long outage | Google admits workers listen to smart device recordings

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6 years ago

by Maggie Miller, Harper Neidig, Emily Birnbaum and Olivia Beavers

07/11/19 7:59 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Trump officials to investigate French tax on tech giants | Fed chair raises concerns about Facebook’s crypto project | FCC blocks part of San Francisco law on broadband competition | House members warn of disinformation ‘battle’

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum, Maggie Miller

07/10/19 8:17 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter | Tech giants to testify in House antitrust investigation | DHS set for grilling over facial recognition tech | Commerce to allow sales to Huawei

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum and Maggie Miller

07/09/19 6:07 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Critics push FTC to get tough on YouTube | Analysts expect regulatory trouble for Facebook’s cryptocurrency | Senators to get election security briefing | FBI, ICE reportedly using driver’s license photos for facial recognition

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum and Maggie Miller

07/08/19 5:45 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Facebook tries to ease concerns over cryptocurrency | Democrats ask company to halt plans | Instagram photos hit by glitch | Court rules Amazon liable for third-party sales | UK to study internet giants’ market power

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum and Maggie Miller

07/03/19 5:21 PM ET

Overnight Cybersecurity

Hillicon Valley: Trump gets pushback after reversing course on Huawei | China installing surveillance apps on visitors’ phones | Internet provider Cloudflare suffers outage | Consumer groups look to stop Facebook cryptocurrency

Overnight Cybersecurity /

6 years ago

by Maggie Miller, Harper Neidig, Emily Birnbaum and Olivia Beavers

07/02/19 5:06 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Facebook facility evacuated after sarin scare | Warren, Jayapal question FCC over industry influence | 2020 Dems take on election security | Border Patrol to investigate Facebook group with racist, sexist posts

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Maggie Miller, Olivia Beavers and Emily Birnbaum

07/01/19 7:00 PM ET

Overnight Technology

Hillicon Valley: Harris spikes in Google searches after debate clash with Biden | Second US city blocks facial recognition | Apple said to be moving Mac Pro production from US to China | Bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at ‘deepfake’ videos

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6 years ago

by Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers, Emily Birnbaum, Maggie Miller

06/28/19 4:40 PM ET

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Overnight Cybersecurity

Hillicon Valley: DOJ approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger | Trump targets Google, Apple | Privacy groups seek to intervene in Facebook settlement | Democrats seize on Mueller hearings in election security push

Hillicon Valley: Senate Intel releases election security report | GOP blocks votes on election security bills | Gabbard sues Google over alleged censorship | Barr meets state AGs on tech antitrust concerns

Hillicon Valley: FTC fines Facebook $5B in privacy settlement | Critics pan settlement as weak | Facebook also faces FTC antitrust probe | Senate panel advances ‘deepfakes’ legislation | House passes anti-robocall bill

Hillicon Valley: DOJ opens tech antitrust probe | Facebook, Amazon set lobbying records | Barr attacks encryption as security risk | NSA to create new cybersecurity arm

Hillicon Valley: Equifax to pay up to $700M over data breach | Settlement invites criticism from lawmakers | Microsoft settles bribery case | Election security to take back seat at Mueller testimony

Hillicon Valley: Intel chief creates new election security position | Privacy groups want role in new tech task force | Republicans urge Trump not to delay Pentagon cloud contract

Hillicon Valley: Trump seeks review of Pentagon cloud-computing contract | FTC weighs updating kids’ internet privacy rules | Schumer calls for FaceApp probe | Report says states need more money to secure elections

Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers struggle to understand Facebook’s Libra project | EU hits Amazon with antitrust probe | New cybersecurity concerns over census | Robocall, election security bills head to House floor | Privacy questions over FaceApp

Hillicon Valley: Senators unload on Facebook cryptocurrency plan | Trump vows to ‘take a look’ at Google’s ties to China | Google denies working with China’s military | Tech execs on defensive at antitrust hearing | Bill would bar business with Huawei

Hillicon Valley: Twitter says Trump ‘go back’ tweet didn’t violate rules | Unions back protests targeting Amazon ‘Prime Day’ | Mnuchin voices ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook crypto project | Congress mobilizes on cyber threats to electric grid

Hillicon Valley: FTC reportedly settles with Facebook for $5B fine | Trump calls to regulate Facebook’s crypto project | Court rules Pentagon can award $10B ‘war cloud’ contract | Study shows automation will hit rural areas hardest

Hillicon Valley: Trump rails against ‘terrible bias’ at White House social media summit | Twitter hit by hour-long outage | Google admits workers listen to smart device recordings

Hillicon Valley: Trump officials to investigate French tax on tech giants | Fed chair raises concerns about Facebook’s crypto project | FCC blocks part of San Francisco law on broadband competition | House members warn of disinformation ‘battle’

Hillicon Valley: Appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter | Tech giants to testify in House antitrust investigation | DHS set for grilling over facial recognition tech | Commerce to allow sales to Huawei

Hillicon Valley: Critics push FTC to get tough on YouTube | Analysts expect regulatory trouble for Facebook’s cryptocurrency | Senators to get election security briefing | FBI, ICE reportedly using driver’s license photos for facial recognition

Hillicon Valley: Facebook tries to ease concerns over cryptocurrency | Democrats ask company to halt plans | Instagram photos hit by glitch | Court rules Amazon liable for third-party sales | UK to study internet giants’ market power

Hillicon Valley: Trump gets pushback after reversing course on Huawei | China installing surveillance apps on visitors’ phones | Internet provider Cloudflare suffers outage | Consumer groups look to stop Facebook cryptocurrency

Hillicon Valley: Facebook facility evacuated after sarin scare | Warren, Jayapal question FCC over industry influence | 2020 Dems take on election security | Border Patrol to investigate Facebook group with racist, sexist posts

Hillicon Valley: Harris spikes in Google searches after debate clash with Biden | Second US city blocks facial recognition | Apple said to be moving Mac Pro production from US to China | Bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at ‘deepfake’ videos

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