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Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Step Down as CEO. Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will step down from his post in the third quarter of 2021 and be replaced by Andy Jassy, the head of the company’s cloud computing unit. (Spencer Soper via Bloomberg) Also: TechCrunch, The Verge
YouTube Cancels the U.S. Senate. Google’s YouTube has ratcheted up censorship to a new level by removing two videos from a U.S. Senate committee. (Ron Johnson via Wall Street Journal)
Recent root-giving Sudo bug also impacts macOS. A British security researcher has discovered today that a recent security flaw in the Sudo app also impacts the macOS operating system, and not just Linux and BSD, as initially believed. (Catalin Cimpanu via ZDNet)
Visa Reveals Bitcoin And Crypto Banking Roadmap Amid Race To Reach Network Of 70 Million. Visa V +0.2%, a one-time enemy of the bitcoin and cryptocurrency community, is fast becoming one of bitcoin's biggest cheerleaders. (Billy Bambrough via Forbes)
Why the Second COVID-19 Shot Feels Worse. At about 2 a.m. on Thursday morning, I woke to find my husband shivering beside me. For hours, he had been tossing in bed, exhausted but unable to sleep, nursing chills, a fever, and an agonizingly sore left arm. (Katherine J. Wu via The Atlantic)
Embracer Group acquires Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment for $1.3 billion. GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is 'where passion meets business.' What does this mean? We want to tell you how the news matters to you -- not just as a decision-maker at a game studio, but also as a fan of games. (Dean Takahashi via VentureBeat)
Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from delivery workers. Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to pay Flex delivery drivers the full amount of tips received from customers. (Annie Palmer via CNBC)
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