Antitrust Legislation and Facebook's AI Ambitions

Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China. The first major tech regulation bill of this wave is set to debut in the Senate today. TCL’s cheap smartphones sound pretty good, actually. The gaming industry is serious about combatting cheating. Instacart might be on strike this weekend, and Gitlab celebrates its IPO.

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Links:

• Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China (WSJ)
• Effort to Bar Tech Companies From ‘Self-Preferencing’ Gains Traction (WSJ)
• Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do (The Verge)
• Canadian Instacart workers to walk off job in bid to secure better working conditions (Toronto Star)
• TCL’S BUDGET 20S AND 20SE PHONES DEFY EXPECTATIONS (The Verge)
• Call of Duty’s new anti-cheat system includes a kernel-level driver to catch PC cheaters (The Verge)
• Joe Montana prepares for biggest windfall as a venture capitalist ahead of GitLab’s $10 billion IPO (CNBC)

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