Here’s what’s on the Wednesday menu.
James Comey’s departure and the tech industry: Where will his successor stand on encryption and surveillance issues? (Recode)
Apple buys Finnish company Beddit, the Fitbit of sleep. (Guardian)
Microsoft patches critical flaw that left most Windows PCs vulnerable. (Ars Technica)
Europe is considering new rules for big tech companies such as Google, Amazon amid complaints about unfair trading practices with smaller businesses. (Reuters, WSJ)
Senators ask FCC for details on the agency’s claim of denial-of-service attacks on its website amid the battle over net neutrality. They want answers by June 8. (NPR)
Yahoo spent an additional $16 million in the first quarter because of the big hacks. (Filing)
Amazon to share its new building in Seattle with a homeless shelter. (NYT)
SoftBank is said to be near closing on a $95 billion technology fund. (Bloomberg)
Venture-backed fintech company Lemonade gets license to sell insurance in California. (Reuters)
Photo: Then-FBI Director James Comey at a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
May 10, 2017 at 11:35PM
from Levi Sumagaysay
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