Snapchat removes Juneteenth filter. The photo messaging app’s parent Snap Inc. apologized on Friday for featuring a special tool that added a Pan-African flag as a backdrop and chains breaking behind users’ photos. The company drew criticism for being insensitive on an annual day marking the end of slavery in the U.S. (Reuters)
Oracle tracking data spilled. A security researcher’s review of web-tracking data gathered by Oracle Corp. over the years found names, home addresses, email addresses and users’ web browsing history, including online purchases and newsletter subscription information, TechCrunch reports. The company’s database of tracking data, which includes billions of records, was inadvertently accessible on an unsecure server without a password. (TechCrunch)
Huawei revenge seen in arrests. Chinese officials formally indicted two Canadian citizens, including a former diplomat, on espionage charges, in a case many suspect is retribution of Canada’s arrest of a well-connected Chinese Huawei executive. The move comes more than a year after the pair were first detained for allegedly probing into state secrets. (WSJ)
Wirecard cash vanishes. More than $2 billion that banks were supposedly holding for the German fintech company don't exist, Wirecard’s management board said. The company’s chief executive, Markus Braun, resigned Friday after two Philippine banks thought to be holding the funds said they never had it. (WSJ)
Apple event kicks off online. For the first time in more than three decades, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is being held virtually. The week-long event, which begins Monday, has come to define the innovation and marketing profile of Silicon Valley, spawning similar conferences by Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce, among others. (WSJ)
Fortnite pulls police cars. The latest version of the widely popular shooter-survival videogame no longer features police cars, according to a person familiar with the game’s development. The move comes amid national debate over law-enforcement practices in response to the killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. (WSJ)
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