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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says Chrome's current ad blocking capabilities will be restricted to enterprise users in coming changes to Chrome extensions, despite negative feedback — Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome's extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces new policies to protect children and families downloading apps on Google Play, including mandating developers comply with content and ad rules — Google announced this morning a new set of developer policies aimed at providing additional protections for children …
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Android Developers Blog, GamesIndustry.biz, Financial Times, BGR, Firstpost Tech, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googleplaydev
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
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| VICE: |
Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde says the company is looking into how white nationalists and supremacists use the platform to determine if they should be banned — “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals?
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: DOJ is still discussing merger approval with T-Mobile and Sprint, but is demanding concessions to allow a fourth national wireless carrier to emerge — - Antitrust officials seek additional carrier with own network — T-Mobile mulling possible fixes to satisfy Justice Department
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| Bloomberg: |
Brex, a startup that provides credit cards to tech startups, is in talks to secure new funding at a valuation of $2B+, up from a $1.1B valuation in October — - Fintech's new cash infusion comes just months after last round — Kleiner Perkins, Peter Thiel among startup's backers
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| Susie Cagle / OneZero: |
As bars check IDs with PatronScan, its manufacturer, Servall Biometrics, touts a global database with 40K+ banned patrons, amid fears of enabling discrimination — PatronScan says it sells security. Privacy advocates worry it's selling mass surveillance.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
In-flight internet provider Gogo says it plans to deploy in-flight 5G in 2021 that will service smaller aircraft on routes in the contiguous US and Canada — In-flight internet provider Gogo plans to deploy an air-to-ground 5G network for aviation, the company said today …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
In a report, FCC says broadband deployment is reasonable and timely, reaching same conclusion as an earlier version that overstated broadband access by millions — You know what they say, tens of millions of broadband users here, tens of millions of broadband users there, sooner or later it starts to add up to something.
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| John Detrixhe / Quartz: |
Plaid, the tech firm linking fintech companies like Venmo with consumer bank accounts, rolls out its services in the UK, to eight of Britain's biggest banks — Plaid isn't just a pattern used by Scottish clans that goes back 3,000 or so years. It's also the name of a technology company …
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| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
Facial recognition tech will be tested in a US public school district for the first time starting June 3 in NY, will track people barred from school buildings — Testing of the Aegis system begins in the Lockport City School District next week. It will track sex offenders …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Gmail's confidential mode, announced last April, will become available to G Suite customers on June 25 — Gmail's confidential mode — the privacy-preserving email feature Google unveiled last April — launched in beta roughly three months ago, and the Mountain View company today announced …
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G Suite Updates Blog, The Verge, Neowin, CNET, 9to5Google, BleepingComputer, and Slashdot
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks to buy container security startup Twistlock, which had raised $63M+, for $410M, and serverless security startup PureSec, which raised $10M — At KubeCon last week in Barcelona, container security was a hot topic, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Palo Alto Networks announced today … | Bloomberg: |
NXP Semiconductors to buy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity business of Marvell Technology Group in an all-cash deal valued at $1.76B — - Assets generated about $300 million in revenue in 2019 — First major deal for NXP since failed takeover by Qualcomm| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber says it will now ban riders with significantly below-average ratings after giving them several opportunities to improve — Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. — Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers …
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Tweets: @mat, @danluu, @matthewstoller, @jaytsack, @noahpinion, @tiffani, @sub8u, and @kantrowitz
| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Members of Google's Pygmalion team, responsible for Assistant's linguistic analysis, allege that subcontractors were routinely pressured into unpaid overtime — Interpreting a spoken request isn't magic, rather it has taken a team of underpaid, subcontracted linguists to make the technology possible
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| C. J. Hughes / New York Times: |
Enormous arenas are being built with esports in mind, such as the $10M Esports Stadium Arlington in Texas and the planned $50M Fusion Arena in Philadelphia — To provide fans with a richer experience, developers are creating arenas that are designed for pro gaming.
Tweets: @alliedesports, @dealbook, and @dealbook
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is rolling out the ability for Google Maps to show speed limits and speed cameras in over 40 countries — Google Maps is gaining some features previously exclusive to Google's navigation app, Waze. The company confirmed it's rolling out the ability for Google Maps users to see speed limits … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple should be courageous and double down on Marzipan, retooling all of its first-party Mac apps with the cross platform framework and working out rough edges — Why Apple should go all in on iPad apps on the Mac — This year at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …
Tweets: @backlon, @dcseifert, @stevesi, and @waltmossberg
| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't — Finding could affect where publishers line up in brewing privacy battles — Are creepy advertisements really necessary to support the free web?
Tweets: @johnwilander, @jason_kint, @robinberjon, @hoofnagle, @ashk4n, and @profcarroll. Thanks:@cremnob
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