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Sources: Apple is developing at least two over-ear wireless headphone variants, with swappable magnetic ear cups and headband — - Over-ear headphones customizable via magnetic attachments — Entering a category led by own Beats brand, Bose and Sony
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Apple announces a new iPhone SE with a 4.7" display, A13, Touch ID, 12MP camera with portrait mode, 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB storage from $399, shipping April 24 — It looks like an iPhone 8, but it has more modern specs — Apple has officially announced the new iPhone SE …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
In an internal email, Sundar Pichai tells Alphabet employees that the company will slow the pace of hiring for the rest of 2020 as it re-evaluates investments — - Company is ‘recalibrating’ spending on data centers, servers — Covid-19 crisis is affecting richest Silicon Valley businesses
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Sources: Sony plans to limit its initial PlayStation 5 production run in its first year partly because it expects lower demand due to a higher launch price — - Console still on track for year-end launch despite Covid-19 — Biggest impact from virus so far seen on unveiling timeline
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook will notify users who have liked, commented, or reacted to coronavirus misinformation and guide them to WHO resources — Facebook will begin informing people who have engaged with coronavirus misinformation on its main Facebook app, the company announced Thursday.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
TikTok lets parents set restrictions on their kids' accounts like limiting screen time, disabling DMs, and restricting content, and disables DMs for under-16s — They can set screen time limits, disable DMs, and restrict content — TikTok is amping up its parental controls today … | Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Verizon has agreed to buy videoconferencing company Blue Jeans Network for less than $500M as an unprecedented number of people work remotely — Videoconferencing acquisition comes as the coronavirus spurs unprecedented work-from-home arrangements| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is redesigning its website to get customers to put fewer items in their carts while it contends with an immense surge in order volumes — Retailer cancels Mother's Day promotions, uses other tools to limit strain of order surge — Amazon.com Inc. is retooling its website … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
VAST Data, maker of high-capacity flash storage for enterprises, raises $100M Series C led by Siemens at a $1.2B valuation, bringing its total raised to $180M — VAST Data, a startup that has come up with a cost-effective way to deliver flash storage, announced a $100 million Series C investment today … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says it is launching a new Kids section on Google Play, featuring “Teacher Approved” apps, rolling out in the US in the coming days — ‘Everything here is teacher approved’ — Google is launching a new Kids section for the Google Play Store, which will offer a selection of so-called “Teacher Approved” apps.
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| Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico: |
US DOD's report could not “definitively determine” whether the White House intervened in $10B JEDI contract as officials were barred from answering questions — The Pentagon's inspector general “could not definitively determine” whether the White House influenced the procurement process … | Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood is raising $250M led by Sequoia Capital, at a pre-money valuation of about $8B — Robinhood Markets Inc., the online brokerage that's suffered repeated outages during recent market turmoil, is close to raising new funding at valuation of about $8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Instagram announces new features to support small US and Canadian businesses during the pandemic, including gift cards, food orders, and fundraisers — - Instagram is making it easier for small businesses to feature gift cards, online food orders and fundraisers in their profiles or stories.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
GoPro says it's laying off 200 employees, or ~20% of its staff, and aims to reduce expenses by ~$100M by switching mostly to a direct-to-consumer model — GoPro has announced that it will lay off 200 employees or around 20 percent of its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Lucid Software, which develops data visualization and marketing software, raises $52M Series D led by ICONIQ, says it has crossed the $100M ARR mark — Continuing our coverage of Utah-based startups, this morning we have our second big round of the year from the state.| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Swiss startup Crypto Finance AG, which provides blockchain-related asset management, brokerage, and storage services, raises €13.3M Series B — Swiss startup Crypto Finance AG, a blockchain-centered fintech, has successfully completed a Series B investment round, raising around €13.3 million.| Sandra Upson / Wired: |
Profile of Lee Holloway, Cloudflare's third founder, widely considered a genius, who became distant and erratic due to a tragic case of frontotemporal dementia — Lee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. But then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Gousto, a London-based meal-kit service which uses AI for personalized recommendations of what to cook and eat, raises $41M led by investment firm Perwyn — Food delivery — be it ready-made restaurant meals, groceries, or anything in between — has seen a huge surge of activity … | Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Choco, which develops ordering software for restaurants and their suppliers, raises $30.2M led by Coatue Management at a ~$250M valuation — Berlin-based Choco, which has developed a platform to make it easier for restaurants to order food from their suppliers, has closed on $30.2 million in funding.| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
In his annual letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos outlined the steps Amazon is taking to curb the coronavirus, including regular testing for all staff globally — Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said the online retail giant is developing Covid-19 testing capabilities … | Bloomberg: |
Tencent, Alibaba, and SoftBank invest heavily in popular fantasy sports and online rummy apps in India that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws to offer prizes — - Tech giants spending on Indian apps for fantasy sports, rummy — Ambani says business will be bigger than movies, TV and music
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