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| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google will let merchants list their products for free in Shopping search results, as part of an effort to better compete against Amazon in product search — After 8 years, Google will bring free listings into its Shopping results as part of an evolution to better compete against Amazon in product search.
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| Apple: |
Apple launches App Store, iCloud, Apple Arcade, and Apple Podcasts in 20 new countries; Apple Music expands to 52 new countries — Cupertino, California — Apple announced that starting today, even more customers around the world can enjoy many of Apple's most popular Services.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, Ars Technica, Appleosophy, Variety, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Reuters, RAIN News, Seeking Alpha, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, Mashable, Cult of Mac, Thurrott, CNET, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, iMore, and Pocket Gamer.biz
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos launches Sonos Radio, a free streaming radio service preloaded in the Sonos app, with 60K+ stations from multiple partners alongside original programming — Sonos Radio will now be the default service available for the company's speakers — Sonos has always been the neutral manager …
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Tweets: @backlon, @dcseifert, @reckless, @chriswelch, and @journeydan
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Google's head of quantum computing hardware John Martinis resigned from his position this month after disagreements with Hartmut Neven, its quantum AI director — John Martinis brought a long record of quantum computing breakthroughs when he joined Google in 2014. He quit after being reassigned to an advisory role.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, raises $250M Series E at a $4.5B valuation, following last year's $125M Series D — The pandemic may feel all-encompassing at the moment, but Confluent announced a $250 million Series E today … | Hollywood Reporter: |
HBO Max to launch on May 27 for $15 per month with 10,000 hours of programming — The streaming service is set to debut amid the shutdown brought about by the novel coronavirus outbreaking, bringing with it 10,000 hours of library programming from across the WarnerMedia catalog.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Security firm buys a database, first seen last month, with info on 267M+ mostly US Facebook users, including full names and phone numbers, for £500 on dark web — Threat actors are selling over 267 million Facebook profiles for £500 ($623) on dark web sites and hacker forums.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Security researcher discloses four 0-days affecting an IBM enterprise security tool after IBM refused to accept the bug disclosures through its official program — Zero-days impact the IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM), one of IBM's enterprise security tools. — A security researcher …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Nvidia's GeForce Now loses more titles from developers including Xbox Game Studios and Warner Bros. even as it works to bring in more games ahead of June launch — But it's gaining more Ubisoft titles — Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service is losing access to more titles later this month, the company announced on Monday.
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| Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung says its blood pressure monitoring app for Galaxy Watch has been approved by a South Korean regulator and will be available in Q3 — The app measures blood pressure when paired with a smartwatch. — Samsung's app that measures blood pressure on its smartwatch has been approved …
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Tweets: @samsungmobile, @maxwinebach, and @jackycwong
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
NPD Group: Nintendo Switch sales doubled YoY in March, while PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales each grew by over 25%; March hardware spending rose 63% to $461M — Let's say a global pandemic forces you to spend almost all of your time inside at home. Sure, this means you have a chance to catch up on Netflix and reading.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
NBCUniversal's movie ticketing company Fandango has agreed to buy Walmart's on-demand video streaming service Vudu for an undisclosed sum — Movie ticketing company Fandango has agreed to buy Walmart's on-demand video streaming service, Vudu, for an undisclosed sum.
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Vudu Blog, vudu.custhelp.com, The Verge, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, The Next Web, TechRadar.com, Ubergizmo, Variety, Reuters, MarketWatch, TheStreet, Bleeding Cool, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Multichannel News, Fast Company, Tubefilter, Business Insider, Light Reading, PYMNTS.com, Axios, iDownloadBlog.com, Adweek, Engadget, The Streamable, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @loudmouthjulia, @ashkan, @jasonlynch, @alexweprin, @moiseschiu, and @sarthakgh
| Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg: |
France says its contact-tracing application, which would likely send tracking data to a state-run server, won't work with iOS Bluetooth privacy protections — - Minister says Apple protocol slows government's app deployment — Government developing app without using Google-Apple platform
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Gizmodo, ZDNet, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Guardian, The Mac Observer, Engadget, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, Telecoms.com, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, and iMore
Tweets: @ansip_eu, @helenefouquet, @a_bacci, @1br0wn, @kaepora, @bloombergasia, @carnage4life, @abirghattas, and @markscott82
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
SAP names Christian Klein as sole CEO effective April 30, as co-CEO Jennifer Morgan departs; both were named co-CEOs in Oct. after Bill McDermott stepped down — SAP's move to co-CEOs didn't last long as Jennifer Morgan departs and Christian Klein becomes sole CEO.
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SAP News Center, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Register, and IT Management
Tweets: @jillpopelka, @sarahmsyed, @ldignan, @dahowlett, @gscott16, @jackieghalpin, and @jacksgatorssap
| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
The hacker that stole ~$25M worth of cryptocurrency from dForce-based Lendf.Me returns ~$24M through a series of transactions involving different token types — The hacker that drained $25 million in cryptocurrency from decentralized finance protocol dForce over the weekend has sent back almost all the stolen assets.
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BBC, Crowdfund Insider, Crypto Briefing, and Crypto.IQ
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