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Sources: Apple aims to sell Macs with its own chips starting in 2021; the company is working on three Mac processors, based on the A14 chip in the next iPhone — - New processors to be based on iPhone designs, replacing Intel — Transition will be gradual, start with less-powerful computers
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Researchers say they found two actively exploited iOS 0-days, present since at least iOS 6, including a remote zero-click flaw in Mail; Apple says patch coming — In the summer of 2016, researchers at a digital rights organization and a cybersecurity firm announced they had caught …
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| Ed Hammond / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Magic Leap is laying off about half its employees, or around 1,000 people, as it winds down its consumer business; Magic Leap has raised over $2B — - About 1,000 employees are said to be affected by cuts — Magic Leap to wind down consumer business in retreat
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| Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter: |
SuperData: worldwide digital video game spending reached a record $10B total in March, up 11% YoY, with $5.7B for mobile games, up 15% YoY — Console, PC and mobile games also saw significant revenue bumps amid the coronavirus lockdown. — Digital video game spending hit a record high …
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Jeff Bezos, who sources say only worked on projects that posed a major risk to the company, has taken an active leadership role at Amazon amid COVID-19 — The chief executive, who had distanced himself from day-to-day management, is closely involved in the company's response to the pandemic.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it now prioritizes the removal of COVID-19 tweets that incite “harmful activity” or could lead to the destruction of 5G infrastructure — Ever since it first started rolling out, 5G skeptics have attempted to link the next-gen cellular technology to all manner of health issues.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
France is hypocritical to ask Google and Apple to ease their privacy protections for a French contact-tracing app, while being such a vocal critic of big tech — We keep trying to explain to people that privacy is always about trade-offs, and arguing for privacy laws that protect “privacy” …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Zoom rolls out its 5.0 update, focused exclusively on security and privacy features, including easier call management and upgrading encryption — Zoom is moving quickly to address complaints — Zoom promised a 90-day feature freeze to fix privacy and security issues, and the company is delivering on some of those promises.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will now show the location of large Facebook and Instagram accounts alongside posts, to help users assess their authenticity, rolling out in US — Facebook today is introducing another feature aimed at making it easier to see who's behind the posts published across Facebook and Instagram.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Bill Gurley will not be a partner in Benchmark's 10th venture fund but will continue to work with companies he led earlier investments in — Lead investor won't be involved in new fund for first time since he joined firm in 1999 — Bill Gurley—one of the most prominent …
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Instagram confirms it will add a “Remembering” banner under the usernames of people who have died, and has accelerated the process due to the pandemic — Instagram is speeding up plans for a new account memorialization feature, adding a “Remembering” banner under a username to signal that a person has died.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK competition authority approves the $7.6B Just Eat - Takeaway merger, as the pair raises $756M in the form of new shares and convertible bonds — On the heels of Amazon getting approval from the competition authority to proceed with an investment leading a $575 million round … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google's Threat Analysis Group shares a report outlining efforts by over 12 state-sponsored hackers using COVID-19 as cover for espionage — More than 12 government-backed groups are using the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage, according to a new report.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a Watchlist feature for Search to help users keep track of TV shows and movies — Google is adding a new feature to Search that will help you keep track of all the TV shows and movies you want to watch during these long weeks at home. The company had already …
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| Colin Harper / Decrypt: |
New research on market inflows for stablecoins from Oct. 2017-present suggests Tether wasn't used to pump Bitcoin prices in 2017, contradicting previous reports — New research is attempting to put one of crypto's favorite conspiracy theories to rest. — A new report penned for the Centre …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Expedia is raising $3.2B in new capital with $1.2B in equity sale to Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management and $2B in new debt financing — Expedia is raising $3.2 billion in new capital as the coronavirus pandemic has stalled travel around the world. — The company is raising $1.2 billion …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A group of 75+ scholars and non-profits urges social media companies to preserve data on content removal during the pandemic and make it available for research — The data provides an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ — A group of scholars and nonprofit organizations have asked web platforms …
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
American teens, stuck at home during the pandemic, are looking to recreate the fun of prom online, with many turning to TikTok — “I'm sitting here, crying in my prom dress,” is the chorus of a low-fi, hand-clappy track by the singer mxmtoon—and now a hyper-literal anthem for American teenagers.| Sophos News: |
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