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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Zoom is acquiring Keybase, a 25-person startup, to add end-to-end encryption to video calls, the first acquisition in the company's nine-year history — - Zoom is acquiring Keybase, a 25-person start-up in New York, to add end-to-end encryption to video calls.
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Zoom Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, keybase.io, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, GlobeNewswire, CNET, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, SecurityWeek, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @alexstamos, @zackwhittaker, @shipilev, @mountain_ghosts, @miekeeoyang, @leakissner, @zoom_us, @ejn, @digiphile, @robpegoraro, @pinboard, and @alexstamos
| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch review: nice display, lovely typing experience, great performance, and good battery life, but no full-sized USB port or SD card reader — I had a feeling I'd be reviewing a new 13-inch MacBook Pro sooner rather than later. When Apple refreshed the MacBook Air …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Mashable, Laptop Mag, 9to5Mac, Macworld, CNBC, Tom's Guide, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @dcseifert, @danawollman, and @backlon
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber leads a $170M investment in Lime, with Bain Capital Ventures, Alphabet, and GV participating, and will transfer its Jump scooter division to Lime — - Uber is leading a $170 million investment round in Lime, the companies announced Thursday. — Uber will transfer its own electric bike …
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li.me, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, Bloomberg, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @g_rapier, @andyjayhawk, @limebike, @fabianladda, @stevekovach, @ryan_browne_, and @ow
| Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: |
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs says it will no longer pursue its smart city project at Quayside in Toronto due to “unprecedented economic uncertainty” — Sidewalk Labs has announced it will no longer pursue its project at Quayside in Toronto. The company noted the decision was due to the current …
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Sidewalk Talk, Globe and Mail, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexbozikovic, @scott_stinson, @allisomething, @sidewalklabs, @marklamster, and @davidhuber_
| New York Times: |
A group of hackers linked to the Chinese military has used Aria-body, a debilitating cyberattack tool, against governments and firms in Australia and SE Asia — An Israeli security company said the hacking software, called Aria-body, had been deployed against governments and state-owned companies in Australia and Southeast Asia.
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Forbes, Check Point Research, BleepingComputer, CNBC, TechRepublic, Threatpost, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @jessmarindavis, @nytimes, @sankofabrown, @andrewbgreene, @ronenbergman, and @josh_davidovich
| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Smart home company Wink to require users pay a $4.99 monthly subscription fee starting May 13, or device automations and accessibility via app will be disabled — Smart home company Wink has made a surprising and heavily criticized announcement: it will soon charge a monthly subscription fee.
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Wink Blog, 9to5Mac, TechHive, Android Police, iMore, AppleInsider, Engadget, VentureBeat, CNET, and The Overspill
Tweets: @rgriff, @trixtur, @nick_stevens_gr, @sivavaid, @aricohn, @markbach, @annemariebridy, @daniellevesq, @davezatz, @arlogilbert, and @audiophileaj. Thanks:@c_davies
| Matt Brian / Engadget: |
UK broadband provider Virgin Media and telecom operator O2 announce £31B merger in an effort to take on BT, Sky, and Vodafone in the country — The rumors were true: UK broadband provider Virgin Media and telecoms operator O2 are to merge, their parent companies confirmed today.
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Business Wire, Financial Times, TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters, CNET, coinspeaker.com, Associated Press, Fortune, The Guardian, Telegraph, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @bbcbenthompson, @bloombergradio, @amirpaivar, @atbwebb, @jmalvpal, and @tomwarren
| New York Times: |
Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first 20 members, out of a total of 40, who will oversee challenging content issues — The company's independent oversight body will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment. — The authors are co-chairs of Facebook's oversight board.
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Protocol, Oversight Board, OneZero , The Guardian, Oversight Board, Wired, Just Security, The Verge, Mercury News, Neowin, CNBC, Firstpost Tech, Inc42 Media, and USA Today
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @arusbridger, @sarahfrier, @sheeraf, @nytopinion, @hellethorning_s, @kevinroose, @sarahfrier, @oversightboard, @parkermolloy, @tawakkolkarman, @maina_kiai, @julieowono, @issielapowsky, @jayrosen_nyu, @stevematthewson, @dickensolewe, @hernameis_bea, @ghoshd7, @jonst0kes, @draglikepull, @rossdawson, @anthropaulicy, @brendancarrfcc, @sivavaid, @jodieginsberg, @mylesudland, @brooklynmarie, @medium, @parkermolloy, @issielapowsky, @drroselynakombe, @herahussain, @dylanbyers, @ianclucas, @matthewstoller, @catoinstitute, @ealshafei, @anujsrivas, @pressgazette, @oneunderscore__, @connellyal, @arusbridger, @nikkiusher, @slpng_giants, @nighatdad, @nick_clegg, @nighatdad, @mattzeitlin, @sarahfrier, @sarafischer, @matthewstoller, @jbenton, @sarahfrier, @reckless, @filip_struharik, @om, @sivavaid, @jamalgreene, @joshchafetz, @broderick, @hellethorning_s, and @kevinroose
| David Kaye / Just Security: |
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
AMD launches Ryzen Pro 4000 series of mobile business processors, with better security features and improvements to battery life and performance — AMD promises new security features and big performance gains — AMD has announced its Ryzen Pro 4000 series of mobile business processors.
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PCWorld, Laptop Mag, and ZDNet
| Strategy Analytics: |
Strategy Analytics: global smartwatch shipments grew 20% YoY to 14M in Q1 with Apple Watch maintaining 55% marketshare and Samsung in second place with 15% — BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)— According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments grew 20 percent annually …
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9to5Google, CNET, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Android Headlines, TechPP, PhoneArena, and AppleInsider
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic Games says Fortnite has 350M registered players, up from 250M in March 2019; in April, players logged 3.2B hours in the game — More than 3.2 billion hours played in April alone — Epic's Fortnite has more than 350 million registered players, the game developer announced on Wednesday.
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Epic Games' Fortnite, Gizchina, CCN.com, Pocket Gamer.biz, GamingBolt, Pocket-lint, VG247, Game Rant, and TechSpot
Tweets: @fortnitegame, @maxwinebach, @ducain23, @zhugeex, @thegrunt4500, @gronky_, and @donaldmustard
| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Google Authenticator now lets users transfer accounts between devices — The Google Authenticator app has undergone its first facelift since 2017, making the jump from version 5 to 5.10. But the visual makeover — including a much-needed adaptation to newer phones' aspect ratios … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nintendo reports FY 2019 net profit of $2.43B, up 33.5% YoY, on sales of $12.31B, up 9% YoY, 55.7M Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles sold to date — Nintendo reported that its full-year sales for the fiscal year ended March 31 were $12.31 billion, up 9% from $11.30 billion a year earlier.
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TechCrunch, Thurrott, Nintendo Life, South China Morning Post, Engadget, Mashable, Gamasutra, Polygon, GameSpot, USgamer.net, Bloomberg, Financial Times, VentureBeat, Engadget, and The Verge
Tweets: @6d6f636869, @zhugeex, and @6d6f636869
| Apple: |
Apple awards $10M from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a leader in COVID-19 sample collection kit production — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it is awarding $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a market leader …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNET, Computerworld, Fox Business, TechCrunch, iMore, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @tim_cook
| Brady Dale / CoinDesk: |
Square reports $528M in Q1 revenue from its Cash App, with $306M coming from Bitcoin transactions, exceeding the app's fiat revenue of $222M for the first time — Bitcoin has flippened USD on Square's Cash App, sort of. — As reported in the publicly traded fintech company's …
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Cointelegraph, Cointelegraph, and The Next Web
Tweets: @brianroemmele, @ourielohayon, @arjunblj, @xrpcryptowolf, and @mariashen
| Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
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Square, ZDNet, BitcoinExchangeGuide, PYMNTS.com, coinspeaker.com, SiliconANGLE, and BeInCrypto
Tweets: @nobsbitcoin, @zackvoell, @tytaninc, and @zackvoell
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
In a letter, Democratic senators ask Amazon if it retaliated against whistle-blowers by firing four employees who raised health concerns about warehouses — Democratic senators sent a letter to the company asking for more details after it fired four employees who raised health concerns about its warehouses.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Sonos debuts the $799 Sonos Arc soundbar, the $699 Sub, and the $499 Five speakers, available globally on June 10; all will require the new S2 app — Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar …
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Sonos, Android Authority, Thurrott, Engadget, BGR India, and Droid Life
| Reuters: |
Sources: US Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a rule allowing US companies to work with Huawei on setting 5G network standards — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with China's Huawei Technologies … | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
The Libra Association names former US Treasury Department official Stuart Levey as its first CEO ahead of a renewed regulatory push — The Libra Association, the group behind the proposed digital currency invented by Facebook Inc., named former U.S. Treasury Department official Stuart Levey as its first chief executive officer.
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Libra.org, Cointelegraph, coinspeaker.com, SiliconANGLE, and Modern Consensus
| Ruti Levy / Haaretz: |
Sources: Microsoft to buy Israel-based CyberX, which develops security products for IoT and industrial systems, for $165M; CyberX has raised $48M to date — The U.S. software giant is expected to pay $165 million for the internet of things cybersecurity platform company
Tweets: @karolcummins
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Twilio beat Q1 estimates with revenue of $364.9M, up 57% YoY, and reports over 190K active customer accounts — - Twilio beat expectations on results and its guidance for the current quarter. — The company withdrew full-year guidance. — Jeff Lawson
Tweets: @jordannovet, @mdudas, @tommyr345, @adamsinger, and @chriszeoli
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Short-term rental hosts, frustrated with Airbnb and similar companies amid widespread cancellations, are launching their own direct-booking websites — - Short-term rental hosts are launching their own direct-booking websites in an effort to diversify their business after years of mounting frustrations with companies such as Airbnb.
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PYMNTS.com and The Next Web
Tweets: @ron_miller, @fabiang, @iiiitsandrea, @placeedinburgh, @sarthakgh, and @lesliejosephs
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