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Twitter says it will add labels and warning messages to tweets about COVID-19 with misleading or disputed content and plans to expand the labels to other topics — (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19 …
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| Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo say they are removing a viral 26-minute trailer for “Plandemic”, a conspiracy film that features well-known anti-vaxxers — Social media companies including YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook are removing a viral conspiracy theory video because of its claims regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple's over-ear headphones, called “AirPods Studio”, will feature head and neck detection sensors, automated audio channel routing, and more — We've been hearing about Apple's upcoming over-ear headphones for some time, with evidence from multiple sources pointing to the official launch later this year.
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| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
Jeffrey Katzenberg blames COVID-19 for Quibi's paltry downloads as execs lower projections from 7M users and $250M subscriber revenue estimated for first year — Downloads of the $1.8 billion short-form streaming app, meant for phones, are paltry. “I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Mr. Katzenberg said.
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Equity management platform Carta is planning to launch CartaX, a private share trading platform to rival Nasdaq, this summer for companies worth $1B+ — Silicon Valley start-up poised to launch exchange as tech companies delay IPOs — The Silicon Valley start-up Carta is planning to launch …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Microsoft's new Family Safety app, for managing kids' screen time and app usage, launches in preview on Android and iOS and syncs with Windows and Xbox devices — The app syncs with Windows and Xbox devices — Microsoft is launching a dedicated new app, Family Safety, designed for managing kids' screen time and app usage.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Lite, the version of the Instagram app aimed at emerging markets, has quietly disappeared; source: a new lightweight Instagram app is being developed — Instagram Lite, the two-year old version of the Instagram app aimed at emerging markets, has quietly disappeared.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon makes Kendra, its cloud-based search tool that uses natural language processing to improve enterprise search, generally available — Amazon today launched Kendra in general availability, an AI and machine learning-powered service for enterprise search.| Alexander Behrens / Decrypt: |
TD Ameritrade-backed ErisX launches the first Ethereum futures trading platform in the US authorized by regulators — Ethereum has taken another big step into the regulated financial world. — ErisX, a US-based digital asset trading platform backed by TD Ameritrade, today launched trading for Ethereum …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify begins rolling out a new feature called Group Session, which lets multiple Premium users control a listening session — Spotify is today introducing a new feature, Group Session, that will allow two or more of its Premium users in the same space to share control over they music being played.
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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin's third “halving”, the programmed event where mining rewards drop, has occurred, lowering the payout to 6.25 BTC per block; the last halving was in 2016 — Bitcoin's third halving, the network's quadrennial landmark and the most anticipated event this year in the cryptocurrency industry, has finally happened.
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| Liam Frost / Decrypt: |
There is only around $8M in bitcoin on the Lightning Network about two years after launching in beta, less than the ~$11.5M locked up in Ethereum wallet dapps — Recent data shows that the total amount of Bitcoin in circulation on the Ethereum blockchain is currently higher than in Bitcoin's … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Premium email app Newton Mail says it has been bought by new owners and will still charge $50 per year — The $50-per-year email service has been bought again by new owners — Newton Mail is returning to life once again under new ownership, marking the unexpected third life for the premium email app.
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