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Disney's top streaming exec, Kevin Mayer, resigns to become CEO of TikTok and COO of parent company ByteDance; Disney names Rebecca Campbell as his successor — Kevin Mayer will lead the Chinese-owned app for making and sharing short videos, which has exploded in popularity during the pandemic.
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Profile of Rebecca Campbell, Disney's new direct-to-consumer and international chairperson in charge of streaming, including the global expansion of Disney+ — Rebecca Campbell, whose promotion to Disney's Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer & International on Monday put her in charge of Disney+ … | Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
AG Barr says that, “no thanks to Apple”, the FBI succeeded in unlocking the “phones” of the Pensacola gunman, who they found had significant links to Al Qaeda — It looks like the most recent contention between the FBI and Apple over device encryption has come to an end …
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At an MIT event, Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company was “on the wrong side of history” with open source — Tell-all with president Brad Smith reveals Obama warned tech giants that a privacy reckoning was coming — Microsoft president Brad Smith (pictured) …
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Sony and Microsoft announce partnership to embed Microsoft Azure AI capabilities onto Sony's new image sensor with built-in AI that was announced last week — Sony's image sensor will have Microsoft Azure artificial intelligence capabilities. — Sony and Microsoft have joined together …
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Profile of Chinese voice computing company iFlytek, which makes AI-based apps for consumers and the Chinese government that critics say aid surveillance efforts — Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users.| Oculus: |
Oculus says it will start accepting Quest titles that support hand tracking this month and details two new collaboration and productivity apps coming this year — We're about to celebrate an exciting milestone: the one-year anniversary of Oculus Quest and Rift S!
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Instagram introduces Guides, a feature letting creators curate content on a specific subject, debuting with select accounts focusing on wellness — Creators, public figures, organizations and publishers can curate content on a specific subject — Instagram introduced a new Guides feature Monday …
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
In email to staff, Dara Khosrowshahi says Uber will cut 3,000 more jobs, in addition to the 3,700 that were let go earlier this month, and will close 45 offices — The ride-hailing giant also is exploring the sale of noncore businesses — Uber Technologies Inc. is cutting several thousand …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Google suspended a popular Android podcast app, Podcast Addict, from the Play Store and removed ads from existing installs, because it lists COVID-19 content — Part of a new Google policy — Podcast Addict, an Android podcast app with millions of users, was suspended over the weekend because it lists COVID-19 content.
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Walmart says it will discontinue Jet.com, which it acquired for $3.3B in 2016, even as Q1 e-commerce sales were up 74% — Jet.com was critical to Walmart's e-commerce strategy and omnichannel efforts, but is no longer necessary. — Walmart said that its first quarter e-commerce sales … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt says its institutional custody business has now more than 70 clients as it eyes the launch of a much-anticipated consumer app — Bakkt, the digital asset venture owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has expanded its institutional custody business … Sponsor Posts
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