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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive — In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides as productive.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies — “We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post — Facebook will not remove …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
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Tweets: @funnymonkey, @duty2warn, @jennifersertl, @drunkaustrian, @rachelsklar, @gottalaff, @aaschapiro, @oliverdarcy, @ronwaxman, @henshaw, @jjbmofw, @kateconger, and @ceciliakang
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @stirman, @caseynewton, @timobrien, @sheeraf, @michaelkruse, @kurtwagner8, @carlquintanilla, @ananny, @mikeisaac, @samanthajpower, @justinhendrix, @buzz, @juddlegum, @oliverdarcy, @mikeisaac, @ahmed, @donie, @laurahuu, @jason_kint, @npr, @ananny, @slpng_giants, @jasoncfry, @danielpunkass, @jeffbigham, @fraying, @monteiro, @hshaban, @aoc, @oneunderscore__, @mattyglesias, @dylanbyers, @clarajeffery, @b_fung, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @nicdawes, @profgalloway, @matthewfederman, @arainert, @mollyjongfast, @jesselehrich, @jesselehrich, @ericschultz, and @zeynep
| Oversight Board / @oversightboard: |
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Tweets: @zeynep, @chrismessina, @jason_kint, @ericagreene, @jmgrygiel, @evelyndouek, @jamesfallows, @imeluny, @seth_hettena, @_alialkhatib, @charlieburns, @rakshesha, @mohamed, @erickfernandez, @whitehouse, @marechalphd, @whitehouse, @michaelschweitz, @willoremus, @willoremus, @ericbolling, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @piersmorgan, @davidaxelrod, @chrismegerian, and @jason_kint
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft lays off editorial staff at its News and MSN divisions, reportedly affecting around 50 US and 27 UK jobs, as it increases use of AI for news curation — Microsoft News and MSN is increasingly being run by robots — Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers …
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The Guardian, Business Insider, SlashGear, Reclaim The Net, Digital Trends, Engadget, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Seeking Alpha, GeekWire, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @adambanksdotcom, @jason, @maltelandwehr, @xhgmattia, @jnthnhndrckx, @andrewyang, @jones_mattryan, @louiseridley, @judith_moeller, @mattk, @caseynewton, @iroughol, @paperghost, @smitharrytv, @peterkgeoghegan, @charliebeckett, @parkermolloy, @mairavz, @indigenousai, @tomwarren, @thorsen1nk, @davidparis, @jensmithwsj, @lmoses, @sub8u, @pelhambluefund, and @davidclinchnews
| Stitcher Blog: |
Stitcher releases its first podcasting report, with 10 years of data trends; a pandemic update shows a dip in listening at commute times and a lunchtime rise — What a decade of industry growth looks like from the app perspective. — It's been over a decade since we launched the Stitcher app.| The Hacker News: |
Apple paid a researcher $100K for reporting a flaw in “Sign in with Apple” in April that could have let attackers hijack any user's account on third-party apps — Apple recently paid Indian vulnerability researcher Bhavuk Jain a huge $100,000 bug bounty for reporting …
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Bhavuk Jain, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Tweets: @scott3142, @artemr, @thehackersnews, and @martenmickos
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Markup: |
Grubhub should be thriving during the pandemic; instead, delivery apps' unworkable business model, charging high fees to small restaurants, creates huge losses — The crisis is a stark reminder that food delivery tech companies may have an unworkable business model
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Ars Technica. Tweets: @tldinvestors, @lisatozzi, @gabegundy, @profmannetter, @heratylaw, @juliaangwin, and @adrjeffries
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Benchling, which makes software for tracking and managing data from biotech research, raises $50M at a $850M valuation, bringing its total raised to $114M — Sajith Wickramasekara started working on an idea for a cloud-based Crispr design tool for scientists during college at MIT eight years ago.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could cause security and privacy issues in addition to hindering interoperability — With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large.
Tweets: @brianbehlendorf, @brianbehlendorf, @a_greenberg, and @wired
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Experts discuss plans announced by Coinbase, Genesis Trading, and BitGo to become crypto's “prime brokers” and what that reveals about the state of the industry — It's probably no coincidence that three major crypto firms - Coinbase, Genesis Trading and BitGo …
Tweets: @coindesk
| John Herman / New York Times: |
The pandemic pushed Amazon to its breaking point, prematurely delivering a future it has been planning for, where whole categories of physical retail are closed — To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Tweets: @frankpasquale, @worrierprincess, @sumofus, @rwabigwi, and @xanalter
| Kirsten Grind / Wall Street Journal: |
COVID-19 Technology Task Force, an effort to let big tech companies assist White House's pandemic response, beset by disagreements over privacy and other issues — Effort to join Silicon Valley tech giants including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon with the White House to fight the coronavirus is faltering
Tweets: @trippmickle, @kirstengrind, and @wsj
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Pie Insurance, a startup offering an automated online service that provides small businesses with workers' compensation insurance, announces $127M raise — Pie Insurance, a Washington, D.C.-based startup offering workers' compensation insurance to small businesses, announced this morning …
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