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In open letter on racism, Tim Cook speaks out on George Floyd's “senseless killing” and says we must commit to creating a better, more just world for everyone — Right now, there is a pain deeply etched in the soul of our nation and in the hearts of millions.
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| Moxie Marlinspike / Signal Blog: |
Messaging app Signal adds face blurring tool on iOS and Android to help hide protesters' identities — Right now, people around the world are marching and protesting against racism and police brutality, outraged by the most recent police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook will start blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying ads in the US this summer and is rolling out labels for ads and posts from those outlets — Facebook said Thursday it will begin blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying advertising in the U.S. this summer.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google researchers say hackers backed by China recently targeted the Biden campaign while Iran targeted the Trump campaign, but see “no signs of compromise” — Google security researchers say they've identified efforts by at least two nation state-backed hackers against the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns.
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| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Report: Apple started a robotics lab in 2012 to reduce human labor needed to assemble products, but abandoned it in 2018 when the robots couldn't match humans — Apple has spent years and millions of dollars on automating its production lines with technology, and it has always reverted to using skilled human beings instead.
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Google announces several personnel changes, including elevating Prabhakar Raghavan to run Search and Assistant, replacing Ben Gomes, who moves to Education — Jerry Dischler becomes the new head of Google Ads, Gomes takes over Google Education, while Google veteran Jen Fitzpatrick takes on engineering.| Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a ~5% stake, worth at least $2B, in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel — NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) …
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| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Facebook ran an ad for 5 days from a GOP Congressional candidate that urged people to shoot “looting hoards from Atlanta”; ad removed after journalist inquiry — This is the online edition of the Popular Information newsletter. Sign up to get independent accountability journalism in your inbox:| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
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| Brad Artziniega / The Official Medium Blog: |
Medium launches Newsletters, to let publications start newsletters on the platform and get replies from readers directly in the publications' inboxes — Four years ago, we launched Letters to help Publications connect with their audience directly in their readers' inboxes.
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
DuckDuckGo CEO: US federal and state authorities are asking detailed questions about how to limit Google's search business, as part of antitrust investigations — - Private search engine DuckDuckGo has spoken to states, feds — U.S. federal and state authorities are asking detailed questions … | Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Kitty Hawk shuts down original Flyer program, shifts focus to developing Heaviside, a sleeker electric aircraft that can fly and land anywhere autonomously — Kitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup's inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Employees at Star Theory, which was developing Kerbal Space Program 2, say the game studio closed after Take-Two canceled the contract and poached key members — One Friday evening last December, employees of game designer Star Theory Games each received the same unusual recruitment message over LinkedIn.| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
Police scanner app Citizen has become an instant hit during the protests but its social networking layer could be adding to a climate of fear and divisiveness — The George Floyd demonstrations have made the police scanner app into an overnight hit. But it's unclear whether the app is helping people stay safe or stoking their fears.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 13.5.5 beta code hints that Apple still plans to introduce a service bundle that includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more in a single subscription — Apple is rumored to introduce a service bundle that includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more in a single subscription. 9to5Mac …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Slack Q1: revenue of $201.7M, up 50% YoY, compared with 49% last quarter, and added 12,000 new paid customers for a total of 122K+; stock down 15%+ after hours — - Slack grew revenue 50% during the quarter, compared with 49% last quarter, on an annualized basis. — Use of Slack increased as the coronavirus took hold.Sponsor Posts
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