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TikTok users and K-pop fan accounts claim they registered thousands of tickets for Trump's Tulsa rally as a prank, resulting in lower than expected attendance — Did a successful prank inflate attendance expectations for President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Okla.?
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
VF Corp's The North Face, REI, and Upwork say they are committing to an ad boycott of Facebook in light of its handling of misinformation and hate speech — (CNN Business)Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook …
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What to expect from WWDC 2020: transition to ARM Macs, iOS 14 with Car Key and a Google Translate-like feature, third-party music services on HomePod, and more — - Company to announce move to Macs running its own processors — Developers complaining about longtime App Store rules, fees
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Nextdoor discontinues a feature that let users forward posts directly to police departments, but retains other ways, like DMs, to contact police via its app — “Forward to Police,” one of several Nextdoor programs to strengthen law enforcement relations, has been criticized for elevating racial profiling.
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An in-depth look at how Figma, a browser-based collaborative design tool, has found success, as it seeks to become a platform by building out a plugin ecosystem — Companies are a sequencing of loops. While it's possible to stumble into an initial core loop that works …
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Amazon secures its first permit to deliver alcohol in India, in the country's fourth most populous state West Bengal with a population of 90M+ — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has secured clearance to deliver alcohol in India's eastern state of West Bengal … | Brian Barth / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Toronto's growth as a tech hub, selling itself as a gentler, kinder version of Silicon Valley — The Canadian tech hub is selling itself as an antidote to the tech industry's worst impulses. But what does that entail? — It is a frigid February day when I visit Communitech …
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Pandora will offer more stats to podcast hosts like where listeners live, how long they tune in to each episode, and the number of thumbs up/down they receive — Move makes the streaming service more competitive with Apple and Spotify — Key insight: — Podcasting has long suffered …
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Urbint, which uses AI to predict and prevent threats to energy infrastructure and worker safety, raises $20M Series B — Urbint, an artificial intelligence company for infrastructure and utility safety, secured $20 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Energy Impact Partners and Piva, the company said Thursday.
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Sources: ARM ousted ARM China CEO Allen Wu after discovering that he had set up a competing investment fund; Wu maintains he is still in charge of ARM China — - Chinese corporation rules mean he will be difficult to remove — Wu maintains he is still in charge of Arm China Joint VentureThanks:@pelstrom
| Jason Fried / HEY: |
HEY's Jason Fried responds to Apple, says the dispute is not about the money, but about how Apple forcibly inserts itself between developers and their customers — So far, much of the recent discussion around Apple, HEY, In App Purchase (IAP), Subscriptions, the App Store, and the iOS developer community has been about money.
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Big Health, which offers fully automated cognitive and behavioral mental health programs, raises $39M Series B, bringing its total raised to $54.3M — Startup Big Health believes individuals can improve their mental health through its technology that focuses on cognitive behavioral therapy versus medication …
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