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Verizon joins the boycott of Facebook ads, pulling them until Facebook has “an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable”, the largest advertiser so far — - Verizon said on Thursday it is pulling advertising on Facebook and Instagram. — On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation …
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: facing growing ad boycott, Facebook told advertisers it will “not make policy changes tied to revenue pressure” but will invest more in tackling hate — Social network tells advertisers it takes civil-rights groups' concerns seriously, but won't ‘make policy changes tied to revenue pressure’
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Amazon to pay $1B+ to buy self-driving car developer Zoox; source says most investors will get their money back and some will make a positive return — Amazon has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to buy Zoox, an early developer of autonomous vehicles, marking the entrance …
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| Laurence Dodds / Telegraph: |
TikTok says it will stop clipboard snooping after iOS 14 reveals when apps attempt to read the clipboard; TikTok claims it was used to identify spammy behavior — A security patch from Apple has suddenly exposed just how many smartphone apps are reading users' clipboards every time they are on screen
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google Photos gets a redesign with an interactive map view, a new three-tab structure that includes Photos, Search, and Library, and a simplified pinwheel icon — Plus, more features designed to help you rediscover your old photos — After five years as the dominant solution …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google launches group calling support for Assistant-powered smart displays, like Nest Hub Max, in Google Meet for up to 100 users and in Duo for up to 32 people — Chat with up to either 32 or 100 right from your Nest Hub Max — Google is expanding the ways you can make video calls …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple confirms it is not planning to support Boot Camp on ARM-based Macs, and says “purely virtualization is the route” — Virtualization is the route forward — Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won't be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them.
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| Bloomberg: |
In email to staff, Uber CEO says it will “deprioritize” its finance-related projects, including Uber Money, as the head of its financial products quits — Uber Technologies Inc.'s financial services leader Peter Hazlehurst is calling it quits as the ride-hailing giant focuses …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch has begun issuing permanent bans after numerous sexual abuse allegations, but streamers who've complained doubt Twitch is ready to take them seriously — When streamer Samantha Wong told Twitch that she had been sexually harassed by another streamer, the report went all the way to the top.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is globally rolling out a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that's more than 90 days old — Facebook announced Thursday that it would introduce a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that's more than 90 days old.
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| Jack Koloskus / Input: |
Apple's new visual language in macOS 11 highlights a trend towards neumorphism, an iteration of skeuomorphic design that focuses on light moving within 3D space — If you watched Apple's annual WWDC event this week, or have been even casually observing some of the announcements the company made …
Tweets: @koloskus, @joshuatopolsky, @michaelsteeber, @tomscocca, @db, @raywongy, and @joshuatopolsky
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube is testing a new TikTok-like feature on mobile that will allow users to record 15-second, multi-segment videos — YouTube is taking direct aim at TikTok. The company announced on Wednesday it's beginning to test a new feature on mobile that will allow users to record 15-second long multi-segment videos.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Security software vendor Tanium partners with Salesforce, which led a new round of funding, bringing total raised to $900M at a $9B valuation — - Tanium said it has now raised $900 million total, suggesting that Salesforce is investing about $100 million into the security company.
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| Financial Times: |
The UK has pledged to invest ~£500M in OneWeb equity deal after the company failed to secure ~$2B in new funding from investors; UK could end up with +20% stake — Move comes as government explores options for global navigation system — Boris Johnson has pledged hundreds of millions …
Tweets: @brexit_sham, @tomtugendhat, @bbcamos, @trengriffin, @darrenpjones, and @anthonywatson
| Joe Fedewa / XDA Developers: |
Google makes its ARCore Depth API available for developers on Android and Unity to build AR experiences — ARCore is Google's SDK for creating augmented reality experiences on Android and iOS. On Android devices, it's delivered as part of the Google Play Services for AR app.
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Google Developers Blog, 9to5Google, GitHub, SlashGear, ProgrammableWeb.com, SiliconANGLE, Android Headlines, Ars Technica, Road to VR, UploadVR, Android Central, and Engadget
Tweets: @claybavor, @hci_research, and @stopsatgreen
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Salesforce launches Salesforce Anywhere, an app that unifies chat, alerts, comments and video in customer relationship management software — According to Salesforce, Anywhere incorporates lessons from the Quip app to reinvent collaboration within Salesforce.
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Salesforce.com, TechRepublic, Seeking Alpha, TechRepublic, diginomica, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @benioff and @samanthaettus
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
YouTube Music recently added music library support, which lets users play songs they own, but limits some of the library's playback functionality to subscribers — YouTube Music charges a monthly fee to play my music on my speaker? — In under six months, YouTube Music will be Google's one-and-only music service.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple to bring Face ID and Touch ID logins to the web in Safari 14 on mobile and desktop — Apple allows Touch ID and Face ID to be used in lieu of a password to access sensitive apps like those for banking or password management, and in the future, Face ID and Touch ID …
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