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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Three Democratic lawmakers introduce a bill that would require stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter, approval from the Federal Reserve and FDIC, more — A new U.S. Congressional bill would require stablecoin issuers to secure bank charters and secure regulatory approval prior to circulating any stablecoins.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Slack's struggles to succeed as a standalone company mirror the fortunes of other one-time innovators in enterprise productivity who struggled with distribution — And why the era of worker-centered work tools may be over — Slack's life as an underdog darling of Silicon Valley ended on November 2, 2016.
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Box Blog, Protocol, New York Times, 500ish, Salesforce News, Forbes, and diginomica
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
PhonePe is partially spinning off, reducing Flipkart's stake from 100% to 87%, and raises $700M led by Walmart at a post-money valuation of $5.5B — PhonePe, the crown jewel in Flipkart's acquisition by Walmart, is “partially” spinning off, the financial services firm said on Thursday.
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The Economic Times, The Economic Times, Reuters, Tech in Asia, and MediaNama
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
ESET researchers detail Crutch malware, used by Russian APT Turla to steal sensitive docs from an EU foreign ministry and exfiltrate them via Dropbox accounts — Russian-backed hacking group Turla has used a previously undocumented malware toolset to deploy backdoors and steal sensitive documents …
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Source: a group of more than 40 US states, led by New York, plans to file an antitrust suit against Facebook next week — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon adds webcam support to the 2nd-gen Fire TV Cube, enabling video calls with Alexa-enabled devices, rolling out in the coming weeks in US, UK, elsewhere — Call any Alexa-enabled device with a screen, including smartphones, Fire tablets, and the Echo Show| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
NLRB says in a complaint that Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who organized staff protests before firing two of them in late 2019 — Company policies violated labor law, according to the complaint — Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Alphabet transitions its navigation system for its fleet of Loon high-altitude balloons to one controlled by AI, a first for commercial aerospace systems — The company's new AI flight control system outperforms its human-made one — Alphabet's Loon, the team responsible for beaming internet … | Thomas Black / Bloomberg: |
FedEx has agreed to buy e-commerce shipping service ShopRunner, which will operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Services, for an undisclosed sum — FedEx Corp. has agreed to acquire ShopRunner, an e-commerce service that provides shipping for more than 100 brands, as the courier seeks to deepen its ties with online shoppers.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is in exclusive talks to buy Wondery, in a deal valuing the podcast network at $300M+; Wondery's on track to increase revenue to $40M+ this year — Venture-backed podcast company is in talks to be sold with a valuation of more than $300 million
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google is shutting down its Poly 3D object library for AR/VR development platforms on June 30, 2021, after discontinuing most of its other AR/VR tools — Google is almost running out of AR/VR projects to kill off. — The company announced today in an email to Poly users …
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Tweets: @lookinggdlouis and @mikeelgan
| Caitlin Dewey / OneZero : |
How Americans are using Cash App and Venmo to practice direct giving to one another in a new way, as an alternative to giving through charitable institutions — In 2020, Venmoing total strangers in need became a radical act of support — and trust — aised in a six-bedroom mansion …
Tweets: @dlberes, @ozm, @doctoryasmin, @gaetaamy, @caitlindewey, @ozm, @daniellesacks, @dannygroner, and @ozm
| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the US Dollar Coin, a stablecoin created by Circle Internet Financial on ethereum's blockchain — Credit card giant Visa today announced it is connecting its global payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin …
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coinspeaker.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, SlashGear, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, Cryptonews, CryptoGlobe, Decrypt, CoinDesk, The Block, Modern Consensus, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @coinbureau, @simplyianm, @rhhackett, @arpit, @spencernoon, @andrewdarmacap, and @forbescrypto
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Google says News Showcase will soon add free access to select paywalled articles, and it has doubled publisher partners to ~400 since its launch in October — Google News Showcase visitors will soon be able to read select paywalled articles at no extra charge.
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The Verge, The Keyword, 9to5Google, MediaNama, and XDA Developers
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Twitter expands its hate speech policies to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin” — Twitter is once again expanding its hate speech policies. The company updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Hulu's Watch Party feature is now expanding to all subscribers, allows up to seven other subscribers to join, and will have a “click to catch up button” — Hulu was first among the big streamers to embrace the co-watch trend during quarantine — Hulu was first among …
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Hulu Press, TechCrunch, CNET, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Variety, and Cord Cutters News. Tweets: @hulu_support
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at MANRS, a group of ~600 participants including Google, which aims to add safeguards to the Border Gateway Protocol, improving internet routing security — Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google.
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MANRS. Tweets: @lilyhnewman, @gadgetlab, @wired, @amatwyshyn, @k8em0, @kimzetter, @stevebellovin, and @paul_ipv6
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
DHS' IG says it's probing the department's practice of tracking people without a warrant by buying brokered cellphone data, after Democratic senators' request — Inspector general to investigate legality of tracking Americans without a warrant — WASHINGTON—The Department …
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Washington Post, VICE, Nextgov, Vox, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @hypervisible, @haleaziz, and @hoofnagle
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft buys Smash.gg, a company that organizes esports tournaments, founded in 2015 by a team of amateur players and esports fans — Microsoft has purchased eSports platform vendor Smash.gg and is planning on integrating it with its MSN eSports franchise.
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Windows Central, Stevivor, GeekWire, Dot Esports, Game Rant, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, GameSpot, PC Games Insider, GamesIndustry.biz, and Twinfinite. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
GroupM expects marketers to spend $110.1B on digital ads in the US this year, accounting for more than half of the year's total ad spend for the first time — Digital ads to account for more than half of year's U.S. advertising expenditures for first time — For the first time … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Researcher details a zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol, now patched, which could have granted access to device hardware and data — A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
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