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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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Representative Rashida Tlaib, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, The Block, and Modern Consensus
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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, New York Times, Salesforce News, Forbes, diginomica, Gamasutra, and Medium
Tweets: @jaycuthrell, @levie, @box, and @tomkrazit
| 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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SlashGear, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Crypto Briefing, PYMNTS.com, Cryptonews, CryptoGlobe, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, Cointelegraph, and Modern Consensus
Tweets: @coinbureau, @andrewdarmacap, @spencernoon, @arpit, @simplyianm, @rhhackett, and @forbescrypto
| 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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WeLiveSecurity, SecurityWeek, SC Media, Threatpost, ZDNet, DataBreaches.net, and The Hacker News. Tweets: @esetresearch
| 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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Business Insider, Bloomberg, Engadget, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, Variety, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
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| 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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NPR, CNET, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Axios, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, The Guardian, Reuters, OneZero , TechSpot, Fortune, and Input
Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @veenadubal, @josheidelson, @cat_zakrzewski, and @alexsjacquez. Thanks:@william_fitz
| 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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
TikTok appears to be experimenting with allowing three-minute videos, up from its current 60-second limit — The beauty of TikToks is that they're (usually) never long enough to overstay their welcome, but a new report suggests the company behind the app is mulling a big change.
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The Verge, Tubefilter, Pocket-lint, Social Media Today, dexerto.com, Android Headlines, Ubergizmo, MakeUseOf, TechSpot, and New York Post
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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to release two new MacBook Pros with an all-new design in 2021 and a more affordable MacBook Air in 2022, all with mini LED panels — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that as part of Apple's mini LED push, the company will release a pair of new MacBook Pro models …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, CNBC, Pocketnow, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Better Programming, Trusted Reviews, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, GSMArena.com, and Apple Terminal
Tweets: @bzamayo, @chancehmiller, @lukemiani, @jioriku, @jioriku, and @jioriku
| 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.| 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 Keyword, The Verge, 9to5Google, and XDA Developers
| 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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9to5Google, Gizmodo, VRScout, SlashGear, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @lookinggdlouis and @mikeelgan
| Reuters: |
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: |
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, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Variety, Gizmodo, CNET, Cord Cutters News, and Pocket-lint. Tweets: @hulu_support
| 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, Nextgov, Vox, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @hoofnagle, @haleaziz, and @hypervisible
| 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: @ozm, @doctoryasmin, @ozm, @ozm, @dlberes, @gaetaamy, @caitlindewey, @daniellesacks, and @dannygroner
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces Best of 2020 apps and most downloaded apps: home workout app Wakeout! won App of the Year for iPhone, Zoom for iPad, Disney+ for Apple TV — Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020. As in previous years …
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Apple, Engadget, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, CNN, Explain Everything, SlashGear, App Store, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Variety, and CNET
Tweets: @tim_cook, @jimmylittle, @tolmasky, @mcwm, @fromedome, @neilcybart, @reckless, @sdw, @joshmobleymusic, @reckless, @reckless, @jimmylittle, @reckless, @endelsound, and @willsmith
| 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 … | 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 …
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @hshaban, @alecmacgillis, @leimer, @joshsternberg, @antoniogm, @jamesvgrimaldi, @lindseyboylan, @meganclasen, @riegerreport, @david_marcelis, and @wsjcmo
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify says Anchor powered 80% of its new podcasts, or 1M+ shows, in 2020; overall, Anchor powers 70% of Spotify's total podcast catalog of over 1.9M shows — Anchor powered more than 1 million show launches in 2020 — Spotify's $100 million-plus Anchor acquisition is seemingly paying off.
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Spotify, TechCrunch, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @backlon, @brendonbigley, @alexwolfco, @mattnavarra, @ashleyrcarman, and @spotifynews
| 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, Neowin, GeekWire, Dot Esports, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, GameSpot, GamesIndustry.biz, and Twinfinite. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Telegram tests letting iOS users listen and reply to new messages via Siri, seemingly the first 3rd-party dev to support the Siri API announced over a year ago — The latest beta of messaging app Telegram supports Apple's Announce Messages with Siri feature on AirPods …
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The 8-Bit, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @ohmdee
| 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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Project Zero, VICE, BBC, Slashdot, Input, TechRadar, iDownloadBlog.com, Schneier on Security, Naked Security, HotHardware.com News, KnowTechie, Tom's Guide, CyberScoop, Mashable, AppleInsider, The Hacker News, MSPoweruser, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @kennwhite, @mattblaze, @rayredacted, @rgb_lights, @jvagle, @chey_cobb, @virusbtn, @reflectingman, @zehavoc, and @bmcclendon
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