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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Signal's CEO says he analyzed a Cellebrite device, used to extract data from phones, that fell off a truck, and it is full of easily exploitable security flaws — One of the biggest encrypted chat apps in the world just showed how a device used to decrypt messages can be hacked and tampered with.
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| Senate Judiciary Subcommittee: |
Recording of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing to examine competition in app stores, with testimony from Apple, Google, Spotify, Tile, and others — Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. Mr. Kyle Andeer Chief Compliance Officer Apple Cupertino …
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| Bloomberg: |
During Senate hearing, Spotify and Match said Apple abuses its power over app developers, leveraging its user base; Spotify said the goal is to hurt rivals — - Spotify, Match, Tile blast Apple over fees, barriers to rivals — Match lawyer says Apple told company: ‘You owe us every dime’
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Twitter rolls out the option to upload and view 4K images on Android and iOS to all users, after testing the feature earlier this year — Twitter finally fixes its low-res picture problem — Get ready for Twitter to start looking a whole lot crisper — starting today …
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| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
FTC nominee Lina Khan appeared on track to be confirmed after she signaled support for an aggressive approach to Big Tech during her hearing — Sen. Cruz ‘looks forward’ to working with Lina Khan, but other Republicans question her views and experience — WASHINGTON— Lina Khan …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Files from REvil, which is extorting Apple supplier Quanta, appear to confirm new MacBook Pros with MagSafe, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, and no Touch Bar — Schematics stolen from Apple supplier Quanta Computer outline Apple's plans for the next-generation MacBook Pro models that are expected in 2021 …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google's Ethical AI group was in turmoil long before the ouster of Gebru and Mitchell, after friction over handling of harassment and bias allegations — The ouster of lead researchers Gebru, Mitchell followed years of friction over how Google handled allegations of harassment and bias| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google announces updates to Meet, rolling out next month on desktop, including a new UI, improved presentation features, and background replacement — Background video, automatic light adjustment, and much more — Google is refreshing its Meet user interface next month for desktop and laptop users.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Bipartisan lawmakers introduce Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to address police surveillance, including banning warrantless location data purchases — The sweeping bill has support from both Democrats and Republicans, and will address multiple forms of surveillance. — Joseph Cox
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| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
Dish partners with AWS to build the first public cloud-based 5G network, which Dish plans to launch initially in Las Vegas in the third quarter — World's first public cloud-based 5G network will run on AWS in major test for global telecoms — Dish Network has become the first telecoms company …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to include upgrades to notifications, redesigned iPad Home Screen, updated Lock Screen, and additional privacy protections — - New privacy tools, updates to iMessage app also planned — Company to show software updates at June developer conference| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ornikar, an online marketplace for driving instructors, raises €100M Series C led by KKR, source says at a $750M valuation, bringing its total raised to $175M — A French startup that set out to bring a new approach to driver education and road safety, and then used that foothold …
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Tech.eu and EU-Startups
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Netherlands-based on-demand e-moped startup Go Sharing, which has a fleet of ~5K e-mopeds across 30 cities, raises €50M led by Opportunity Partners — On-demand access to electric mopeds — the small, motorised scooters that you sit on, not kick — has been a small but persistent part …
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Tech.eu and Silicon Canals
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tribal Credit, which offers credit lines to startups and SMBs in emerging markets via an AI-driven approval process, raises $34.3M in a Series A and debt round — The B2B payments space has seen an explosion in demand, and investor interest, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses try …
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Deep Instinct, whose software uses deep learning to predict and prevent malware and other cyberattacks, raises $100M led by BlackRock — BlackRock Inc. is leading a $100 million investment round for Deep Instinct, a cybersecurity software startup. — Other participating investors include …
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| Jason Snell / Macworld: |
The new iPads have great hardware, led by M1 and mini-LED, but iPadOS lacks proper second display support and pro apps like Final Cut Pro, Xcode, and Logic Pro — The hardware is top notch. The software leaves a lot to be desired. — MORE COLOR — Nobody needed to convince me that Apple's …
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Fast Company, On my Om, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, Forbes, MacStories, The Verge, Bloomberg, and The Information
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Support article says lost AirTags will be readable by any NFC-enabled device, including Android devices, when in Lost Mode — After numerous rumors, Apple finally introduced AirTag during today's special event. Apple's item tracker works based on the ultra-wideband U1 chip and relies …
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Apple Support, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Softpedia News, and Forbes
Tweets: @detroitborg and @rstephens
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Unlike Apple's App Store IAPs and subscriptions, Podcast Subscriptions competes with other podcast players and ways to consume premium feeds in the Podcasts app — There was a bit of a brouhaha a couple of weeks ago when Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee sent a letter to Apple accusing …
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Protocol, Mashable, Pixel Envy, and Digiday
Tweets: @baekdal, @kjlabuz, @dalmaer, @kellieriordan, and @stratechery
| Bloomberg: |
Federal jury rules Intel doesn't infringe two patents owned by VLSI Technology, in the second of three $1B+ trials over patents once owned by NXP Semiconductors — - Intel doesn't infringe two former NXP chip patents, jury says — Texas trial follows $2.2 billion March verdict against Intel
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LAW.com, Law360, Tom's Hardware, and equalocean.com
| Nikkei Asia: |
Indonesia-based Halodoc, a medical teleconsultation and online drug delivery service, raises $80M Series C led by Astra with Temasek and others participating — Conglomerate Astra and Singapore's Temasek among first-time investors — TOKYO — Halodoc, one of Indonesia's largest health-tech startup …
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