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Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips — We $ee you - sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work …
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Internal memo: Goldman Sachs informed its markets personnel that a newly created crypto trading desk successfully traded two kinds of bitcoin-linked derivatives — - The bank informed its markets personnel on Thursday that a newly created cryptocurrency trading desk had successfully traded …
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Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10 — How to Install SUSE Enterprise Server in Windows 10 — WINDOWS 10, AND WINDOWS CLIENT OS — Back in the fall of 2019 … | Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online: |
Bill.com, a cloud-based payments service for SMBs, has agreed to acquire expense management software provider Divvy for $2.5B in cash and stock — The fintech Bill.com is buying Divvy, an expense reporting start-up, for $2.5 billion. — The deal, announced Thursday, calls for Bill.com …
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Amazon says it will postpone Prime Day in India and Canada due to worsening spread of COVID-19, but the event will go on as planned in June in other countries — - Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it will pause Prime Day in India and Canada as the countries face worsening spread of the coronavirus.
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Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users — The company is making some changes to encourage more people to adopt a key digital security mechanism. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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Bitski, which builds custom NFT storefronts for brands and creators, raises $19M Series A led by a16z and others including Jay-Z, MrBeast, and Serena Williams — Bitski, an SF-based startup that builds custom NFT storefronts for brands and creators, is banking on the latter, and they have new investors betting the same.
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Square beats in Q1 with revenue of $5.06B, up 266% YoY, with $3.5B in bitcoin revenue, up 11x YoY, gross profit of $964M, up 79% YoY, with $495M from Cash App — - The company reported a profit per share of 41 cents vs. 16 cents per share expected in a Refinitiv survey of analysts.
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Court docs show Apple offered Hulu and some other “whitelisted developers” special access to App Store APIs, like the cancel/refund API — Today is the fourth day of the Epic Games v. Apple legal battle, and documents shared in the trial continue to give us insight into the App Store and Apple's business practices.
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NY AG's office says fake comments, including 8.5M funded by largest US ISPs, accounted for ~18M of the 22M+ net neutrality comments received by the FCC in 2017 — The New York attorney general's office released a new report detailing the effort — The New York attorney general's office issued …
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Inside Zuckerberg's plan to repair Facebook's image, including whimsical jokes on his Page, more media appearances, and discussing product more than policy — During a companywide Q&A with Facebook employees last Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned to a question about a recent uptick …
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Ada Support, which develops AI-driven customer support chatbots, raises $130M led by Spark Capital at a $1.2B valuation — - Zoom, Facebook use Ada bots for customer interactions — Spark, Tiger Global, Accel, Bessemer contribute $130 million — Chat bot startup Ada Support Inc …
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Google Play will add an App Store-like safety section starting next year, requiring apps to show details about the data they collect and other privacy info — In a new safety section — Starting next year, apps on Google Play will show details about what data they collect …
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A look at misconceptions about bitcoin's energy footprint, including how energy consumption does not equal carbon emissions, its use of unused resources, more — Summary. — Today, Bitcoin consumes as much energy as a small country. This certainly sounds alarming — but the reality is a little more complicated.Sponsor Posts
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