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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017 — - Amazon is buying MGM Studios, the companies announced, marking Amazon's most ambitious move yet into the entertainment business.
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
With its MGM acquisition, Amazon doesn't want to compete with streamers like Netflix but reduce Prime subscriber churn by providing enough blockbuster content — Amazon isn't competing with Netflix, but it is spending billions trying to figure out Hollywood. Maybe 007 can help.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it will limit the distribution of all posts from personal accounts that routinely spread misinformation — Facebook Inc. will begin doling out harsher punishments for individual accounts that repeatedly share false or misleading posts, an expansion of the social network's efforts to crack down on misinformation.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
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| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send bitcoin to PayPal and Venmo users as well as to Coinbase and outside crypto wallets — PayPal created a stir in the crypto markets last year when it announced its millions of users could buy and sell Bitcoin.
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CoinDesk, Reuters, TheStreet, Bitcoin Magazine, Finance Magnates, Crypto Briefing, U.Today, ZyCrypto, Insider, and NewsBTC
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter says users can now join Spaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet — You can't host rooms yourself on the web just yet, though — You'll be able to join Twitter's Clubhouse-like Spaces from desktop and mobile web browsers starting Wednesday …
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Social Media Today, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, and The Verge
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia beats with record Q1 revenue of $5.66B, up 84% YoY, with Gaming revenue of $2.76B, up 106% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $2.05B, up 79% YoY — Nvidia reported revenues of $5.66 billion for its first fiscal quarter ended May 2, up 84% from a year earlier. Gaming revenue grew 106% to $2.76 billion.
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Tweets: @nickstatt, @smt_watch, and @patrickmoorhead
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook and Instagram now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others — Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon says Andy Jassy will become CEO on July 5, which marks 27 years to the day that Amazon was incorporated — That's Amazon's 27th birthday — Andy Jassy will officially become the CEO of Amazon on July 5th, the company announced at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
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| Cristiano Lima / Politico: |
Facebook says it will no longer take down posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made, following renewed debate about the origins of the virus — Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, The White House, The Hill, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Forbes, and New York Post
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple removes an app, discovered by a developer, that required at least a three-star review before people could use it — An app that demanded at least a three-star review to function got through the App Store review process, it has been found (via The Verge).
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, phonearena.com, Michael Tsai, BGR, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI's Sam Altman announces a $100M startup fund with Microsoft backing aimed at early-stage AI companies, with plans to invest in “probably not more than 10” — OpenAI is launching a $100 million startup fund, which it calls the OpenAI Startup Fund, though which it and its partners … | Bloomberg: |
ZipRecruiter closes at $21.10 per share after opening at $20, giving it a valuation of ~$2.8B, up from its 2018 valuation of ~$1.5B — - Shares in ZipRecruiter opened at $20 apiece Wednesday — Company's direct listing follows Coinbase, Squarespace — ZipRecruiter Inc. rose …
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| New York Times: |
An overview of Russia's increasingly aggressive attempts to control Google, Facebook, and Twitter, ordering them to store data in Russia and imposing fines — Its campaign is part of a global wave of actions by governments that are testing how far they can go to control online speech.
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The Independent, KyivPost, TASS, and Meduza.io
Tweets: @nytimes, @davidakaye, @jilliancyork, @evelyndouek, @satariano, and @kateconger
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher details a WebKit flaw, which can lead to a RCE exploit, that remains unpatched by Apple despite the availability of an open source fix for 3 weeks — WebKit bug that was fixed upstream has yet to find its way into Apple products. — Apple has yet to patch a security bug found …
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SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @theori_io, @tjbecker_, and @campuscodi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a new shopping section called Drops, helping users find limited supply products, and will temporarily waive fees due to COVID-19 — Instagram today announced it's adding a new feature to help connect online shoppers to product drops through its app.
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Ad Age, The Drum, The Business of Fashion, PYMNTS.com, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @garettsloane, @mattnavarra, @glenngabe, and @erinnorton
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake beats with Q1 revenue of $228.9M, up 110% YoY, as net loss swelled to $203.2M from $93.6M last year; year to date, its stock is down ~17% — - Snowflake's revenue beat estimates for the quarter as losses mounted. — Goldman Sachs upgraded Snowflake stock to buy earlier …
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Snowflake, MarketWatch, CRN, Investor's Business Daily, Forbes, Barron's Online, and Bloomberg
| Martin Tisne / MIT Technology Review: |
Lawmakers focus on protecting individuals from Big Tech when they should develop laws focusing specifically on collective data rights to prevent harm to society — Protecting individual data is not enough when the harms are collective — Every person engaged with the networked world constantly creates rivers of data.
Tweets: @martintisne, @martintisne, @rafa_zanatta, @hackylawyer, @martintisne, @protonmail, and @ninanjira
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yalo, previously Yalochat, which helps brands sell their products via messaging services like WhatsApp, raises $50M Series C led by B Capital — Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp's profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers.
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PR Newswire and Wall Street Journal
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Zscaler stock rose ~12% on Wednesday after reporting Q3 earnings beat and announcing it will acquire India-based cybersecurity company Smokescreen Technologies — Zscaler said Smokescreen will help with ransomeware attacks and zero-trust security. — Cyber-security firm Zscaler …
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Investing.com and Dark Reading
| PYMNTS.com: |
Snappy, an e-commerce site that lets companies offer a selection of corporate gifts to their employees and clients, raises $70M Series C led by GGV Capital — Snappy, an eCommerce gifting platform, wrapped up a $70 million Series C funding round, bringing the firm's overall funding to in excess of $100 million.
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Business Wire and Inc.com
| Scott Kirsner Globe / The Boston Globe: |
Flywire, a Boston-based fintech focused on cross-border payments, closed up 46%+ in its Nasdaq debut after raising $250M in its IPO at a valuation of over $3B — The Boston-based digital payments company Flywire made its public market debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq exchange, after raising $250 million in an initial public offering.
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GlobeNewswire News Room and TechCrunch
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
France-based Agicap, creator of a SaaS tool that helps companies manage and forecast their cash flows, raises $100M led by Greenoaks, at a valuation of $500M+ — French startup Agicap has raised a new $100 million funding round led by Greenoaks. With today's funding round … | Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg: |
Iran says it is banning cryptocurrency mining until September 22 after a series of power blackouts across major cities — - Iran blames crypto mining and drought for recent outages — Government says 85% of mining activity is unlicensed — Follow us @crypto for our full coverage.
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CNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and The Verge
Tweets: @neloangelo314, @jessefelder, and @bloqbot
| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces Fact Check, a section of the Coinbase blog to combat misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto — Every tech company should go direct to their audience, and become a media company. — As Coinbase and the cryptoeconomy grow …
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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At. Tweets: @jrhennessy, @coinbasenews, @edzitron, @alex, @chafkin, @williamturton, @kevinroose, @ahcastor, @ellenhuet, and @ericnewcomer
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