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Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight on July 20 alongside an auction winner — Jeff Bezos is going to be one of the passengers on his spaceflight company Blue Origin's first ever human space launch on July 20.
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| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Apple paid millions to settle a woman's claims that, after sending her iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her Facebook account — Technicians posted the private photos and video from her iPhone after she sent it to Apple for repair, according to legal documents
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
What to expect from WWDC 2021: iOS 15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of iPadOS home screen, new Apple Silicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more — The keynote kicks off June 7th at 1PM ET — Apple's annual developer extravaganza, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
France's competition authority says Google agreed to pay a fine of nearly $270M and promised to make it easier for competitors to use its ad tools — Deal with competition authority resolves complaint over the firm's digital advertising tactics — PARIS— Alphabet Inc.'s Google agreed …
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| Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic: |
A look at the rise of the meditation app Calm, downloaded by 100M+ users and valued at $2B, which aims to make meditation easy, friendly, and accessible — cathedral-like mountain towers above me; a lake laps at my feet; sunshine distilled through pine needles warms my skin. Close your eyes, a voice intones.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content — The company teased the Patreon-like subscription service earlier this year — Twitter announced earlier this year it was working …
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mobilesyrup.com, Engadget, Android Headlines, Livemint, Pocketnow, phonearena.com, SlashGear, Firstpost Tech, MUO, AppleInsider, Mashable, and MSPoweruser
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| New York Times: |
Analysis of Trump's social media engagement before and after bans shows a significant drop but some posts still receive equal engagement due to amplification — When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones.
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New York Times. Tweets: @ggreenwald, @jilliancyork, @nycsouthpaw, @timobrien, @jonlemire, @evelyndouek, and @justinhendrix
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
A look at the design work behind the sound effects in communication products from companies like Slack, Microsoft, Facebook, and others — - Facebook, Google Microsoft and other technology companies employ sound designers who specialize in developing distinct sounds that meet product needs and reflect well on their brands.| Shishir Mehrotra / Coda: |
An insider's look at how YouTube tackled its 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings — A peek inside how YouTube tackled the 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a unique set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings.
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Protocol. Tweets: @shishirmehrotra, @rklau, @vmohta1, @peeyush, @singhtv, @shishirmehrotra, @shishirmehrotra, @eldsjal, @shishirmehrotra, @shanemac, @bznotes, @mrjefago, @manikgupta, @andrewstinger, @shishirmehrotra, @salgar, @reidhoffman, @shishirmehrotra, @sriramk, and @hunterwalk
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
A look at the plight of “pickers”, in-store shoppers fulfilling online grocery orders, and the cottage industry around tech tools that make them more efficient — The technology needed to fulfill orders is costly for stores, and the workers who pick items off the shelves often feel the pressure of being tracked.
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @f_kaltheuner, @lyman_brian, @sapna, @greenhousenyt, and @harrysiegel
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Lightspeed, which makes point-of-sale software, buys e-commerce platform Ecwid for $500M and B2B e-commerce platform NuOrder for $425M — Lightspeed, has picked up two more companies in what is shaping up to be an acquisition spree for the Canadian point-of-sale software provider.
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PR Newswire and VentureBeat
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Flipkart is in talks to raise $3B from SoftBank and several sovereign wealth funds, targeting a valuation of ~$40B — - E-commerce giant to raise funds as IPO pushed back to 2022 — SoftBank to back Flipkart again after selling stake to Walmart
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