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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil's Supreme Court because the court used the wrong email address, apologizes, and asks for a ruling delay — Telegram's founder and CEO Pavel Durov has just put out a statement about why Brazil's Supreme Court is now suspending the app, and the reason is incredible.
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9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Durov's Channel, Reuters, BleepingComputer, New York Times, TechSpot, PCMag, Android Police, Decisive Liberty Newsletter, and Reuters
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Brazil's Supreme Court reverses its decision to ban Telegram, which it had ordered on Friday, after Telegram suddenly worked to comply with the court's orders — Brazil's Supreme Court blocked Telegram on Friday. The messaging app then responded with measures to fight misinformation, and the court quickly lifted its ban.
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The Verge, Agence France-Presse, Mashable, and Engadget
Tweets: @jacknicas, @arturpericles, and @afp
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Now that Apple is making monitors again, the company should develop a mesh network version of the AirPort Extreme to compete with Google and Amazon routers — Apple's new monitor isn't getting off to a particularly strong start, but I still think the company should do more to bolster its Mac lineup …
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| CBS San Francisco: |
A former Apple employee faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding the company out of $10M+, taking kickbacks, stealing parts, evading taxes, and more — CUPERTINO (CBS SF) - A former Apple employee is facing federal charges after he allegedly defrauded the tech giant out of millions … | Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Anaplan for $10.7B or $66/share, after the maker of cloud-based business planning software closed at $50.59 on Friday — Anaplan shareholders are to receive $66 a share in cash — Private-equity firm Thoma Bravo LP has struck a deal to buy Anaplan Inc … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google begins rolling out a feature that lets users delete the last 15 minutes of their search history on Android, after rolling it out for iOS in July 2021 — The feature came to the iOS app in July — Google is finally bringing the ability to delete the last 15 minutes of your search history …
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PCMag, Softpedia News, Mashable, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, TechSpot, BGR India, Tech Times, Tribuneindia News Service, and Android Police
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
A look at the fallout between Bob Chapek and Bob Iger as Disney restructures for a world where streaming dominates and legacy distribution models fade away — Bob Iger, left, and Bob Chapek of Disney — April 12, 2020. That's the day former Disney CEO Bob Iger's relationship … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Q&A with Margrethe Vestager on EU's cases against Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, how the planned Digital Markets Act may help with antitrust enforcement, more — Margrethe Vestager is one of the driving forces behind tech regulation worldwide. Appointed as the European Commission's commissioner …
Tweets: @reckless, @thedextriarchy, @nicholashirst_, and @igorletina
| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
Q&A with Second Life journalist Wagner James Au, on crypto-based metaverses, companies such as Meta struggling to foster healthy metaverse communities, and more — Welcome to Galaxy Brain—a newsletter from Charlie Warzel about technology, media, culture, and big ideas. You can read what this is all about here.
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Media-measurement giant Nielsen says it has turned down a bid by a private equity consortium, after reports of a potential acquisition caused its stock to soar — Nielsen Holdings PLC has turned down a bid by a private-equity consortium to buy the media-measurement giant … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How researchers are using self-supervised learning, a branch of AI that has proven effective for handling human language, to better understand animal sounds — New kinds of artificial intelligence are enabling scientists to better understand the sounds of the animal world, from whale songs to mouse squeaks
Tweets: @julespolonetsky, @drescotet, @julespolonetsky, @2morrowknight, @etzioni, @mims, and @mims
| Kevin Williams / Washington Post: |
Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans — LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one day last spring. Then it got louder, and soon some residents said the noise was like a jet engine idling on a nearby tarmac.
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