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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Instagram's Twitter competitor Threads is expected to launch on iOS on July 6, 2023, according to a pre-order listing in the App Store for the standalone app — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads …
More: App Store, New York Times, BBC, Threads, Bloomberg, Livemint, Insider, SlashGear, Deadline, and Pixel Envy
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| Insider: |
Instagram's Twitter-like “text-based conversation app” Threads shows up on Google Play in some European countries, such as Italy, France, Spain, and Germany — - Instagram appears to be getting ready to launch its Twitter-rival app called “Threads.”
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
An APK teardown of Instagram's Threads, uploaded to Google Play ahead of the app's launch, reveals the threads.net website and details on how Threads will work — Ahead of the app's launch later this week, Meta has launched a landing page for its Twitter competitor, “Threads,” counting down to the service's launch.| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
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| @twittersupport: |
Twitter says that in 30 days, users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more — We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product... https://twitter.com/...
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter employees say that removing support for legacy APIs is what broke TweetDeck, and the company will be moving users to the “new” version of TweetDeck — Twitter is officially launching its “new” version of TweetDeck to everyone, according to a tweet from Twitter's support account …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
TweetDeck users report major problems, including notifications and entire columns failing to load, after Elon Musk's new read limits; home timelines still load — Over the weekend, Elon Musk limited the number of tweets users can read in a day, which he said was to prevent data scraping.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sweden's privacy watchdog says that “companies must stop using Google Analytics” and fines local online retailer CDON less than $30K and telco Tele2 over $1.1M — Sweden's data protection watchdog has issued a couple of fines in relation to exports of European users' data via Google Analytics … | Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Apple plans to ask SCOTUS to revisit an Epic case ruling that Apple cannot stop developers from providing links in apps to payment options outside the App Store — Apple (AAPL.O) said on Monday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge's order in an antitrust case brought by … | New York Times: |
A look at the cottage industry of tech contractors in Russia, many employed by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for the FSB — Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before going offline in Louisiana, age gating cut traffic there by ~80% — Pornhub is now blocking people in Mississippi and Virginia from visiting its website over laws that would require the service to verify their age.
More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, and TechCrunch
| Bloomberg: |
BlackRock refiles for its spot bitcoin ETF through Nasdaq, saying Coinbase will provide market surveillance to address the US SEC's insufficient info objection — BlackRock Inc. has refiled paperwork with US regulators through Nasdaq to add new details to its proposal for a exchange-traded fund that invests directly in Bitcoin.
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| Bloomberg: |
China imposes export restrictions on gallium and germanium, used to make chips and other electronics, starting on August 1, likely raising manufacturers' costs — China imposed restrictions on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications …
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Forums: r/worldnews, r/neoliberal, r/LessCredibleDefence, and Slashdot
| Jesse Whittock / Deadline: |
Ampere: Disney+ Hotstar remains India's streaming leader with ~50M subscribers in Q1 and a 29% share, despite losing IPL cricket rights, vs. Prime Video's 12.4M — Disney+ Hotstar lost the rights to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket last year, but the streamer remains India's market leader, according to Ampere Analysis.Sponsor Posts
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