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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
European Parliament approves the Copyright Directive, a controversial law including Article 11, dubbed the “link tax” and Article 13, dubbed the “upload filter” — Article 11 and Article 13 both approved by European politicians — The European Union has given …
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| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
The EU passed the Copyright Directive despite protests and compelling criticism of its central tenets, which will be costly to implement and likely ineffective — Upload filters and link taxes may be well intentioned, but critics say they're going to seriously screw up the open internet.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple Card has a rotating security code that is protected by Touch ID or Face ID, helping better prevent credit card fraud — Apple's new credit card has a curious security feature that will make it much more difficult to carry out credit card fraud. — The aptly named Apple Card … | Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly ends the option of funding Apple Pay Cash balances from credit cards, now allows instant transfers from Apple Pay Cash balance to Visa debit cards — Apple has quietly ended the the option of funding Apple Pay Cash balances from a credit card.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
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| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Apple News+ is a fine way to read magazines, but its UX's roots in Texture makes finding content from newspapers and digital news outlets difficult — Few entities have the potential to help improve news production and consumption more than Apple. This falls short of hopes.
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Digiday, TechCrunch, and What's New in Publishing
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Uber to acquire Middle East rival Careem in a $3.1B deal with $1.7B in convertible notes and $1.4B in cash — - Uber's $3.1 billion agreement to buy Careem consists of $1.7 billion in convertible notes and $1.4 billion in cash. — Dubai-based Careem claims more than 30 million registered users …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
McDonald's is acquiring Dynamic Yield, which uses machine learning to personalize online shopping such as recommending products; source says deal worth $300M+ — McDonald's is announcing an agreement to acquire personalization company Dynamic Yield. — The announcement does not include a price …
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| Facebook: |
Facebook removes 2,632 Pages, Groups, and accounts from Iran, Russia, Macedonia, and Kosovo from Facebook and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” — Today we removed 2,632 Pages, Groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Spotify has acquired Parcast, a podcasting studio which focuses on stories about true crime, cults, and unsolved mysteries — The podcast studio focuses on stories about true crimes, cults and unsolved mysteries. — Spotify is adding to its podcasting portfolio.| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces Apple TV+, its new ad-free streaming service with original content from Spielberg, JJ Abrams, and others, coming to 100+ countries in the fall — At Apple's March special event, Apple has revealed its much-awaited Apple TV Channels streaming video service to the world …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google officially launches AMP for Email on Gmail and says support is coming for other major email providers like Yahoo Mail, Outlook, and mail.ru — Google today officially launched AMP for Email, its effort to turn emails from static documents into dynamic, web page-like experiences.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei unveils 6.47-inch P30 Pro with a quad-camera system and up to 10x lossless zoom, Kirin 980 processor, 8GB RAM, and 4,200mAh battery, starting from €999 — Huge battery, absentee bezels, and a promising new quad-camera system — What if you could have it all: super fast performance …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Images hidden in iOS 12.2 offer a first look at Apple's new “Powerbeats Pro” wireless sport earbuds with an AirPods-like case — Last week, a report suggested that Apple is planning to release a “truly wireless” version of Beats Powerbeats headphones next month.
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MacRumors, Macworld, Redmond Pie, Firstpost, Gizmodo, and MAC blog
Tweets: @davegershgorn and @_inside
| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Cryptocurrency mining equipment maker Bitmain's application for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has now officially expired — Cryptocurrency mining equipment maker Bitmain's application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has officially lapsed …
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blog.bitmain.com, The Next Web, Bloomberg, CryptoGlobe, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @coindesk, @excellion, and @pingroma
| Caroline Haskins / Motherboard: |
ASUS confirms its software update tool has been targeted by Advanced Persistent Threat attacks, releases tool to identify “small number” of affected devices — A press release released by ASUS this morning confirms Motherboard's reporting. — Yesterday, Motherboard revealed …
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Threatpost, Forbes, Wired, and SlashGear
| Kim Zetter / Motherboard: |
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Pentagon memo: docs about Google's Project Maven are exempt from disclosure via FOIA inquiries because they constitute “critical infrastructure security” info — In September 2017, Aileen Black wrote an email to her colleagues at Google. Black, who led sales to the U.S. government …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces an ad-free game subscription service, Apple Arcade, bundling 100+ paid offline-playable iPhone and iPad games, coming this fall, pricing TBD — Apple wants to tilt the balance from ad-laden freemium gaming titles towards upfront gaming experiences that can be downloaded across platforms on iOS and macOS.
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