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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.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's services event generally made sense, even if most products weren't ready to launch, but many of the ideas are simply borrowed from others — Tim Cook closed yesterday's Apple event with these words: — It's a short statement, but a useful way to think about the event specifically, and the state of Apple generally.| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
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| 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.| 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 … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
BBC pulls podcasts from Google Podcasts and Assistant, blaming Google for not providing enough audience data and sending podcast user searches to its own app — It says Google isn't providing enough audience data — The BBC has removed its podcasts from the Google Podcasts app …
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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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| 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.| 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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FTC launches a broad inquiry into privacy practices of ISPs, orders seven ISPs including AT&T and Verizon to provide nonpublic info about handling consumer data — The commission wants to know what data your ISP is collecting about you — The Federal Trade Commission today announced … | 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.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU shuns US calls to ban Huawei, asking member states to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of 2019 — STRASBOURG (Reuters) - EU nations will be required to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of the year …
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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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| 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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| 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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