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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Facebook says users will be able to send chat messages across Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the future — There were rumors that Facebook was going to make its messaging products interoperable, but now it appears they're about to be a reality. At F8, Messenger's head …
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CNET, Messenger News, The Verge, Pocketnow, TechCrunch, and The Nokia Blog
Tweets: @lanceulanoff and @stefansamne
| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
At F8, Mark Zuckerberg left out the fact that users are already moving towards more private sharing while discussing Facebook's privacy-focused next chapter — F8 is a conference where Facebook executives talk about the future — and at Facebook, the future is flexible. In 2015, the future was video.
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YouTube Creator Blog, New York Times, Engadget, Variety, FutureSin, The Outline, Adweek, Firstpost Tech, My Two Cents, Bloomberg, CNET, MSPoweruser, Tubefilter, and Business Insider
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, @mhbergen, and @frederikkulager
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Zuckerberg opens F8 reiterating Facebook's new focus on a “privacy-focused communications platform” prioritizing end-to-end encryption and interoperability — Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is doubling down on privacy. — At F8, the social network's annual developer conference …
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Facebook, Wired, South China Morning Post, Axios, The Verge, Facebook, The Verge, TIME, Marketing Land, The Ringer, Wired, Reuters, Gizmodo, Telegraph, CNET, The Next Web, MIT Technology Review, Business Insider, Inquirer, BGR, Silicon Republic, Geek.com, Android Authority, Tech.co, WRAL TechWire, Komando.com, Charged, Neowin, Newser, Mashable, Firstpost Tech, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Facebook Technology, New York Times, Forbes, MacRumors, Quartz, Social Media Today, Observer, Digiday, The Hill, and Silicon Valley Business …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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Instagram for Business, Instagram, The Atlantic, Variety, Android Authority, NBC News, Tubefilter, Marketing Land, PaymentsSource, Firstpost Tech, TIME, BuzzFeed News, The Guardian, BGR, Social Media Today, Android Police, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, Quartz, Digital Trends, POPSUGAR Culture, The Daily Dot, iPhone Hacks, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @danrubin, @kantrowitz, @im_thaddy, @joshconstine, @herrmanndigital, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will roll out a new tool that lets users limit how long it keeps location, search, and browsing data to either three or 18 months — Last August, the Associated Press reported that various Google apps store the timestamped locations of the devices on which they're installed.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Andreessen Horowitz closes a $750M early-stage fund and $2B later-stage fund, bringing its total raised to nearly $10B, as it hits its 10th anniversary — Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, Axios has learned. — The big picture: Last year we previewed the venture giant's … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google says it is adding Tiles, swipeable widgets with useful information, to Wear OS over the next month — The new feature is rolling out over the next month — Google has spent the last year refining its Wear OS smartwatch software to make everything feel simpler, more intuitive, and easier to use.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches two new open source AI tools: BoTorch, based on PyTorch, for Bayesian library optimization and Ax, a platform for managing AI experiments — At its F8 developer conference, Facebook today launched Ax and BoTorch, two new open-source AI tools.
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Facebook AI, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, CNN, CNET, VentureBeat, Facebook, Fast Company, Facebook AI, and Facebook Developers
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Around 20 security experts have united with Securepairs.org to support right-to-repair legislation with expert witnesses at hearings across the US — TWO YEARS AGO, as Nebraska was considering a “right to repair” bill designed to make it easier for consumers to fix their own gadgets, an Apple lobbyist made a frightening prediction.
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Motherboard, The Mac Observer, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @wired and @moniquegoyens
| Rani Molla / Vox: |
Slack and other workplace messaging services undermine their goal of increased productivity by becoming distractions, where users are constantly chatting — Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven't. — Several people are typing.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hackers are actively exploiting a recently-patched zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware, with no end-user interaction required — High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now. — Attackers have been actively exploiting …
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Oracle, Talos Blog, Unit42, Threatpost, The Register, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Threatpost, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @arstechnica and @talossecurity
| Nikkei: |
Sources: Huawei plans to enter TV market, launching a 5G-enabled 8K TV as early as this year — Telecom giant deepens push into consumer electronics taking on Samsung and Apple — TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies plans to introduce the world's first 5G television as early as this year …
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Financial Times, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Sun, VentureBeat, Firstpost Tech, Financial Times, SlashGear, Gizchina, and The Verge
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: 310.8M smartphones were shipped in Q1, down 6.6% YoY; Samsung was the top vendor with 23.1% marketshare, followed by Huawei with 19% and Apple with 11.7% — The battle for second rages on. — While Samsung held the top smartphone spot all four quarters last year …
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IDC, Canalys, Canalys, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Forbes, ExtremeTech, Mashable, TechSpot, Thurrott, Android Central, Redmond Pie, FierceWireless, CNN, CNBC, Android Police, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @canalys and @trengriffin
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
In an experiment, the NYT bought and displayed ads targeting 16 profile attributes to reveal what advertisers think they know about users seeing targeted ads — Nearly every ad you see online is tailored just for you. These digital ads are powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow advertisers …
Tweets: @privacyproject, @hacks4pancakes, @stuartathompson, @privacyproject, @nytopinion, @justinhendrix, and @cwarzel
| Hugh Handeyside / ACLU: |
Testimonies of US border officials confirm that CBP and ICE have “near-unfettered” authority to search and seize travelers' electronic devices at the border — In September 2017, we, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the federal government for its warrantless … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Google will open Android Automotive OS, the dashboard-centric version of its mobile platform, to third-party developers, starting with media apps at I/O — Google is opening up Android Automotive OS, the dashboard-centric version of its mobile platform which will launch first on the Polestar 2 EV, to third-party media apps.
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VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Android Developers Blog, Android Police, and XDA Developers. Thanks:@c_davies
| Matthew Cantor / The Guardian: |
Study: if Facebook continues to grow at its current rate, it could have 4.9B deceased members by 2100, raising questions about what happens to their data — Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data
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University of Oxford, The Next Web, Slashdot, Hyperallergic, Motherboard, Geek.com, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, Yahoo News, MobileSyrup, Dazeinfo, Forbes, LiveScience, The Hill, Fox News, ZDNet, Gizmodo, and ResearchBuzz
Tweets: @jstrauss, @uniofoxford, and @fivethirtyeight
| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
CipherTrace: at least $356M of cryptocurrencies were stolen from exchanges in Q1 2019; cross-border payments from US exchanges are up 46% in past two years — ... AND IT'S GOING TO NEED LAUNDERING — Cryptocurrency thieves earned at least $356 million in the first quarter of 2019 …
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CipherTrace, CoinDesk, Blockonomi, Crypto Briefing, CNET, and VentureBeat
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches CallJoy, a virtual customer service agent aimed at small US businesses, available now on an invite-only basis — Google is combining several technologies including virtual phone numbers, audio transcriptions, automated reporting and analytics, in a new effort …
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The Keyword, Engadget, and 9to5Google
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Facebook relaunches Oculus for Business, coming this fall, with a new software suite and UX customized for business use cases, adds support for the Oculus Quest — At F8, Facebook announced a launch date for the Oculus Quest and Rift S, as well as completely new enterprise-grade Oculus for Business software.
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Destructoid, Oculus Blog, Oculus Blog, UploadVR, Axios, Motherboard, Wired, VentureBeat, TechSpot, VRFocus, Quartz, and TechCrunch
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
As Saudi Arabia keeps spending, China's history of IP theft, Trump's aggressive stance, and empowered CFIUS are decimating China's US tech startup investments — A tough, new enforcement regime is becoming a geopolitical minefield for venture capitalists and startups.
Tweets: @ezraklein, @caseynewton, @recode, @teddyschleifer, @jeffjohnroberts, and @viss
| Graham Rapier / Business Insider: |
Judge denies Lyft's petition to overturn New York City's minimum wage rule for ride-hailing drivers — - Lyft has lost its lawsuit challenging New York City's minimum wage for ride-hailing drivers. — The company, along with competitor Juno, originally filed a lawsuit … | Dave Lee / BBC: |
Code for America created an algorithm that identified 8K+ cannabis-related convictions eligible for expungement, cutting the process from months to minutes — This month, a judge in California cleared thousands of criminal records with one stroke of his pen.
Tweets: @kittenhotep, @heransays, @bengoldacre, and @chris_kuang
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Zenoti, which develops a spa and salon management platform, raises $50M Series C led by Tiger Global, bringing the total raised to $71M — Zenoti plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $50 million in new Series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management, which should provide quite … | Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Hulu says it has 26.8M paying subscribers in the US, up from 23M at the end of 2018, not including the 1.3M users signed up through promotions like free trials — Of those members, 1.3 million people are signed up for Hulu through promotions like free trials.
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Reuters, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, CNBC, CNET, Variety, Beet.TV, The Wrap, CNET, iPhone Hacks, and Exstreamist. Tweets: @natjarv
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