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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber overhauls its app to become “the OS for everyday life”, merging ride-hailing and food delivery, boosting alternate modes of travel, and new safety features — The company unveiled the new app at a splashy, Apple-like event in San Francisco
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The Verge, TechCrunch, The Guardian, SiliconANGLE, Telegraph, CNN, VentureBeat, CNBC, CBS San Francisco, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Axios, Curbed, and Washington Post
| Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson: |
Microsoft and Google announce Google Assistant support in English for the Xbox One in beta, with the ability to launch games, take screenshots, and more — Expanding Xbox Voice Capabilities with Google Assistant — This Week's Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale Plus Publisher Sale
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The Verge, The Keyword, CNET, Thurrott, Android Police, BetaNews, The Next Web, TechRadar.com, Xbox Wire, MobileSyrup, Android Headlines, Voicebot, TechSpot, GeekWire, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, OnMSFT.com, Engadget, Inquirer, Lifehacker, Android Authority, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Windows Central, GameSpot, KnowTechie, Neowin, TalkAndroid.com, MSPoweruser, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @tomwarren, @harrisonhoffman, @kkiyer90, @thurrott, and @xboxwire
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash confirms a data breach on May 4 affecting 4.9M customers, workers, and merchants, with last-four digits of payment cards, driver's license info stolen — DoorDash has confirmed a data breach. — The food delivery company said in a blog post Thursday that 4.9 million customers …
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blog.doordash.com, The Verge, BleepingComputer, CNET, Mashable, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @williamturton, @malwarejake, @susanthesquark, @zackwhittaker, and @artemr
| New York Times: |
Report: Number of countries using political disinformation campaigns more than doubled to 70 since 2017; Facebook remains #1 social network for disinformation — In Vietnam, citizens were enlisted to post pro-government messages on their personal Facebook pages.
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Oxford Internet Institute, MIT Technology Review, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Next Web, and CNET
Tweets: @oiioxford, @oiioxford, @daveyalba, @jason_kint, @meslackman, @mattnavarra, @gesfandiari, @sivavaid, and @theloyalo
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple support document says the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro can identify non-certified displays and will warn users about them — Apple has published today a new support document with more details on replacing iPhone parts through third-party repairs. More specifically …
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Apple Support, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, SlashGear, Softpedia News, and Cult of Mac
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Cloudflare, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox add support for HTTP/3, the next major version of the HTTP protocol — Next iteration of the HTTP protocol starts making its way into production systems. — HTTP/3, the next major iteration of the HTTP protocol, is getting a big boost today … | Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will remove content that violates its guidelines regardless of who said it, including politicians, but will make exceptions depending on context — Context of videos is important, CEO says — YouTube will remove content from politicians using its platform if their content violates … | Bloomberg: |
Peloton closes down 11% on its first day of trading, after raising $1.16B at a valuation of ~$8.1B — - Fitness startup opened at $27 after pricing shares at $29 — Disintegration of WeWork's IPO plans has rattled investors — Peloton Interactive Inc. fell as much nearly 15% Thursday …
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Financial Times, CNN, PR Newswire, Financial Times, and PYMNTS.com
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Tesla starts rolling out Software Version 10.0, featuring Smart Summon, a karaoke library, Spotify, Netflix, YouTube integration, and more — Plus a lot of improvements to other car features — Tesla has announced that version 10 of its in-car software has begun rolling out to Model S, Model X, and Model 3 owners.
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Tesla, Engadget, Business Insider, Reuters, TechCrunch, Electrek, CNBC, and Mashable
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to run a limited test hiding public like, reaction, and video view counts, first in Australia, starting tomorrow — If their post has lots of Likes, you feel jealous. If your post doesn't get enough Likes, you feel embarassed. And when you just chase Likes …
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| Dave Gershgorn / onezero.medium.com: |
Rohit Prasad, VP and head scientist for Alexa, explains Alexa's new “Why did you do that?” feature, which gives users reason why it took a certain action — In an interview with OneZero, Amazon's chief Alexa scientist explains the voice assistant's complicated new feature| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Twitch updates its design, tied to an advertising campaign meant to emphasize that it is an all-purpose live-streaming platform, not just for gamers — Without video games, Twitch would not be what it is now: a live-streaming platform with millions of devoted viewers and broadcasters, some of them with tattoos of the company's logo.
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Twitch Blog, The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Variety, and Polygon
Tweets: @mrgmyt, @turnislefthome, @schyax, @twitch, @theonlyryann, and @thefennekfox
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Amazon announces a new line of Alexa-enabled wearables equipped with mics and speakers, including the $180 Echo Frames eye glasses and $130 Echo Loop ring — Amazon is rolling out a new line of wearables that work with Alexa today including the Echo Frames eyeglasses and the Echo Loop smart ring.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, The Guardian, Tech.pinions, Day One, Day One, Amazon.com, Inc., Financial Times, Amazon Developer Services, Amazon.com, Inc., TechCrunch, Washington Post, PaymentsSource, CNET, Axios, MIT Technology Review, GeekWire, Mashable, ZDNet, The Next Web, Business Insider, Vox, Tech.co, and TechHive
Tweets: @campuscodi, @mikalfm, @alexqgb, @fightfortheftr, @joannastern, @neilcybart, @backlon, @neilcybart, @caseynewton, @mcwm, @markgurman, @benedictevans, @benthompson, and @stshank
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @greene, @dangraziano, @voice_beyond, @tomwarren, @neilcybart, @backlon, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, and @tomwarren
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Google quietly removed at least 46 apps from the Play store belonging to iHandy, a major Chinese developer, but won't comment on the reason for the removals — Last week, Google quietly removed at least 46 apps from the Play store belonging to iHandy, a major Chinese mobile developer …
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Digital Trends and CNET
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft challenges a secrecy order preventing it from telling an enterprise customer that the US government issued a warrant for data belonging to it — - Company says it's challenging ‘secrecy order’ on data demand — Enterprise customer targeted in warrant isn't identified
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Microsoft on the Issues, OnMSFT.com, Ars Technica, WinBuzzer, VentureBeat, and GeekWire. Tweets: @dinabass
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Beyond Pricing, which takes 1% of bookings to help homeowners optimize how much they charge each day on platforms like Airbnb, raises $42.5M Series A — Most people just guess how to price their vacation rental based on minimal research, or take platforms like Airbnb's suggestions that just want to maximize their own revenue.Thanks:@erinmfirst
| Craig Lloyd / iFixit News: |
iFixit teardown: 40mm Apple Watch Series 5 battery has a metal casing, instead of traditional foil pouch, which makes it physically stronger, and more compact — This week we tore down the 44mm Apple Watch Series 5 and discovered only a handful of minor differences from last year's Series 4.
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Oculus Quest will be updated in Nov. to be able to wire up directly to PCs, like the Rift, and in 2020 will get support for hand tracking, no controllers needed — Just before the annual VR/AR conference Oculus Connect 6, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a teaser video hinting …
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Engadget, Oculus, Oculus Blog, Oculus, Wareable, Adweek, Thurrott, Facebook, SlashGear, Android Central, PYMNTS.com, Memeburn, Android Headlines, and The Next Web
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
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Nikkei Asian Review, Decrypt, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Modern Consensus, Oculus Blog, Crowdfund Insider, Android Central, VentureBeat, The Next Web, InsideBitcoins.com, Android Police, Coinspeaker, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, Social Media Today, CryptoGlobe, Axios, Engadget, Telegraph, and TechCrunch. Thanks:@iansherr
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Source: DOJ intends to investigate Facebook after prodding from AG William Barr; DOJ's case will focus on conduct that's separate from what the FTC is examining — - Facebook now target of two federal cases simultaneously — FTC already has separate Facebook investigation underway
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Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Cult of Mac, Bitcoinist.com, AppleInsider, and Vanity Fair
Tweets: @kurtwagner8 and @sarahfrier
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Gatsby, a California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App generator, raises $15M Series A led by CRV — Gatsby, a Berkeley, California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App (PWA) generator, today revealed that it's secured $15 million in series A funding led by CRV.
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TechCrunch and FinSMEs
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Dropbox starts rolling out Dropbox Spaces, shared team workspaces that connect things like files, tasks, and meetings, and other new features in its desktop app — Dropbox held its Work in Progress user conference on Wednesday where the company announced a host of new product experiences and features.
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Work in Progress, PE Hub Blog, cloudpro.co.uk, TechSpot, The Register, Inquirer, Neowin, diginomica, and Fast Company
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Mednition, an AI-powered system which tracks real-time data from electronic health records in emergency rooms and warns about anomalies, raises $10M Series A — Years ago, Steve Reilly had to take his daughter to the emergency room, something no parent ever wants to have to do.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft, Mastercard, and Hewlett Foundation fund The CyberPeace Institute to defend public organizations, activists, and others from cyberattacks — - CyberPeace Institute to aid dissidents, vulnerable groups — Focus on civilians who become ‘collateral damage’ of attacks
Tweets: @lschmeiser, @rj_gallagher, and @microsofteu
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