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Sources: Apple aims to sell Macs with its own chips starting in 2021; Apple is working on three Mac processors, based on the 5nm A14 chip in the next iPhone — - New processors to be based on iPhone designs, replacing Intel — Transition will be gradual, start with less-powerful computers
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Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @waltmossberg
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon employees often consulted sales info on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise, contrary to assertions to Congress — Contrary to assertions to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise
Tweets: @jason_kint, @trippmickle, @wsj, @halsinger, @michaelcbender, @gchahal, @newley, @aaronwall, @mattmday, @mattmday, @pankajontech, and @lachlan
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Google to require all advertisers to verify their identities, starting in the US; existing advertisers will have 30 days to complete the verification process — - Google began requiring political advertisers wanting to run election ads on its platform to verify their identity back in 2018.
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Tweets: @associatesmind, @alexweprin, @luca, @jeffjarvis, @loupas, and @megancgraham
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple Music app is now available on Samsung's smart TV models from 2018 and newer — Another Apple service comes to Samsung's sets, available now — Apple Music is getting an app on Samsung's most recent smart TVs, the two companies announced today. It's the latest expansion …
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Tweets: @bzamayo and @markgurman
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Researchers say they found two actively exploited iOS 0-days, present since at least iOS 6, including a remote zero-click flaw in Mail; Apple says patch coming — In the summer of 2016, researchers at a digital rights organization and a cybersecurity firm announced they had caught …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS launches Amazon AppFlow, an integration service for developers to easily transfer data between AWS and SaaS applications — AWS today launched Amazon AppFlow, a new integration service that makes it easier for developers to transfer data between AWS and SaaS applications like Google Analytics …
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ZDNet, AWS News Blog, Business Wire, TechRepublic, DEVCLASS, TechRadar.com, Amazon Web Services, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, blog.trendmicro.com, and IT Management
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Jeff Bezos, who sources say only worked on projects that posed a major risk to the company, has taken an active leadership role at Amazon amid COVID-19 — The chief executive, who had distanced himself from day-to-day management, is closely involved in the company's response to the pandemic.
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Tweets: @spencersoper, @sub8u, @glennf, @nytimesbusiness, @puiwingtam, @nytnational, and @dmccabe
| Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter: |
SuperData: worldwide digital video game spending reached a record $10B total in March, up 11% YoY, with $5.7B for mobile games, up 15% YoY — Console, PC and mobile games also saw significant revenue bumps amid the coronavirus lockdown. — Digital video game spending hit a record high …
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Tweets: @_superdata, @crococlock, @_superdata, and @pshanley88
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Zoom CEO says it hit more than 300M DAUs on April 21, up from about 200M on April 1 — Zoom Video Communications Inc. has been lambasted for its security flaws, but the backlash hasn't slowed growth. The company reported a 50% surge in use of the online meeting application in the past three weeks.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @jwangark, and @profwoodward
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
France is hypocritical to ask Google and Apple to ease their privacy protections for a French contact-tracing app, while being such a vocal critic of big tech — We keep trying to explain to people that privacy is always about trade-offs, and arguing for privacy laws that protect “privacy” …
Tweets: @alecstapp, @alexstamos, @lam_barrett, @pegobry, @alexhern, and @antoniogm
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Digital whiteboard maker Miro raises $50M Series B led by Iconiq Capital, bringing its total raised to around $75M — Miro is a company in the right place at the right time. The makers of a digital whiteboard are seeing usage surge right now as businesses move from the workplace and physical whiteboards.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will now show the location of large Facebook and Instagram accounts alongside posts, to help users assess their authenticity, rolling out in US — Facebook today is introducing another feature aimed at making it easier to see who's behind the posts published across Facebook and Instagram.
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About Facebook, TechSpot, Input, SiliconANGLE, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @ngleicher, @chey_cobb, @bernardkeane, @benimmo, @mosseri, and @brandonsilverm
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it now prioritizes the removal of COVID-19 tweets that incite “harmful activity” or could lead to the destruction of 5G infrastructure — Ever since it first started rolling out, 5G skeptics have attempted to link the next-gen cellular technology to all manner of health issues.
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Forbes, ABC News, 9to5Mac, The Daily Dot, Engadget, SlashGear, Silicon Republic, Mashable, Adweek, and The Verge
Tweets: @twittersafety, @hadas_gold, @patrick_hruby, @digiphile, @tonyromm, and @allergykidsdoc
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Boston Dynamics says its quadruped Spot robot is in use at one Boston hospital for remote triage of patients suspected of having COVID-19 — The company has ambitious plans for using robots to assist COVID-19 treatment — Robot maker Boston Dynamics announced on Thursday that its quadruped Spot robot …
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Boston Dynamics, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Mashable
Tweets: @thejewishdream, @mcwm, and @rob__mccallum
| BBC: |
UK's Communication Workers Union says it's had reports of about 120 cases of abuse, including murder threats, directed at engineers believed to be working on 5G — Telecoms engineers have told Radio 1 Newsbeat they're being threatened and harassed by people who believe they're working on 5G …
Tweets: @jimwaterson, @ldrogen, @offbeatorbit, and @cwunews
| Paddy Baker / CoinDesk: |
Binance launches Bundle, a no-fee social payments app for users in Africa, starting in Nigeria with support for the naira, bitcoin, binance coin, and BUSD — A crypto payments app backed by global exchange Binance has launched in Nigeria, kicking the contest to become Africa's chief digital asset provider into high gear.
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The Block and coinspeaker.com
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Snap to raise $750M through a private-placement debt offering, along with an option for buyers to purchase up to an additional $112.5M of convertible securities — Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, plans to launch a $750 million private-placement debt offering, along with the option … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Expedia is raising $3.2B in new capital with $1.2B in equity sale to Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management and $2B in new debt financing — Expedia is raising $3.2 billion in new capital as the coronavirus pandemic has stalled travel around the world. — The company is raising $1.2 billion …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK competition authority approves the $7.6B Just Eat - Takeaway merger, as the pair raises $756M in the form of new shares and convertible bonds — On the heels of Amazon getting approval from the competition authority to proceed with an investment leading a $575 million round … | Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Instagram confirms it will add a “Remembering” banner under the usernames of people who have died, and has accelerated the process due to the pandemic — Instagram is speeding up plans for a new account memorialization feature, adding a “Remembering” banner under a username to signal that a person has died.
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Android Authority, KnowTechie, Social Media Today, Adweek, and Beebom
Tweets: @wongmjane, @katienotopoulos, @wongmjane, @yoda, @chrismessina, and @wongmjane
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
FCC adopts a proposal that opens the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use, freeing up more than 1,200MHz of additional bandwidth for next-gen Wi-Fi 6E devices — Today, in a unanimous vote, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a proposal that opens the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Bill Gurley will not be a partner in Benchmark's 10th venture fund but will continue to work with companies he led earlier investments in — Lead investor won't be involved in new fund for first time since he joined firm in 1999 — Bill Gurley—one of the most prominent …
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