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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
| 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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| 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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| 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
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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: @jwangark and @profwoodward
| 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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| 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
| 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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Tweets: @twittersafety, @digiphile, @hadas_gold, @tonyromm, @patrick_hruby, 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 … | 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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| 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 … | 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: @offbeatorbit, @cwunews, and @jimwaterson
| 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.| 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
| 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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Tweets: @wsjmarkets, @kateclarktweets, @tomgara, @ychernova, @scottmaustin, @hkanji, and @fdestin
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Local Shops on Amazon in India, a program to let customers find and buy products from 5,000 participating local shops across 100 cities — The race to win neighborhood stores is on in India. A day after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms to serve tens …
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