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ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital — Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN.
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| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Valve ends SteamVR support for macOS, three years after Apple announced it at WWDC; Valve's survey found only 4% of Steam users were using macOS — Valve just ended SteamVR's support for macOS. ‘Legacy builds’ will continue to be available. — SteamVR is Valve's PC-based virtual reality platform, supporting Windows and Linux.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
House Judiciary Committee demands Jeff Bezos testify at a hearing on Amazon's alleged misuse of third-party seller data or face a potential subpoena — A top House committee investigating the tech industry has asked him to agree to appear or face a potential subpoena if he declines
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft is in talks to buy UK-based robotic process automation software startup Softomotive — Microsoft Corp. is in talks to buy Softomotive Ltd., a U.K.-based startup that makes software robots to automate tasks, according to people familiar with the matter.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, FedEx, Target, and Walmart join together in striking on May 1, demanding better workplace safety conditions — Demands include better cleaning services and 14-day shutdowns at affected locations — On May 1st, workers from Amazon, Whole Foods …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Researchers say Xiaomi phones are tracking usage habits and browsing data even in incognito mode — “It's a backdoor with phone functionality,” quips Gabi Cirlig about his new Xiaomi phone. He's only half-joking. — Cirlig is speaking with Forbes after discovering that his Redmi Note 8 smartphone …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Automatic Labs, which was recently acquired by SiriusXM, shuts down its vehicle-tracking service, tells users to remove its connected car adapters from vehicles — Automatic has announced that it'll be abruptly shutting down on May 28th because “the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted our business.”
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| Jesse Damiani / Wired: |
A look at how VR is enabling people to stay more fit by blurring the boundary between movement for fun and movement for fitness — Get over yourself and try VR workouts already. It's private, liberating, and doesn't require gym shorts. — I can without bashfulness say that I have logged hundreds … | Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC: |
Q&A with CEO of Apple subsidiary Claris who says FileMaker, Claris' low-code app development software, has seen a spike in interest amid the pandemic — - Apple owns enterprise software company Claris and its low-code application development software called FileMaker.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Federal judge rules that Uber must face a lawsuit claiming its anticompetitive practices stifled competition, and drove Sidecar out of business — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc was ordered by a U.S. judge on Friday to face a lawsuit claiming its illegal predatory pricing …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Cliqz is shutting down its anti-tracking browser and search engine but says it will keep Ghostery subsidiary running — Cliqz, a Munch-based anti-tracking browser with private search baked in that has sought to offer a local alternative to Google powered by its own search index … | Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet: |
IDC: Global smartphone shipments dropped 11.7% YoY to 276M during Q1 2020, the largest YoY decline ever — Shipment volumes suffered its largest year over year decline in the first quarter. — The latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that as the world grapples …
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| KC Ifeanyi / Fast Company: |
Pandora founder Tim Westergren launches Sessions, a free live-streaming platform for musicians, where audiences can leave tips, in beta in 200+ countries — Disillusioned after leaving Pandora, Tim Westergren set out to create a better kind of streaming platform. Can he save struggling artists while redeeming himself?| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
While the pandemic has driven sales for VR makers like Oculus, it has yet to give the tech mass-market appeal as a social or collaborative experience — Virtual escapism is perfect for a pandemic, but V.R. still seems far from a mainstream technology. — I have wanted to love virtual reality for a really long time.| Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Sensor Tower: iPad app downloads see first quarterly growth in four years, surpassing 1.1B worldwide in Q1, as consumer spending in iPad apps crosses $2B — Driven by a surge in use and adoption of the device during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarterly first-time downloads of apps …
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| Globes Online: |
Israel-based Otonomo raises $46M Series C for its software that helps automotive OEMs monetize data generated by connected cars — The Herzliya-based company is currently working with seven new OEMs and connecting over 2.6 billion data points a day. — Israeli vehicle data services …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Ontic, whose “protective intelligence software” lets companies identify potential physical threats to employees and facilities, raises $12M Series A — Ontic, which has developed a software platform to help businesses proactively address physical safety, announced today … | Reuters: |
Poland floats plans to introduce a 1.5% “Netflix tax” on the revenue of streaming platforms in the country to be paid directly to the Polish Film Institute — WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to introduce a 1.5% surcharge on the revenue of video-on-demand platforms such as Netflix …
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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
India says 75M+ people downloaded its contact tracing app, but privacy advocates worry about its potential as a tool for state surveillance beyond the pandemic — The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about
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