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| Max Willens / Digiday: |
Sources: Apple is asking the publishers participating in Apple News+ for permission to produce audio versions of stories, with Apple handling production costs — Apple News+ is pivoting to audio. — Over the past several months, Apple has been asking the publishers participating …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, iMore, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @rstephens, @marklittlenews, @kerrymflynn, and @chrismoranuk
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to return employees to offices sooner than rival tech companies, with staff coming back in phases — - Company to start letting more workers return to major offices — Google, Facebook will allow remote work through end of 2020 — Apple Inc. plans …
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TechCrunch, BBC, CNET, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, NBC News, The Guardian, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, cloudpro.co.uk, MacDailyNews, Silicon Republic, Apple Weekly, Gizmodo, Appleosophy, Business Insider, AppleInsider, CNBC, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @cnbcjosh, @alistairmbarr, @markgurman, @patrickmoorhead, @markgurman, @thekenyeung, and @benbajarin
| CNBC: |
Sources: Uber has been in off and on talks for a year to acquire Grubhub, but the parties remain at odds about price — - Uber has made an offer to buy food delivery company Grubhub, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC Tuesday. — Grubhub's stock spiked as much as 38% …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook will pay $52M in a settlement covering 11,250 content moderators as compensation for mental health issues developed on the job — Current and former moderators will all be paid a minimum of $1,000 — In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce …
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Android Authority, ZDNet, The Irish Times, The Independent, The Overspill, Silicon Republic, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, Tubefilter, BBC, Input, MarketWatch, The Wrap, New York Daily News, The Daily Beast, RSS Newsource, CNET, The Seattle Times, Engadget, Axios, Variety, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Associated Press, Newser, TechCrunch, and Seeking Alpha
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Dell's upgraded flagship Alienware Area-51m R2 shows the promise of upgradeable Area-51m has failed, as the original won't get any of the new CPU or GPU updates — Original owners won't get any of the new CPU or GPU upgrades — Alienware has announced the second generation of its flagship Area-51m gaming laptop, the Area-51m R2.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Spatial makes its VR meeting rooms free to use and adds support for the web, mobile, and Oculus Quest — Two years ago, we called Spatial's virtual collaboration platform “FaceTime in VR.” Since then, the company has focused on corporate users who have access to pricey augmented reality headsets … | Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
DHS and FBI jointly accuse hackers affiliated with Chinese government of attempting to steal US research into a COVID-19 vaccine, adding to a slew of charges — The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Wednesday blamed hackers linked with the Chinese government for attempting …
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CISA, Federal Bureau …, BleepingComputer, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Axios
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google removed 813 “creepware” apps from Play Store, found by academics using an algorithm called CreepRank on data from millions of devices via Norton's app — The applications were discovered with a new algorithm called CreepRank, developed by a team of academics.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Alphabet's Loon signs deal with carrier Vodacom to bring its commercial internet service to Mozambique — Loon, the Alphabet -owned company that's using stratospheric balloons to provide high-speed bandwidth to hard-to-serve areas without strong ground infrastructure, has signed a new deal … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon updates the Fire HD 8 tablet with a faster processor, more RAM, more storage, and USB-C, with the base model getting a slight price increase to $89.99 — Along with a slight price increase to $89.99 — Amazon has announced a new update for its Fire HD 8 tablet, adding a faster processor, more RAM, and USB-C charging.
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| Robert Stevens / Decrypt: |
Chat app Telegram says it's abandoning its TON blockchain project, after the SEC challenged the legality of its $1.7B ICO and delayed the network's launch — Telegram, the operator of the 400 million-strong messenger app, today announced that it has given up on its upcoming blockchain network …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Luminary Media raised $30M+ at a level below last year's $200M valuation, bringing its total raised to $160M, and is seeking more funding — - Startup raises more than $30 million in round, looks for more — Luminary Media, the money-losing podcasting startup … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Security experts believe online voting systems do not have strong enough security guarantees for prime time despite seemingly successful trials in the US — Proponents of mobile and internet voting point to its uneventful track record. That's not good enough.
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Washington Post and Techdirt
Tweets: @howelloneill, @ilvestoomas, @wired, @philipbstark, and @lilyhnewman
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Instagram adds bulk comment deletion and control for who can mention or tag you on iOS, to help fight bullying; the ability to pin comments is being tested — Instagram is rolling out some changes today to keep the platform a more positive place for users.
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Instagram, MacRumors, BGR India, TechRadar.com, Firstpost Tech, Neowin, Ubergizmo, Adweek, Input, Memeburn, Business Insider, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @instagram, @chrismessina, @brianstelter, @adibhidayat, @alvinxbenavides, @mosseri, and @wongmjane
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Adobe data: US e-commerce sales rose 49% in April compared to early March, led by online grocery, up 110%; electronic sales rose 58% and book sales have doubled — Online retailers are seeing Black Friday-like sales due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business.
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CNET, New York Times, Adobe Blog, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, and Slashdot. Tweets: @ericjhonsa
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q4 operating profit of $330.7M, down 57% YoY, says PlayStation 5 console is still on track to be released for the 2020 holiday season — - Sony confirmed on Wednesday that the PlayStation 5 console is still on track for release in time for the 2020 holiday season, despite the …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Despite gradual improvements and a solid foundation, Google Stadia is still lacking some key social features that would get more people to use the service — I really like the idea of Stadia. Google's cloud gaming service was unveiled just a year ago with the promise that the future … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lilt, which develops AI-powered business translation software, raises $25M Series B led by Intel Capital with participation from Sequoia Capital and others — Lilt, which develops AI-powered business translation software, today announced it raised $25 million.| Brian Feldman / Bloomberg: |
California-based software company Esri's ArcGIS software is powering coronavirus dashboards for more than 3,700 organizations worldwide — With roughly a zillion different sources out there for coronavirus information, experts and authorities are rapidly iterating on ways to best present useful information to the public.
Tweets: @mountainherder, @bafeldman, and @jasonlk
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic Games unveils the Unreal Engine 5, coming in 2021, with a PlayStation 5 demo and says the Epic Online Services set of tools are available today — Epic says its new engine is a ‘quantum leap,’ and it'll arrive in 2021 — Epic Games today announced the next iteration of its game engine …
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Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, Android Central, games radar, games radar, VICE, Washington Post, GamesIndustry.biz, GamesIndustry.biz, PCGamesN, Eurogamer.net, Polygon, and Polygon
Tweets: @geoffkeighley, @nibellion, @redmakuzawa, and @geoffkeighley
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent beats estimates with Q1 revenue of $15.2B, up 26% YoY, profit of $4.07B, up 6% YoY, thanks to stellar performance by its gaming business during lockdown — - Tencent posted earnings that beat expectations thanks to its gaming business as well as better-than-expected performance in both advertising and fintech services.
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South China Morning Post, International Business Times, Bloomberg, and TheStreet. Tweets: @arjunkharpal
| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Tel Aviv-based accessiBe, which uses AI to make website content more accessible to disabled users, raises $12M led by K1 — Tel Aviv-based accessiBe, a startup using AI to make website content more accessible for users with disabilities, has raised $12 million from K1, an investment firm based in California.
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Vote.org founder Debra Cleaver launches VoteAmerica with $5M initial funding from Ron Conway, aiming to use tech tools to help Americans vote by mail — With November looming, the scramble to protect the 2020 U.S. election from coronavirus chaos is on. — To that end, a small … | Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Twitter acquires interactive mobile ad company CrossInstall for an undisclosed sum as Twitter rebuilds its ad server — Twitter really wants a piece of the performance advertising pie. — On Tuesday, Twitter said it has acquired interactive mobile ad company CrossInstall. No deal price was disclosed.Sponsor Posts
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