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Twitter is testing a feature that lets a tweet's author limit who can reply, giving the options of Everyone, People You Follow, and Only People You Mention — Twitter today acknowledged that it's begun testing a new setting that let users limit who can reply to tweets.
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Twitter, The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Android Police, CNET, Adweek, Social Media Today, Mashable, Input, Pocketnow, and Engadget
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple releases iOS 13.5, which includes improved Face ID recognition for users wearing masks, iPadOS 13.5, and tvOS 13.4.5, to the general public — Following an unusual beta testing cycle that began in late March and continued with renumberings in late April, Apple is today releasing …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, MacRumors, Appleosophy, Softpedia News, and Gotta Be Mobile
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo says Apple may not include wired EarPods in iPhone 12 box to boost AirPods sales, and raises AirPods sales estimates for 2020 from 80M to 93M units — According to the latest report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple may not include the wired EarPods headphones in the box of the iPhone 12.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Shopify unveils a business debit card called Shopify Balance, Shop Pay Installments for merchants, and opens its AI-powered fulfillment network to merchants — Shopify today announced a slew of finance, shipping, and retail updates for its direct-to-consumer commerce platform.| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Review of Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10900K, i7-10700K, i5-10600K CPUs: an iterative update pushing performance to new heights at the expense of power efficiency — The first thing that comes to mind with Intel's newest line of 10th Generation desktop processors is one of ‘14nm Skylake, again?’.
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Ars Technica, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Tweets: @anandtech, @deluxef, @evrsr, @jaguar36, @mobile_dom, @joshdwalrath, @iancutress, @iancutress, and @iancutress. Thanks:@iancutress
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google launch the Exposure Notification API to the public in updates to iOS and Android; at least three US states are working on apps that use it — The companies have rolled out support for the framework in Android and iOS updates — On Wednesday, Apple and Google rolled …
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MIT Technology Review, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Washington Post, Axios, MacRumors, Mashable, TechCrunch, Android Authority, 9to5Google, The Irish Times, MIT Technology Review, and MacRumors. Tweets: @carolineha_
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Signal launches profile PINs and says it's the first step towards moving away from using phone numbers as profile IDs — Signal launches profile PINs, the first step in supporting Signal user accounts that are not tied to phone numbers. — Secure instant messaging app Signal launched … | Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Joe Rogan's Spotify deal will likely be worth $100M+; his full 11-year library will hit Spotify Sept. 1 and be exclusive to Spotify before year's end — His full library, dating back 11 years, is to hit the service Sept. 1, and become exclusive to Spotify after that, before the end of the year
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BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, 500ish, Morning Brew, Telecoms.com, and TechSpot
Tweets: @barbaro1420, @ys, @moldyfish, @moon__walk_, @capital_sb, and @tylerwinklevoss
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @joerogan, @yay_yee, @techlife, @benyt, @blakeir, @lucas_shaw, @benyt, @sub8u, @benyt, @slate, @olivesagan, @oliverjia1014, @fsoames, @beirutspring, @kaibrach, @erockradio, @greentoethegod, @reckless, @ericrweinstein, @benthompson, @rizzn, @dylanbyers, @yay_yee, @news_maker, @cernovich, @lesliemac, @shaaddsouza, @mrtomgray, @pkafka, @wolfejosh, @baxiabhishek, @desparobinson, @ryanlawler, @ow, @jasonrmcintyre, @priaribi, @perreau, @jessesingal, @cernovich, @sbyrnes, @evoterra, @joshconstine, @kfcbarstool, @mdudas, @bzamayo, @b_yousra, @marcoarment, @spotifynews, @nongaap, @mgsiegler, @ischafer, @oliverdarcy, @simonowens, @mhbergen, @sarafischer, and @kantrowitz
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian ride-hailing company Ola says it is cutting 1,400 jobs, or 35% of its workforce in the country, as revenue dropped by 95% in the last two months — Ola said on Wednesday it is cutting 1,400 jobs in India, or 35% of its workforce in the home market, as the ride-hailing firm works …
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Tweets: @mdudas, @madhavchanchani, @jarshadnk, and @ron_miller
| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase says that post-COVID-19 it will be a “remote-first” company, offering the option to work in an office or remotely for the “vast majority” of roles — I sent the note below to employees earlier today. I'm sharing it publicly here in case others find it helpful.
Tweets: @brian_armstrong, @caseynewton, @photomatt, @mg, @bwertz, @jason, @bluxters, @kimmaicutler, and @kimmaicutler
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
A look at Crucible, the first of two major titles scheduled for release this year from Amazon Games, shows that Amazon is finally serious about video games — An intriguing blend of MOBA and battle royale. — 4m ago — Amazon does seemingly everything.
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Tweets: @mcwm and @birdtickler
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok has recently traded at valuations of between $105B and $110B on private markets and, one source says, even as high as $140B — - Private trades valued it from $105 billion to $140 billion — ByteDance seeks to build out its U.S. business before an IPO
Tweets: @ruima, @deemurthy, @daniburgz, @davidinglestv, @pingroma, and @chrisgailus
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
A National Advertising Review Board panel recommended that AT&T drop its “5G Evolution” branding, which could confuse customers; AT&T says it will comply — The company claims it will comply after 5G E logo is deemed misleading — AT&T's actual 5G network is rolling …
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| Ray Kurzweil / Wired: |
Vaccine trials that use AI to rapidly test trillions of possibilities with simulated patients could replace slow and costly human clinical trials — Simulators that can rapidly test trillions of options would accelerate the slow and costly process of human clinical trials.
Tweets: @nxthompson, @mtrc, @wired, @mlipsitch, and @maartenvsmeden
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
NSO Group made a site appearing to belong to Facebook's security team to entice targets into installing malware; FB got ownership of the domain to shut it down — Infamous Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group created a web domain that looked as if it belonged to Facebook's security team …
Tweets: @dangoodin001 and @jason_koebler
| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Samsara, a maker of sensors for fleet vehicle management, lays off 300 and raises $400M, in an extension to its last round, cutting valuation 14% to $5.4B — - Startup cut 300 employees, it said in a memo Wednesday — New investors include Franklin Templeton, General Atlantic
Tweets: @gilliantan
| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
Sony says PlayStation Now has 2.2M subscribers and PlayStation Plus has 41M+ subs; Xbox Game Pass had 10M subs and Xbox Live had 90M active users in April — PlayStation Plus has amassed over 41 million subscribers, too — Sony says 2.2 million people are subscribed to PlayStation Now …
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Thurrott, Windows Central, GameSpot, and GameDaily.biz
Tweets: @tomwarren, @tubetattle, and @taynixster
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
ISPs like Charter and Comcast promised free or cheap internet for low-income Americans during the pandemic, but users say signing up hasn't been easy — Broadband companies like Charter and Comcast vowed to help low-income people during the pandemic. But taking them up on the offer hasn't always been easy.
Tweets: @halsinger, @usrepmikedoyle, @dmccabe, @backside_lc, @bassam_khawaja, @penamerica, @frankpallone, @repbarbaralee, and @karlbode
| New York Times: |
Starship Technologies' fleet of delivery robots helped residents of Milton Keynes, a small city of 270K in UK, with grocery deliveries during the lockdown — Like many other places, a community 50 miles outside London went into quarantine. A fleet of delivery robots has been helping with the groceries.
Tweets: @starshiprobots, @mit_csail, @dintersmith, @eringriffith, and @nytimes
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Telemedicine company American Well raises $194M and says it's seen a 1,000% increase in virtual visits on average because of the pandemic — - Companies in the telemedicine space are continuing to attract investors during the coronavirus pandemic. — That's because many hospitals …
Tweets: @whelanhealth and @chrissyfarr
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook will limit offices to 25% occupancy, put people on shifts, and require temperature checks and masks when it reopens workplaces in July — - Company plans to put employees on shifts to reduce numbers — Grab-and-go meals, temperature checks, updated shuttles coming| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises $90M Series C led by Valor Equity Partners at a $800M pre-money valuation, bringing its total raised to $125M — This morning, Coalition announced that it has closed a $90 million Series C. The funding comes around a year …
| Nick Corasaniti / New York Times: |
Profile of the founders of Occupy Democrats, who run a Facebook page employing meme tactics for the left, regularly outperforming pages for Trump and Fox News — Occupy Democrats, a Facebook page that Rafael and Omar Rivero started eight years ago, has emerged as a counterweight to right-wing meme machines.| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Helsinki-based Happeo, which offers intranet, enterprise social network, and collaboration software to companies, raises €10.9M Series A led by INKEF Capital — Today Finnish startup Happeo, an employee communications platform, announces having raised approximately €10.9 million … Sponsor Posts
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