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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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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| 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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| 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.
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel says it's acquiring Rivet Networks, makers of the Killer range of networking products, and will integrate it into its Wireless Solutions Group — Intel said Wednesday that it has acquired Rivet Networks, and will integrate the company's Killer Networking line of Wi-Fi networking products into its own wireless portfolio.
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Intel Newsroom, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, AnandTech, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, Silicon Valley Business …, MarketWatch, PCMag, and Liliputing
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition with custom features for terrain navigation and data encryption, made for rugged use cases like law enforcement — The move highlights how Samsung is pushing its devices into more industry use cases. — Samsung is continuing its push …
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Samsung US Newsroom, CNET, Engadget, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, Neowin, and SamMobile
Tweets: @appleparody_usa, @patrickmoorhead, @samsungnewsus, and @greengart
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Google Cloud says it's made a deal with the DoD's Defense Innovation Unit, which will use Google Cloud's Anthos for its multi-cloud management solution — Google dropped out of the Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract battle fairly early in the game, citing it was in conflict with its “AI principals.”
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Shopify unveils business debit card Shopify Balance and flexible payments option Shop Pay Installments, opens its AI-powered fulfillment network to US merchants — Shopify today announced a slew of finance, shipping, and retail updates for its direct-to-consumer commerce platform.| 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: @stevekovach, @msnabilaahmed, @lucas_shaw, @ruima, @deemurthy, @daniburgz, @davidinglestv, @pingroma, and @chrisgailus
| 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.| 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: @evrsr, @deluxef, @mobile_dom, @anandtech, @joshdwalrath, @jaguar36, @iancutress, @iancutress, and @iancutress. Thanks:@iancutress
| 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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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
A National Advertising Review Board panel recommended that AT&T drop its “5G Evolution” branding; AT&T says it will retain the branding within their phones' UI — The company claims it will comply after 5G E logo is deemed misleading — AT&T's actual 5G network …
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| 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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Tweets: @debra4kag, @smytho, @carolineha_, @mims, @matthewstoller, @carolineha_, @apollozac, and @alexstamos
| 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 … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Strapi, which is behind the popular open-source headless CMS also called Strapi, raises $10M Series A round led by Index Ventures — Strapi, the company behind the popular open-source headless CMS also called Strapi, has raised a $10 million Series A round led by Index Ventures.
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GitHub, FinSMEs, Index Ventures, and Silicon Canals
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
YouTube expands its screen time management and digital wellness features by letting users set a bedtime reminder, available today on iPhone and Android — Perhaps now more than ever, it's all too easy to get sucked into the bottomless well of YouTube, watching autoplaying videos for hours … | Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive beats expectations with Q4 net revenue of $760.5M, up 41% YoY, and record fiscal year net bookings of $2.99B, up from $2.93B in fiscal 2019 — Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and NBA 2K20 all contributed to huge sales for Take-Two Interactive.
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Windows Central, GamesIndustry.biz, GamingBolt, Destructoid, TweakTown News, and Gamasutra
| 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.
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| 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
| 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 and @lizthegrey
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
NYT's proprietary ads platform plan has been misread as protecting user data more than Facebook and Google do, yet NYT will still sell targeted ads using data — from the now-they're-doing-the-same-thing-as- facebook dept — One of the most frustrating aspects of discussing the internet …
Tweets: @zackkanter, @freedomofpress, @nicdawes, @tealtan, and @girlsreallyrule
| 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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Windows Central, Bloomberg, BBC, Input, GeekWire, CCN.com, GameSpot, and Micky
Tweets: @unhedgedchatter, @mcwm, and @birdtickler
| 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, @wired, @mlipsitch, @neuroecology, @maartenvsmeden, @mtrc, and @johannestextor
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