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June 18, 2020, 10:25 AM
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Twitter will let users record and add up to 140 seconds of audio to tweets, rolling out to iOS users in the coming weeks — Twitter is where you go to talk about what's happening. Over the years, photos, videos, gifs, and extra characters have allowed you to add your own flair and personality to your conversations.
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Tweets: @twitter, @ow, @chriswelch, @jason_koebler, @backlon, @samleecole, @seldo, @db, @mattmcgee, @blackamazon, @professorf, @malcolmvelli, @meredithdclark, @documentally, @fraying, @slpng_giants, @bluespacecanary, @notpatrick, @mayohomo, @brosandprose, @bacontribe, @nicnguyen, @lilnasx, @jamesliamcook, @joshconstine, @epro, @juiceboxca, @kt_so_it_goes, and @caseynewton
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
In major U-turn, UK abandons its own coronavirus-tracing app approach and shifts to the model based on the technology provided by Google and Apple — In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.
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Telegraph, CNET, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, BBC, The Mac Observer, and The Guardian
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Zoom backtracks on end-to-end encryption, saying it plans to offer E2EE to all tiers of users who verify phone numbers and will start testing it in July — - Company will require users of free service to verify identity — Video-conferencing app will test strongest encryption in July
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Zoom Blog, GitHub, Android Police, BetaNews, Wired, CNBC, Tom's Guide, coinspeaker.com, ComputerWeekly.com, Silicon Republic, The Overspill, TechRadar.com, MediaNama, Telecoms.com, SecurityWeek, SlashGear, Gizmodo, diginomica, Fossbytes, Ubergizmo, Cointelegraph, and The Next Web
Tweets: @eff, @zoom_us, @josephfcox, @justinbrookman, @gwbstr, @fightfortheftr, @evacide, @ingridlunden, @josephfcox, and @privacymatters
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
eBay confirms that ex-CEO Devin Wenig is the person who allegedly ordered six eBay employees to initiate a cyberstalking campaign; Wenig is not being charged — Surveillance. Harassment. A live cockroach delivery. US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign.
Tweets: @karlbode, @wired, @lachlan, @sm, @yoda, @themoko, @dancow, @edzitron, @s_m_i, @smod4real, @jasonhowell, @the_war_economy, @dandrezner, @campuscodi, @thepaulofhaynes, @pithywidow, @doree, @brbarrett, @exumam, @philwahba, @jmelaskyriazi, @katie_roof, @jamisonfoser, @martinsfp, @jigolden, @bootsriley, and @mcwm
| John Bolton / Wall Street Journal: |
Book excerpt by Trump's former national security adviser: Trump offered in 2019 to reverse Huawei's criminal prosecution if China agreed to a trade deal — The president pleaded with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for domestic political help, subordinated national-security issues …
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Washington Post, New York Times, Washington Examiner, New York Times, CoinDesk, Decrypt, coinspeaker.com, Trustnodes, CryptoGlobe, CyberScoop, Axios, and Cryptonews
Tweets: @maggienyt, @joseph_marks_, @kylegriffin1, @davmicrot, @renato_mariotti, @maggienyt, @natashabertrand, and @wsj
| Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: |
Sundar Pichai says Google will increase its proportion of execs from underrepresented groups by 30% by 2025, contribute $175M+ for Black business owners, more — Not new to debates on race, Google seeks to address ‘systemic racism’ in society — Google announced a new hiring goal …
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The Keyword, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, coinspeaker.com, and Pocket Gamer.biz
Tweets: @shaft, @rkyncl, @kyshiram, @caro_milanesi, @shahmiruk, @google, @mjmadda, @google, and @google
| Financial Times: |
German payments group Wirecard says €1.9B cash is missing and that “spurious cash balances” might have been provided to its auditor by a third party — Shares of payments group crash as it says a third-party may have tried ‘to deceive’ its auditor
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Bloomberg, Protocol, Cointelegraph, The Block, Wirecard, and CCN.com
Tweets: @cointelegraph, @kadhim, @tbraithwaite, @ahcastor, @el33th4xor, @counternotions, @sub8u, and @eghosao
| New York Times: |
The US withdraws from international digital tax negotiations with European countries, says it'll retaliate if they move forward with new taxes on US tech firms — The breakdown in negotiations could prompt President Trump to retaliate against countries that impose taxes on American tech firms.
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Financial Times, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, The Irish Times, The Guardian, Politico, Reuters, and The Hill
Tweets: @financialtimes, @drdsanghavi, @ndegwapower, and @leopoldo_parada
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
T-Mobile says its massive outage on Monday was caused by failures of a leased third-party fiber circuit and its backup that resulted in an “IP traffic storm” — “We did not meet our own bar for excellence,” writes T-Mobile's CTO — If you've been wondering what could knock …
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CNET, IT Management, DSLreports, and Business Insider
| Seth Schiesel / New York Times: |
Sources: since February, Apple has rejected at least five versions of Facebook Gaming, citing rules that prohibit apps that primarily distribute casual games — Apple has repeatedly denied Facebook's new Gaming app from appearing in its App Store, citing its own rules.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
DOJ proposes Congress adopt new legislation adding conditions to Section 230 protections, opening up Facebook, Google, Twitter, others to additional liability — The Justice Department is urging Congress to limit the legal protections enjoyed by online platforms, seeking to narrow the law … | Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
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| Jake Kanter / Deadline: |
Amazon is planning to stream four Premier League games for free on Twitch in the UK, starting June 29 — EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is planning to stream live Premier League fixtures for free on Twitch in the UK as it aims to give fans the chance to interact with each other while games are being played.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Amazon says AWS Shield mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in mid-February, the largest ever; the previous record was a 1.7 Tbps DDoS attack from March 2018 — The previous record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded was of 1.7 Tbps, recorded in March 2018.
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The Verge, AWS Shield, SiliconANGLE, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @quinnypig, @nican, and @nixcraft
| Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers: |
Samsung begins rollout of blood pressure monitoring feature for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in South Korea — Samsung has yet to enable the long-anticipated ECG support on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, but the company continues to work towards making the Galaxy Watch Active 2 more useful.
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ZDNet, Samsung Mobile Press, The Verge, SamMobile, Gizchina, SlashGear, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @samsungmobile
| Danielle Mackey / Rest of World: |
Ecuador's state-run Twitter troll army, perfected by former president Rafael Correa, has become less organized but more sophisticated since his departure — Ecuador's government-run Twitter army became a nexus for online political harassment across the world. — • QUITO, ECUADOR
Tweets: @anupkaphle, @megatobin1, @melissakchan, @torrhl, @migs_ai, @restofworld, @lynzybilling, @leomschwartz, @anupkaphle, @cpjamericas, and @decka227
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com rises ~6% in its debut in Hong Kong after raising $3.9B — - JD's listing followed NetEase's coming-out party a week ago — Alibaba, JD and NetEase bode well for future Chinese debuts — JD.com Inc. soared about 6% in its Thursday debut in Hong Kong …
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Associated Press, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, JD.Com, Inc., CNBC, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, TheStreet, BBC, Bangkok Post Website, and Financial Times
Tweets: @jd_corporate and @next_china
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
No, Google didn't demonetize The Federalist and Zero Hedge, as NBC's misleading story claims, and it is not an example of anti-conservative bias — from the another-day-another-story dept — So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” two well known websites from its ad platform, namely The Federalist and Zero Hedge.
Tweets: @nickconfessore, @ngrossman81, @lolgop, @notjessewalker, @simonowens, @normative, @billyez2, and @mmasnick
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
DoorDash raises $400M led by Durable Capital Partners, at a $16B post-money valuation — DoorDash has raised $400 million in new equity funding at a $16 billion post-money valuation, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: For all the talk of deals that didn't happen because of coronavirus, this one is a product of the pandemic.| The Independent: |
Russia announces it is lifting restrictions on the use of the Telegram after the messaging app “agrees to help with extremism investigations” — Russia has announced it is lifting restrictions on the use of the Telegram private messenger app. — The messenger has been officially blocked …
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Documents from an ACLU lawsuit show Microsoft tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEA in late 2017, six months before the company called for regulation — Last week, Microsoft said it would not sell its facial recognition to police departments. But new documents reveal it was pitching …
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