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Slack's struggles to succeed as a standalone company mirror the fortunes of other one-time innovators in enterprise productivity who struggled with distribution — And why the era of worker-centered work tools may be over — Slack's life as an underdog darling of Silicon Valley ended on November 2, 2016.
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Box Blog, New York Times, Protocol, 500ish, Forbes, diginomica, Salesforce News, TechCrunch, Medium, UPI, Gamasutra, and Windows Central
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Three Democratic lawmakers introduce a bill that would require stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter, approval from the Federal Reserve and FDIC, more — A new U.S. Congressional bill would require stablecoin issuers to secure bank charters and secure regulatory approval prior to circulating any stablecoins.
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Representative Rashida Tlaib, Decrypt, The Daily Gwei, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, The Block, blockchain.news, Cointelegraph, and Modern Consensus
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| Reuters: |
Source: a group of more than 40 US states, led by New York, plans to file an antitrust suit against Facebook next week — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
PhonePe is partially spinning off, reducing Flipkart's stake from 100% to 87%, and raises $700M led by Walmart at a post-money valuation of $5.5B — PhonePe, the crown jewel in Flipkart's acquisition by Walmart, is “partially” spinning off, the financial services firm said on Thursday.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
ESET researchers detail Crutch malware, used by Russian APT Turla to steal sensitive docs from an EU foreign ministry and exfiltrate them via Dropbox accounts — Russian-backed hacking group Turla has used a previously undocumented malware toolset to deploy backdoors and steal sensitive documents …
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WeLiveSecurity, SC Media, SecurityWeek, Threatpost, ZDNet, DataBreaches.net, and The Hacker News. Tweets: @esetresearch
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Alphabet transitions its navigation system for its fleet of Loon high-altitude balloons to one controlled by AI, a first for commercial aerospace systems — The company's new AI flight control system outperforms its human-made one — Alphabet's Loon, the team responsible for beaming internet …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon adds webcam support to the 2nd-gen Fire TV Cube, enabling video calls with Alexa-enabled devices, rolling out in the coming weeks in US, UK, elsewhere — Call any Alexa-enabled device with a screen, including smartphones, Fire tablets, and the Echo Show| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Interview with Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian on the launch of Snapdragon 888, working with mmWave and Sub-6 5G networks, Apple's M1, Windows on Snapdragon, and more — Within today's Qualcomm Tech Summit 2020, we've seen the announcement of the new Snapdragon 888 which we've detailed extensively in our dedicated coverage article.
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| Thomas Black / Bloomberg: |
FedEx has agreed to buy e-commerce shipping service ShopRunner, which will operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Services, for an undisclosed sum — FedEx Corp. has agreed to acquire ShopRunner, an e-commerce service that provides shipping for more than 100 brands, as the courier seeks to deepen its ties with online shoppers.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google is shutting down its Poly 3D object library for AR/VR development platforms on June 30, 2021, after discontinuing most of its other AR/VR tools — Google is almost running out of AR/VR projects to kill off. — The company announced today in an email to Poly users …
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Engadget, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Gizmodo, BleepingComputer, and VRScout
Tweets: @lookinggdlouis and @mikeelgan
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at MANRS, a group of ~600 participants including Google, which aims to add safeguards to the Border Gateway Protocol, improving internet routing security — Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google.
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MANRS. Tweets: @campuscodi, @lilyhnewman, @gadgetlab, @amatwyshyn, @k8em0, @kimzetter, @stevebellovin, @paul_ipv6, and @wired
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Twitter expands its hate speech policies to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin” — Twitter is once again expanding its hate speech policies. The company updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people … | Caitlin Dewey / OneZero : |
How Americans are using Cash App and Venmo to practice direct giving to one another in a new way, as an alternative to giving through charitable institutions — In 2020, Venmoing total strangers in need became a radical act of support — and trust — aised in a six-bedroom mansion …
Tweets: @dlberes, @ozm, @doctoryasmin, @gaetaamy, @caitlindewey, @ozm, @daniellesacks, @dannygroner, and @ozm
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
NLRB says in a complaint that Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who organized staff protests before firing two of them in late 2019 — Company policies violated labor law, according to the complaint — Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers …
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Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @veenadubal, @josheidelson, @alexsjacquez, and @cat_zakrzewski. Thanks:@william_fitz
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is in exclusive talks to buy Wondery, in a deal valuing the podcast network at $300M+; Wondery's on track to increase revenue to $40M+ this year — Venture-backed podcast company is in talks to be sold with a valuation of more than $300 million
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Researcher details a zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol, now patched, which could have granted access to device hardware and data — A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
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ZDNet, Ars Technica, Project Zero, VICE, BBC, Schneier on Security, Input, iDownloadBlog.com, Naked Security, HotHardware.com News, KnowTechie, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, CyberScoop, Mashable, MSPoweruser, The Hacker News, AppleInsider, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @mattblaze, @kennwhite, @rayredacted, @virusbtn, @chey_cobb, @reflectingman, @jvagle, @rgb_lights, @zehavoc, and @bmcclendon
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Hulu's Watch Party feature is now expanding to all subscribers, allows up to seven other subscribers to join, and will have a “click to catch up button” — Hulu was first among the big streamers to embrace the co-watch trend during quarantine — Hulu was first among …
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| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
DHS' IG says it's probing the department's practice of tracking people without a warrant by buying brokered cellphone data, after Democratic senators' request — Inspector general to investigate legality of tracking Americans without a warrant — WASHINGTON—The Department …
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VICE, Washington Post, Nextgov, Vox, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @airavn, @josephfcox, @hypervisible, @haleaziz, and @hoofnagle
| Washington Post: |
Leaked docs: Facebook to start policing anti-Black hate speech more aggressively than anti-White comments, reversing years of “race-blind” practices — The company is overhauling its algorithms that detect hate speech and deprioritizing hateful comments against Whites, men and Americans.
Tweets: @iansherr
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
GitHub: JavaScript, Python, and Java remain most popular languages on GitHub in 2020, followed by TypeScript; open source project creation jumped up to 40% YoY — GitHub released its annual Octoverse report today to reveal trends found in one of the largest developer communities on the planet …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Bizay, which has created a marketplace for highly customized products for SMBs, raises €32M Series C co-led by Indico Capital and the European Investment Bank — Bizay, a marketplace for small-to-medium-sized businesses allowing them to create highly customized products (such as merchandise) …
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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to release two new MacBook Pros with an all-new design in 2021 and a more affordable MacBook Air in 2022, all with mini LED panels — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that as part of Apple's mini LED push, the company will release a pair of new MacBook Pro models …
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