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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Leaked moderator docs say Facebook users may call for death of public figures, so long as the individual is not tagged or “purposefully exposed” to such calls — Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show
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The Guardian and Daily Mail
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
CEO Pat Gelsinger says Intel will spend $20B on two new fabs in Ocotillo, Arizona and will reconfigure its external Foundry Services to serve new chip customers — The new CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, has today outlined his vision for Intel over the coming years.| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Medium offers buyouts to everyone on its editorial staff, as it shifts focus from its own publications to supporting independent writers on its platform — After what workers describe as a successful union-busting campaign, Ev Williams has announced to journalists who work for him that they should feel free to go.
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Medium and New York Times
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| Avaaz: |
Study of US election misinfo shows Facebook could have prevented 10.1B views from Pages that spread misinfo; these Pages saw interactions rise 3x YoY — How Facebook Failed Voters and Nearly Set Democracy Aflame — Section One - From Election to Insurrection: How Facebook Failed American Voters
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Mother Jones, TIME, Reuters, Reporters Without Borders, Financial Times, Engadget, Axios, Slashdot, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Press Gazette, and The Week
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Amazon announces to employees that the next AWS head will be Adam Selipsky, the CEO of Salesforce-owned Tableau and formerly VP of AWS Sales, Marketing, Support — Amazon has chosen to Adam Selipsky, currently CEO of Salesforce-owned Tableau, to run its Amazon Web Services division.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo will use new Nvidia graphics chip in its 2021 Switch upgrade, helping the console deliver 4K on TVs via Nvidia's DLSS — - The Nvidia system-on-chip will also add memory and CPU upgrade — Nintendo's console refresh targeting year-end shopping season
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PCMag, Ars Technica, KnowTechie, 9to5Toys, Tom's Guide, BGR, iMore, MUO, PCWorld, Gizmodo, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
Coaching and mental health startup BetterUp says Prince Harry has joined as chief impact officer — The Duke of Sussex is going to work for the unicorn employee coaching and mental health startup in his latest foray into business — No longer a working member of the royal family …
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| Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says it has filed confidentially for an IPO with the SEC — Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular trading app, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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Under the Hood, Gizmodo, Crunchbase News, The Block, CNN, Axios, TechCrunch, TheStreet, Reuters, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Cointelegraph, and Fox Business
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Qualcomm plans a console for Q1 2022 similar to Nintendo's Switch, with detachable controllers, SD card slot, Android 12, and display-out capabilities — Qualcomm plans its first foray into the consumer electronics market in years — with a device that bears a strong resemblance …
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The Next Web, The Verge, XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, TechRadar, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Droid Life, Wccftech, Neowin, SlashGear, Pocketnow, and Android Central
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| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Firefox 87 launches with Smart Block feature, which improves the rendering of pages when blocking third-party tracking scripts by using local “stand-in” scripts — An improved referrer policy also trims URLs from embedded images and scripts. — Mozilla released Firefox 87 …
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Mozilla, Mozilla Security Blog, Computerworld, PCWorld, SecurityWeek, and Neowin. Tweets: @dveditz
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces F8 Refresh on June 2, a single-day, virtual-only conference for developers without a Mark Zuckerberg keynote — After a few twists and turns and then ultimately cancelling its F8 developer conference last year over Covid-19 concerns, Facebook today announced a return …
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Developer News, The Verge, Agence France-Presse, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, Adweek, TechSpot, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
OnePlus unveils the $159 OnePlus Watch, available April 14, which has a circular 1.39" display, blood oxygen tracking, fast charging, and does not run Wear OS — But it doesn't run Wear OS — It's taken years, but OnePlus is finally getting in the smartwatch game with the newly announced OnePlus Watch, starting at $159.
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CNET, MobileSyrup, Engadget, India Today, HotHardware.com News, and 9to5Mac
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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XDA Developers, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Neowin, t3.com, CNET, Android Headlines, and BGR India
Tweets: @backlon and @vergereviews
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon is forcing delivery drivers to sign a “biometric consent” form that lets Amazon use AI-powered cameras in its efforts to detect distracted driving — The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.
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CNET, Car and Driver, and Input
Tweets: @hypervisible, @jason_koebler, @markghuneim, and @vice
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Verizon Media Group plans to rebrand most of its media franchises, including TechCrunch, as Yahoo products and group them on Yahoo+, a new subscription platform — Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio …
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TechCrunch and The Verge
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| Thomas Newdick / The Drive: |
AI-controlled F-16 fighter jets are now taking part in simulated dogfight tests as a team against an opponent in DARPA's Air Combat Evolution program — The goal of bringing artificial intelligence into the air-to-air dogfighting arena has moved a step closer with a series of simulated tests …
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The Next Web
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it has acquired API integration platform Reshuffle, along with its seven member team, to help it accelerate its own API efforts and tools — Twitter today is announcing what the company calls a “strategic acquihire” of the API integration platform Reshuffle.| Bloomberg: |
New York regulator finds Goldman Sachs didn't discriminate against prospective Apple Card customers, following a viral tweet claiming it did in 2019 — - Department ‘found no fair lending violations’: superintendent — Customers had complained women were given lower credit limits| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Facebook says people have raised more than $5B through Fundraisers on Facebook and Instagram, $2B of which were raised since February 2020 — While questions continue to be raised about the role that Facebook now plays in our daily interactive process, and the negative impacts in regards to fake news …
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Facebook, Adweek, B&TB&T, UK Fundraising, and Fox Business
| Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg: |
Prospectus: Amazon plans to sell a stake in Deliveroo worth up to $148M, leaving it with an 11.5% stake in Deliveroo after its IPO, down from 15.8% it owns now — - Amazon to cut food-delivery startup stake to 11.5% from 15.8% — Deliveroo CEO to hold 57.5% of voting rights after listing
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Benzinga, CityAM, and PYMNTS.com
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Former Parler CEO John Matze sues the company, alleging its conservative financier Rebekah Mercer plotted to “force Matze out” as CEO and “steal” his 40% stake — In a lawsuit filed in Nevada this week, Matze charged conservative financier Rebekah Mercer of plotting to …
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Gizmodo, Las Vegas Sun, Bloomberg, Forbes, CBS News, Salon, Washington Post, Newsweek, and The Hill
Tweets: @issielapowsky and @chrismessina
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft is in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B; one source says Discord is more likely to go public than sell itself — Microsoft Corp. is in talks to acquire Discord Inc., a video-game chat community, for more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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