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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Facebook says the leaked 533M records are a different data set that attackers created by abusing a flaw in a Facebook contacts import feature, not by hacking — The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Facebook says it did not notify users about the 2019 data leak affecting 533M accounts at the time and doesn't plan to do so now — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
T-Mobile launches its 5G home internet service, costing $60-$65/month with no data caps, hardware rental fees, or annual contracts — Once again putting Sprint's mid-band spectrum to work — After a long pilot period, T-Mobile is making its 5G home internet service a reality.
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Sources: Twitter discussed acquiring Clubhouse for around $4B but the talks fell apart; Clubhouse is now looking to raise funding at a $4B valuation — - Talks no longer active between Twitter, social media startup — Clubhouse is seeking to raise funding at a similar valuation
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Insider, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, and Silicon Valley Business …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces a virtual I/O from May 18 to May 20, with registration opening soon; the date was hidden behind a puzzle — After canceling entirely last year, Google today announced that I/O 2021 will be virtual and free to attend. The conference is historically held … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils a revamped Find My program with support for third-party devices and says devices from Belkin, Chipolo, and VanMoof will be first to work with it — Apple today announced the launch of its Find My network accessory program, which is designed to allow third-party Bluetooth devices …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details two ad measurements technologies that advertisers can use without tracking users, ahead of imminent rollout of App Tracking Transparency feature — Starting with iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5, Apple will be requiring apps to receive a user's permission to track …
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Facing a shortage of drivers, Uber will spend $250M on a one-time “stimulus” for US drivers and Lyft is offering $800 bonuses for referring former drivers — Ride-sharing apps turn to bonuses and extra pay as they struggle to meet a rebound in demand
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Uber Newsroom, The Verge, Reuters, Ars Technica, CNBC, Bloomberg, Insider, PYMNTS.com, and TechCrunch
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch — It's a major expansion of the platform's misconduct policy — Twitch will now ban users who harass members of its community — even when that harassment takes place off Twitch.
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Peter Thiel says he is a pro-Bitcoin maximalist, but Bitcoin threatens fiat money and might be used by China to undercut the US dollar's reserve currency status — Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and conservative political donor, urged the U.S. government to consider tighter regulations …
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Max Schrems' non-profit Noyb files a complaint with the French privacy watchdog, claims Google's Android Advertising Identifier violates EU's ePrivacy Directive — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Plaid, which helps connect users' bank accounts with fintech apps, raises $425M Series D led by Altimeter Capital, sources say at a valuation of ~$13.4B — Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers' bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning.
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| Quint Forgey / Politico: |
Twitter says it won't let the US National Archives make @realDonaldTrump's old tweets available publicly via Twitter's platform, citing his permanent suspension — The social media company says its permanent suspension of the former president's personal account means a federally preserved version will also be blocked.
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Insider, The Hill, and Ars Technica
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| Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: |
An in-depth look at the impact, often negative and not fully understood, of AR beauty filters on social media, especially on girls and young women — Veronica started using filters to edit pictures of herself on social media when she was 14 years old. She remembers everyone in her middle school …
Tweets: @beebrookshire, @techreview, @techreview, and @drewharwell
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
A first person narrative on the persistence of digital memories and how social media and photo apps that surface old photos make painful memories hard to forget — In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
Tweets: @laurengoode, @jessysaurusrex, @samitsarkar, @sesmith, @sonipaul, @katierosman, @ellie_made, @raju, @katienotopoulos, @rachelsklar, @carolecadwalla, @tsunamino, @benthepcguy, @digiphile, @bigshika, @marahvistendahl, @condenast, @erinscafe, @caro_milanesi, @shiraovide, @taylorlorenz, and @anildash
| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Mobile ad tech company AppLovin aims to raise up to $2.13B via its IPO, pricing shares at $75-$85 for a $30B+ valuation; S-1 showed a net loss of $126M in 2020 — Mobile app and gaming company AppLovin Corp. set targets Wednesday for an initial public offering that could value it at more than $30 billion.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Pew: YouTube usage grew from 73% of US adults in 2019 to 81% in 2021, with 95% of 18- to 29-year-olds using the service; 69% use Facebook and 21% use TikTok — - YouTube saw the most significant growth of any social media app among American users during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Alienware announces M15 R5, starting at $2,230, with AMD Ryzen 5000 H-series CPUs, the first Alienware laptop since 2007 to use AMD processors — Expect big performance boosts — Alienware has announced the latest revision to its flagship gaming laptop lineup, the 15-inch Alienware M15 R5.| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Report: digital ad spending grew 12.2% YoY in 2020 to $139.8B, as H2 political ad spending offset the H1 falloff; top 10 companies held 78.1% share of revenues — - Despite an initial falloff due to the Covid pandemic, digital advertising spending grew 12.2% year over year in 2020 … | Bloomberg: |
How Intel's missteps let competitors surpass it in key areas, driven by cultural complacency, a manufacturing shift to Asia, and missed mobile opportunities — The statement, conveyed as the third bullet point of a quarterly earnings release, was both mind-numbingly technical and inscrutably terse … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Jeff Bezos says Amazon supports a rise in the corporate tax rate and making bold investments in US infrastructure, but stops short of supporting Biden's plan — - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday voiced support for raising the corporate tax rate but stopped short of saying he supports President Joe Biden's plan for the increase.
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| Ellery Roberts Biddle / Tech Policy Press: |
Facebook and Google's commitment to protecting human rights and the public interest is hamstrung by their ad-based profit models and absolute focus on growth — Facebook and Google have made broad-based commitments to protect human rights and the public interest, but only to the extent …
Tweets: @justinhendrix, @rankingrights, @ellerybiddle, @rankingrights, @rankingrights, and @rankingrights
| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Crunchbase data: global venture funding reached $125B in Q1, up 94% YoY, with an average of nearly two unicorns created every working day — In the first quarter of 2021, global venture investments reached $125 billion, a 50 percent increase quarter over quarter and a whopping 94 percent increase year over year, Crunchbase data shows.
Tweets: @crunchbasenews, @paulcimino, @christinemhall, and @benedictevans
| Nikkei Asia: |
Internal memo: Huawei is closing its core cloud and AI business after only 14 months, splitting the group into two — Change mirrors struggle to transition from hardware maker to service provider — Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies is closing its core cloud and artificial …
Tweets: @nikkeiasia
| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Patreon raises $155M Series F led by Tiger Global Management at a $4B valuation, up from $1.2B in September, bringing its total raised to $411M — Online company raises $155 million in latest round, led by new investor Tiger Global Management — Patreon Inc., an online platform …
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Variety, Tubefilter, Digital Music News, Crunchbase News, Axios, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @outoftheverse, @samyamiam, @ljin18, @caseynewton, and @carnage4life
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos Roam review: portable and rugged design, sound quality is good but bass is limited by form factor, charges wirelessly but battery life is not great — The tiny, lightweight speaker has a ton of functionality, but don't expect sound quality miracles — The Sonos Roam is the most focused, calculated product from Sonos yet.
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Android Authority, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, Engadget, and Android Central
Tweets: @dcseifert, @jank0, @chriswelch, and @backlon
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Bryter, which offers a no-code service to build enterprise apps, raises $66M Series B led by Tiger Global to expand in the US — No-code startups continue to see a lot of traction among enterprises, where employees — strictly speaking, non-technical, but still using software every day … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Interviews with three women working at NSA and Cyber Command highlight the progress made in gender equality in recent years and the work that still remains — WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence committee about the progress of recent years and the work that remains.
Tweets: @lilyhnewman, @tarah, @k8em0, @wendynather, and @zackwhittaker
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