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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 4 with 13.5" and 15" displays, starting at $999 for AMD model and $1,299 for Intel, shipping April 15 in US, Canada, and Japan — The AMD version starts at $300 less than Intel's equivalent — Microsoft is refreshing its Surface lineup with the Surface Laptop 4 today …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces an online event on April 20 at 10am PT, entitled “Spring Loaded”, where new iPads Pros and more are expected — Following an overnight leak by Siri, Apple today officially announced that it will be holding a special “Spring Loaded” event on Tuesday …
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| The Guardian: |
Facebook VP of Integrity Guy Rosen called the return of the Honduran president's disinformation campaign a “bummer” in 2019, but it continued for 11 months — Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts' popularity for nearly a year after the company was informed about it
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify announces Car Thing, a Spotify-only, voice-controlled device for the car, launching today for free for select US users — It's free, but users have to pay for shipping — Spotify's first gadget has landed. Car Thing, a Spotify-only, voice-controlled device for the car …
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| Oversight Board: |
Facebook Oversight Board will now accept appeals to remove content from Facebook and Instagram; previously, users were only able to appeal to restore content — From today, users will be able to appeal content to the Oversight Board which they want removed from Facebook and Instagram.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Epic Games raises $1B at a $28.7B equity valuation, including an additional $200M from Sony — Epic Games, the company behind global smash hit “Fortnite,” announced that it completed a $1 billion round of funding — giving it a whopping equity valuation of $28.7 billion.
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Coinbase prices shares at $250, which would value it at $65.3B, ahead of its direct listing on the NASDAQ on April 14 — - The Nasdaq said on Tuesday that Coinbase's reference price for its direct listing is $250, which would value the company around $65.3 billion on a fully diluted basis.| Jeff Dunn / Ars Technica: |
Roku announces a trio of new devices: $40 Express 4K Plus streaming device, a $30 rechargeable Voice Remote Pro, and $180 Streambar Pro — Plus new Roku OS updates and a revised two-in-one streaming soundbar. — Roku on Tuesday announced its latest 4K media streamer, the Roku Express 4K+.
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Tweets: @dkatzmaier, @roku, @chriswelch, and @robpegoraro
| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet shareholder Trillium Asset Management pushes Google for better whistleblower protections, referencing the firing of Timnit Gebru and a 2020 NLRB report — Citing recent red flags, Trillium Asset Management files another shareholder proposal urging tech giant to review protections for employees voicing human rights concerns
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Stripe's revenue rose nearly 70% last year to about $7.4B as the pandemic boosted e-commerce — Stripe has turned a humdrum business—helping companies accept credit-card payments—into a blockbuster valuation — The pandemic threatened to clobber Stripe Inc. Instead, it turbocharged the company.
Tweets: @gokulr, @sarthakgh, @jmover, and @alex
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook is testing a free video speed dating app called Sparked, which requires a Facebook profile to create an account — Users will be set up on four-minute video dates — Facebook is testing a video speed dating app called Sparked. The app, which requires a Facebook profile to create an account …
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| Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
Over 650 tech workers at the NYT announce they have formed a union to be represented by the NewsGuild of New York and are seeking union recognition from the NYT — Tech workers at The New York Times announced on Tuesday that they had formed a union and would ask the company to recognize it.| Ifeoma Ozoma / New York Times: |
Ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma describes why she helped draft the Silenced No More Act, a CA bill aiming to let discriminated-against employees bypass NDAs — I chose not to be. We need to end gag orders for victims of workplace abuse. — Ms. Ozoma is a tech policy expert …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In its April batch of patches, Microsoft fixes 108 flaws, including 19 “critical” flaws, five 0-days, and four NSA-discovered critical Exchange flaws — Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.
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Tweets: @dnvolz, @josephmenn, @ryanaraine, @bobbychesney, and @c_c_krebs
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Grab is going public on NASDAQ via SPAC, raising $4B+ at a ~$39.6B valuation; deal would make it the first Southeast Asian tech unicorn to go public via SPAC — - SoftBank-backed Grab strikes pact with Gerstner's Altimeter — Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant set to trade on Nasdaq
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Tweets: @dkhos, @altcap, @anthonypy_tan, @nasdaq, @newley, @jamesjho_, and @vijayshekhar
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers find new vulnerabilities called NAME:WRECK in the TCP/IP stack that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment — Security researchers have found a new set of vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment.
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Tweets: @datadrivenmd, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus Watch review: long battery life, nice finish, and low price, but no voice assistant, no always-on display, few notification options, only one big size — The OnePlus Watch pairs with and is controlled by the OnePlus Health app for Android — there's no iPhone compatibility at all.
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Tweets: @artemr, @ohmdee, @backlon, @dcseifert, @parkyprakhar, @somospostpc, and @gadgetsboy
| Everett Randle / The Valley of Dunning-Kruger: |
Tiger Global is playing a different venture game by paying far more than competitors, speeding up diligence, and adopting a lightweight post-investment approach — Or why Tiger is eating your lunch (& your deals) — The Tiger Phenomenon … If you actively invest in private …
Tweets: @matthuang, @chrija, @felixsalmon, @balajis, and @joshuaforman
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
ConsenSys raises $65M from JP Morgan, Mastercard, UBS AG, and others to build the infrastructure for DeFi apps — ConsenSys, a key player in crypto and a major proponent of the Ethereum blockchain, has raised a $65 million funding round from J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and UBS AG …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Researcher told Valve about a bug in its graphics engine in 2019 that could let hackers take over players' PCs via Steam invite; bug remains in some Valve games — A security researcher found a “critical” bug in Valve's graphics engine that powers the popular online game. And the company has been slow to fix it.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
HomeX, which pairs service workers with homeowners and uses AI to diagnose home-related issues, raises $90M, says number of contractors on HomeX rose 5x in 2020 — HomeX, a home services platform for homeowners and service providers, has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital.| Mike Dano / Light Reading: |
Comments from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile suggest they have killed their joint Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which aimed to establish RCS interoperability — The biggest wireless network operators in the US announced in 2019 that they would jointly launch a Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging app sometime in 2020.
| Dror Poleg: |
From BitClout to income share agreements at Lambda School, the future of work feels like a pyramid scheme where you can package and sell others' potential — The future of work is a pyramid scheme, where every person sells his favorite person to the next person.
Tweets: @stefanisg and @liam_gallas
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
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