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Verizon says it will sell Yahoo and AOL to PE firm Apollo Global Management for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just “Yahoo” — - Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is planning to launch a foldable iPhone with an 8" QHD+ flexible OLED display in 2023; Kuo says Apple will ship 15M to 20M foldable iPhones in 2023 — Apple is working to launch a foldable iPhone with an 8-inch QHD+ flexible OLED display in 2023, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo …
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After Apple's iOS 14 privacy updates, Facebook and Instagram show notices in iOS apps that tell users to enable tracking to help keep them “free of charge” — iOS 14 has new privacy settings that let users opt out of tracking — Facebook is continuing its campaign …
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Epic vs. Apple trial begins with Epic's opening remarks attacking the App Store's “walled garden”, arguing Apple's 30% cut of in-app purchases is monopolistic — The first day of the bench trial between Fortnite creator Epic Games and Apple is officially underway …
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Facebook Oversight Board says it will announce its decision on banning Trump at 9AM ET on Wednesday, after receiving 9,000+ responses — (CNN Business)The Facebook Oversight Board will announce its long-anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, it announced Monday morning.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more — Twitter Spaces, the company's new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it's making …
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| Irene Plagianos / Wall Street Journal: |
Study shows hiring for tech positions surpassed all other occupations, even healthcare jobs, in New York City between April and November 2020 — There were more openings for tech positions during the pandemic than for any other job in the city, a new study says
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Apple's ban on alt iOS browser engines and years of delays in adding features to WebKit can explain why web apps are not a viable alternative to App Store apps — Do App Store policies harm developers? Is the web a credible alternative? A look at the data. — Three facts...
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| Will Daniel / Insider: |
A new cryptocurrency called Chia is debuting on May 3, and its dependence on storage instead of computing power may be behind a rise in hard drive and SSD sales — - A new green cryptocurrency called Chia (XCH) is set to start trading on Monday, May 3. — Chia uses “proof of space” …
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Genies, which develops avatars for virtual identity and digital goods, raises $65M Series B led by Bond and plans a marketplace on Dapper Labs' Flow service — Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here! — Genies has raised $65 million to boost its avator creator …
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Q&A with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft's chief accessibility officer, on holding every department accountable, validating ROI, and hiring staff with disabilities — Jenny Lay-Flurrie holds every department—from hiring to videogaming—accountable for being accessible to people with disabilities| Politico: |
Internal audit at Amazon warned execs in 2015 that 4,700 of its own sales staff had unauthorized access to third-party seller data and some had misused it — Internal report flagged lack of controls over access to seller data. — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told U.S. lawmakers last year …
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PitchBook: digital healthcare startups raised $7B in Q1, the highest in a decade; potential corporate customers say some services are overpriced and redundant — As investors pour money into health startups, customers press for price breaks and streamlining; ‘We are inundated’
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