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Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips — We $ee you - sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work …
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Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10 — How to Install SUSE Enterprise Server in Windows 10 — WINDOWS 10, AND WINDOWS CLIENT OS — Back in the fall of 2019 …
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Internal memo: Goldman Sachs informed its markets personnel that a newly created crypto trading desk successfully traded two kinds of bitcoin-linked derivatives — - The bank informed its markets personnel on Thursday that a newly created cryptocurrency trading desk had successfully traded … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple will probably win the Epic lawsuit, but the trial may motivate Apple to appease developers over the long term and avoid even more embarrassing lawsuits — Hey everyone, it's Mark. I've been following the trial between Apple Inc. and Epic Games Inc. since Monday, and so far, it looks like Apple is scoring most of the wins.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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Amazon says it will postpone Prime Day in India and Canada due to worsening spread of COVID-19, but the event will go on as planned in June in other countries — - Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it will pause Prime Day in India and Canada as the countries face worsening spread of the coronavirus.
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Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices — - Amazon partnered with Tile and smart lock maker Level to beef up its mesh network for tracking items.
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Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users — The company is making some changes to encourage more people to adopt a key digital security mechanism. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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NY AG's office says fake comments, including 8.5M funded by largest US ISPs, accounted for ~18M of the 22M+ net neutrality comments received by the FCC in 2017 — The New York attorney general's office released a new report detailing the effort — The New York attorney general's office issued …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Bitski, which builds custom NFT storefronts for brands and creators, raises $19M Series A led by a16z and others including Jay-Z, MrBeast, and Serena Williams — Bitski, an SF-based startup that builds custom NFT storefronts for brands and creators, is banking on the latter, and they have new investors betting the same.
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WhatsApp says it won't deactivate accounts of users who don't accept new privacy policy rolling out on May 15, but will keep reminding them to accept new terms — It will keep reminding you to accept the policy … WhatsApp said today that it won't delete or deactivate your account …
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Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more — Exclusive: Facebook's CEO talks about what the next headset could bring, how fitness plays into the picture and whether there will be kid accounts for VR anytime soon.
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Bill.com, a cloud-based payments service for SMBs, has agreed to acquire expense management software provider Divvy for $2.5B in cash and stock — The fintech Bill.com is buying Divvy, an expense reporting start-up, for $2.5 billion. — The deal, announced Thursday, calls for Bill.com …
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Ada Support, which develops AI-driven customer support chatbots, raises $130M led by Spark Capital at a $1.2B valuation — - Zoom, Facebook use Ada bots for customer interactions — Spark, Tiger Global, Accel, Bessemer contribute $130 million — Chat bot startup Ada Support Inc …
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