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Sources detail how Apple relented to escalating demands from China, making changes to governance of its Chinese users' data and agreeing to censor its platforms — Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk is either trading on his unique ability to move the price of Bitcoin and Dogecoin, or just trolling, and both scenarios are bizarre and incredible — Oh Elon — I am sorry to keep talking about it because it is so stupid, but there really is something unprecedented and amazing …
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Source: Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment — Amazon is in discussions to acquire MGM, said a person familiar with the situation, in what would be the ecommerce giant's biggest move yet to expand in entertainment.
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Court doc: Twitter fought a subpoena from DOJ under Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. Devin Nunes; source: DOJ under Biden withdrew — An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus' latest update for its Quest headsets adds a Live Overlay casting feature that allows mixed reality capture with just an iPhone model XS or newer — v29 is packed with features — Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is working on wireless earbuds called Beats Studio Buds that will support noise cancellation, according to files in beta versions of iOS 14.6 — With the release of iOS 14.6 RC today for developers, Apple is preparing to release Apple Music Lossless.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says the Bluetooth AAC codec used by AirPods Pro and AirPods Max does not support Apple Music's lossless streaming, nor does Lightning on AirPods Max — Apple today announced that starting in June, Apple Music songs will be available to stream in Lossless and Hi-Resolution Lossless formats …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
After Eufy device owners noticed they could access others' cameras and live feeds, Eufy says it was a bug and all users should log out and reset their cameras — As we reported earlier today, a huge Eufy privacy breach allowed users to view the live and recorded camera feeds of strangers.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Phil Schiller testifies that the App Store drove $400B in physical sales in 2019, which Apple did not take a cut of, and Apple spends ~$50M per year on WWDC — And it spends $50 million on WWDC — Apple is trying to convince a judge that it's not milking the App Store for all it's worth …
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Apple's M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models due to M1's optimization of QoS, which puts background tasks on “efficiency” cores even when the system is idle — Last week I showed fascinating screenshots of how M1 Macs can run background processes exclusively on their four ‘efficiency’ cores.| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Twilio announces it is acquiring business texting startup Zipwhip, which is based in Seattle and employs ~275 people, for $850M in a cash and stock deal — Twilio, a communications software company with Seattle roots, is acquiring Seattle-based business-texting startup Zipwhip …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Facebook's VP of Reality Labs Partnerships Hugo Barra says he is leaving the company after four years and that he plans to explore the healthcare tech space — He's departing before the company launches the smart glasses he teased last fall — Facebook's vice president of AR and VR Hugo Barra …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch says it is switching to localized subscription prices in some non-US markets, which will often be lower, starting with Turkey and Mexico on May 20 — Localized pricing is meant to increase streamers' earnings, but they'll need more subscribers — Twitch is announcing a big change …
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| Brian Stelter / CNN: |
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav — New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. — On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …
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| Sarah Krouse / The Information: |
Sources: Google's plans to match Apple's ATT changes have been delayed by internal concerns that such moves will diminish mobile ad revenues — Pressured by Apple's recent iPhone privacy initiative, Google is accelerating work to limit how app developers can track the 2.5 billion people who use phones powered by its Android software.
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