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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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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a personal version of Teams, after previewing it nearly a year ago, available for free — Microsoft Teams for personal use exits preview — Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today. After previewing the service nearly a year ago …
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Apple says it will bring lossless audio to all Apple Music subscribers for free and will support Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, available from June — The next generation of sound on Apple Music is coming to subscribers June 2021 at no additional cost — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today …
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| Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Amazon Music HD is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers for free, effectively cutting the Hi-Fi service's price from $14.99 to $9.99 per month — The price change undercuts competing high-fidelity offerings and possibly upcoming plans by Spotify and Apple Music.
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| Kevin Randall / Washington Post: |
As Parler returns to the App Store, its chief policy officer says posts labeled as “hate” by its AI, hidden on iOS, will be viewable on other devices and web — Shut down after the Jan. 6 riot, Parler is using a new artificial intelligence moderation system with more stringent standards …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Tim Cook is expected to testify for about 100 minutes in Epic v. Apple late this week or early next; Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi will testify before Cook — The iPhone maker's chief executive is set to argue the company's case against Epic Games' antitrust claims
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Sources: Microsoft's board decided in 2020 Gates should leave the board as it probed claims Gates sought to initiate an affair with a Microsoft engineer in 2000 — Some Microsoft directors began an investigation in 2019 into woman's allegations of prior sexual relationship with Bill Gates …
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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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| Sarah Krouse / The Information: |
Sources: Google's plans to match Apple's ATT changes have been delayed by concerns over diminishing mobile ads; source says small changes are expected at I/O — Pressured by Apple's recent iPhone privacy initiative, Google is accelerating work to limit how app developers can track …
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
What to expect from Google I/O: a big focus on Android 12, Assistant and smart home improvements, changes to Wear OS, and possible Pixel Buds A-series — Google's big developer conference is back after a year's absence. — Sponsored Links — The schedule — Android 12 news
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: 166 new unicorns have already been created in 2021, up from 163 in all of 2020; Tiger Global has invested in twice as many unicorns as Sequoia Capital — An unprecedented number of companies have joined Crunchbase's private company unicorn board already this year …
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| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Bank of America is testing Paxos Trust's network to settle stock trades quickly using blockchain, plans to roll out to clients if approved as a clearing agency — - The lender is the largest addition so far to the Paxos system — Potential for real-time settlement threatens DTCC's dominance| 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.| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Survey: over 60% of 1,400 CISOs in 14 countries expect a damaging cyberattack in the next 12 months, due to massive shift to remote work since the pandemic — Proofpoint surveyed 1,400 CISOs across the globe about the current cybersecurity landscape. — More than 1,000 CISOs around … Sponsor Posts
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