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Sources: Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games, as it considers options including an Apple Arcade-like games bundle — Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into videogames, a sign it is stepping up its efforts …
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Leaked emails show that Citizen app is testing an on-demand private security service that will respond to “incidents” as requested by app users — Citizen would deploy private security forces at the request of app users, according to documents and sources. — Joseph Cox
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the AR displays used in its new Spectacles glasses, for more than $500M — WaveOptics made the display in Snap's new Spectacles glasses — Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the augmented reality displays that power …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up — The announcement comes a few days after a similar feature was announced for Wear devices — Spotify is adding the ability …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Twitter will soon let US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three Spaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut — After Apple and Google's cut — Twitter's getting ready for the launch of its Ticketed Spaces feature, and today …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company is happy to pay Apple's 30% IAP commission as “Snapchat wouldn't exist without the iPhone” — - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Friday said the social media company is happy to pay Apple's 30% commission rate on in-app transactions.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon is shutting down its standalone Prime Now app and website by the end of the year and moving the fast delivery service to the Amazon app and website — - Amazon will discontinue its standalone Prime Now app and website by the end of this year, the company announced Friday.
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China calls out 105 apps, including TikTok, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn, for the illegal collection and use of personal user data and gives them 15 days to fix — 105 apps, including some of the country's most popular short video platforms, were put on notice by the Cyberspace Administration … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
How Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are lobbying to kill “right to repair” bills, with half of all bills in 27 US states already voted down or dismissed — Justin Millman has always fixed things. He tinkered with gadgets growing up before opening a repair shop in Westbury …
Tweets: @chafkin, @josheidelson, @kwiens, @patriciafahy109, and @kevin_oreilly7
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Facebook's wav2vec Unsupervised, a way to build speech recognition systems that require no transcribed data, may bring automatic translations to more countries — Big Tech's AI machinery. The tech powers the digital assistants on our — phones, in — cars and in the — smart speakers in our homes.
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Facebook AI, Facebook AI, VentureBeat, GitHub, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, and Insider Voice
Tweets: @schrep, @michaelauli, @gustavecortal, @schrep, @michaelauli, @mpopv, @tomgara, @facebookai, and @ralexjimenez
| Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DeepMind sought autonomy from Google, aiming to keep its AI from being controlled by a single corporate entity, but Google nixed those plans last month — Alphabet cuts off yearslong push by founders of the artificial-intelligence company to secure more independence
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Protocol, The Verge, Fortune, and Invezz
Tweets: @chrisstoecker, @matthew_d_green, @anthony, @shashj, @rstephens, @scottkirsner, @jjvincent, @parmy, @z3dster, @soundboy, @shashj, and @shashj
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Esper, which builds tools to enable developers and engineers to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $30M Series B — There may be billions of IoT devices in use today, but the tooling around building (and updating) the software for them still leaves a lot to be desired.| Reuters: |
Federal Reserve Chair Powell discusses the risks of cryptocurrencies and sets a timeline for a Fed discussion paper on a possible central bank digital currency — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged the risks of cryptocurrencies in an unusual video message on Thursday that also laid …
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Board of Governors …, Washington Post, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, New York Post, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @jeannasmialek, @saraeisen, @bchappatta, @horsleyscott, @carlquintanilla, and @mishalederman
| Kait Sanchez / The Verge: |
A look at Euphoria, a VC-backed startup making apps for transgender people that critics say seek to replace trans community ties and echo “cisnormative” ideals — In late February, a small company called Euphoria became the day's main character in trans Twitter circles.
Tweets: @crisp_red, @zeinmurib, and @entirelyamelia
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Twitter is rolling out its new verification program, with revamped categories that include activists and journalists, and previews upcoming changes to profiles — It also previewed potential changes coming to profiles — Twitter is relaunching its public verification program, allowing anyone to apply for a coveted blue check mark.
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Hong Kong's FSTB says all crypto exchanges operating in HK should be licensed and can only serve professional investors, and promises to propose new regulations — HONG KONG (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong Kong will have to be licenced by the city's markets regulator … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia-based TaniHub Group, which operates direct-to-consumer e-commerce, delivery, and financing services for farmers, raises $65.5M Series B — TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that helps farmers get better prices and more customers for their crops, has raised a $65.5 million Series B … Sponsor Posts
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