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Sources: Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users — Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else — Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter launches its subscription service Twitter Blue on iOS in Canada and Australia for CAD$3.49 and A$4.49/month, with Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders, more — - Twitter Blue is designed for power users who are willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter redesigns its app to make Spaces the center tab in the main navigation bar, initially on iOS for around 500 people from the original Spaces beta test — Twitter is updating its app to make its audio chat room feature, Twitter Spaces, a central part of the user experience.| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple will launch an Android app to detect AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases — Apple said it's adjusting its approach to its AirTags sensors, changing the time they play an alert when separated from their owner …
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Tweets: @iansherr, @evacide, @mikarv, @geoffreyfowler, @stshank, @journeydan, and @pradeepviswav. Thanks:@iansherr
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Trump shutting down his blog shows the significance of social media platforms' amplification mechanics and how they give free and huge reach to the worst actors — What a failed blog tells us about the power of Twitter — Last month, after months of hyping up a forthcoming “social media platform” … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Stratechery's Ben Thompson announces a service called Passport to let creators manage their subscriptions and communicate with subscribers — Seven years ago, when I initially launched the paid Daily Update, there weren't really any tools designed for independent subscription businesses …
Tweets: @sarthakgh, @mathewi, @trengriffin, @vgr, @caseynewton, @benjamingcox, @panzer, @gnsubramanian, @steven_aquino, @stratechery, and @nicolasmagand. Thanks:@sean_lynch
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of Google's new $99 Pixel Buds A-Series: good sound quality, improved comfort, and water resistant, but audio can cut out and ear hooks are non-removable — The $99 Pixel Buds are a better buy than their pricier predecessors — With the new, awkwardly named Pixel Buds A-Series …
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Tweets: @madebygoogle, @russellholly, @dcseifert, @markguim, @chriswelch, @durvidimel, @joshto, and @dcseifert
| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack — The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack …
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Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is working on a Disappearing Mode for messages in all threads, View Once for photos and videos, and multi device support — WhatsApp has unexpectedly reached out to me to confirm that some important features are coming on WhatsApp! Let's discover the amazing story below.
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Tweets: @rdrv3, @mattnavarra, @rdrv3, and @wabetainfo
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google says it reassigned diversity strategy lead Kamau Bobb to STEM education due to a 2007 post in which he said Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war” — - Google has reassigned a global diversity lead Kamau Bobb over a 2007 blog post that it deemed antisemitic.
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
In email to developers, Google says it will soon cut off access to “Advertising IDs” when Android users opt out, instead showing developers a “string of zeros” — Search giant introduces new safeguards for users who do not want to be tracked by advertisers
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| Politico: |
SCOTUS narrows the scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling it can't be used to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access — The Supreme Court has sharply curtailed the scope of the nation's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Sources: Cox Media Group is apparently suffering a ransomware attack, as live streams for Cox radio and TV stations go down — Live streams for radio and TV stations owned by the Cox Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in the US, have gone down earlier today in what multiple sources …
Tweets: @tonyajoriley, @zackwhittaker, and @alex
| Associated Press: |
EU unveils plans for a digital ID wallet that residents can use to prove their identities and share electronic documents across the 27-nation bloc — LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc …
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Tweets: @alberto_cottica, @iamb, @violaroberto, @eu_justice, @eucyprus, @digitaleu, and @drpippam
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
IDG, owner of PCWorld, Macworld, and IDC, to be acquired by Blackstone for $1.3B — It's been a busy week for private equity with Cloudera, Stack Overflow and FireEye coming off the board on Tuesday and Wednesday. Today Blackstone bought media and data company IDG for $1.3 billion.| Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Asana beats in Q1 with revenue of $76.7M, up 61% YoY, vs est. of $70.1M, has 100K+ paying customers, and forecasts Q2 revenue of $81M-$83M vs est. of $74.1M — Collaboration-software company raises annual forecast as revenue easily outstrips expectations, stock adds more than 9% in after-hours trading| New York Times: |
Facebook employees say discontent at the company has surged over its handling of government demands to take down content in India and Israel — The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent.
Tweets: @oliverdarcy, @sheeraf, @karan_singhs, @sidhubaba, and @puiwingtam
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Some current members of Google's ethical AI team say they have been in limbo for months and have serious doubts about whether Google can rebuild credibility — Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google's ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval.| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Kamala Harris announces that the Biden administration will make $1B in grants available to expand broadband access and adoption on tribal lands — The Biden administration will make $1 billion in grants available to expand broadband access and adoption on tribal lands …
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Tweets: @kcoxdc, @dleichtman, @xarinatan, @herbieziskend46, and @gormogons
| Brian Sozzi / Yahoo Finance: |
Slack reports Q1 with revenue of $273.4M, up 36% YoY, 13K net new paid customers, but calculated billings growth was 38% YoY, slowing from 48% YoY in Q4 — When great may just not be great enough for one moment in time. — Shares of Slack Technologies fell 13% initially in after-hours trading …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Paramount+ will launch its ad-supported Essential Plan on Monday, priced at $4.99 per month and replacing CBS All Access for new subscribers — If you didn't want to shell out $9.99 per month to watch the meme-worthy iCarly reboot, now you won't have to. On Monday, Paramount+ will launch … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart confirms it will launch two onn-branded Android TV devices, a TV streaming stick for $24.88 and a 4K streaming device for $29.88, next week — Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick …
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XDA Developers, Android Headlines, The Streamable, SlashGear, Liliputing, and 9to5Google
| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Tiger Global has invested in 118 companies so far in 2021, up 10x YoY, led or co-led deals worth $10.5B, and participated in rounds totaling a further $11.5B — Tiger Global Management, already one of the most voracious startup investors in recent years, is roaring into 2021 more aggressively than ever.
Tweets: @workmj, @kateclarktweets, and @sarthakgh
| Livemint: |
Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is in talks to invest $700M in Flipkart at a valuation of $28B; SoftBank sold its stake in Flipkart to Walmart in 2018 — MUMBAI : SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks with Flipkart to invest $700 million in the internet retailer, three years after it sold … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Realtime Robotics, which develops tech to let industrial robots autonomously move in dynamic, fast-moving environments, raises $31.4M Series A — Realtime Robotics, a company developing technology that enables robots to alter their motions in dynamic, fast-moving environments, has raised $31.4 million in a series A round of funding.
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