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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
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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New York Times, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Axios, oversightboard.com, Forbes, Washington Post, Mother Jones, New York Post, MarketWatch, Insider, and The Week
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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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Twitter, The Verge, TechCrunch, Protocol, New York Times, help.twitter.com, Nieman Lab, The Information, Engadget, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, Droid Life, ZDNet, XDA Developers, Android Central, PYMNTS.com, mobilesyrup.com, Forbes, The Hill, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, Candid.Technology, and Axios
Tweets: @jonerlichman, @twittercomms, @toadsanime, @newschambers, @jyarow, @wongmjane, @davepell, @journeydan, @carnage4life, @film_girl, @kayvz, @backlon, @caseynewton, @travelinganna, @robmanuel, @harrymccracken, @briannawu, @nberlat, @gauravshukla, @willblackwriter, @minsingular, @wongmjane, @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @mkbhd, @snazzyq, @carnage4life, @mikeelgan, @arixabei, @amandaksilver, @kerrymflynn, @ow, @mattnavarra, @film_girl, @pierce, @fredericl, @kerrymflynn, @martinsfp, @liahaberman, @mlozada, and @david_moscrop
| 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.
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Techweez, Social Media Today, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @kiruti, and @robaeprice
| 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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The Verge, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Pocketnow, Android Authority, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, New York Times, USA Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Cult of Mac, Apple Must, Macworld, SlashGear, ZDNet, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, MSPoweruser, and mobilesyrup.com
Tweets: @iansherr, @stshank, @evacide, @journeydan, @pradeepviswav, @mikarv, and @geoffreyfowler. Thanks:@iansherr
| 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, @stratechery, @caseynewton, @benjamingcox, @panzer, @gnsubramanian, @steven_aquino, @vgr, @trengriffin, @nicolasmagand, @mathewi, @edwinwee, and @alex. Thanks:@sean_lynch
| 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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NBC News, Decrypt, The Hill, Engadget, Gizmodo, Neowin, Ubergizmo, Villages-News, BleepingComputer, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, and iTnews
Tweets: @c_c_krebs, @ruskin147, @zsk, @bing_chris, @ahcastor, @defensebaron, @dangoodin001, @gossithedog, @alexhern, @r0wdy_, @anthomsec, and @bing_chris
| 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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The Keyword, 9to5Google, CNET, Thurrott, androidauthority.com, TNW, Redmond Pie, TalkAndroid.com, The Verge, MUO, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, HotHardware.com News, Android Police, 9to5Google, Engadget, MSPoweruser, 9to5Google, BGR India, and MacRumors
Tweets: @madebygoogle, @russellholly, @dcseifert, @markguim, @chriswelch, @durvidimel, @joshto, @dcseifert, and @backlon
| 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: @zackwhittaker, @alex, and @tonyajoriley
| 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” … | 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 …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Protocol, ZDNet, NBC News, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, and TechCrunch
| 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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The Verge, Insider, Wall Street Journal, BBC, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, San Francisco Chronicle, SFGATE, Haaretz, Jewish Journal, The Hill, CNET, The Daily Beast, Axios, and Yielding to Zionist pressure …
Tweets: @adamnash, @simonwiesenthal, @stopantisemites, @bnaibrith, @michaeldickson, @jgreenblattadl, @k_aminthaabet, @ighaworth, @brianfagioli, @michaelrapaport, @antoniogm, @joydoreenbiira, @ruthstarkman, @lorakolodny, @orenjacob, @angelicakamen, @justinpulitzer, @jasonrantz, @ewerickson, @ostrov_a, @theview, @kennethbaer, @rstephens, @richardgrenell, @jeff_jacoby, @hopes_revenge, @jewishspacelazr, @akmonday, and @josh_hammer
| WABetaInfo: |
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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SamMobile, BGR, TechCrunch, KnowTechie, SlashGear, Wccftech, Trusted Reviews, and Forbes
Tweets: @its__kojack, @rdrv3, @mattnavarra, @rdrv3, and @wabetainfo
| 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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Big Tech, CNBC, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Engadget, Social Media Today, BGR, Neowin, and AndroidGuys
Tweets: @rmac18, @eric_seufert, @find_evil, @eric_seufert, @patrickmcgee_, @patrickmcgee_, @alexdbauer, @jason_kint, @redrussak, @hoofnagle, and @thezedwards
| 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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European Commission, TechCrunch, CNET, Finextra, PYMNTS.com, and Voice of America
Tweets: @raoulgmi, @iamb, @iamb, @violaroberto, @alberto_cottica, @hackylawyer, @eu_justice, @iamb, @eucyprus, @digitaleu, @drpippam, and @ap_europe
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will require police departments that need Ring security footage to publicly post requests in Ring's Neighbors app, beginning next week — - The change follows criticism of cozy ties to law enforcement — Police officers must post requests in Ring's Neighbors app
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The Ring Blog, The Verge, CNET, Ubergizmo, CNBC, GeekWire, Seattle Business Journal, Input, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, New York Post, and The Hill. Tweets: @caro1inehaskins
| 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| 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 …
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Android Police, Comic Book, FierceVideo, GameSpot, XDA Developers, CNET, Variety, Engadget, and The Verge. Tweets: @geoffbelknap
| 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.| 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 …
Tweets: @kcoxdc, @dleichtman, @xarinatan, @herbieziskend46, @gormogons, @agreilingkeane, and @thirdwaytweet
| Surur / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft says Teams will support end-to-end encryption for one-to-one voice calls on desktop and mobile apps starting in early July — Way back in March Microsoft announced that they will soon support End to End Encryption in Microsoft Teams and today Microsoft has finally given an update on the arrival of the feature.
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Windows Central, BleepingComputer, TechRadar, OnMSFT.com, and MUO
| 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: @sheeraf, @karan_singhs, @sidhubaba, @puiwingtam, @oliverdarcy, @venkatananth, and @shiraovide
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