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| Associated Press: |
Fastly, which was hit by a major outage on Tuesday, says the problem was caused by a bug that was triggered by a customer configuring their service — LONDON (AP) — Fastly, the company hit by a major outage that caused many of the world's top websites to go offline briefly this week …
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Fastly Blog, The Guardian, The Verge, Wired, The Atlantic, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, CNN, Gizmodo, BBC, The Register, Mashable, Fast Company, Financial Times, The Hill, Newser, CNN, Axios, TechRadar, and Financial Times
Tweets: @tim, @vikramsathaye, @nick_craver, @zaidzamanhamid, @apacherose3, @ngleicher, @psawers, @beevek, @cartron, @ron_miller, @quinnypig, @pigeonburger, @miss_jwo, and @lizthegrey
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Biden signs an EO revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy — But the apps still aren't out of hot water — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after lawmakers voted by a “supermajority” in favor of its new Bitcoin Law — - El Salvador's has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. — Lawmakers in the South American country's Congress voted …
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Reuters, FREOPP.org, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, The Verge, Engadget, Decrypt, CoinDesk, BBC, Cointelegraph, Blockcrunch, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoinist.com, Protos, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @nayibbukele, @nayibbukele, @nayibbukele, @steve_hanke, @neerajka, @avik, @apompliano, @michael_saylor, @apompliano, @jakeowen, @tyler, @elidourado, @cfarivar, @bitstein, @ahcastor, @prestonjbyrne, @deepakshenoy, @balajis, @satoshilite, @balajis, @thestalwart, @ftx_official, and @greatstockpicks
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Several macOS Monterey features will not come to Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation — While there are many great new features in macOS Monterey, several of them are not available on Intel-based Macs, according to Apple.
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DigiTimes, mobilesyrup.com, PCMag, Ars Technica, The Verge, Six Colors, ZDNet, Neowin, Slashdot, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, Trusted Reviews, BGR, Pocketnow, iMore, iMore, MacDailyNews, and Jamf Blog
Tweets: @reneritchie, @thelinuxexp, @vijayshekhar, @stroughtonsmith, and @mehedih_
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Facebook is planning to launch its first smartwatch, featuring a detachable display with two cameras and a heart rate monitor, next summer — A detachable display with cameras for capturing video without your phone — Facebook is taking a novel approach to its first smartwatch …
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mobilesyrup.com, MacRumors, Insider, Softpedia News, Fast Company, Mashable, AppleInsider, Social Media Today, Engadget, Neowin, PetaPixel, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, CNET, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Trusted Reviews, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @alexeheath, @boztank, @boztank, @thekenyeung, @pierce, @adrianweckler, @lukemiani, @boztank, @kantrowitz, @campuscodi, @iansherr, @yoda, @mkbhd, @jyarow, @jason, @yoda, @samcarvalho, @lanceulanoff, @grant_jenkins, @laurengoode, @daveleeft, @hypervisible, @mhbergen, @nickstatt, @jason_kint, @katienotopoulos, and @gavinsbaker
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Founders of Fanhouse, an OnlyFans-like platform, say Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the App Store — Fanhouse wants to keep sending 90 percent of payments to creators — Apple is clashing with the platform Fanhouse …
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Forbes. Tweets: @jasminericegirl, @spencerdailey, @fanhouseapp, @jasminericegirl, @chrisamccoy, @jasminericegirl, @ljin18, @jasminericegirl, @dianelyssa, @almostmedia, @jasminericegirl, @seyitaylor, @daveleeft, @seyitaylor, @jasminericegirl, @rex_woodbury, @jasminericegirl, @jasminericegirl, @ballmatthew, @dianelyssa, @avagg, @itsmariannnna, @dianelyssa, @scobleizer, @sammajammaz, @jasminericegirl, @all_f808z, @taylorlorenz, and @carnage4life
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Instagram's Adam Mosseri says Facebook plans to help creators avoid Apple's 30% cut by “facilitating transactions that happen in other places” — - Facebook is setting its sight on the creator economy, hoping to allow millions of people to make a living off its family of apps.
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Instagram, mobilesyrup.com, BuzzFeed News, Tubefilter, AppleInsider, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @mosseri, @squawkcnbc, @megancgraham, @alex193a, @profgalloway, @mgsiegler, @mosseri, and @caseynewton
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Facebook says global ads chief Carolyn Everson is leaving after more than a decade; Everson was a liaison to big marketers during major controversies — - Facebook global ads chief Carolyn Everson is departing the company. — Facebook is an advertising giant that is expected to command nearly …
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The Economic Times and Bloomberg
Facebook: Facebook. Tweets: @alexeheath, @mshannahmurphy, @rmac18, @herrmanndigital, @alexeheath, @mshannahmurphy, @edmundlee, @sylviavarnham, @martyswant, and @alexeheath
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
In an email to podcasters, Apple says Podcasts Subscriptions will launch globally on June 15, after postponing a planned launch in May — After a month-long delay — After some major hiccups and a delay, Apple Podcasts says it's launching in-app subscriptions next week.
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9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Engadget, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @ashleyrcarman
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google is building a subsea cable called Firmina, after a Brazilian abolitionist, to handle data surge between US, Brazil, and Argentina, due to launch by 2023 — Google is building a new subsea cable to get your megabits from Boston to Buenos Aires and back.
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Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, iTnews, VentureBeat, CRN, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, TechSpot, and Engadget
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @deuxwrite, @googlecloud, and @stshank
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Mark Zuckerberg says all employees can request to work remotely full-time if their job allows, office-based staff will need to be in 50%+ of the time, and more — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announce that the company will allow all full-time employees to work from home if their jobs can be done remotely.
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Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Many young TikTok stars describe burning out as they struggle with mental health and the algorithm's volatility, years after waves of burnout on other platforms — Many people who have found fame on TikTok are struggling with mental health issues. — Lately, it's been hard for Jack Innanen … | Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sequoia Capital is considering changing how it distributes investment returns in a bid to avoid tax increases proposed by Biden's administration — Sequoia Capital, one of the most prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms, is mulling a set of sweeping changes …
Tweets: @foroobar, @bitinn, @danprimack, and @thestalwart
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In its June batch of patches, Microsoft announced fixes for 50 flaws, including seven zero-days, six of which have been exploited in the wild — Today is Microsoft's June 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for seven zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 50 flaws, so Windows admins will be scrambling to get devices secured.
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Krebs on Security, The Record, SC Media, Dark Reading, ZDNet, Tom's Guide, and ComputerWeekly.com
Tweets: @kaspersky and @briankrebs
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
An inside look at how Google's Ethical AI team fell apart following the contentious departure of Timnit Gebru and then Margaret Mitchell — She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?| Nikki Sun / Nikkei Asia: |
A vicious cycle of surveillance and overwork is leading to extreme mental stress and fatigue, pushing China's tech workers to the limit and causing backlash — A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity — and backlash — HONG KONG — Andy Wang …
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Insider. Tweets: @charles_clover, @jimhandc, @nikkeiasia, @cengizyar, @grimes_ce, @peterguest, @hk_nikkisun, and @plevy
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Solana Labs, which wants to develop a blockchain that is faster and cheaper than Ethereum, raises $314.15M in a private token sale led by a16z and Polychain — Quick Take — Solana Labs has raised $314.15 million in a private token sale round. — The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Polychain Capital.
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Wall Street Journal, Solana, Forbes, Forbes, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @gregkidd, @rulexrp, @siong1987, and @solapefinance
| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Payment processing startup Marqeta's shares closed up 13% in its NASDAQ debut Wednesday, after raising $1.2B in its IPO, valuing the company at ~$16B — - Payment processing company Marqeta made its market debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq and is now trading under the ticker symbol “MQ.”
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FinLedger, Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail launches a design refresh, offering a clearer look and customizable UI, after passing 50M global users in May — End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail has refreshed its design, updating with a cleaner look and a more customizable user interface … | Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Data analytics startup Amplitude raises $150M led by Sequoia Capital at a $4B valuation, up from $1B last year — - Company expects to go public, possibly via direct listing — $150 million in new financing led by Sequoia Capital — Data analytics startup Amplitude reached a valuation of $4 billion in a new funding round.
Tweets: @adamdraper, @ycombinator, @loganbartlett, @katie_roof, @danielpearson, and @darian314
| Trend Micro: |
How modern ransomware attacks work and a breakdown of their double extortion tactics, using the Nefilim ransomware as a case study — Modern ransomware actors identify and target valuable data, often exfiltrating it from a victim's network organization rather than simply encrypting it.| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Ad-supported and subscription-only newsletters both have ways to understand audiences without the tracking pixels blocked by Apple's Mail Privacy Protection — How Mail Protection Privacy will force the email economy to adapt — Today, let's talk about one of Apple's many announcements …
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Beyond Search and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @benedictevans, @mattietk, @juliaangwin, @baekdal, and @baekdal
| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
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Pixel Envy, MUO, 9to5Mac, and TechRadar
Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu, @rjonesy, @alexcwilliams, @alexstamos, @pushthepush, @risj_oxford, @pressgazette, and @liv_mcmahon
| Washington Post: |
Sources: under pressure from an Amazon-led group, Senate's China-focused bill left out consumer protections to make marketplaces authenticate 3rd-party sellers — Senators excluded a measure intended to protect consumers from counterfeit and dangerous items sold online after aggressive Amazon lobbying.
Tweets: @omgno2trump, @matthewstoller, and @dcwoodruff
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Metadata for Apple's WWDC keynote YouTube video includes terms such as “m1x” and “M1X MacBook Pro” — And it could have launched at WWDC, after all — Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote came and went this year without a new MacBook Pro — but it looks like that wasn't the original intent!
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YouTube, Forbes, 9to5Mac, TNW, MacRumors, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @maxbalzer_, @iupdate, @lukemiani, @jioriku, @jon_prosser, @jioriku, @9techeleven, @backlon, @attiyt, and @saranbyte
| Yaacov Benmeleh / Bloomberg: |
Start-Up Nation: Israeli startups have raised $10.5B so far this year, already surpassing 2020's record, with 30 rounds raising $100M+, up from 21 last year — Israeli startups have raised $10.5 billion so far this year, surpassing the record set in 2020, as investors continue to pour cash …
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PR Newswire, The Times of Israel, CTech, and Globes Online
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Privacy-focused Vivaldi 4.0 browser launches with built-in email and calendar clients, RSS reader, and a translator service hosted on the company's own servers — Vivaldi has always been one of the more interesting of the Chromium-based browsers, in no small part thanks to its emphasis …
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Vivaldi Browser, The Verge, Reclaim The Net, Forbes, Android Headlines, and TechSpot
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