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June 9, 2021, 4:40 AM

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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Senate passes bill providing $52B for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, a 30% NSF funding bump, and $29B for science directorate; bill now heads to House  —  The funding is on track to meet Biden's chip goals  —  This story is part of a group of stories called
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden admin announces steps to bolster US supply chains, including for chips and rare earth metals, and a “strike force” to combat unfair trade practices  —  - The Biden administration announces new actions designed to strengthen critical U.S. supply chains.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after lawmakers voted by a “supermajority” in favor of the 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 by a …
Adam Mosseri / Instagram:
In the first of a series of blog posts, Instagram explains how it ranks Feed, Stories, Explore, and Reels, and addresses “shadowbanning” accusations  —  It's hard to trust what you don't understand.  We want to do a better job of explaining how Instagram works.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Facebook and Instagram will now reward influencers with cash bonuses for hitting certain milestones, like selling a set number of badges in an Instagram stream  —  new tools to help its creators earn more money from the platform.  At its first Creator Week event, Mark Zuckerberg introduced …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Music debuts Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio and adds Spatial Audio playlists, says Spatial Audio support is “coming soon” for Android devices  —  Last month, Apple announced it would soon add lossless audio streaming and Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos to its Apple Music subscription at no extra charge.
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 …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Jackie Borchardt / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio's AG files lawsuit with Delaware County Court alleging that Google's search business is anticompetitive and asks court to declare Google a public utility  —  Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit asking a court to declare Google a public utility that should be regulated as such.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
As Uber and Lyft aim to become profitable this year, it seems like a golden era of VC-subsidized services, from Uber to Bird and MoviePass, is coming to an end  —  The price for Ubers, scooters and Airbnb rentals is going up as tech companies aim for profitability.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple opens up the ShazamKit framework to third-party apps, including on Android, allowing them to use Shazam's audio recognition tech  —  Apple in 2018 closed its $400 million acquisition of music recognition app Shazam.  Now, it's bringing Shazam's audio recognition capabilities to app developers in the form of the new ShazamKit.
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Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
In a huge sting operation, FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat service AN0M for 3+ years to intercept messages between criminals globally  —  The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform and intercepted secret messages between criminal gang members …
Aoife White / Bloomberg:
Google will show more mobile search apps to choose from on new Android phones in Europe and make participation free for search providers  —  - Company will show more mobile search apps and get rid of a fee  — Google has faced criticism over compliance with an EU order
Meaghan Tobin / Rest of World:
Facebook says it fixed a proxy error in its Discover app after researchers found it removed images from other websites more frequently than Facebook's services  —  Researchers found the new connectivity app favored Facebook's own products.  The company said it fixed the issue after Rest of World asked about it.
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Marc Benioff says he expects 50% to 60% of Salesforce employees to work from home even after the pandemic ends, up from about 20% before the pandemic hit  —  - In an interview on Monday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that the number of employees working from home will remain high even after the pandemic ends.
Ankit Ajmera / Reuters:
Chinese grocery delivery app Dingdong Maicai, which is backed by Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management, has filed for a US IPO; it has raised $1B+ total  —  (Reuters) - Chinese grocery app Dingdong Maicai, backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management …

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