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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some of Apple's healthcare efforts, including a pilot primary healthcare service with Apple-employed doctors, have stalled due to internal concerns — Tech giant has envisioned hiring doctors to offer primary care, now focused on Watch — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook …
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Tweets: @counternotions, @johnwilson, @trippmickle, @anthony, @tonyromm, @rolfewinkler, @julespolonetsky, and @dseetharaman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches Greenroom, an app that lets Spotify users worldwide join or host live audio rooms and turn those conversations into podcasts — In March, Spotify announced it was acquiring the company behind the sports-focused audio app Locker Room to help speed its entry into the live audio market.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
In an email to creators, Facebook says it will launch its podcast platform on June 22; podcasters can link up RSS feeds and decide if users can clip shows — Along with podcast clips — Facebook is planning to start rolling out its podcast product next week, on June 22nd, and, eventually …
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mobilesyrup.com and KnowTechie
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @cgates123, @mikeisaac, @wongmjane, @ashleyrcarman, @lanceulanoff, and @ashleyrcarman
| Rebecca Kern / Bloomberg: |
Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, leading a push for a new antitrust package targeting Big Tech, says Apple would be banned from pre-installing its own apps — - Cicilline comments on intent of antitrust legislation — Proposal would prohibit companies from self-prefering products
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Reuters, MacRumors, phonearena.com, and CNBC
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Overspill, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Interview with Apple's VP for Technology Kevin Lynch on Apple Watch's evolution, future health capabilities through sensor fusion with AirPods, and more — Apple VP of Technology Kevin Lynch charts a path from Apple Watch's early days to the sophistication of Health today.
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YouTube, Forbes, iThinkDifferent, Wccftech, MacRumors, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, and Patently Apple
Tweets: @reneritchie, @reneritchie, @zackwhittaker, and @nmasc_
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads — - Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will begin testing advertisements that will appear within the company's Oculus virtual reality headsets.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Reuters, Oculus Blog, Bloomberg, UploadVR, CNET, and SlashGear
Tweets: @cixliv, @thelinuxexp, @danieltg85, @starfire2258, @gamoid, @bcarr, @yoda, @levie, @yoda, @ceciliakang, @shortformernie, @stevekovach, @stevekovach, and @shiraovide. Thanks:@sal19
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook launches a new suite of tools for admins of Groups, including AI-powered Conflict Alerts that identify “contentious or unhealthy conversations” — Part of a suite of new tools for managing Facebook communities — Facebook is launching a suite of new tools to help group admins get a grip on their communities.
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Facebook, About Facebook, Engadget, Protocol, TechCrunch, MUO, Neowin, Fortune, and CNET
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
DuckDuckGo says it raised $100M+ in “mainly secondary investment” in late 2020 from WhatsApp founder Brian Acton, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and others — Privacy tech continues cooking on gas. To wit: Non-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo has just revealed that it beefed … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Waymo raises $2.5B from Alphabet, a16z, Tiger Global, and others, to advance its autonomous driving tech and grow its team — - Google sibling company Waymo announced a $2.5 billion investment round Wednesday, which will go toward advancing its autonomous driving technology and growing its team.
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Waypoint, CNN, Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, The Verge, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, Automotive News, The Robot Report, Bloomberg, The Economic Times, and Tech News
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| Mathew Olson / The Information: |
Around 150 of Mapbox's 222 US staff have signed CWA union cards; they assert maps are political, and workers should be able to refuse to work on some projects — San Francisco-based Mapbox offers tools and navigation data that can power just about any use of digital maps you can imagine, including augmented reality.
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Bloomberg and Mapbox Workers Union
Tweets: @josheidelson, @gregbensinger, @bigblackjacobin, @code_cwa, @mapboxunion, and @greenhousenyt
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg drops off Glassdoor's Top 100 CEOs list for the first time since 2013, as worker sentiment declines, especially during last months of 2020 — - Co-founder fails to make Top 100 for first time since 2013 — Glassdoor ranks company leaders based on employee surveys
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Adweek, Insider, The National, and PCMag
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Amazon blames social media companies for its failure to remove fake reviews, saying they let bad actors use their platforms to buy and sell fake product reviews — Firm says sites are slow to act when warned that fake reviews are being solicited on their platforms
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About Amazon, Ars Technica, The Verge, MUO, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and TechSpot. Tweets: @daveleeft
| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Apple's obsession with thin design has made the new M1-powered iMac less useful by removing ports and making it virtually impossible to replace components — A half-inch desktop computer shows how Apple's obsession with thin design can work against us — Apple's newly redesigned iMac measures just 0.45 inches thick.
Tweets: @campuscodi, @pinboard, @pinboard, and @pinboard
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook partners with Michigan State University to create a method for reverse-engineering deepfakes by using AI to reveal the ML model that created it — The work could help future deepfake investigations — Deepfakes aren't a big problem on Facebook right now, but the company continues …
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Facebook AI, VentureBeat, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, CNET, CNBC, and About Facebook
Tweets: @schrep and @facebookai
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Harry Stebbings, a 24-year-old Londoner with a popular podcast about tech investing, raises $140M fund from MIT, RIT Capital, and founders of Spotify and Calm — Harry Stebbings secures investment from MIT and Rothschild-backed RIT Capital Partners — A 24-year-old law school dropout …
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Fortune and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @harrystebbings, @patrick_oshag, @sriramk, @shak, and @alexisohanian
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
After years of pop-up experiments, Google says its first retail store, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, will open on June 17 — Pixel, Nest, Fitbit, and third-party accessories will be on sale — After years of pop-up experiments, Google is finally dipping its toes …
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The Keyword, Android Police, CNBC, Fortune, Android Central, YouTube, TechSpot, Fast Company, Engadget, Bloomberg, CNET, SlashGear, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @madebygoogle, @technacity, @stevekovach, @stshank, and @jameshitchcock
| New York Times: |
Biden names Lina Khan, an antitrust expert who wrote the “Amazon Antitrust Paradox”, as FTC chair, after the Senate voted 69-28 to confirm her as commissioner — Ms. Khan, who first attracted notice as a critic of Amazon, was confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner on the agency on Tuesday.
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Axios, Federal Trade Commission, BBC, Washington Post, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, TNW, Financial Times, cityam.com, CNBC, AppleInsider, UPI, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, The Register, and The Information
Tweets: @linamkhan, @vestager, @kantrowitz, @ceciliakang, @benedictevans, @senwarren, @dmccabe, @demandprogress, @rafat, @colorofchange, @rashadrobinson, @senblumenthal, @dlauer, @wbm312, @hughhewitt, @rafaelshimunov, @cgasparino, @hoofnagle, @tomsherwood, @dmccabe, @stacyfmitchell, @daveyseligman, @jason_kint, @ceciliakang, @digiphile, @rabois, @janschakowsky, @wolfejosh, @senwarren, @alecmacgillis, @deepakguptalaw, @glennf, @glennf, @gregbensinger, @mh4oh, @senblumenthal, @dmccabe, @juliaangwin, @jason_kint, @digiphile, and @russellbrandom
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Novo, a neobank targeting small businesses, raises $40.7M Series A led by Valar Ventures — Small businesses have traditionally been underserved when it comes to IT — they are too big and have too many requirements that can't be met by consumer products, yet are much too small to afford …
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Business Wire, FinLedger, Finextra, PYMNTS.com, and FinSMEs
| Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: |
At a Senate antitrust hearing, Amazon and Google defended their smart home device businesses from criticism by Democrats and Republicans — Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Amazon.com Inc. defended their smart-speaker businesses as U.S. senators warned the grip the companies have over the market could harm competition and consumer privacy.
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Protocol, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and Protocol
| Hayden Field / Morning Brew: |
Sources detail Airbnb's failures to prioritize anti-discrimination outside of talking points, including its Smart Pricing algorithm, which widened inequalities — Sources say the company prioritizes anti-discrimination in its talking points, but not in its spending.
Tweets: @haydenfield, @peterslattery3, @haydenfield, @haydenfield, @haydenfield, and @haydenfield. Thanks:@joshsternberg
| Rest of World: |
In a bid to become neobanks, Grab and Gojek are offering buy now, pay later services, which critics say could get millions hooked on spending beyond their means — Gege Lin's finances have been a headache for years. A 30-year-old tutor working at an education startup in Jakarta …
Tweets: @restofworld and @restofworld
| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Twitch, where even niche artists can make thousands of dollars per month by cultivating fan tribes, is becoming increasingly attractive to musicians — The gaming platform is becoming increasingly attractive to artists, who can earn money by cultivating fan tribes that express their loyalty through patronage.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
BrowserStack, a cross-browser website testing service for DevOps, raises $200M Series B led by BOND, at a $4B valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — BrowserStack, a website testing platform for developer operations (DevOps) teams …
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TechCrunch, BrowserStack Blog, SiliconANGLE, and The Economic Times
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
In Xbox's June update, Microsoft adds a Stories-like feature to the Xbox mobile app and rolls out text-to-speech and speech-to-text accessibility features — June update is here, and Microsoft has — detailed the latest software tweaks Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S users can look forward to trying out on their consoles.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Introhive, which offers SaaS tools to automate CRM, raises $100M Series C led by equity firm PSG, bringing its total raised to $140M+ — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Introhive, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) customer relationship management …
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Introhive, BetaKit, and TechCrunch
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor says Google apps will return to its phones, starting with the 50 series, announced in China today, after Huawei sold off the brand at the end of last year — Officially announced today in China — The Honor 50 series will be able to ship with Google's apps and services … | Joe Light / Bloomberg: |
US lawmakers and Fed officials have expressed concern over the risk to US financial system posed by stablecoins, as their total market cap crosses $100B — - So-called stablecoins cited as a risk to financial system — Consumers' money isn't adequately protected, lawmakers say
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Coin Journal and cryptodaily.co.uk
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