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YouTube says it is rolling out picture-in-picture support for YouTube Premium users on iOS and plans to launch the feature for all iOS users in the US — After a long wait, YouTube for iOS is officially gaining picture-in-picture support, allowing all users, non-premium and premium subscribers …
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California launches a digital vaccine verification system built using the open-source SMART Health Card Framework, with QR codes to show COVID-19 vaccine status — Vaccinated Californians now have a new way to show they are inoculated against the coronavirus without carrying around a flimsy paper card.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, which ends Big Tech acquisitions, could backfire in several ways, like discouraging startups' productive behavior — Congress wants to stop most Big Tech acquisitions. But that won't neccesarily increase competition. — 5 hr ago| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
Roku says from May 20 to June 3, more Roku viewers streamed a Roku Original than Quibi users who streamed Quibi shows during the nine months of Quibi's lifetime — Roku has revealed viewership data for its original programming, much of which was powered by the acquisition of Quibi's library last January.
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| Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: $17B have been invested in crypto startups this year, including $10B of digital assets from Block.one to capitalize crypto exchange Bullish Global — - VC funds already eclipsed annual amount for crypto investments — $10 billion Bullish Global raise largest in industry history
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WH unveils new US broadband map that uses data from FCC, Ookla, Microsoft, and more, showing a greater gap in internet access, as it pushes for more spending — The Biden administration Thursday unveiled a new mapping tool that shows much greater gaps in use of high-speed internet service across …
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Goldman Sachs has begun trading bitcoin futures in partnership with Mike Novogratz's merchant bank Galaxy Digital — - The bank has begun trading bitcoin futures with Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment firm founded by Mike Novogratz, CNBC has learned exclusively.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a formal investigation into Google's digital advertising business before the end of the year — EU antitrust regulators are set to open another front against Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google by launching a formal investigation … | Reuters: |
PayPal will increase US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction on its payment products starting Aug. 2, up from 2.9% plus $0.30 on most transactions — NEW YORK (Reuters) -PayPal Holdings Inc will lift merchant costs for its branded payment products while cutting those for behind … | Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP: |
Booz Allen Hamilton acquires Liberty IT Solutions for $725M; Liberty IT's work includes IT modernization projects for govt. agencies and the healthcare industry — McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton, already the largest government IT contractor in the D.C. region …
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| Michiel Willems / City A.M.: |
Dealroom and Tech Nation: UK becomes the third country, after the US and China, to have 100 or more tech unicorns; 34% of UK unicorns are fintech companies — The UK tech sector has now 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more, according to new data from Dealroom and Tech Nation, shared with City A.M. today.
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Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to Twitter in India, is taking a similar approach in Nigeria — The Indian microblogging app has built a partisan audience in India by supporting government restrictions on social platforms.
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