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Twitter says it has been working on an edit tweet option since last year and will start testing the feature in Twitter Blue Labs in the coming months — now that everyone is asking... yes, we've been working on an edit feature since last year! no, we didn't get the idea from a poll 😉 we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn't, and what's possible.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Twitter appoints Elon Musk to its board after he bought a 9.2% stake in the company; Musk cannot own over 14.9% of common stock during his term or 90 days after — - Elon Musk will join Twitter's board of directors after taking a 9.2% stake in the social media company, according to a release filed with the SEC.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
With Musk on the Twitter board, Parag Agrawal may struggle to balance his own vision against that of an unpredictable board member with a much louder megaphone — Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power — Today, let's talk about what Elon Musk means for the future of Twitter.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces WWDC 2022 will be held from June 6 through June 10 as a virtual event; Apple will host an invite-only watch party on June 6 at Apple Park — Apple today announced that its 33rd annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to take place from Monday, June 6 to Friday, June 10.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will let Windows 11 PCs boot straight to Windows 365 Cloud PCs and switch between cloud and native desktops using the virtual desktops feature — Windows is getting even more cloud-powered features — Microsoft put PCs in the cloud with Windows 365 last year …
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| Dan Swinhoe / DCD: |
IBM unveils its z16 mainframe, generally available on May 31, which the company claims will be resistant to upcoming encryption-breaking quantum computers — New system offers AI capabilities and is reportedly quantum proof — IBM has unveiled the latest iteration of its Z-series mainframe.
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| The Information: |
Sources: one-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely; Fast raised $120M from backers including Stripe, Index Ventures, and Addition — One-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely and will discontinue its products and brand, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google Maps gets estimated toll road prices, map details like stop lights and stop signs, directions on Apple Watch, and an iOS widget that shows pinned trips — Google Maps is getting an update that will add toll road prices and more map details like stop lights and stop signs, Google announced on Tuesday.
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Racing game F1 Delta Time, where some users spent almost $300,000 on a single NFT transaction, shuts down after owner Animoca Brands didn't renew its F1 license — Hello, and welcome to another episode of ‘dumb crypto stuff not working in the real world’ — F1 Delta Time … | Google AI Blog: |
Google AI claims PaLM, its 540B parameter, dense decoder-only Transformer model, shows breakthrough capabilities in tasks like language, reasoning, and coding — In recent years, large neural networks trained for language understanding and generation have achieved impressive results across a wide range of tasks.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Shop, which lets creators sell digital content directly to customers, launches an open beta in the US with more store customization options and tipping — Dropbox Shop, a platform that allows creators to sell digital content directly to their customers, is now available in open beta, Dropbox announced on Tuesday.
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| Joshua Long / The Mac Security Blog: |
Overview of macOS vulnerabilities, some actively exploited, that Apple fixed in Monterey but left unfixed in some supported, older versions including Big Sur — Apple has chosen to leave an estimated 35-40% of all supported Macs in danger of actively exploited vulnerabilities.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta introduces “Sharing to Reels”, an integration that lets developers add the ability to post videos directly to Facebook Reels from their third-party apps — Facebook is adding the ability to post Reels from third-party apps, its parent company Meta announced on Tuesday.| TechCrunch: |
Apple confirms it has been piloting a feature, launching “very soon”, that lets developers like Disney+ automatically charge users for subscription price hikes — Apple may be changing how iOS subscriptions operate when price increases are involved.
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Several Instagram creators say Reels payments have fallen in recent weeks by up to 70% and the view threshold for getting paid is over 10 times higher — Platform's Reels format was considered a rival to TikTok but content creators say their income has fallen
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter requires removing tweets posted by government or state-affiliated media accounts that contain media of prisoners of war from the Russia-Ukraine conflict — It'll ‘ask government or state-affiliated media accounts’ to take down pictures featuring prisoners of war
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Canada's government introduces legislation that would force major online platforms run by Google and Meta to negotiate deals with publishers, like in Australia — Bill demands that companies like Google and Facebook pay news businesses to use their content| Maria Ponnezhath / Reuters: |
Intel is suspending all business operations in Russia and says it has implemented business continuity measures to minimize disruption to its global operations — Intel Corp (INTC.O) is suspending all business operations in Russia, effective immediately, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday … | Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Rattle, which lets sales teams integrate CRM apps like Salesforce inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raises a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners — San Francisco-based Rattle, a company that offers a revenue orchestration platform to help enterprise reps to lead more productive …
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Tech workers describe interrogations as they flee Russia; recruitment service HeadHunter says the government demand for IT workers in Russia has increased 100% — The mass exodus of IT specialists has been met with hostility from Moscow — On the evening of February 23 … | Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korea says Google can't block developers from providing an in-app link to an outside website to buy digital goods under the country's app payment law — U.S. tech giant had threatened to delist some local app developers — SEOUL—Google can't punish South Korean app developers …
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Records show the FBI signed a contract worth up to $27M for 5K licenses to use Babel X, a social media surveillance tool, and requested “predictive analytics” — Good morning! See any interesting contracting records? Send them my way: aaron.schaffer@washpost.com.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Plex updates its app with universal search across a user's streaming services, a watchlist, and other discovery features; the company says it has 13M MAUs — Plex has an audacious plan to become the daily go-to app for everyone's streaming needs: The media center app rolled out new universal search …
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