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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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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
If Elon Musk wants to change Twitter, he might have to gesture in the direction of ESG or profitability to get other shareholders to support him — Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today but, Elon. So here we are. — Oh Elon — Look this all makes complete sense, obvious, intuitive, simple sense.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, Margins, Cult of Mac, Dogecoin Sees Massive Surge …, Cryptopolitan, and TechSpot
Tweets: @elonmusk, @boztank, @caseynewton, @benthompson, @matt_levine, @mslopatto, @mahirzeynalov, and @aarongreenspan
| @twittercomms: |
Twitter says it has been working on an edit feature 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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| 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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Windows Blog, Softpedia News, Microsoft, YouTube, PCWorld, BGR, Microsoft Tech Community, XDA Developers, VentureBeat, Thurrott, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Bloomberg, and BleepingComputer. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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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.| 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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Protocol and Insider
Tweets: @theinformation, @arvidkahl, @jomaoppa, @gergelyorosz, @jewelmelanie, @varunmayya, @allnick, @pitdesi, @thekenyeung, @carnage4life, @jessicalessin, and @sdotstx. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| 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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Tweets: @simondingle, @plex, and @jonjones
| 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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Tweets: @quinnypig, @epro, @ldignan, and @ibmnews
| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
Amazon's Project Kuiper books up to 83 satellite launches on three rockets over five years for most of its 3,236 satellites, which will beam internet to Earth — The subsidiary is partnering with Arianespace, ULA, and Blue Origin — Project Kuiper — Amazon's planned internet-from-space initiative …
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| Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk: |
German police shut down Russian-language darknet market Hydra Market, which had a bitcoin privacy mixer and made €1.23B in 2020 revenue, and seize 543 bitcoins — The Hydra Market's bitcoin privacy mixer complicated the investigation, police said. — German authorities seized $25 million …
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Tweets: @chainalysis, @gossithedog, @ericgeller, @jeffstone500, @profwoodward, and @joetidy
| 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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Tweets: @gregjoz, @mkbhd, @reneritchie, @chancehmiller, @benedictevans, @rsgnl, @viticci, @viticci, @heysaik, and @markgurman
| Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: |
Racing game F1 Delta Time, where users spent up to hundreds of thousands of dollars on NFTs, shuts down after owner Animoca Brands failed to renew F1 license — Hello, and welcome to another episode of ‘dumb crypto stuff not working in the real world’ — F1 Delta Time, an official NFT … | Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept: |
Internal documents: Amazon's planned internal messaging app would block union-related words, including “union”, “grievance”, “pay raise”, and “compensation” — Amazon will block and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app …
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The Guardian, The Register, CNET, Toronto Star, Krystal Kyle & Friends, Newser, Input, TheGamer, The Verge, PCMag, and Reclaim The Net
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| Vadim Smyslov / TechCrunch: |
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 … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces a preview of ARM support on Azure virtual machines, using Ampere Altra processors, and promises up to 50% better price-performance than x86 — It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft is making available a preview of Azure VMs supporting Arm-based processors from Ampere.| Joshua Long / The Mac Security Blog: |
Overview of vulnerabilities, some actively exploited, that Apple fixed in macOS Monterey but left unfixed in some supported, older OS versions including Big Sur — Apple has chosen to leave an estimated 35-40% of all supported Macs in danger of actively exploited vulnerabilities.
Tweets: @mattyrosen and @chasapple
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Block is contacting 8.2M US Cash App users about a December 10 breach by a former employee who downloaded reports with some of their account information — Block has confirmed a data breach involving a former employee who downloaded reports from Cash App that contained some U.S. customer information.
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BleepingComputer, Protocol, CSO, 9to5Mac, CNET, VICE, Wall Street Journal, and Finextra
Tweets: @jmorse_, @zackwhittaker, @carlypage_, and @kimzetter
| 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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Protocol, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @macguru17, @drbarnard, @rjonesy, @frederikriedel, and @stevestreza
| George Kaloudis / CoinDesk: |
Lightning Labs raises a $70M Series B for its Lightning Network-powered Taro protocol, which could bring stablecoins and other assets to Bitcoin's blockchain — The Taproot-powered “Taro” protocol aims to bring low-fee stablecoin and asset transfers to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
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lightning.engineering, lists.linuxfoundation …, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Daily, Forbes, TechCrunch, Bitcoin Magazine, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @thechicagovc, @cindygallop, and @apompliano
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Several Instagram creators say Reels payments have fallen in recent weeks by up to 70% and the number of views required before getting paid is over 10x higher — Platform's Reels format was considered a rival to TikTok but content creators say their income has fallen| Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post: |
Records show FBI has entered a contract worth up to $27M for 5K licenses to use Babel X, a social media surveillance tool, with “predictive analytics” requested — Good morning! See any interesting contracting records? Send them my way: aaron.schaffer@washpost.com.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
No-code mobile app development service Thunkable raises a $30M Series B led by Owl Ventures and announces it has surpassed 3M users and 6M apps developed — Mobile apps have become part of the bedrock of how the world at large gets things done and spends a lot of its leisure time … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
VerSe Innovation, the parent company of news aggregator app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, says it has raised $805M at a valuation of nearly $5B — At a time when a number of startups are finding it difficult to raise capital, VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of news aggregator app Dailyhunt …
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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.| John Paul Tasker / CBC News: |
Canadian government introduces legislation that would force major online platforms like 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 — The federal Liberal government …
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Politico, New York Times, parl.ca, Bloomberg, Channel NewsAsia, and canada.com
Tweets: @mgeist, @pablorodriguez, @mgeist, and @mgeist
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Hivemapper, which wants to build a decentralized digital mapping network on Solana, raises an $18M Series A led by Multicoin Capital — Hivemapper rewards users with tokens for passively capturing mapping data with dashcams in a model inspired by Helium. — In brief
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CoinDesk, The Block, Hivemapper Blog, and TechCrunch
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