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| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
Marc Andreessen has tweeted ~350 times in the past two weeks, often referring to “the current thing” meme, joined by Elon Musk and others — Three of America's top technologists are talking and tweeting with unusual fervor. But first... - Beijing is targeting tech companies' algorithms
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Tweets: @pmarca, @tomgara, @chafkin, @markmilian, @ryanlawler, @elonmusk, @pmarca, @crypto, @technology, @pmarca, @pmarca, @retalk_network, @spakhm, @jesslivingston, @pmarca, @elonmusk, @paulg, @paulg, @pmarca, @bradstone, @tvietor08, @karaswisher, @quasimondo, @ldrogen, @pmarca, @paulg, and @pmarca
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Netflix is rolling out a Double Thumbs Up ratings option, which will appear next to the thumbs up and down buttons, to let it refine content recommendations — For nearly five years, Netflix has had simple thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to express viewing preferences and help its algorithms provide better recommendations.
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Tweets: @jank0, @mmasnick, @ihnatko, @dcseifert, @carnage4life, and @alexhcranz
| Reuters: |
Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, raises $2B from Sony and KIRKBI, the holding company behind LEGO, at a $31.5B post-money valuation — Epic Games said on Monday it had raised $2 billion from Sony Group Corp (6758.T) and the family owned holding company behind the Lego Group, giving the “Fortnite” maker a valuation of $31.5 billion.
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Tweets: @epicnewsroom, @ifiremonkey, @nickstatt, @ballmatthew, @nibellion, @ballmatthew, @ryan_browne_, @eringriffith, @ballmatthew, and @nickstatt
| The Verge: |
Meta rolls out a test for a handful of creators to sell virtual items and effects in Horizon Worlds, with Meta taking a 25% cut after a platform fee in Horizon — Horizon Worlds will take a 25 percent cut of any sale after app store fees — Meta is testing new features to let creators …
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| Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal: |
Elon Musk appears to have deleted some tweets critical of Twitter and its leadership; Musk liked a tweet saying he was “told to play nice and not speak freely” — Elon Musk appears to have deleted some tweets taking aim at Twitter Inc. amid his decision not to join the social-media company's board of directors.| Axios: |
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| New York Times: |
In the absence of federal crypto regulations in the US, lobbyists and executives are helping to draft and pass favorable bills at state level — In the absence of federal regulations, crypto lobbyists and executives are going state by state to get favorable rules enacted. Many lawmakers have been willing partners.
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Protocol, Cryptonews, and CoinDesk
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
YouTube TV Picture-in-Picture support is coming to iOS 15+ devices “in a matter of days”; an earlier statement implied PiP was coming to the iOS YouTube app — Following a lengthy testing period, YouTube's picture-in-picture support for iOS will begin rolling out in the next few days …
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Tweets: @teamyoutube, @jroman951, @mikebeas, @samifathi_, @tomwinzig, @mattbirchler, @markgurman, @manan, @chartier, and @philewing
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Over 14,000 Etsy sellers start a week-long strike over an increase in transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%, grievances with Etsy's Offsite Ads program, and more — If you're in the market for funky trinkets and unique, handmade clothing, you might want to put off your shopping until next week.
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| Max A. Cherney / Protocol: |
Filing: Chipmaker Ampere Computing, founded by former Intel president Renee James, has filed for an IPO; Oracle reportedly has a 20%-50% stake in Ampere — Oracle-backed server processor startup Ampere Computing said Monday that it plans to go public, filing initial confidential paperwork with the SEC.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Source: Apple will face an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks, in an investigation into music streaming triggered by a complaint from Spotify — Apple (AAPL.O) faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify …
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CNET, Gadget Tendency, SiliconANGLE, Shacknews, MacRumors, Patently Apple, The Mac Observer, SlashGear, Competition Policy …, Redmond Pie, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, iMore, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, City A.M., 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, WRAL TechWire, and iClarified
Tweets: @michael8684 and @benlovejoy
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
French social app BeReal, which encourages users to post one selfie per day, has exploded in popularity with Gen Z users; Apptopia says MAUs are up 315% in 2022 — Downloads of BeReal, Gen Z's hot new social media app, have skyrocketed in recent months, giving the world's mobile-first generation …
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VICE and Social Media Today
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
NFT project Pudgy Penguins, once highly successful, is attempting a comeback after being acquired for 750 ETH; NonFungible says trading peaked at $13.6M/day — Pudgy Penguins, a once hugely successful NFT project that got blown off course by drama that included the ousting of its founders, is attempting a comeback.| Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal: |
US policy makers identified stablecoins as an initial target for regulation, asking lawmakers to pass legislation that would treat stablecoin issuers like banks — Digital assets tied to the dollar could pose risk to broader financial system, policy makers say| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Meituan plans to lay off ~10%-20% of staff from its core business units after announcing that it added a net 17K jobs from July 2021 to mid-March 2022 — Up to 20 per cent of Meituan's staff in core business units, including food and grocery deliveries have been affected The lay-offs come …
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