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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Snap announces Pixy, a $230 mini drone that can capture 2.7K videos and 12MP photos, syncs with Snapchat, and weighs 101g, available in the US and France — Meet Pixy, Snap's little flying companion. Pixy is a mini drone that can act as a camera sidekick when you can't ask someone to take a video of you.
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| Financial Times: |
In an email, Twitter reassures advertisers it will remain a safe place for brands after Elon Musk's takeover, as advocacy groups predict more toxicity and abuse — Campaigners and car manufacturers among groups to express concern over Tesla chief's $44bn takeover
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AdExchanger, BBC, Hacking, But Legal, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Axios, Bloomberg, and New Yorker
Tweets: @elonmusk, @muradahmed, @tim, @kantrowitz, @mikeelgan, @alexstamos, and @carnage4life
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google now accepts requests to remove Search results that include users' contact info, like physical addresses, phone numbers, and emails, and login credentials — If you put in a request and it agrees they're harmful — Google says it's expanding the types of personal information …
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The Keyword, Thurrott, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, OnMSFT.com, BGR, Gizchina, Reuters, ZDNet, Android Authority, and Social Media Today
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter says it overstated mDAUs from Q1 2019 to Q4 2021 by up to 1.9M per quarter, counting one user's multiple accounts as active, even if they weren't in use — How did this happen twice? — Twitter overstated the number of daily users on its service for three years straight, overcounting by up to 1.9 million users each quarter.
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Cloudflare says it mitigated a 15.3M rps HTTPS DDoS attack earlier in April, one of the largest volumetric DDoS attacks recorded, targeting a “crypto launchpad” — Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare said today that it mitigated one of the largest volumetric distributed denial of service …
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The Register, Security Affairs, Digital Trends, Bitcoinist.com, cybernews.com, The Hacker News, Neowin, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @moo9000, @moo9000, @cloudflare, @bushidotoken, and @campuscodi
| João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers: |
A Microsoft support page shows it is testing the Microsoft Edge Secure Network, a built-in VPN-like service for Edge powered by Cloudflare — Microsoft is testing a VPN-like service for its Edge browser, adding a new layer of security and privacy to the browsing experience.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU will file antitrust charges against Apple next week for allegedly blocking third-parties from using NFC for Apple Pay — EU will accuse the tech giant of blocking financial groups from its Apple Pay mobile system — Apple is set to face fresh antitrust charges …
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Thurrott, Fortune, 9to5Mac, Neowin, AppleInsider, TechSpot, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, and MacRumors
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| Meta: |
Meta reports Q1 revenue of $27.9B, up 7% YoY, net income of $7.5B, down 21% YoY, Family of Apps daily active people of 2.87B, up 6% YoY; stock jumps 10%+ — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported nancial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @tfadell, @scobleizer, @sadlyitsbradley, @patrickmoorhead, @shiraovide, @scobleizer, @nickstatt, @mattnavarra, @lanshandle, @ivanthek, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @nathievr, and @charlieblix
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: |
| William Li / Counterpoint Research: |
Global PC shipments fell 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022 to 78.7M units; Apple shipments rose 8% YoY while HP fell 16% due to decreasing Chromebook sales — Taipei, London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Seoul - April 28, 2022 — Global PC shipments fell 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022 …
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iClarified, TechSpot, The Mac Observer, Apple Must, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Gizchina. Tweets: @frankcatalano
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
An overview of the iPhone's autocorrect feature and how it has evolved, including an interview with Ken Kocienda, who created the autocorrect keyboard software — Tpying truble? During the iPhone's first 15 years, its keyboard software has evolved, but it still sometimes flubs your lines.
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| Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
The NSA re-awards its $10B cloud computing contract, codenamed “Wild and Stormy”, to AWS, after Microsoft contested the original award to AWS in July 2021 — Amazon Web Services beat out Microsoft for the contract after a bid protest battle. — The National Security Agency …
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| The Information: |
Sources: the FTC opens an inquiry into whether Elon Musk complied with its reporting rules as he amassed his 9.1% stake in Twitter between January and April — Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover is unlikely to raise antitrust concerns. But what is already being scrutinized … | Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google expands its sensitive ad categories, letting users limit ads for dating, parenting, weight loss, and more across its Display network, not just YouTube — The company is adding to its sensitive ad categories — Google is expanding its sensitive ad categories options …
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Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Washington Post, and Android Police
| Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter: |
What went wrong at Netflix: sources say VP of content Cindy Holland's departure in 2020 let chief content officer Ted Sarandos prioritize quantity over quality — As rivals toggle between schadenfreude and fear, top creators and insiders are increasingly becoming vocal about what's gone wrong with the streaming giant's culture.
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Android Authority. Tweets: @phil_rosenthal, @benedictevans, @raveenthedream, @mmmmurf, @rickporter, @legopolis, @carnage4life, @kaludiasays, @great_katzby, @konshideout, @de_kosnik, @thefienprint, @theinsneider, @masasoncap, @nreviewed, @aysrick, @sarthakgh, @richlightshed, @cmscreens, @hedgeyecomm, @dianalunareja, @loudmouthjulia, and @cityofthetown
| Reuters: |
Weibo says it will publish the locations of users based on IP addresses on their account pages and posts to combat “bad behaviour”; users cannot opt-out — Weibo , China's equivalent of Twitter, told users on Thursday it would start to publish their IP locations on their account pages … | Megha Paul / Tech.eu: |
Antwerp-based Venly, which makes tools for companies to offer NFTs, wallets, and other blockchain services, raises a €21M Series A led by Courtside Ventures — To increase its reach in the gaming industry, the Belgian startup will launch an accelerator track for game studios and web3 startups
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VentureBeat, Blockworks, The Block, Crowdfund Insider, GamesTX, and Silicon Canals
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches the Privacy Sandbox Developer Preview based on Android 13, with an “early look” at the Topics API and SDK Runtime — As work on the Chrome version continues, Google announced the Privacy Sandbox for Android in February to make mobile advertising more privacy-conscious.Sponsor Posts
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