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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people — While new Feeds tab will show chronological content from pages you actually follow — Facebook's almighty News Feed is getting split in two... kind of.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @metanewsroom, @noupside, @fortunemagazine, @kurtwagner8, @filip_struharik, @brendannyhan, @mikeisaac, @carnage4life, @alexhern, @sarafischer, @jason_kint, @dandrezner, @benedictevans, @jaredlholt, @teepusahab, @abuaardvark, @jayrosen_nyu, @kerrymflynn, @baekdal, @domdifurio, @sarafischer, @pierce, and @aria_gerson
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others — And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon plans to acquire primary health care provider One Medical, which offers in-person, digital, and virtual services, for about $3.9B in an all-cash deal — Amazon's interest in healthcare and being a major player in that industry is taking one big step forward today.
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| Ben Horowitz / Andreessen Horowitz: |
a16z moves its HQ to be “in the cloud” and plans to open offices in Miami Beach, New York, and Santa Monica “to be able to physically assemble anywhere” — Since our inception in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz has been a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
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| Bloomberg: |
The US DOJ arrests a former Coinbase product manager for allegedly leaking insider info about tokens before they were listed; Coinbase won't face charges — US authorities arrested a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager for allegedly leaking insider information to help his brother … | Tim Copeland / The Block: |
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 6a review: a good camera and flagship-class Tensor chip performance, but a slow fingerprint sensor and the 6.1" screen only has a 60Hz refresh rate — The 6A's Tensor chipset makes all the difference in this midrange phone — For a few years running, the Pixel A-series phone …
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Blockchain.com plans to cut 25% of its workforce, or ~150 people, close its Argentina offices, and cancel team expansion in several countries, citing the market — The digital assets trading firm said it will shutter its Argentina-based offices and halt its expansion plans in several countries.
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon spent a record $4.98M on lobbying in Q2 2022, up 2.5% YoY, Google spent $2.77M, up 32% YoY, Microsoft spent $2.41M, down 2.4% YoY, and Apple spent $1.9M — Amazon.com Inc. spent a record $4.98 million on lobbying during the second quarter of this year as momentum intensified in Congress …
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Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @reckless, @leah_nylen, @lutherlowe, and @birnbaum_e
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: TikTok is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, used by 7%, up from 1% in 2020; 32% use Facebook, 24% the BBC, 17% Twitter, and 16% Instagram — App is used by 7% of adults for news with nearly half turning to TikTokers rather than conventional outlets for updates
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Tweets: @eligp, @hkanji, @realjezebelley, @jeffjarvis, @daveleeft, and @daveleeft
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TextExpander, which lets users create customized shortcuts to trigger longer text-based actions, has raised $41.4M, its first-ever funding since its 2007 launch — RPA, and companies like UiPath, swooped into on the world of work a few years ago as a catchy way for organizations … | Dylan Smith / Digital Music News: |
Warner Music Group becomes the first major label to adopt SoundCloud's user-centric payouts based upon listening instead of Spotify and others' pro rata model — About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group.| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Whatnot, a livestreaming shopping service for buying and selling collectibles, has raised a $260M Series D at a $3.7B valuation, up from $1.5B in September 2021 — Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China's booming $600 billion industry … | Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at GPT-3-powered fiction writing tools like Sudowrite, which proposes plot twists, rewrites in specific tones, suggests metaphors, and more — On a Tuesday in mid-March, Jennifer Lepp was precisely 80.41 percent finished writing Bring Your Beach Owl, the latest installment in her series …
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| Jack Stebbins / CNBC: |
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is stepping down from his role at the company, the first of the three original founders to step down, but will remain on its board — - Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia announced Thursday he is stepping down from his role at the company.
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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Sources: the US is probing Huawei over concerns that cell tower gear could capture sensitive military base and missile silo info, which it could send to China — The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted … | Reuters: |
Meta's research published internally in February 2022 reveals Facebook's challenges in India, including that women are shunning it over safety concerns and more — Meta's internal research reveals challenges in India Many women steered clear of male-dominated Facebook Their concerns included safety … | Austin American-Statesman: |
Filings: Samsung seeks tax breaks to build 11 chipmaking facilities in the Austin area for $192.1B over two decades; Samsung has made no investment guarantees — Bob Sechler Kara CarlsonAustin American-Statesman — In what could be the biggest economic investment in Central Texas history …
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HotHardware, Wall Street Journal, Tom's Hardware, The Register, Austin Business Journal, Android Central, SamMobile, and Reuters
Tweets: @statesman and @scottlincicome
| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
YouTube stops allowing misinformation about the safety of an abortion procedure and potentially unsafe instructions about how to self-induce an abortion — New York (CNN Business)YouTube on Thursday said it will no longer allow misinformation related to abortion on its platform … | Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
Chip teardown: China's SMIC quietly released, and mass produces, 7nm chips; SMIC is rapidly becoming the world's third largest foundry, behind TSMC and Samsung — The Most Advanced Foundry In The World After TSMC And Samsung — SMIC, China's largest foundry has slowly been catching up to TSMC …
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Tweets: @jenniferjjacobs, @niubi, @niubi, @stshank, @pstasiatech, @jacob_feldgoise, and @godfreetrh
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others register for a license in Indonesia under which they might have to censor content and hand over users' data — Meta, TikTok and Twitter among groups to register for licences under which authorities can censor platforms| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
The Cyberspace Administration of China fined Didi Global ~$1.2B after a year-long probe, for violating three laws in operations threatening national security — China fined Didi Global Inc. more than 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), wrapping up a year-long probe into the ride-hailing giant that's come …
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Tweets: @bigblackjacobin and @michaelschuman
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