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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which offers screenshots of some features — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads …
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Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon … and @paul@tapbots.social
Twitter: @jack, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @behnamrezaei, @elonmusk, @joannastern, @ianzelbo, @joshbutler, @mikebutcher, @nikitabier, @frantzfries, @eric_young_1, @diegojimenez, @robmanuel, @greatfirechina, @patrickclaybon, @alexmaxham, @paultassi, @paultassi, @poweredbyidtech, @tomwarren, @mehdirhasan, @ooccouchgags, @mikeisaac, @marionawfal, @nataliemj10, @ianfayart, @ndhapple, @counternotions, @bkoo, @benedictevans, @anthonyquintano, @its_whitney, @elamin88, @jw, @benedictevans, @nicholasmairone, @can, @parkerortolani, @jw, @joshtpm, @_zeets, @javalle, @headfallsoff, @mattnavarra, @brandonbutch, @jsstansel, and @a_picazo. Forums: r/elonmusk
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
An APK teardown of Instagram's Threads, uploaded to Google Play ahead of the app's launch, reveals the threads.net website and details on how Threads will work — Ahead of the app's launch later this week, Meta has launched a landing page for its Twitter competitor, “Threads,” counting down to the service's launch.
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| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
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| @twittersupport: |
Twitter says that in 30 days users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more — We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product... https://twitter.com/...
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter employees say that removing support for legacy APIs is what broke TweetDeck, and the company will be moving users to the “new” version of TweetDeck — Twitter is officially launching its “new” version of TweetDeck to everyone, according to a tweet from Twitter's support account …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is “evaluating” the ruling — Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook lost its fight at the European Union's top court to topple a German antitrust decision …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The social web is changing: Twitter set up limits, Reddit alienated its users, TikTok could get banned, and Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform — An era of the internet is ending, and we're watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep …
Bluesky: @peterabraham.bsky.social. Mastodon: @antimnguyen@mastodon …, @joel@fosstodon.org, and @ernie@writing.exchange
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| Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: |
Cameron Winklevoss makes a ~$1.47B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis' bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert fails to agree — Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis propose a package $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated …
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Twitter: @cameron, @coindesk, @twobitidiot, @johnedeaton1, @simondixontwitt, and @fintechfrank
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google updates its privacy policy to say the company may use “publicly available information” to train its AI models and build products like Translate and Bard — An update to Google's privacy policy suggests that the entire public internet is fair game for it's AI projects.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Marques Brownlee details the Nothing Phone (2) in a video: slightly bigger than the Phone (1), tweaked LEDs on the back, a curved glass rear design, and more — Carl Pei's Nothing is just a week or two away from the full launch, and after showing off the camera earlier today, a new video shows off the Nothing Phone (2) in full.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA's gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) …
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Twitter: @thierrybreton, @eucourtpress, @maxvonthun, @beuc, @repasi, @samuelstolton, and @thierrybreton
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Apple plans to ask SCOTUS to revisit an Epic case ruling that Apple cannot stop developers from providing links in apps to payment options outside the App Store — Apple (AAPL.O) said on Monday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge's order in an antitrust case brought by … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US plans to require AWS and other cloud providers to seek permission before providing services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese customers — Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing| Jesse Whittock / Deadline: |
Ampere: Disney+ Hotstar remains India's streaming leader with ~50M subscribers in Q1 and a 29% share, despite losing IPL cricket rights, vs. Prime Video's 12.4M — Disney+ Hotstar lost the rights to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket last year, but the streamer remains India's market leader, according to Ampere Analysis.| Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: |
Digital World Acquisition Corp. reaches a tentative SEC settlement over its planned Trump Media merger, agreeing to pay $18M and revise some of its filings — Digital World's settlement with the S.E.C. could clear the way for a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group.
More: SEC.gov, Axios, Reuters, Washington Post, Financial Times, and Wccftech
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