• Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google unveils Stadia, its game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs that will support cross platform play and 4K at 60FPS with HDR, launching in 2019

• Tom Warren / The Verge: Google has partnered with AMD to power Stadia, using a custom GPU for its data centers that delivers 10.7 teraflops, far more than the Xbox One X's 6 teraflops

• Andrew Webster / The Verge: Google unveils its controller for Stadia, which connects directly to the data center and looks like Sony's Dual Shock, but says you can use your own controllers

• Andrew Webster / The Verge: Google has created its own game studio, led by former EA and Ubisoft executive Jade Raymond, to develop titles for its new Stadia game streaming service

• Emma Sandler / Digiday: Instagram adds in-app shopping to let users buy from 20 beauty and fashion brands including Kylie Cosmetics, Nike, and Huda Beauty   —  Shopping on Instagram is about to change forever.

• Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple updates iMac lineup with Intel's 8th-gen and 9th-gen Core CPUs and AMD's Radeon Pro Vega GPUs; 21.5" starts at $1,299, 27" 5K at $1,799, available today

• Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: In iMac Pro's build-to-order options Apple now includes a $5,200 option for 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics with 16GB dedicated video memory for $700

• Chris Sonderby / Facebook: Facebook says original Christchurch attack video was viewed <200 times during live broadcast; first user report came in 12 minutes after live broadcast ended

• Charlie Warzel / New York Times: Instead of focusing only on moderation, the debate around New Zealand massacre should look at how platforms incentivize and provide infrastructure for extremism

• Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News: As platforms crack down on other forms of hate, experts and researchers say anti-Muslim bigotry has spread unchecked on Facebook and other social networks

• Sara Fischer / Axios: Facebook settles with ACLU over allegedly discriminatory ads for employment, housing, and credit, paying ~$5M and making changes to prevent discrimination

• Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Microsoft Teams says it is now used by 500,000 organizations, including 91 of the Fortune 100, and promises eight new features, three available today

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• Tom Warren / The Verge: A look at an iPhone prototype board from 2006-2007, when the device was codenamed “M68” and “Purple 2” within Apple

• Peter Kafka / Recode: Reed Hastings confirms that Netflix won't be offering its content through Apple's upcoming video service   —  In other news: Turns out Netflix is not a tech company, Hastings says.

• Bijan Stephen / The Verge: Kickstarter staff announce their intention to unionize, potentially becoming the first major US tech company with union representation

• Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Amid a noticeable uptick in Mirai botnet activity, a Palo Alto Networks report says a new Mirai malware variant targets signage TVs and presentation systems

• Kaiser Health News: Report: US has spent $36B digitizing health records, which has risked patient safety with thousands of reports of deaths and injuries tied to software glitches

• Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill: Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and some of its users for defamation, alleging Twitter is shadow banning conservatives, seeks $250M+ in damages

• Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Starting June 19, Twitter will require any app that has 100K+ calls/day for certain APIs to submit their app for review and will force B2B devs to pay

• Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Patreon will offer creators three new plans beginning in May, with fees ranging from 5-12%, but existing creators can keep their current pricing model

• Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Firefox 66 arrives with autoplaying blocked by default, the ability to search through open tabs, and smoother scrolling, even when there are slowly loading ads

• Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Mojo Vision, an under-the-radar AR startup that hasn't publicly revealed what it's building, raises $58M Series B from Google's Gradient Ventures and others

• Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest producers of aluminum, has shut down several metal extrusion plants as it deals with a ransomware attack

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• Axios: Arlan Hamilton's diversity-minded investment fund Backstage Capital falls through, after two “anchor investors” pulled out and other deals failed to materialize

• David N. Cicilline / New York Times: Chairman of House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law explains why the FTC, undergoing a “credibility crisis”, should probe Facebook

• TechCrunch: A roundup of the 85+ companies that launched at Y Combinator's Winter 2019 Demo Day 1, including medical, AI, on-demand, e-commerce, and robotics startups

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