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Elon Musk is leaving Trump advisory councils following Paris agreement withdrawal, says “Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world” — Elon Musk is making good on his promise to leave President Trump's White House advisory councils, he said today on Twitter.
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Microsoft redesigns Skype, adding Stories-like feature called Highlights and expanded set of bot and chat add-ins, available on Android today, iOS in a month — Microsoft today is launching a completely revamped version of its Skype application, with a new set of features that draw obvious inspiration …
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Apple says it has paid developers over $70B since the App Store launched in 2008, and that downloads are up 70% YoY — Ahead of its developer conference next week, Apple has announced that all-time earnings from App Store developers have topped $70 billion.
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Plex launches Live TV and DVR for all Plex Pass subscribers, supports all free-to-air broadcast channels — Plex is doubling down on its support for capturing over-the-air signals from digital antennas this morning, with the announcement that it will now not only let users record TV programs, it will also allow them to watch live TV.| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Meal ingredient delivery service Blue Apron files to go public, reports nearly $800M in 2016 revenue, up from $341M in 2015, on $55M loss — Blue Apron, which delivers ingredients to cook meals in your home and was among the companies whispered to go public this year, has now filed to go public.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft releases first-ever diversity report: staff overall is 63% white, 19% Asian, 7% Latinx, 6% black with 42% female overall and 36% in leadership positions — Lyft just released its first-ever diversity report, a couple of months after Uber released its first one.
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In a departure from previous denials, Putin says “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers could have been involved in US election cyberattacks — MOSCOW — Shifting from his previous blanket denials, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Thursday that …
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| Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters: |
Trump administration approves new questionnaire for US visa applications that requests social media handles for five years, email addresses, phone numbers, more — The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles …
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Amazon Alexa adds support for reminders and named timers, rolling out in the US today, UK and Germany in the next few weeks — Alexa is getting some new skills that will finally help you keep track of all of your responsibilities during the day. — Amazon just announced its AI assistant Alexa … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook updates photo albums to include videos, text posts, and check-ins, improves collaboration tools, adds “featured album” option on profiles — Photo albums that are more than just photos — Facebook is overhauling how its photo albums work to let users drop in virtually …
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Google says it will preinstall an ad filter in Chrome starting early 2018 aimed at ads deemed “annoying” by the Coalition for Better Ads — Google's Chrome browser will soon come with preinstalled technology that will block the most annoying ads currently marring the web experience, the company confirmed on Thursday.| Pinboard: |
Pinboard has acquired bookmarking service Delicious, will put the service into read-only mode June 15 — Pinboard has acquired Delicious. Here's what you need to know: If you're a Pinboard user, nothing will change. Sad! If you're a Delicious user, you will have to find another place to save your bookmarks.
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