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After a NY Post report that Morgan Stanley offered Lyft's pre-IPO investors a short-selling product, Lyft sends a letter threatening to sue the investment bank — - In a letter sent to Morgan Stanley on April 2, Lyft questioned the firm about its role in helping market certain products …
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Testing US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System, a version of HoloLens 2 modified for military use, which felt like a real-life game of “Call of Duty” — - Microsoft is building the military's IVAS headset, which is based on HoloLens 2.
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Netflix says it pulled AirPlay support because it is technically unable to ensure a good enough user experience on 3rd party devices now getting AirPlay 2 — A “technical limitation” — With no warning and little explanation, Netflix has removed the easiest way to sling its shows from one Apple device to another: AirPlay.
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| Rachel Kraus / Mashable: |
Leaked documents show Amazon acquired Eero for $97M, with ten execs receiving a potential of $32.6M in bonuses; Eero had raised $138M, according to PitchBook — Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.
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| Cat Ferguson / The Verge: |
Webcomics creators, including artists behind XKCD and Dinosaur Comics, talk about their early days, and how social media and Patreon have shifted the economics — Featuring the artists behind XKCD, Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, and more — Illustrations by Alex Castro / The Verge
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UK regulator launches investigation into auto-renewal, cancellation, and refund practices of online gaming services from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft — CMA examines auto-renewal terms for Switch, PlayStation and Xbox subscriptions — The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
TikTok is becoming a new platform for a song to find an audience, as shown by the viral hit “Old Time Road”, which now has more than 65M streams on Spotify — ‘TikTok helped me change my life,’ says Lil Nas X — Montero “Lil Nas X” Hill's parents were concerned when their son dropped … | Bloomberg: |
As Google disbands its external AI ethics board, a look at its internal AI ethics council comprising of senior execs and led by its chief legal officer — A board filled with internal executives raises questions about accountability — Two weeks ago, Google established an external panel …
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| April Glaser / Slate: |
Public databases for identifying and mapping plants and birds have had to rebuild infrastructure to hide specific locations of endangered species from poachers — Our enthusiasm for sharing birds, plants, and superblooms has unintended consequences. But we can use the same tools that made the problem to fix it.
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| Benedict Evans: |
Apple's subscription announcements last week were aimed at increasing incremental revenue, reducing churn, and emphasizing its brand of safety and curation — - We expected a TV event and got a subscription event - news & magazines, games, a credit card and Oprah.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube, which used to highlight and promote independent creators, is shifting toward more commercial, advertiser-friendly content as it battles misinformation — Danny Philippou is mad. — He's practically standing on top of his chair as his twin brother and fellow YouTube creator Michael stares on in amusement.| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
Profile of CarpeDonktum, a stay-at-home dad posting highly popular pro-Trump memes and blurring the lines between viral trolling and the business of politics — A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics.
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