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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's new website defending the App Store, following antitrust allegations, mostly serves to highlight its power and dominance while ignoring criticisms — Apple launched a new website as a response to critics like Spotify — As it faces both an antitrust lawsuit with huge implications …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more — Apple Inc.'s former head of App Store approvals said he's worried about competition between the company and developers …
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The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …
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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber says it will now ban riders with significantly below-average ratings after giving them several opportunities to improve — Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. — Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers …
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| Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more — Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Following Google's announcement of Google Pay support last week, New York City subway riders will be able to pay with Apple Pay starting Friday — If you frequent the New York City subway's 4, 5, 6 line, you've probably seen the new terminals at a variety of stations like Union Square and Grand Central.
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| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
Facebook announces new tools to help game developers monetize their games, including in-app “rewarded videos” and new News Feed ad options — Facebook game players will soon encounter more advertising tied to in-game rewards. The social media platform will be giving publishers more options to monetize their mobile games.
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| George Nguyen / Search Engine Land: |
A look back at Bing on its 10th anniversary: though Bing's market share is still small, Microsoft has stayed committed to search, winning over many advertisers — A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft's search business. — Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing.
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| John Tozzi / Bloomberg: |
Talkspace, whose app connects people with licensed mental health therapists for counseling through text and video chat, raises $50M led by Revolution Growth — - Talkspace also signs deal with UnitedHealth's Optum unit — Online counseling expands as U.S. faces mental health crisis
Tweets: @talkspace, @stevecase, @mhdempsey, and @shaig
| Aaron Mak / Slate: |
An inside look at Donald Trump's Wikipedia entry, one of the most popular pages on the internet, where editors fight a brutal, petty battle over every word — It's one of the most popular pages on the internet. But behind the scenes, editors are fighting a brutal, petty battle over every word.
Tweets: @kelseyhalliday, @abenedikt, @katie_rayford, @dabeard, and @katherinemiller
| Jenny Anderson / Quartz: |
San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures — Before Martin Luther King Jr. Day last year, Celeste Law's eight-year-old daughter told her mother that she didn't know much about …
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| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Analysis of nearly 800M cryptocurrency exchange website visits over the past 6 months: up to 86% of total reported cryptocurrency trading volume is likely fake — This free preview of The Block Genesis is offered to our loyal readers as a representation of the valuable research and journalism our Genesis members receive daily.| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: PE firm Bain Capital is raising $1B for a new tech fund for buyouts and late-stage minority investments, focused on enterprise and cybersecurity — KEY POINTS — Bain Capital, which manages more than $100 billion, is planning to raise $1 billion for a tech-focused fund … | Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
LinkedIn acquires Drawbridge, a startup that helps companies with identity management using machine learning; Drawbridge has raised nearly $69M — LinkedIn just acquired its 22nd-known company: Drawbridge. The smaller company will integrate with LinkedIn's marketing services.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Kustomer, an omnichannel SaaS platform for enterprise customer service, raises $40M Series D led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to ~$114M — On the heels of customer service company Zendesk announcing an acquisition to expand its omni-channel offering, one of the upstarts nipping …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook, Twitter suspend accounts related to a disinformation campaign that seemed to originate in Iran; messages targeted reporters, policymakers, dissidents — Facebook and Twitter each said on Tuesday they had disabled a sprawling disinformation campaign that appeared to originate in Iran …
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Tweets: @benimmo, @jordanschachtel, @desideriodc, @alexstamos, @wired, @tonyromm, and @josh_emerson
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Logz.io, which develops open source-based logging tools for companies, raises $52M Series D led by General Catalyst, bringing its total raised to nearly $100M — Logz.io announced a $52 million Series D investment today. The round was led by General Catalyst.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel unveils Honeycomb Glacier, a concept gaming laptop with a 15.6" 1080p primary screen and a 12.3" 1920x720 secondary screen lifted up by a double hinge — It's called the Honeycomb Glacier — If I'm being honest, the phrase “Honeycomb Glacier” makes me think of a frosty dessert …
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Tweets: @starfire2258, @ibogost, @backlon, @backlon, and @cherlynnlow
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SmartRecruiters, a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings to offers, raises $50M Series D led by Insight Partners — SmartRecruiters, an enterprise-focused recruitment platform designed to help companies find, select, and hire new talent … | Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation finds IBM, Hikvision, and Huawei are helping the UAE government implement a biometric surveillance system in Dubai, raising privacy concerns — Face recognition has been banned in San Francisco and linked by AOC to a rise in global fascism. But it's being marketed in Dubai …
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @evanselinger, @meghara, @matthewchampion, and @mhbergen
| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
HP unveils its revamped VR Backpack with an 8th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU, and swappable batteries, coming this summer for $3,300 — Does a VR headset still qualify as a standalone device if the computer powering the headset is strapped to your back rather than built into the goggles?
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| David Uberti / VICE News: |
Researchers say Facebook has weakened or disabled tools they use to track political ads and content on the platform, just as 2020 campaigns ramp up ad spending — The Iowa caucuses are still eight months away, but the Facebook primary has already begun. — President Donald Trump has poured …
Tweets: @eshap, @bgpublic, @daviduberti, @eff, @daviduberti, @vicenews, @ghoshd7, @daviduberti, @digiphile, and @jason_kint
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Source: Toyota is considering investing $550M in Chinese ride hailing service Didi Chuxing and establishing a joint mobility service — Automaker also considers setting up a new mobility service in China — TOKYO — Toyota Motor is considering buying a 60 billion yen ($548.6 million) …
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