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Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks about company's approach to content moderation and changes announced at TwitchCon, including new tools for moderators, and more — At this year's TwitchCon in San Diego — a celebratory, over-the-top affair that brought in streamers and fans from all over the world …
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| Owen S. Good / Polygon: |
Twitch is testing Watch Parties, a feature that allows streamers to screen Prime Video content that their viewers can watch along if they have Amazon Prime — This is fargin' awesome! — Twitch is now testing out a long-requested “watch parties” feature, which means that streamers …
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Amid growing skepticism about Libra, David Marcus says the group may consider stablecoins pegged to national currencies, instead of the coin it has proposed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra … | New York Times: |
Comparing Trump and Democratic 2020 presidential campaigns online: it's “like a supercar racing a little Volkswagen Bug”, with Democrats being the Volkswagen — On any given day, the Trump campaign is plastering ads all over Facebook, YouTube and the millions of sites served by Google …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it's aware iPhones can back up Original Quality HEIC photos to Google Photos for free, says it's a bug, after users wanted Pixel 4 to offer the same — In the meanwhile, learn how to use the lockdown feature — One of the headline features for the Google Pixel 4 is that it adds a new … | Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google says it's aware iPhones can back up original quality HEIC photos to Google Photos for free, says it's a bug, after users wanted Pixel 4 to offer the same — After the Pixel 4's announcement, we were surprised to discover it didn't offer free original quality backups on Google Photos like its predecessors.| Kevin Purdy / iFixit News: |
Inside “Rebble Alliance”, an unofficial group that documented Pebble APIs and created replacement web services that have helped keep ~200K smartwatches running — In the early summer of 2018, you could buy an Apple Watch with built-in GPS, wireless payments, and speakers that buzz water out after a swim.
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
As Amazon regularly fails to prevent expired food from being sold by merchants, concerned brands are often compelled to police marketplace listings on their own — - Amazon's marketplace has grown to millions of sellers, making it hard for the company to adequately police the platform.| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
How TikTok is making inroads into US schools, as students create TikTok clubs to riff on the latest memes, and shoot videos on Newton's Laws for extra credit — Teens love the app, and now it's getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get ... fun?| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
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AT&T raises the price of its streaming service AT&T TV Now, with the basic Plus package up $15 to a $65/month; the move follows a similar increase in March — - TV Now service will rise to $80 a month for 65 channels — Phone giant is under pressure from activist to boost returns| Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
Travel reservations giant Sabre acquires Radixx, which sells passenger service systems to small and budget airlines, in a deal worth ~$110M — Sabre's acquisition of Radixx is yet another sign that the travel technology giant is shoring up its competitive position vis-à-vis … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Y Combinator partners talk about its online Startup School program, which has enlisted 30K+ startups, as the institution tries to overcome its insular image — About 30,000 startups have enrolled in the accelerator's online program, as the iconic institution tries to overcome its insular image.
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