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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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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 …
Tweets: @anildash, @carnage4life, @docdre, @luckiesharms, @harpersaraha, and @arcticpenguin
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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 … | Andrea Shalal / Reuters: |
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 …
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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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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.
| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google says it's aware iPhones can backup 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.
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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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Tweets: @matt_levine, @coyotespike, @stephenpiment, @samuelgil, @cnet, @ycombinator, and @richardjnieva. Thanks:@akwired
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
ESET details a hacking campaign, active for the past 6 years, by the Russia-linked group the Dukes or Cozy Bear, which was thought to be dormant since DNC hack — Largely out of the spotlight since 2016, Cozy Bear hackers have been caught perpetrating a years-long campaign.
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eMarketer: Google will take 37.2%, or $48.05B, of all US digital ad spend this year, down from 38.2% in 2018, while Amazon will take 8.8%, up from 6.8% in 2018 — Google dominates the search ad market today, but eMarketer's latest forecast shows that within the next two years, Google's revenue share will fall and Amazon's will rise.| Bloomberg: |
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
David Sacks' Craft Ventures, which led Bird's Series A round, has closed its second fund with $500M, up from the $350M it had closed for its debut fund — Craft Ventures, the venture firm launched in 2017 by serial entrepreneur David Sacks, has closed its second fund with $500 million …
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