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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon has decided to move its annual Prime Day event to September and has started allowing unlimited nonessential goods shipments to warehouses — E-commerce giant also allows nonessential goods shipments, indication of wider variety of products — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -.25% …
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| Techdirt: |
Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history — Apple and Google have now released their update to their mobile operating systems to include a new capability for COVID-19 exposure notification.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google launch the Exposure Notification API to the public in updates to iOS and Android; at least three US states are working on apps that use it — The companies have rolled out support for the framework in Android and iOS updates — On Wednesday, Apple and Google rolled …
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| Ian Fogg / Opensignal: |
Analysis of ten 5G operators across US, S. Korea, UK, and Australia finds that while Verizon has the fastest 5G speeds, its users see 5G just 0.5% of the time — Understanding the extent to which 5G improves the mobile experience is critical both for consumers considering upgrading to 5G … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ecwid, which sells e-commerce tools directly and via third parties like Square and Wix, raises $42M; Ecwid had raised only about $6.5M since its 2009 founding — In the same week that Facebook announced a redoubled effort to make a bigger mark in e-commerce, one of its long-time partners has closed a large round of funding.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder says it will start testing Global Mode, a new opt-in feature that lets user profiles show up around the world — Meet a foreign cutie — Tinder no longer sees physical closeness as a necessity for dating. The company announced today that it'll soon be testing Global Mode … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook unveils a new Messenger feature to alert users about malicious activity, aimed at preventing scams and unwanted interactions with those under 18 — In an effort to beat back a rise in scams and other unwanted interactions during the pandemic, Facebook today unveiled …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition with custom features for terrain navigation and data encryption, made for rugged use cases like law enforcement — The move highlights how Samsung is pushing its devices into more industry use cases. — Samsung is continuing its push …
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| Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times: |
Amazon India launches a food delivery service called Amazon Food in select areas of Bengaluru and says it will expand to other cities in a few weeks — Amazon has been luring eateries with competitive commissions as a part of its larger plan to build a comprehensive product portfolio
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| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Spotify, which has about 4,400 full-time employees in 79 countries, has told its staffers that they can choose to work from home until next year — As the coronavirus-induced lockdown begins to ease in Europe and the U.S. and people begin to confront the realities of returning … | Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter: |
ScreenHits launches a streaming video aggregator app that lets users bundle different services like Netflix and Disney+; app subscriptions start at $1.99/month — The app, which allows consumers to manage all their online viewing through a single interface, is betting viewers will pay to simplify their on-demand lives.
Tweets: @jefescott
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Google Cloud says it's made a deal with the DoD's Defense Innovation Unit, which will use Google Cloud's Anthos for its multi-cloud management solution — Google dropped out of the Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract battle fairly early in the game, citing it was in conflict with its “AI principals.”
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel says it's acquiring Rivet Networks, makers of the Killer range of networking products, and will integrate it into its Wireless Solutions Group — Intel said Wednesday that it has acquired Rivet Networks, and will integrate the company's Killer Networking line of Wi-Fi networking products into its own wireless portfolio.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple releases iOS 13.5, which includes improved Face ID recognition for users wearing masks, iPadOS 13.5, and tvOS 13.4.5, to the general public — Following an unusual beta testing cycle that began in late March and continued with renumberings in late April, Apple is today releasing …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Mindstrong, which offers a digital service to tackle severe mental illnesses and is headed by ex-Uber executive Daniel Graf, raises $100M Series C — Daniel Graf has had a long career in the tech industry. From founding his own startup in the mid-2000s to working at Google, then Twitter … | Candy Cheng / Bloomberg: |
Shopify says it will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely — - Canadian e-commerce company switching to ‘digital by default’ — Offices will be closed until end of year and redesigned — Shopify Inc. will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Insurance policy comparison site SelectQuote raises $570M in its IPO, the largest US IPO since early February — SelectQuote, an Overland Park, Kansas-based insurance policy comparison site backed by Brookside Equity Partners, raised $570 million in its IPO.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish: |
Spotify may use the scale of Joe Rogan's podcast as leverage against music labels, to launch a podcasting ad network, and to start its video streaming service — The Joe Rogan/Spotify deal is about leverage and ambition — Joe Rogan has just signed a deal to take his talents to Spotify.
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| Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times: |
How the remote school experience, with fewer distractions and less social pressure from peers, makes learning easier for some students — “At home, it seems to be a bit easier to focus on all the work,” said one eighth grader who was struggling in school. “Everything in general is easier.”
Tweets: @nytimes, @pfagell, @donaldclark, and @suptenfield
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Robotic toy maker Sphero names Paul Copioli as its new CEO and announces a spin-off company called Company Six, making robotic systems for first responders — Sphero just announced that it has spun off another company. Once again, the new startup has a decidedly different focus … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Chief, a social network exclusively for women in professional leadership positions, raises $15M, bringing its total raised to $40M — Chief, the social network dedicated exclusively to women in professional leadership positions, announced today that it has $15 million in funding from its existing investors … | Zach Edwards: |
Amid Epic Games' Houseparty smear campaign bounty controversy, a researcher claims Houseparty's domain infrastructure was hijacked by a credit card skimming org — A global hacking group took over Epic Games subdomains, then the problem was swept under the rug by Epic Games.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Netflix says it will ask customers who have been inactive for a year or more if they want to keep their subscriptions, canceling accounts that take no action — - Netflix will start asking customers who haven't used its platform in the past year if they want to keep their subscriptions.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco-based Xwing, which is developing software for enabling pilotless flight of small passenger aircraft, raises $10M Series A — Autonomous aviation startup Xwing locked in a $10 million funding round before COVID-19 hit. Now the San Francisco-based startup is using the capital …
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| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
Baidu says it's considering its options over its Nasdaq listing, including a secondary listing in Hong Kong, as US weighs tighter restrictions on Chinese firms — Chief executive says company is discussing response to potential new regulations — Baidu is considering its options …
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