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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a feature that lets a tweet's author limit who can reply, giving the options of Everyone, People You Follow, and Only People You Mention — Twitter today acknowledged that it's begun testing a new setting that let users limit who can reply to tweets. The setting was first noted earlier this year.
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Tweets: @hunterwalk, @jack, @twittersupport, @mattsingh_, @daveleeft, @brandyzadrozny, @mmasnick, @sub8u, @thhamilton, @rowlsmanthorpe, @scottmelker, @soulsgloss, @vijayshekhar, @walkermarcus, @taylorlorenz, @reformedbroker, @raistolo, @mims, @alexrkonrad, @eylonalevy, @skooks, @sarah_cone, @danlesac, @rvawonk, @psythor, @mmasnick, @matt_kiser, @hausofdupre_, @mrsmcglover, @caseynewton, @willoremus, @ibogost, and @ivorybiossoms
| 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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Tweets: @appleparody_usa, @patrickmoorhead, @greengart, and @samsungnewsus
| 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.| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase says that post-COVID-19 it will be a “remote-first” company, offering the option to work in an office or remotely for the “vast majority” of roles — I sent the note below to employees earlier today. I'm sharing it publicly here in case others find it helpful.
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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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| 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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Tweets: @debra4kag, @matthewstoller, @carolineha_, @carolineha_, @smytho, @apollozac, @alexstamos, and @mims
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
A National Advertising Review Board panel recommended that AT&T drop its “5G Evolution” branding; AT&T says it will retain the branding within their phones' UI — The company claims it will comply after 5G E logo is deemed misleading — AT&T's actual 5G network …
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Tweets: @karlbode, @harrymccracken, @reckless, @reneritchie, @backlon, @nickstatt, and @reckless
| 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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Tweets: @gregorymbryant, @stshank, and @inafried
| 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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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok has recently traded at valuations of between $105B and $110B on private markets and, one source says, even as high as $140B — - Private trades valued it from $105 billion to $140 billion — ByteDance seeks to build out its U.S. business before an IPO
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @ruima, @chrisgailus, @deemurthy, @stevekovach, @msnabilaahmed, @daniburgz, @davidinglestv, @pingroma, and @lucas_shaw
| 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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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Robotic toy maker Sphero names Paul Copioli as new CEO, and announces a spin-off company called Company Six, that will make 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 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Shopify unveils business debit card Shopify Balance and flexible payments option Shop Pay Installments, opens its AI-powered fulfillment network to US merchants — Shopify today announced a slew of finance, shipping, and retail updates for its direct-to-consumer commerce platform.
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TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Financial Post, American Banker, CTVNews, Shopify's pressreleases, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, and BetaKit
Tweets: @epro, @levie, @dontezakram, @mdudas, @ankurnagpal, and @mcwm
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive beats expectations with Q4 net revenue of $760.5M, up 41% YoY, and record fiscal year net bookings of $2.99B, up from $2.93B in fiscal 2019 — Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and NBA 2K20 all contributed to huge sales for Take-Two Interactive.| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Craig Barratt, ex-CEO of Barefoot Networks, leaves Intel, one year after Intel acquired his startup; Barratt was serving as head of Intel's connectivity group — Intel confirms to CRN that Craig Barratt, who was the head of the company's Connectivity Group, recently departed the chipmaker … Thanks:@davharris
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
A hacker is selling the details of 40M registered users of the polling app Wishbone, including email addresses and some passwords in weak hashing format MD5 — Seller claims the data was obtained following a hack that took place earlier this year. — A hacker has put up for sale today …
Tweets: @adam_k_levin
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Review of Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10900K, i7-10700K, i5-10600K CPUs: an iterative update pushing performance to new heights at the expense of power efficiency — The first thing that comes to mind with Intel's newest line of 10th Generation desktop processors is one of ‘14nm Skylake, again?’.
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Ars Technica, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Tweets: @anandtech, @evrsr, @stevesi, @joshdwalrath, @jaguar36, @deluxef, @mobile_dom, @iancutress, @iancutress, and @iancutress. Thanks:@iancutress
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Scribd announces Scribd Perks, which gives paying subscribers access to additional audio and video streaming services like Pandora Plus at no extra charge — E-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd has been actively embracing and experimenting with bundling over the past couple of years … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
NYT's proprietary ads platform plan has been misread as protecting user data more than Facebook and Google do, yet NYT will still sell targeted ads using data — One of the most frustrating aspects of discussing the internet, business models, and privacy is how many otherwise intelligent people continue …
Tweets: @freedomofpress, @nicdawes, @girlsreallyrule, @tealtan, and @daviduberti
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