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GitHub CEO says company is working to replace the name “master” for the default version of source code repositories with a more neutral term — GitHub getting on board legitimizes movement aimed at removing racially-charged language from software.
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| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: at its current pace, Quibi will sign up fewer than 2M paying subscribers by the end of its first year, well under its original target of 7.4M — Two veteran executives with contrasting styles are launching Quibi, an on-the-go streaming service, during a pandemic
Tweets: @tomgara, @brianmcc, @rkalland, @jpbrammer, @cinematicbanter, @iankarmel, @benmullin, @nichcarlson, @reckless, @chrismichel, @joannastern, @a_w_gordon, @annaknicolaou, @ross, @somospostpc, @asharma, @sepinwall, @zck, @thejerrylu, @brokenbottleboy, @jasonleopold, @hughlangley, @db, @benmullin, @yoda, @wsj, @kimmasters, @chrisreimer, and @benyt
| Nathan Baschez / Divinations: |
Apple's efforts in health amount to a new OS, a bottleneck that all healthcare players, from providers to device makers, must integrate with to get distribution — Apple is building an operating system for health — This essay was co-authored by Rob Litterst and Nathan Baschez
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt. Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @shivsharma_5, @smalera, @sarthakgh, @kartikhelps, @gavinsbaker, @bpm140, @gotwalt, @brendanjshort, @nbashaw, and @taylormajewski
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
US efforts to deploy COVID-19 contact tracing apps have fallen flat, as most states retreat from earlier interest and the few with an app struggle with adoption — At a briefing this week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy touted his state's efforts to trace the spread of the coronavirus …
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Business Insider, Slashdot, and Telegraph
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank's invested $500M+ into Credit Suisse supply-chain finance funds that then made big bets on the debt of struggling SoftBank-backed startups — Japanese conglomerate engages in circular flow of financing to Vision Fund start-ups — SoftBank has quietly poured more than $500m …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Vietnam-based Propzy, a real estate marketplace that also helps with financing, insurance, more, raises $25M Series A led by Gaw Capital, SoftBank Ventures Asia — Propzy, a Vietnam-based startup that guides consumers through the entire process of a real estate transaction … | Jack Bandy / Mac O’Clock: |
Research comparing curation by humans and algorithms on Apple News shows that human editors chose more diverse sources, more evenly, and less “soft news” — Over one hundred million people use Apple News every month. Our study showed key differences in the stories that editors and algorithms curate for those people.| Stephen Harrison / Slate: |
“Neutral point of view” is a core principle of Wikipedia but racial justice protests are sparking debates among contributors on what neutrality actually means — Contributors are rethinking what Wikipedia's commitment to neutrality actually means.
Tweets: @brianlzw, @rhyslindmark, @futuretensenow, @iethics, and @wikimedia
| Wall Street Journal: |
PayPal, Square, others make some businesses wait for weeks to access funds, to protect themselves against the rise of disputed transactions during the pandemic — More people are demanding refunds for things bought before the pandemic. PayPal, Square and others are trying to protect themselves …
Tweets: @wsjmarkets and @mdudas
| Google Support: |
Google apologizes for a glitch that made a picture of Winston Churchill disappear from his Knowledge Graph entry — This content is likely not relevant anymore. Try searching or browse recent questions. — Get Link Report Abuse — Winston Churchill's Image Removed in UK/US Search Results
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| Robert P. Baird / New Yorker: |
How a philanthropic COVID-19 testing effort by Utah tech companies like Nomi Health and Domo became a commercial enterprise, despite questions about performance — At a White House briefing, on April 23rd, Mike Pence offered what he described as “encouraging news” about covid-19 testing.| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
In leaked letters, House Judiciary asks Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook to say by Sunday whether their CEOs will testify in antitrust hearings in July — House antitrust investigators are pressing Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook to say by Sunday whether their CEOs will testify …
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Engadget, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, Patently Apple, and MacRumors
Tweets: @chrismessina, @s8mb, and @margarethmcgill
| Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
At launch, Facebook News had very few stories on politics, many New York Times links, and coverage overlapped little with the most popular articles on Facebook — On June 10, the most popular stories across Facebook were all NASCAR banning Confederate flags and Blue Lives Matter (with a sprinkling of dead kids).
Tweets: @niemanreports, @mattnavarra, and @laurahazardowen
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