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LinkedIn confirms it's working on a Clubhouse rival and says it will begin beta testing soon, but doesn't have an exact timeframe for its launch — Clubhouse's list of competitors is growing. LinkedIn has now confirmed it's also testing a social audio experience in its app which would allow creators …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Spotify buys app developer Betty Labs, creator of Locker Room, a live social audio app where fans can talk about sports, which Spotify plans on expanding — The acquisition will allow creators of all kinds to host anything from debates to live concerts.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a virtual WWDC 2021 from June 7 to June 11, where iOS 15, macOS 12, watchOS 8, and more are expected — Apple has officially announced WWDC 2021. This year, the conference will take place completely virtually starting June 7. This marks the second year in a row that Apple …
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| Politico: |
Sources: suspected Russian hackers stole thousands of State Department officials' emails last year; the classified network doesn't appear to have been accessed — Suspected Russian hackers stole thousands of State Department officials' emails last year, according to two Congressional sources familiar …
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| Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept: |
Leaked doc sheds light on “Veritas”, an Amazon FC Ambassador program conceived in 2018 that sought to train employees to defend Amazon and Bezos on social media — Amazon's small Twitter army of “ambassadors” was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename “Veritas,” … | Ben Gilbert / Insider: |
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Deliveroo drops by as much as 30% on its LSE debut, after pricing shares at £3.90, valuing it at around £5.6B; poor debut likely due to labor practice issues — Update: It seems that the market is volatile indeed. After pricing its shares at the lower end of the range … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google has started to roll out a limited developer origin trial of FLoC, as part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome — Google today announced that it is rolling out Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), a crucial part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome, as a developer origin trial.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Sources: Google plans to release “Pixel Buds A” in 2021, which will almost be visually indistinguishable from current Buds and offered in white and green colors — For a few years now, Google has offered affordable variants of its Pixel phones with the Pixel 3a and Pixel 4a.| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Sources: Snap plans to unveil new Spectacles aimed at AR developers and creators in May and has begun a years-long project to make a camera drone — Snap is readying a new push into hardware with a more advanced version of its Spectacles smart glasses that feature displays capable …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Chinese grocery app Nice Tuan, which focuses on community group buying and claims to have 15M orders per day, raises $750M led by Alibaba and DST Global — - D.E. Shaw, Anatole, Jeneration Capital invest in grocery app — Nice Tuan also attracts backing from CDH, GGV, Kunlun Capital| Carolina Mandl / Reuters: |
WhatsApp gets approval from Brazil's Central Bank to offer P2P payments via Mastercard and Visa, but is still seeking approval to operate with merchants — SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Tuesday cleared the way for Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service to let its users send each …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Source: in January, IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti downplayed a “catastrophic” breach, which gained root access to its AWS accounts and access to countless devices — On Jan. 11, Ubiquiti Inc. [NYSE:UI] — a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers …
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
User had ~$600K worth of bitcoin stolen after using a fake app for cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor downloaded from the App Store; app was rated five stars — Recent scams show there are holes in Apple's safety net — Phillipe Christodoulou wanted to check his bitcoin balance last month …
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Foxconn, the world's top contract electronics manufacturer, says the chip shortage will result in it shipping 10% fewer products, without specifying a timeframe — Key iPhone maker to invest $1bn in North American electric vehicle plant — TAIPEI — Foxconn, the world's biggest contract …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google announces upgrades to Maps, including indoor AR directions, a new directions interface with eco-friendly driving routes, and new weather map layers — Indoor AR directions, a new directions interface, and more — Google is announcing a bunch of new features planned for Google Maps …
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| BBC: |
Chinese police and Tencent seize $46M in assets during bust of what they claim is “world's biggest” video game cheating operation, which made ~$76M in revenue — A collaborative effort between Chinese police and gaming giant Tencent has led to the closure of what police say is the biggest ever video-game-cheat operation.
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| Sebastian Pellejero / Wall Street Journal: |
Dapper Labs, maker of NFT-focused NBA Top Shot, raises $305M, sources say at $2.6B valuation; investors include several pro athletes including Michael Jordan — Dapper Labs draws investors that include basketball legends Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant, seeking to cash in on the digital-collectibles craze
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon has acquired Perpule, a startup in India that helps offline stores go online; filings show Amazon paid $14.7M to acquire Perpule, plus staff compensation — Amazon has acquired a startup in India that is helping offline stores go online, the e-commerce group's latest attempt …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Arm unveils Armv9, its next gen chip architecture that adds features for security, AI, and more, as it expects ~300B Arm-based chips to ship in the next decade — Arm today announced Armv9, the next generation of its chip architecture. Its predecessor, Armv8 launched a decade ago …
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| Katie Jennings / Forbes: |
Rightway, maker of an app that helps employees at its client companies navigate digital care and pharmacy benefits, raises $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Growing up Jordan Feldman could always call on his dad …
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| Will Gottsegen / Decrypt: |
ConsenSys announces Palm, an Ethereum-connected NFT ecosystem, and claims its new protocol can deliver 99% more energy efficiency than proof of work systems — ConsenSys—the Ethereum studio behind MetaMask, Treum, and Infura—announced on Tuesday a new NFT protocol called Palm …
Tweets: @decryptmedia
| Brandon Katz / Observer: |
LightShed Partners: SVOD subscribers will nearly double by 2024 to 1.25B from 650M at the end of 2020 — Of the 11 major legacy media and tech companies that have a direct hand in Hollywood, all but one house some sort of over-the-top (OTT) streaming service.| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
iOS 14.5 beta seems to fix a longstanding bug affecting Safari's adult content blocking option that would block any search containing the word “Asian” — Do you have adult content blocked on your iPhone or iPad? — If so, it's likely that your iOS device is currently blocking web searches using the word “Asian.”
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