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Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions for creators in the US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023 — Spotify today is officially rolling out paid podcast subscriptions, after first unveiling its new subscription platform at the company's “Stream On” event in February.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: EU will charge Apple with anticompetitive behavior later this week, over concerns that the rules it sets for developers on its App Store break EU law — Case began two years ago and is among a number against the US tech group — Margrethe Vestager, the EU's competition chief …
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| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
With iPhone's privacy changes, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than via third parties, giving its ad business an edge — Under the iPhone maker's new rules, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than through third parties
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DC Police confirm a data breach after a ransomware gang threatens to release files that expose police informants unless the department agrees to pay a ransom — A ransomware gang is threatening to leak sensitive police files that may expose police investigations and informants unless …
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Sources: Apple's follow-up to its M1 chip has already gone into mass production, will be ready to ship in products slated for H2 — TSMC-made chipsets to replace Intel offerings in laptops set to launch in 2H — TAIPEI — The next generation of Mac processors designed by Apple entered mass production … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Amazon debuts a new Fire HD 10 tablet, now thinner with a brighter screen for $150, a more powerful $180 Fire HD 10 Plus, a Fire Kids Pro tablet line, and more — There's also a new Fire Kids Pro lineup — Amazon is overhauling its tablet lineup today with new Fire HD 10 models alongside refreshed options for kids.
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| Alfred Ng / The Markup: |
Researchers say preinstalled Android apps can access a log where sensitive contact tracing app information is stored; Google says a fix is being rolled out — Researchers say hundreds of preinstalled apps can access a log found on Android devices where sensitive contact tracing information is stored
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Arm says its new Neoverse V1 and N2 server chip platforms for HPC, datacenters, and edge, have at least 40% better processing over the previous generation — Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register fo r the AI event of the year. — Arm unveiled the performance numbers …
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| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the risks posed by data, including geolocation, harvested from common apps for phones belonging to US intelligence officers and military personnel — Apps show troop movements buried in data available for purchase: ‘a major risk to national security’
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
US-based neobank Current raises $220M Series D led by a16z, roughly tripling its valuation in five months to $2.2B — U.S.-based challenger bank Current, which has now grown to nearly 3 million users, announced this morning it has raised a $220 million round of Series D funding, led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
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| Andalusia Knoll Soloff / Rest of World: |
Many LatAm migrant workers in the US are using crypto to send money home; crypto exchange Bitso says it processes $1B+ per year in US remittances sent to Mexico — When traditional exchanges closed during the pandemic, many workers turned to crypto to send remittances home. — • ACAPULCO, MEXICO| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft says Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now blocks cryptojacking malware using Intel's silicon-based Threat Detection Technology — Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Windows 10 Defender antivirus, now comes with support …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sweden's Kry, which offers a telehealth service to connect clinicians with patients for remote consultations, raises €262M Series D led by CPP Investments — Swedish digital health startup Kry, which offers a telehealth service (and software tools) to connect clinicians with patients …
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Basecamp's CEO announces a ban on “societal and political discussions” at work, saying the company does not need to solve or even chime in on social problems — At Basecamp, we treat our company as a product. It's not a rigid thing that exists, it's a flexible, malleable idea that evolves.
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch has grown in popularity among many extremists and QAnon adherents, who turned away from Facebook and YouTube after a 2020 misinfo, hate speech crackdown — QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars broadcasting election and vaccine conspiracy theories on the streaming site.
Tweets: @kellen_browning, @nytimesbusiness, @kellen_browning, and @kellen_browning
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
TikTok says it will open a transparency center in Europe, which will take questions from external experts on content moderation, security, and user privacy — TikTok will open a center in Europe where outside experts will be shown information on how it approaches content moderation and recommendation …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Automox, which lets security teams automate and conduct cybersecurity actions through policies, raises $110M led by Insight Partners — Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register fo r the AI event of the year. — Endpoint management platform Automox today announced it has closed … Sponsor Posts
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