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Researcher: Twitter is working on Twitter Blue, a $2.99/month subscription offering with “Collections” to organize favorite tweets and an “undo tweet” function — Twitter has been working on its subscription service for a while now.
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| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
Study: being corrected by another user for posting false political news increases subsequent sharing of low quality, partisan, and toxic content — Twitter is a hellscape and it only gets worse when you point out some is sharing bad information. — Matthew Gault
Tweets: @iansherr, @katie_roof, and @adrienneroyer
| Joshua Swingle / PhoneArena: |
Alleged Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro renders and a promo video and images of Android 12 leak ahead of Google I/O — Google is rumored to be revamping Wear OS this year and the update is said to be so substantial that even Samsung is on board with the plans. Now, an Android 12 leak points …
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Ars Technica, The Verge, Android Police, Neowin, Android Central, Android Police, Phandroid, Engadget, Tom's Guide, and phonearena.com
Tweets: @stevemoser, @yash_developer, @jon_prosser, @parkerortolani, and @suka_hiroaki
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Clubhouse, which launched its Android app in beta in the US last week, to expand the app to Japan, Brazil, and Russia on Tuesday, and globally by Friday — Voice social network Clubhouse said on Sunday it will expand its Android app worldwide in a week, days after launching a beta version …
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The Verge, Android Police, Engadget, phonearena.com, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @clubhouse, @techcrunch, and @verge
| New York Times: |
Sources: long after his marriage, Bill Gates would pursue women at Microsoft, at times creating an uncomfortable workplace environment — Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager.
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Insider and New York Post
Tweets: @rmac18, @carolynryan, @gzuckerman, @razibkhan, and @davidenrich
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
An examination of Chamath Palihapitiya-sponsored SPACs, including Clover Health, which have plunged 50% on average after the SPAC market hit its peak in mid-Feb — One morning last October, as wildfires raged across Northern California, President Donald Trump convalesced from Covid‑ …
Tweets: @bw, @lopezlinette, @followtheh, @eliotwb, @business, @bw, @venkatananth, @pitdesi, @wadhwa, and @hkanji
| Clive Thompson / New York Times: |
A brief history of NFTs and cryptoart, including interviews with artists who kickstarted the NFT boom, as celebrities and major brands fuel the frenzy — Digital creators used the blockchain to create a whole new art scene. Then their work started selling for thousands — sometimes millions of dollars.
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @thesarahshow, @emilynussbaum, @coldie, @pamthur, @tezos, @wasthatawolf, @farahlearned, @chriswallace, @pomeranian99, and @etyoung
| Adriana Hamacher / Decrypt: |
Q&A with Dogecoin developer Ross Nicoll about its coming upgrade, and working with Elon Musk, who Nicoll says has been in touch with Doge developers since 2019 — Dogecoin developers have turned down funding from Elon Musk, choosing instead to tap his brain to make the cryptocurrency a greener …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Bitcoin News, CryptoGlobe, BGR, Socialnomics, Wccftech, TechRadar, Finbold, The Capital, Washington Post, and The Daily Hodl
| Matt Burgess / Wired UK: |
A look at WhatsApp's approach to detecting child porn, as police worry that wider use of end-to-end encryption online will make it harder to catch predators — A trail of clues helped police close in on a dangerous predator. Now, a battle over the future of end-to-end encryption could change the rules of engagement| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
A look at apps promising 10-minute grocery delivery in Europe, where VC-backed grocery delivery firms have raised $1.56B in 2021 so far, according to PitchBook — - Turkey's Getir, Germany's Gorillas and Britain's Dija are just a few of the apps promising users 10-minute grocery deliveries.
Tweets: @ryan_browne_, @hkanji, @gavinsbaker, and @geoffcutmore
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches miniTV, an ad-supported free video streaming service that is available within the Amazon shopping app in India — Amazon has long maintained that its video streaming service, Prime Video, helps it drive more sales on the shopping app. Now the e-commerce giant is testing …
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The Verge, IN Day One Blog, MUO, XDA Developers, Entrackr, Engadget, CNET, NDTV Gadgets 360, The Indian Express, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @amazonin, @sub8u, @economictimes, @parthodasgupta, @yourstoryco, and @8ap
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
NBCU-owned Rotten Tomatoes launches a streaming channel, currently available on The Roku Channel and which will later expand to Peacock and Comcast's Xumo — Rotten Tomatoes is continuing on its quest to grow into something substantially bigger than its Tomatometer movie and TV rating scores.
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