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| Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: |
Stack Overflow, which has 100M+ monthly visitors, says it will be acquired by Prosus, a European tech giant and Tencent's largest shareholder, for $1.8B — Deal is Prosus' biggest investment in online learning and comes weeks after it sold a chunk from its massive Tencent holding
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Joel on Software, TechCrunch, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Stack Overflow Blog, Prosus, Adafruit Industries, and Slashdot
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will open the Messenger API for Instagram to all businesses, after announcing a closed beta in October 2020 — F8 Refresh, Facebook's annual developer conference with a new twist — it's more pared down than in years past, and virtual — is going to be kicking off later today …
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Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @benasmith
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Facebook says Messenger and Instagram will get deeper support for shared AR effects and games in video calls; Facebook's SparkAR platform now has 600K creators — Facebook's augmented reality efforts are pushing a little further into the territory of video calls.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will detail its “next generation of Windows” at an event on June 24, with significant changes, including visual enhancements, expected — A special Windows event is coming later this month — Microsoft is planning to detail its “next generation of Windows” at an event later this month.
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microsoft.com, Windows Central, mobilesyrup.com, BetaNews, Tom's Hardware, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, GeekWire, XDA Developers, Thurrott, CNET, Axios, IGN, Digital Trends, CNBC, and GameSpot
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| Elizabeth Paton / New York Times: |
Etsy says it is buying the London-based fashion resale app Depop, popular with Gen Z, for $1.6B in an all-cash deal — The acquisition is the latest to underscore the skyrocketing popularity of secondhand fashion platforms amid the pandemic. — Depop, the fashion resale marketplace beloved …
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Tweets: @alexia, @wblau, @jpwiseuk, @annacafolla, @etsy, and @lizziepaton
| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
A spokesperson for Donald Trump says his blog, used to share statements after he was banned on Facebook and Twitter, has been permanently shut down — - Former President Donald Trump's blog has been permanently shut down. — The page, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple has lost at least three top managers of its self-driving car team in recent months — - Company sees at least three departures from top of car group — Apple has begun early work on an autonomous electric vehicle — Apple Inc. has lost multiple top managers …
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Silicon Valley Business …, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Slashdot, Neowin, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and iMore
Tweets: @markgurman, @robinwauters, @tgmason, and @carnage4life
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei details HarmonyOS, designed to run across multiple devices, coming to Mate 40 and foldable Mate X2 smartphones, Watch Series 3, and MatePad Pro tablet — - Huawei has launched HarmonyOS on its flagship Mate 40 and foldable Mate X2 smartphones, the Watch Series 3 smartwatch and MatePad Pro tablet.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify announces Only You, which gives users personalized playlists and insights based on habits, and Blend, letting two friends merge tastes in a playlist — Spotify loves when people share its annual Wrapped music breakdown on social media, so it's making that more of a year-round treat.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon announces this year's Prime Day will take place on June 21 and 22, returning to its typical summertime slot — - Amazon's annual Prime Day event will take place June 21 and 22, the company announced Wednesday. — Prime Day is returning to its normal summertime slot after Amazon postponed …
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Tweets: @rmac18 and @amazonnews
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
An Apple-commissioned study says the App Store ecosystem facilitated ~$643B in billings and sales globally in 2020, up 24% YoY — The App Store ecosystem facilitated an estimated $643 billion in billings and sales in 2020, an increase of 24 percent year-over-year, according …
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Apple, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, CNET, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, Analysis Group, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, and iMore. Tweets: @alex
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's system status webpage indicates Apple Card outage has been resolved after roughly six hours of downtime; Apple says the outage impacted all users — Apple Card is seeing downtime this morning and Apple says the outage is impacting all users. — Update 12:19 pm PT …
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CNET, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, SlashGear, AppleInsider, The Verge, Appleosophy, iDownloadBlog.com, and iMore
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Documents: SEC told Tesla last year that Elon Musk twice violated a court-ordered policy requiring his tweets be vetted by lawyers in 2019 and 2020 — SEC said Musk flouted court-ordered policy in 2019 and 2020, records show — WASHINGTON—Securities regulators told Tesla Inc. last year …
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Censorship is becoming a crisis for social networks, as governments crack down on dissent and corporate content moderation stifles more speech than intended — It's not just conservatives complaining any more. The crackdowns are real, and getting worse — 1 hr ago| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
YouTube says it has paid over $4B to the music industry in the last 12 months and has added more paid members in Q1 2021 than in any other quarter since launch — YouTube paid out more than $4 billion in royalties to artists, songwriters, and rights-holders, according to a new blog post … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Celonis, which helps companies run their business processes entirely on data and intelligence, raises $1B Series D, at a post-money valuation of $11B+ — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Celonis co-CEO Alexander Rinke sits in front of prints of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bob Dylan, his favorite.| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
A CA court dismissed bribery charges against Apple's security chief Thomas Moyer, saying accusation of iPad donations for gun permits was “pure speculation” — A court in California on Tuesday dismissed bribery charges against Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) security chief … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti review: very quiet, ideal for 1440p and 4K gaming, and DLSS is great, but expensive at $1,199, runs hot, and has a clunky adaptor — Nvidia goes back to 4K for more than $1K — Last year's Nvidia RTX 3080 was the first GPU to make 4K gaming finally feasible.
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Best Buy Corporate, CNET, Engadget, PC Gamer, PCWorld, VentureBeat, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Eduardo Porter / New York Times: |
Critics worry Biden's rural-first broadband strategy could leave urban America behind; 13.6M urban households don't have broadband vs. 4.6M rural households — Many more people in cities lack broadband access than in rural areas, but lawmakers are primarily focused on extending high-speed access to remote areas.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Shippo, a shipping software and services startup, raises $50M led by Bessemer at a $1B valuation — - Startup roughly doubled valuation from earlier this year — $50 million comes from existing investors led by Bessemer — Shipping startup Shippo is now valued at $1 billion amid a boom in e-commerce.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Yieldstreet, which lets users make alternative investments in areas like real estate and shipping, raises $100M Series C, bringing its total raised to $278.5M — These days, investing goes way beyond the stock market. And in recent years there's been a growing number of startups which aim …
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FinSMEs, FinLedger, AlleyWatch, and SPACInsider
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase says Coinbase Pro users will be able to trade dogecoin starting Thursday “if liquidity conditions are met” — The exchange typically adds cryptocurrencies to its retail platform a few weeks after first listing on the professional version.
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The Coinbase Blog, New York Post, Forbes, Coin Journal, TechSpot, InsideBitcoins.com, blockchain.news, and CNBC
Tweets: @coinbasepro and @askthedr
| Charles Duhigg / New Yorker: |
A close look at Chamath Palihapitiya and SPACs, which could become a fixture of the economy as investors develop proper skepticism and regulations emerge — Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine.
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New York Times, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg
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| Bloomberg: |
As Vietnam's e-commerce market is forecast to grow to $52B by 2025, a look at the local and foreign investors, like Alibaba and Amazon, vying for a foothold — - Startups focus on building loyalty among skeptical consumers — Nation's digital economy forecast to reach $52 billion by 2025| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Local food marketplace Shef raises $20M Series A led by a16z, after $8.8M seed in Aug. 2020, amid a push for legislation around home cooking in dozens of states — First-generation Americans Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia tapped into their home-cooked meal backgrounds to create Shef.| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Pinwheel, which provides an API to help clients like neobanks connect to payroll systems, raises $20M Series A led by Coatue — One of the most strategically important financial relationships for neobanks is becoming the account destination for a user's paycheck.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Seattle-based Outreach, which offers sales intelligence tools, raises $200M at a $4.2B valuation — - Seattle-based business has Adobe, Cisco, DoorDash as customers — $200 million investment includes Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global — Seattle-based Outreach, a startup that specializes … | Nikkei Asia: |
Analysis: Apple had more suppliers in China than any other country including Taiwan in 2020; number of Apple suppliers in US also slid despite Trump's trade war — Number of US companies in supply chain also slides despite Trump's trade war — TAIPEI — China now boasts more Apple suppliers …
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