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Twitter launches its subscription service Twitter Blue in Canada and Australia for CAD $3.49 and AU $4.49/month, with features like Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders — - Twitter Blue is designed for power users who are willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features.
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Twitter starts rolling out Birdwatch fact checking notes on iOS, Android, and desktop, visible only to participants in its pilot program — Twitter is looking to crowdsource its way out of misinformation woes with its new product Birdwatch which taps a network of engaged tweeters to add notes to misleading tweets.
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Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is working on a Disappearing Mode for messages in all threads, View Once for photos and videos, and multi device support — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — WhatsApp has unexpectedly reached out to me to confirm that some important features are coming on WhatsApp!
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Tweets: @wabetainfo and @mattnavarra
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
In an email, Tim Cook says Apple employees will be asked to return to offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, starting in early September — Employees can work remotely for up to two weeks a year — Apple employees are being asked to return to the office three days a week starting in early September.
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Bloomberg, PCMag, Forbes, BBC, Insider, CNBC, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, Patently Apple, MACお宝 …, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
In email to developers, Google says it will soon cut off access to “Advertising IDs” when Android users opt out, instead showing developers a “string of zeros” — Search giant introduces new safeguards for users who do not want to be tracked by advertisers
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Big Tech, XDA Developers, Engadget, The Verge, Gizchina, and AdExchanger
Tweets: @find_evil, @patrickmcgee_, @jason_kint, @hoofnagle, and @thezedwards
| Paul R. La Monica / CNN: |
NortonLifeLock says it's adding an Ethereum mining function to Norton 360, its paid antivirus software, initially to a small group of customers — New York (CNN Business)Mining for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is typically done by companies that own massive server farms operating outside of the United States.
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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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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Gong, which uses AI to provide insights on customer behavior and improve sales, raises $250M Series E led by Franklin Templeton, at a $7.25B valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Enterprise sales enablement platform Gong.io today raised $250 million …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Some current members of Google's ethical AI team say they have been in limbo for months and have serious doubts about whether Google can rebuild credibility — Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google's ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval.
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PR Newswire. Tweets: @jordannovet, @mmitchell_ai, @rachelbovard, @shiringhaffary, @voxdotcom, and @voxdotcom
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese researchers unveil WuDao 2.0, an AI model they say was trained using 1.75T parameters, 10x more than GPT-3, to simulate conversational speech and more — The WuDao 2. natural language processing model had 1.75 trillion parameters, topping the 1.6 trillion that Google unveiled … | Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
UK-based Babylon Health, which offers AI-based services, will go public through a SPAC merger at a valuation of $4.2B — Just when you thought the SPAC had been played out, London-based healthtech Babylon confirms the rumours and announces its plan to go public via a $4.2 billion merger …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
FireEye says it is selling its products business to PE firm Symphony Technology Group for $1.2B in cash; deal splits FireEye from digital forensics arm Mandiant — Cybersecurity giant FireEye has agreed to sell its products business to a consortium led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Realtime Robotics, which develops tech to let industrial robots autonomously move in dynamic, fast-moving environments, raises $31.4M Series A — Realtime Robotics, a company developing technology that enables robots to alter their motions in dynamic, fast-moving environments, has raised $31.4 million in a series A round of funding.
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Google says it will allow ads for cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets in the US that meet certain requirements and are certified by Google starting August 3 — Google is expanding the scope of its crypto-related advertisement policy, the latest development in a years-long back and forth from the tech giant.
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Google Advertising Policies Help, Search Engine Roundtable, cryptodaily.co.uk, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, Micky, Synced, Bitcoin News, CryptoPotato, and U.Today
Tweets: @quinnypig, @brianskellenger, @nos4atu, @cryptomekamark, and @icodrops
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Google says it removed diversity strategy lead Kamau Bobb over a 2007 post in which he said Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war” — Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had “an insatiable appetite for war and killing”.
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Tweets: @adamnash, @stopantisemites, @simonwiesenthal, @michaeldickson, @bnaibrith, @ewerickson, @k_aminthaabet, @ighaworth, @theview, @kennethbaer, @richardgrenell, @brianfagioli, @jgreenblattadl, @jeff_jacoby, @michaelrapaport, @hopes_revenge, @antoniogm, @jewishspacelazr, @ruthstarkman, @orenjacob, @akmonday, @josh_hammer, @fredmenachem, @bandlersbanter, and @jasonrantz
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart confirms it will launch two onn-branded Android TV devices, a TV streaming stick for $24.88 and a 4K streaming device for $29.88, next week — Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick …
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Facebook employees say discontent at the company has surged over its handling of government demands to take down content in India and Israel — The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent.| Adam Janofsky / The Record: |
The FBI says ransomware group REvil is behind the ongoing attack targeting meatpacking company JBS — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday confirmed reports that the well-known cybercriminal group REvil (also known as Sodinokibi) is behind the ongoing ransomware attack targeting JBS …
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| 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, BetaNews, bit-tech.net, Engadget, Coinspeaker, Pureinfotech, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow, Android Headlines, Thurrott, Firstpost Tech, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, ZDNet, TechPowerUp, Axios, and TechSpot
Tweets: @windows, @daniel_rubino, @invoxiplaygames, @neogamespark, @nintyprime, @gleed729, @punisheddelta, @wsjudd, @trigg3r__h4ppy, @paulstorms, and @tomwarren
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will require police departments that need Ring security footage to publicly post requests in Ring's Neighbors app, beginning next week — - The change follows criticism of cozy ties to law enforcement — Police officers must post requests in Ring's Neighbors app| 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, MacDailyNews, The Mac Observer, phonearena.com, Yonhap News Agency, AppleInsider, and apple.com
| Jim Dalrymple II / Inman: |
Spruce, which uses AI-based title, closing, and escrow services for real estate transactions, raises $60M Series C, bringing its total raised to $110M — The company provides title insurance and escrow services, among other things. Since its founding in 2016, Spruce has raised $110 million
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National Mortgage …, spruce.co, and HousingWire
| Craig Galbraith / Channel Futures: |
SAP launches SAP Business Network, which it claims will create a network of 5.5M organizations and boost visibility across complex supply chains — SAP SAPPHIRE NOW — SAP has an ambitious plan to integrate its disparate supply chain networks with the launch of SAP Business Network.
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The Register and SAP News Center
| 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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About Facebook, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, Wall Street Journal, Light Reading, MediaNama, Facebook Developers, TechRadar, AdExchanger, The Economic Times, Social Media Today, Neowin, and ProgrammableWeb.com
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