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Many large websites went down Tuesday, including Amazon, Twitch, BBC, NYT, Spotify, Reddit, and FT, due to an issue at the Fastly CDN, which has now been fixed — Countless popular websites including Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, Stack Overflow, GitHub, gov.uk, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal …
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Fastly Status, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Verge, Reuters, Ars Technica, Metro.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, Wired UK, Axios, CNBC, NBC News, BleepingComputer, CNN, The Business of Business, Vox, infosecurity-magazine.com, Input, TNW, MediaNama, inews.co.uk, The Economic Times, mobilesyrup.com, Telecoms.com, Nieman Lab, Techaeris, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, XDA Developers, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @fastly, @googledocs, @ap, @kevincollier, @thestalwart, @charlescwcooke, @govuk, @pwnallthethings, @kendilaniannbc, @rustybrick, @rustybrick, @iblametom, @halsparks, @tomwarren, @journodave, @verge, @ariehkovler, @jessicaelgot, @kjhealy, @brianstelter, @campuscodi, @jennelizabethj, @digiphile, @ruskin147, @ap, @arrington, and @fabiochiusi
| Adam Mosseri / Instagram: |
In the first of a series of blog posts, Instagram explains how it ranks Feed, Stories, Explore, and Reels, and addresses “shadowbanning” accusations — It's hard to trust what you don't understand. We want to do a better job of explaining how Instagram works.
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Instagram, Adweek, Social Media Today, WeRSM, Engadget, Insider, PetaPixel, Insider, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Music debuts Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio and adds Spatial Audio playlists, says Spatial Audio support is “coming soon” for Android devices — Last month, Apple announced it would soon add lossless audio streaming and Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos to its Apple Music subscription at no extra charge.
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Apple, CNET, MacRumors, Apple Support, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, mobilesyrup.com, androidauthority.com, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Toys, Republic World, The Apple Post, Apple Must, KnowTechie, Dance Music NW, India Today, Somag News, The Digital Fix, Wccftech, Laptop Mag, Stuff, iMore, SlashGear, and What Hi-Fi?
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
In a huge sting operation, FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat service AN0M for 3+ years to intercept messages between criminals globally — The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform and intercepted secret messages between criminal gang members …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
As Uber and Lyft aim to become profitable this year, it seems like a golden era of VC-subsidized services, from Uber to Bird and MoviePass, is coming to an end — The price for Ubers, scooters and Airbnb rentals is going up as tech companies aim for profitability.| Jackie Borchardt / The Columbus Dispatch: |
Ohio's AG files lawsuit with Delaware County Court alleging that Google's search business is anticompetitive and asks court to declare Google a public utility — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit asking a court to declare Google a public utility that should be regulated as such.
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Ohio Attorney General …, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Reuters, Insider, CNET, New York Times, Associated Press, and Techdirt
Tweets: @ohioag, @rustybrick, @craigcalcaterra, @bryanrbeal, and @mmasnick
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Bitcoin slid 7%+ to $32,936 after US seized most of the Colonial Pipeline ransom and is down ~50% from its all-time high of ~$63K; ether and XRP also fell 7% — - Bitcoin accelerated its slide to fall below the $32,000 level late Tuesday morning, according to Coin Metrics data.
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NBC News, New York Times, NPR, NewsBTC, and CoinDesk
| ProPublica: |
Leaked IRS data shows how billionaires manage to pay little in income tax; in 2007 and 2011, Jeff Bezos paid zero income tax, and Elon Musk did the same in 2018 — The Secret IRS Files — In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world's richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's tight integration is how it creates great experiences like SharePlay, but the advantage is imperiled by anticompetitive App Store rules like the 30% cut — Apple acquired Dark Sky, the popular weather app and weather API provider, in March of 2020; the Android version was shut down in July, and the API in December.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple opens up the ShazamKit framework to third-party apps, including on Android, allowing them to use Shazam's audio recognition tech — Apple in 2018 closed its $400 million acquisition of music recognition app Shazam. Now, it's bringing Shazam's audio recognition capabilities to app developers in the form of the new ShazamKit.
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Apple, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Trusted Reviews, Six Colors, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @lanceulanoff
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Google will show more mobile search apps to choose from on new Android phones in Europe and make participation free for search providers — - Company will show more mobile search apps and get rid of a fee — Google has faced criticism over compliance with an EU order
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The Keyword, Android, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Neowin, and Android Central
Tweets: @lewis_crofts, @timschu, @suka_hiroaki, @a_maehl, and @technology
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis: American bitcoin traders made $4.1B in profits last year, 3x more than Chinese traders, followed by Japan, UK, Russia, and Germany — - Chainalysis ranks top 25 countries by biggest realized gains — China comes in second, with $1.1 billion in Bitcoin profits
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blog.chainalysis.com, Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, New York Post, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @bitcoinmagazine, @tedfrank, and @bneiluj
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Investigation found 100+ online ads for production line jobs at 30+ companies in Apple's supply chain that contained discriminatory language — Some of the companies in China that supply Apple with parts for its devices are willing to use workers from the predominantly Muslim group known as Uyghurs …
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AppleInsider, Insider, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @sophiehrw, @grosetimothy, @theinformation, @thedragonfeeder, @waynema, @isaacstonefish, @nickwingfield, @alexeheath, and @amir
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Adobe launches M1 Mac-native versions of more Creative Cloud apps including Lightroom Classic and Illustrator, claims 80%+ faster performance than Intel Macs — Performance should be about twice as fast as an equivalent Intel Mac — Adobe is now shipping new versions of more Creative Cloud apps …
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Adobe Blog, CNET, PetaPixel, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Thurrott, MacRumors, Macworld, Digital Trends, Engadget, SlashGear, TechRadar, iMore, MacStories, 9to5Mac, iClarified, ZDNet, and Pocket-lint. Tweets: @jbenton
| Bloomberg: |
Under G7's proposed tax rules, tech giants like Facebook and Apple would still be unlikely to shift bases from Ireland, which has perks like a low 12.5% rate — - Irish incentives such as tax treaties continue to be a draw — Tech companies have publicly supported the G7 agreement
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Financial Times. Tweets: @nickclegg, @ivanlevingston, @fboversight, @salehamohsin, @taxwatch, and @diarmidos
| Melissa Heikkilä / Politico: |
An open letter with 170 signatories in 55 countries calls for a ban on biometric recognition tech, after EU proposes AI rules that critics say have loopholes — Activists fear loopholes in the bloc's artificial intelligence bill could allow for widespread facial recognition beyond Europe's borders.
Tweets: @accessnow and @libertyhq
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Senate passes bill providing $52B for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, a 30% NSF funding bump, and $29B for science directorate; bill now heads to House — The funding is on track to meet Biden's chip goals — This story is part of a group of stories called| Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
After its April IPO, UiPath reports Q1 revenue of $186.2M, up 65% YoY, ARR of $653M, up 64% YoY, and a loss of $239.7M, vs ~$53M YoY; stock down ~7% after hours — Stock closes Tuesday 36% above April IPO price — UiPath Inc. shares fell in the extended session Tuesday even after the … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Verbit, which uses AI and thousands of freelancers to provide voice transcription and captioning services, raises $157M Series D at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Verbit today announced the close …
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Geektime, FinSMEs, Verbit, Voicebot.ai, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet
| Oliver Haslam / iMore: |
Apple introduces Object Capture, an API on macOS Monterey that enables developers to turn 2D images of real-world objects into 3D models optimized for AR — Apple announced a ton of new software updates today and they all need new tools to allow developers to do what they need to if they want to make great apps.
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Apple, Six Colors, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @raywongy, @marcoarment, @marcoarment, @snazzyq, @ismh, @cityofmonterey, and @jsnell
| Hugh Langley / Insider: |
Sources: in a major leadership shakeup at Magic Leap, its CTO, COO, and chief patent officer are all set to leave, while its former CMO is being hired back — - Magic Leap is losing three of its top executives in a leadership shake-up, Insider has learned. — The CTO, COO, and chief patent officer will exit.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
iPhone apps on iPadOS 15 can now, finally, run in landscape, in addition to portrait orientation — As spotted on Reddit, iPhone apps running on iPadOS 15 now run in landscape orientation rather than in portrait, as previously on iPadOS. This means that popular apps such as Instagram …
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AppleInsider, Wccftech, Redmond Pie, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @macrumors, @markgurman, @polidalberg, and @samifathi_
| Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal: |
Russia has been pressuring social media platforms like YouTube and Twitter to remove anti-government content and police its critics, and it seems to be working — Kremlin uses Twitter and other platforms to advance its goals overseas, but is now trying to prevent its opponents from using the same tools| Reuters: |
Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with China's CATL and BYD, two of the world's biggest automotive battery makers, to supply batteries for its planned EV — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is in early-stage talks with China's CATL (300750.SZ) and BYD (002594.SZ), about the supply of batteries …
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Coinspeaker, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @taylorogan and @reuters
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