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Some teenagers say French social networking app Yubo, which has 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app — Young people who met the alleged gunman online said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or kill.
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The CWA withdraws its bid for a union election next week for staff at an Atlanta Apple store, citing Apple's “sophisticated campaign to intimidate” and COVID-19 — The labor group trying to organize Apple Inc. employees at an Atlanta store is withdrawing its request for an election …
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Some people in countries with high inflation say they lost thousands in savings after investing in UST, which seemed more stable than their local currency — “I have nothing left, not even a penny.” — Valeria makes around $300 a month selling prepared food from her home in Buenos Aires.
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
In an April 4 letter, the SEC told Elon Musk it is probing his March purchases and disclosures of Twitter stock, and whether he was truly a “passive” investor — The regulator questioned whether the Tesla chief executive had disclosed his stake at the right time.
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| Leonid Ragozin / Rest of World: |
A profile of inDriver, a ride-hailing app developed in Siberia in 2012, which lets riders and drivers haggle over prices and is now available in 42 countries — InDriver's unique haggling feature has seen it expand from its roots in Yakutia to markets around the world. — • YAKUTSK, RUSSIA
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft researchers find high severity vulnerabilities in mce Systems' framework used by Android apps from carriers including AT&T, Telus, Rogers, and Bell — Microsoft security researchers have found high severity vulnerabilities in a framework used by Android apps from multiple large international mobile service providers.
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Microsoft Security Blog, Security Affairs, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hacker News, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @dennisf
| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer riders and 35% fewer trips in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2019 — The companies are cutting costs, bringing back cheaper rides and looking for new ways to woo drivers
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Report: Samsung notified its partners to cut smartphone production for the rest of 2022 and manufacture ~280M devices, down from ~310M as initially planned — Samsung is the biggest smartphone manufacturer on the planet, but it's not immune to the pressure that the entire market has been feeling.
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with Ted Sarandos about Netflix's recent share price plunge, backing Dave Chappelle's latest comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more — The Netflix executive says he — and the company he helped build — will survive a bout of bad earnings numbers. — Give this article- - - Read in app| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Proctoring companies like Honorlock that track students' keystrokes and cursor movements during exams to prevent cheating allegedly punish normal behavior — An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A look at PimEyes, a paid facial recognition service that charges up to $300 per month to exclude photos, which some women describe as “essentially extortion” — PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed.
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Layoffs.fyi data: 60 tech companies cut 16,000+ jobs in May 2022; Microsoft, Nvidia, Lyft, Snap, Uber, Coinbase, Salesforce, Meta, and Twitter slowed hiring — What goes up must come down. — High-flying startups with record valuations, huge hiring goals and ambitious expansion plans … | Reuters: |
A growing number of Chinese tech startups are going public in China at valuations lower than in their private rounds; STAR Market is down nearly 30% in 2022 — A growing number of Chinese tech start-ups, once the darlings of equity markets, are willing to list shares publicly in China … Sponsor Posts
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