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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans an always-on lock screen for the iPhone 14 Pro, major iPadOS windowing and multitasking changes, and iOS-like System Preferences for macOS — Apple's upcoming iOS 16 is likely to upgrade the lock screen, messaging and health features. Also: Another Apple car manager leaves …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Nansen: TerraUSD's collapse likely wasn't due to a single attacker but resulted from the investment decisions of a few, large UST holders like Celsius Network — The collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin that sent shockwaves throughout the crypto ecosystem can't be attributed to a single attacker, according to researcher Nansen.
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| Washington Post: |
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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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese government data: smartphone shipments in the country fell 30% YoY to ~86M units in the first four months of 2022 amid the resurgence of COVID-19 — From Apple to chip makers, companies warn of fewer shipments and weaker consumer spending in the world's biggest smartphone market
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with co-CEO Ted Sarandos about Netflix's recent 75% stock drop, backing Dave Chappelle's transgender 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.
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| Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt: |
As Terraform Labs rebooted the Terra blockchain, freshly minted LUNA tokens started trading on exchanges and swiftly plummeted about 70% from the opening price — After peaking at $19.54 earlier on Saturday, it's been mostly downhill. — Terraform Labs early Saturday launched a new version …
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| Nature: |
Experts say that governments should create bespoke IP law and an international treaty to protect AI-generated inventions, rather than rework old patent laws — The patent system assumes that inventors are human. Inventions devised by machines require their own intellectual property law and an international treaty.| 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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| 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. — A Florida teenager taking a biology class at a community college got an upsetting note this year.
Tweets: @zeynep, @random_walker, @plavchanpeter, @dorotheabaur, @pt, @_aloisi, @hypervisible, @autumm, @dealbook, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimestech, @nytimestech, and @evanselinger
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
The latest AICO Act changes are carveouts for telcos and financial companies, and don't fix any problems with the bill, like a disguised content moderation ban — Look: there are very real issues with the state of the internet today, including the amount of power a few companies have.| Financial Times: |
Sources: the Broadcom-VMware deal happened within two weeks; Broadcom CEO Hock Tan switched his focus to software amid regulatory risks for semiconductor deals — Hock Tan and Michael Dell agreed industry-defining deal, codenamed ‘Project Atlas,’ within two weeks
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Reuters, TechRepublic, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @antoinegara, @muradahmed, @film_girl, @florianederer, @ctoadvisor, and @marius
| 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
Tweets: @restofworld, @restofworld, @leomschwartz, @restofworld, @indriver, @vickiturk, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @vickiturk
| Nivedita Balu / Reuters: |
Filing: Twitter rejects Elon Musk ally Egon Durban's resignation from the board, two days after shareholders blocked his re-election at an annual meeting — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said in a filing on Friday it would not accept Egon Durban's resignation from the board, after shareholders blocked …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
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