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Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta this fall after 14 years, and chief growth officer Javier Olivan will take over as COO; Sandberg will stay on Meta's board — Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her role as Chief Operating Officer at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @tsimonite, @andymstone, @orientaljanedoe, @asheschow, @cooper_m, @samrhall, @ericgarland, @jbendery, @brij, @nickstatt, @rsg, @dataandpolitics, @mikeisaac, @melissagira, @anildash, @choffstein, @sherman4949, @bigblackjacobin, @digiphile, @schwartzbcnbc, @masonpelt, @almostmedia, @sportsrapport, @jamesrbuk, @jdevalk, @johnbuysse, @melissagira, @shiraovide, @kylebrussell, @b_fung, @ch3ryl, @katiedrumm, @matthewmspace, @danprimack, @kifleswing, @mshannahmurphy, and @matthewstoller
| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
The DOJ charges ex-OpenSea head of product Nate Chastain with wire fraud and money laundering tied to a September 2021 NFT insider trading scheme, a DOJ first — Department of Justice officials say it's the first time they've pursued an “insider trading” charge in digital assets.| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
A group of 26 leading computer experts urge US lawmakers to resist crypto lobbying efforts, calling crypto financial instruments “risky, flawed, and unproven” — Computer scientists and academics target US lawmakers in effort to counter well-financed lobbying efforts
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Google TV for iOS, after moving the Movies and TV section from the Play Store to the Google TV app, letting users use their phone as a TV remote — Google TV has had a busy couple of months, with a variety of changes, launches, and updates.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google plans to combine its Duo and Meet video calling apps into a single platform later in 2022, using Duo's app as the foundation under the Google Meet brand — It's called Meet, but Duo's DNA lives on — Google announced today that it's combining two of its video-calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is restructuring to focus on user growth and personalization, not Spaces, newsletters, and communities; source: edit button may come in 2022 — Twitter Inc. employees are enduring the whiplash of public commentary from the social network's future owner, a changeover in leadership and a hiring freeze.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Twitter plans to shut down TweetDeck for Mac on July 1 to “focus on making TweetDeck even better”, pointing users to the web version and an upcoming Preview — Twitter today announced that it will be shutting down TweetDeck for Mac next month to focus on the web-based version of TweetDeck.
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| Brian Platt / Bloomberg: |
Canada's privacy regulator finds that coffee shop chain Tim Hortons illegally collected customer location data via its mobile app without adequate user consent — Tim Hortons, the ubiquitous Canadian coffee chain owned by Restaurant Brands International, violated Canadian privacy rules …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some iPad production from China to Vietnam, after Shanghai's strict lockdowns led to months of supply chain disruptions — TAIPEI — For the first time ever Apple is moving some iPad production out of China and shifting it to Vietnam after strict COVID lockdowns …
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Tweets: @brianthart, @mikepeeljourno, and @longshorttrader
| Financial Times: |
Investigation: NSO has an imminent cash crunch, after human rights groups detailed 15+ countries abusing Pegasus, as executives weigh selling to risky clients — The inside story of the Pegasus spyware maker's perilous financial situation and its way ahead following US blacklisting
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Tweets: @jsrailton, @1br0wn, @jsrailton, and @kayewiggins
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Go 2 with 11th Gen Intel CPUs, an “improved” webcam and thermals, and Windows 11, starting at $600 and shipping on June 7 — Prices start at $600 — The most compact and affordable entry in Microsoft's lineup of Surface Laptops …
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Tweets: @marctech1996, @tomwarren, and @dcseifert
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to set better social boundaries, as the live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable — The live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable. We need better boundaries. — In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger.
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Newslit Daily. Tweets: @laurengoode, @kifleswing, @entirelyamelia, @blanketboat, @basche42, @alex, and @carnage4life
| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Dove Metrics: VC funding for crypto projects fell 38% from $6.8B in April to $4.2B in May; blockchain infrastructure received 21% of funds, DAOs only got 2% — In 2022, capital is being deployed into crypto at a less noteworthy pace month over month, but in the grand scheme of things …
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| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Ofcom survey of 6,600+ UK adults: women are more likely than men to face abuse or harmful content online; 42% of women feel comfortable speaking freely online — The head of media regulator Ofcom says tech firms must do more to protect women online, after its report revealed they were more likely to be victims.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As interest rates rise and the economy slows down, BNPL services Affirm, Afterpay, and Zip are beginning to see late payments or related losses pile up — Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna grew rapidly during the consumer-spending boom. Investors have concerns as outlook looks cloudier. — 1x| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram plans to start pushing Amber Alerts in feeds to notify users about missing children in their area, rolling out to 25 countries in the coming weeks — Instagram will start pushing Amber Alerts to users' feeds to notify them about missing children in their area.
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