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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people — While new Feeds tab will show chronological content from pages you actually follow — Facebook's almighty News Feed is getting split in two... kind of.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @metanewsroom, @filip_struharik, @brendannyhan, @mikeisaac, @kurtwagner8, @abuaardvark, @sarafischer, @carnage4life, @alexhern, @dandrezner, @benedictevans, @jaredlholt, @teepusahab, @jayrosen_nyu, @kerrymflynn, @baekdal, @domdifurio, @sarafischer, @pierce, and @aria_gerson
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon plans to acquire primary health care provider One Medical, which offers in-person, digital, and virtual services, for about $3.9B in an all-cash deal — Amazon's interest in healthcare and being a major player in that industry is taking one big step forward today.
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Tweets: @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @hypervisible, @armstrongdrew, @delrey, @davidmackau, @quinnypig, @brosandprose, @hayesbrown, @darlin, @parismartineau, @cyberoutsider, @marisakabas, @alexweprin, @brockm, @chrissyfarr, @mackyson, @sorayamcdonald, @martyswant, @rockson2, @geoffreyfowler, @brithume, @mattzeitlin, @notwaldorf, @benedictevans, @armstrongdrew, @pt, @alaricaloor, @chimeracoder, @theromit, @bdsams, @caseynewton, @kvlly, @lizzadwoskin, @levynews, @rasushrestha, @delrey, @bradstone, @thrasherxy, @berthacoombs, @johncendpts, @r0wdy_, @stshank, @benbajarin, @joannastern, @sweepersolana, @andrewperezdc, @annierpalmer, @joshelman, @arctictony, @yashar, @jonerlichman, @pt, and @bequinning
| Bloomberg: |
The US DOJ arrests a former Coinbase product manager for allegedly leaking insider info about tokens before they were listed; Coinbase won't face charges — US authorities arrested a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager for allegedly leaking insider information to help his brother …
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Tweets: @carolinedpham, @neerajka, @ohaiom, @carnage4life, @jwverret, @damedoteth, @damedoteth, @sridinats, @rmac18, @tier10k, @jeffjohnroberts, and @wublockchain
| Ben Horowitz / Andreessen Horowitz: |
a16z moves its HQ to be “in the cloud” and plans to open offices in Miami Beach, New York, and Santa Monica “to be able to physically assemble anywhere” — Since our inception in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz has been a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Blockchain.com plans to cut 25% of its workforce, or ~150 people, close its Argentina offices, and cancel team expansion in several countries, citing the market — The digital assets trading firm said it will shutter its Argentina-based offices and halt its expansion plans in several countries.
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Tweets: @silvermanjacob and @mylesudland
| Bloomberg: |
Jason Calacanis says litigation, and possibly criminal charges, await the companies and “grifting” VCs that knowingly flipped crypto tokens to retail investors — Watch out venture capital, the regulators are coming. — That's the warning from long-time angel investor Jason Calacanis …
Tweets: @carnage4life, @alex, @tracyalloway, @mdudas, @thestalwart, @nouriel, @mliebreich, @silvermanjacob, and @mdudas
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 6a review: a good camera and flagship-class Tensor chip performance, but a slow fingerprint sensor and the 6.1" screen only has a 60Hz refresh rate — The 6A's Tensor chipset makes all the difference in this midrange phone — For a few years running, the Pixel A-series phone …
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon spent a record $4.98M on lobbying in Q2 2022, up 2.5% YoY, Google spent $2.77M, up 32% YoY, Microsoft spent $2.41M, down 2.4% YoY, and Apple spent $1.9M — Amazon.com Inc. spent a record $4.98 million on lobbying during the second quarter of this year as momentum intensified in Congress …
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Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @reckless, @leah_nylen, @lutherlowe, and @birnbaum_e
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: TikTok is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, used by 7%, up from 1% in 2020; 32% use Facebook, 24% the BBC, 17% Twitter, and 16% Instagram — App is used by 7% of adults for news with nearly half turning to TikTokers rather than conventional outlets for updates
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Tweets: @eligp, @hkanji, @realjezebelley, @jeffjarvis, @daveleeft, and @daveleeft
| Dylan Smith / Digital Music News: |
Warner Music Group becomes the first major label to adopt SoundCloud's user-centric payouts based upon listening instead of Spotify and others' pro rata model — About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TextExpander, which lets users create customized shortcuts to trigger longer text-based actions, has raised $41.4M, its first-ever funding since its 2007 launch — RPA, and companies like UiPath, swooped into on the world of work a few years ago as a catchy way for organizations … | Clare Duffy / CNN: |
YouTube stops allowing misinformation about the safety of an abortion procedure and potentially unsafe instructions about how to self-induce an abortion — New York (CNN Business)YouTube on Thursday said it will no longer allow misinformation related to abortion on its platform … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others register for a license in Indonesia under which they might have to censor content and hand over users' data — Meta, TikTok and Twitter among groups to register for licences under which authorities can censor platforms| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Sources: the US is probing Huawei over concerns that cell tower gear could capture sensitive military base and missile silo info, which it could send to China — The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted … | Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at GPT-3-powered fiction writing tools like Sudowrite, which proposes plot twists, rewrites in specific tones, suggests metaphors, and more — On a Tuesday in mid-March, Jennifer Lepp was precisely 80.41 percent finished writing Bring Your Beach Owl, the latest installment in her series …
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| Austin American-Statesman: |
Filings: Samsung seeks tax breaks to build 11 chipmaking facilities in the Austin area for $192.1B over two decades; Samsung has made no investment guarantees — Bob Sechler Kara CarlsonAustin American-Statesman — In what could be the biggest economic investment in Central Texas history …
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Tom's Hardware, Wall Street Journal, Austin Business Journal, The Register, Reuters, Android Central, and SamMobile
Tweets: @statesman and @scottlincicome
| Reuters: |
Meta's research published internally in February 2022 reveals Facebook's challenges in India, including that women are shunning it over safety concerns and more — Meta's internal research reveals challenges in India Many women steered clear of male-dominated Facebook Their concerns included safety … | Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
Chip teardown: China's SMIC quietly released, and mass produces, 7nm chips; SMIC is rapidly becoming the world's third largest foundry, behind TSMC and Samsung — The Most Advanced Foundry In The World After TSMC And Samsung — SMIC, China's largest foundry has slowly been catching up to TSMC …
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Tweets: @niubi, @niubi, @stshank, @pstasiatech, @jacob_feldgoise, @godfreetrh, @steakandchickn, and @matthewstoller
| Jack Stebbins / CNBC: |
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is stepping down from his role at the company, the first of the three original founders to step down, but will remain on its board — - Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia announced Thursday he is stepping down from his role at the company.
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TechCrunch and PhocusWire
| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
The Cyberspace Administration of China fined Didi Global ~$1.2B after a year-long probe, for violating three laws in operations threatening national security — China fined Didi Global Inc. more than 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), wrapping up a year-long probe into the ride-hailing giant that's come …
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CNBC, The Economic Times, Al Jazeera, New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, and Reuters
Tweets: @bigblackjacobin and @michaelschuman
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Whatnot, a livestreaming service for buying and selling collectibles, has raised a $260M Series D at a $3.7B valuation, up from $1.5B in September 2021 — Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China's booming $600 billion industry, but Whatnot's … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
15Five, which builds HR software used at Spotify, Credit Karma, and others, raised a $52M Series C led by Quad Partners, bringing its total funding to $94.1M — 15Five — an early mover in the world of building technology to help motivate teams, and to improve performance management …
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