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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, @mikeisaac, @abuaardvark, @kurtwagner8, @carnage4life, @sarafischer, @aria_gerson, @alexhern, @dandrezner, @benedictevans, @jaredlholt, @teepusahab, @jayrosen_nyu, @kerrymflynn, @baekdal, @domdifurio, @sarafischer, and @pierce
| 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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New York Times, CNBC, Business Wire, Washington Post, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, The Economic Times, CNN, Silicon Valley Business …, VICE, Silicon Republic, Protocol, PCMag, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, Associated Press, STAT, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Dana Blankenhorn, Input, Sublink, WRAL TechWire, GeekWire, MobiHealthNews, and Financial Times
Tweets: @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @delrey, @davidmackau, @armstrongdrew, @darlin, @parismartineau, @quinnypig, @brosandprose, @cyberoutsider, @marisakabas, @hayesbrown, @benbajarin, @chrissyfarr, @notwaldorf, @pt, @geoffreyfowler, @lizzadwoskin, @alexweprin, @brockm, @mackyson, @sorayamcdonald, @martyswant, @rockson2, @brithume, @mattzeitlin, @benedictevans, @armstrongdrew, @pt, @alaricaloor, @chimeracoder, @theromit, @bdsams, @caseynewton, @kvlly, @levynews, @rasushrestha, @delrey, @bradstone, @thrasherxy, @berthacoombs, @johncendpts, @r0wdy_, @stshank, @joannastern, @sweepersolana, @andrewperezdc, @annierpalmer, @joshelman, @arctictony, @yashar, @jonerlichman, 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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U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities …, CoinDesk, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, The Coinbase Blog, Protocol, Washington Post, Decrypt, New York Post, CNBC, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @neerajka, @carnage4life, @ohaiom, @jwverret, @tier10k, @damedoteth, @damedoteth, @sridinats, @rmac18, @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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Bloomberg. Tweets: @shaig, @gaberivera, @matthfield, @chrislyons, @francissuarez, @petezin, @autismcapital, @a16z, @ktmboyle, @bryce, and @rabois
| 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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Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Gizmodo, CNBC, Blockworks, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoPotato, Crypto Briefing, The Block, and Coinspeaker
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| 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
| 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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| 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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Ofcom, Variety, The Verge, BBC, Mashable, 9to5Mac, and TheGamer
Tweets: @eligp, @hkanji, @realjezebelley, @jeffjarvis, @daveleeft, and @daveleeft
| 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 … | 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.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 6a review: good camera and flagship-class performance with Tensor chip, but slow fingerprint sensor and the 6.1" screen has only 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 was a no-brainer …
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TheStreet, Tech Advisor, Android Police, XDA Developers, Android Authority, HotHardware, Ars Technica, CNET, ZDNet, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup, Wired, Input, Mashable, and Droid Life. Tweets: @lisaeadicicco
| 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| 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 … | 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
| 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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Newslit Daily. Tweets: @joshdzieza, @sethamandel, @rtushnet, @joshspero, @sarahjeong, @harrysiegel, @brendannyhan, and @thejasonkirk
| 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 … | 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 … | 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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| Stacy Elliott / Decrypt: |
Tesla says a “bitcoin impairment” negatively impacted its Q2 profitability and that it sold 75% of its bitcoin, worth approximately $936M, in the quarter — “Bitcoin impairment” prompted the sale, the company said. — Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin, worth approximately $936 million, according to its Q2 earnings report.| 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 … | Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A chip teardown shows that China's SMIC is quietly shipping 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, @stshank, @niubi, @pstasiatech, @jacob_feldgoise, @godfreetrh, @steakandchickn, and @matthewstoller
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
15Five, which builds HR software used at Spotify, Credit Karma, and other companies, has raised a $52M Series C led by Quad Partners — 15Five — an early mover in the world of building technology to help motivate teams, and to improve performance management for execs overseeing those teams …
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FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, and Business Wire
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Dublin-based Fonoa, which makes an automated tax compliance service used by companies like Uber and Zoom, has raised a $60M Series B led by Coatue — Fonoa, a tax automation platform used by companies such as Uber and Zoom, has raised $60 million in a series B round of funding.| Benjamin Robertson / Bloomberg: |
Stockholm-based Normative, whose software helps companies accurately measure their carbon footprints, has raised a $31M Series B led by Blume Equity — Carbon accounting startup Normative raised 31 million euros ($31.5 million) from investors including Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing …
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