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Shopify says it will join the Libra Association, contributing financially and operating a node that processes transactions of Facebook's stablecoin — After eBay, Visa, Stripe, and other high-profile departures, the Libra Association scored a win today with the addition of Shopify.
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Tweets: @davidmarcus, @caseynewton, @forbescrypto, @libra_, @zachary, and @mdudas. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
WhatsApp lets some invite links for group chats, that the members may want to keep private, to be indexed by search engines like Google, allowing anyone to join — Google is indexing invite links to WhatsApp group chats whose administrators may want to be private.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says that from August 3 all new Google Play apps that access background location will need to pass review, expanding to all existing apps on November 3 — Apps will face a new review process to enable the feature — Google is placing new restrictions on which Android apps can track …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google is resisting efforts to surrender emails, texts, and other documents sought by state investigators probing anticompetitive digital-ad practices — Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review: the best hinge on a folding phone so far but the screen's plastic covering scratches easily and the cameras are disappointing — Even with a glass screen, it's just a curiosity — Samsung's brand-new Galaxy Z Flip is the third folding screen phone that I've reviewed.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
MIT researchers say they used AI to discover new potent antibiotics that treat drug-resistant diseases — Machine learning uncovers potent new drug able to kill 35 powerful bacteria — Artificial intelligence has been used to discover new antibiotics effective against untreatable diseases …
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Tweets: @popeguilty, @josephflaherty, @omkar_raii, @grady_booch, and @stephenmcgann
| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony and Facebook say they will not attend Game Developers Conference this year due to coronavirus concerns; Facebook to make Oculus announcements online — Oculus announcements will now take place online — PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be attending …
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Tweets: @perpetualmaniac, @ericcosky, @oculus_dev, @iainthomson, @antonhand, and @gameovergreggy
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Shogun, which helps e-commerce brands build faster websites, has raised $10M Series A, led by Initialized Capital with participation from VMG Partners and YC — Amazon may have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, but Finbarr Taylor, CEO of Y Combinator-backed startup Shogun, said the e-commerce giant is “kind of dropping the ball.”
Tweets: @rishmishra and @garrytan
| Cynthia Littleton / Variety: |
CBS All Access and Showtime have 11M subscribers; Pluto TV had 22.4M MAUs in Q4 2019, up 75% YoY; revenue from all three hit $1.6 billion in 2019 — CBS All Access and Showtime are on track to garner a combined 16 million subscribers by year's end, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish told investors Thursday.| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Lyft has acquired Halo Cars, a small startup that lets ride-hailing drivers earn money via ad displays mounted atop their cars — Lyft has acquired Halo Cars, a small startup that lets ride-hailing drivers earn money via ad displays mounted atop their cars. Lyft confirmed the deal but declined to share any details.
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| Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Source: Facebook considers transparency measures around posts from political campaign staffers, due to concerns around Bloomberg campaign's use of its platform — - Facebook is considering ways to show when a paid campaign staffer shares a political post on the site.
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Feather, an NY-based furniture subscription service, raises $30M Series B led by Cobalt Capital with Kleiner Perkins, YC, SV Angel, and others participating — Feather, a New York, NY - based next-generation furniture rental service, closed a $30M Series B funding.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Facebook will pay users up to $5 for voice recordings via its Viewpoints app to improve its speech recognition tech; recordings won't be tied to user profiles — But it won't pay much — Facebook will offer to pay some users for voice recordings that will be used to help improve …
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Tweets: @brianroemmele, @shiraovide, @leimer, @yoda, @nathanblawrence, @thirdrowtesla, and @mattnavarra
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Defender ATP for Linux, will offer the antivirus software for Android and iOS later this year as part of its enterprise security platform — New Defender mobile apps will be available later this year — Microsoft is planning to bring its Defender antivirus software to Android and iOS later this year.
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Tweets: @miladmsft, @satyanadella, @tomwarren, @kifleswing, @stevesi, @teroalhonen, @campuscodi, @_harshilshah, and @brakmic
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Volocopter, which aims to develop an autonomous air taxi service, extends its Series C by another €37M, taking the round total to €87M — Volocopter, a German company that's developing autonomous electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial air taxi services …
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| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Sources: around 300 workers at Oracle offices around the world walked out on Thursday to protest Larry Ellison's fundraiser for Trump on Wednesday — - Chairman's fundraiser for Trump re-election sparked anger — Activism more muted than at tech companies like Google
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Tweets: @teddyschleifer, @nicoagrant, and @thekenyeung
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