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| @jack: |
Jack Dorsey says he's moving $1B of his Square equity, ~28% of his wealth, to Startsmall LLC to fund COVID-19 relief, to later focus on girls' health, education — I'm moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to #startsmall LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI. It will operate transparently, all flows tracked here: https://docs.google.com/...
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Tweets: @noahpinion, @katierogers, @andrewyang, @redsteeze, @teddyschleifer, @mdudas, and @teddyschleifer
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
WhatsApp now limits forwarding of viral messages, forwarded five or more times, to one group at a time, to fight the spread of misinformation — Restrictions on frequently forwarded messages intended to disrupt false Covid-19 claims — WhatsApp is to impose a strict new limit …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Netflix now lets parents remove specific titles and filter shows out based on their ratings, in both the designated kids portal and the general section — Making profile accounts for kids even more specific — Netflix is rolling out a series of new tools that parents can use to filter …
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Netflix Media Center, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, iDownloadBlog.com, and Mashable. Tweets: @loudmouthjulia
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook's experimental product unit debuts Tuned, an iOS app creating a “private space” for couples, letting them keep a photo diary, exchange notes, and more — Keep a photo diary and check in on each other's moods — First, Facebook launched a dating feature, and now …
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The Information, International Business Times, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, Pocketnow, Input, Mashable, KnowTechie, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @juliey4, @bdsams, @pardesoteric, @cheapyd, @pierce, @alexeheath, @tonyromm, @b_fung, @ow, @hamburger, @danrubin, @manan, @mrbillyanders, @gregbarbosa, and @alexeheath
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Book excerpt from Sarah Frier's No Filter covers how Mark Zuckerberg's jealousy held back Instagram and drove off founders, who gradually lost independence — Over the past decade, Instagram has become an engine of commerce and cultural influence with few peers—aside from its parent company …
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KnowTechie. Tweets: @silviakillings, @turnernovak, @kylerhasson, @kurtwagner8, @sarahfrier, @markets, @jason_kint, @tsgiles, @bradstone, @sarahfrier, and @karissabe
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Book excerpt: Apple's Information Systems & Technology group, which makes internal tools, operates in tumult, hampering its output and alienating contractors — Life in Apple's Information Systems & Technology division reminds some of a sweatshop. An exclusive excerpt from Always Day One …
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MacRumors, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iMore, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @iansherr, @mhbergen, and @pranavdixit
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
WeWork sues SoftBank over alleged breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, a few days after SoftBank said it would not consummate its $3B tender offer — Just days after SoftBank announced that it would not consummate its $3 billion tender offer for WeWork shares that would have bought …
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Bloomberg, Business Wire, Reuters, Daily Mail, MarketWatch, MarketWatch, BBC, Bloomberg, The Financial Express, Financial Times, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Axios, The Next Web, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, and New York Post
Tweets: @harrymccracken and @kimcrayton1
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Microsoft buys corp.com, a domain that receives sensitive info from misconfigured Windows PCs, for an undisclosed sum to keep it out of the hands of bad actors — In February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million.
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ZDNet, TechRadar.com, BleepingComputer, Yahoo Finance, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, and GeekWire
Tweets: @briankrebs and @seldo
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Quibi had more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day; heavily promoted in Apple's App Store, it reached #3 but just #29 on Google Play — Quibi, the oddly-named mobile streaming service founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, was downloaded over 300,000 times on launch day …
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Tweets: @ben_katz, @mat, and @eric_seufert
| Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters: |
UN says China was the biggest source of applications for international patents last year, with Huawei its biggest filer, pushing US out of long-held top spot — GENEVA (Reuters) - China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year …
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Telegraph, Xinhua News Agency, Nikkei Asian Review, and Wccftech
| David Segal / New York Times: |
Professional video game streamers, already used to isolation, are seeing increased viewership on Twitch and other platforms as COVID-19 forces people inside — Pro video game streamers are used to spending their days in isolation. And a huge new audience is at home to watch them play.
Tweets: @nytimestech
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
SoFi says it's acquiring Galileo, a Utah-based financial services API and payments platform, in $1.2B cash and stock deal; sources say Accel's return is 4x — Venture firm Accel has a pattern of investing in profitable, previously bootstrapped businesses. Last November, it led 1Password's …
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Tweets: @kr00ney and @dannycrichton
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft expands xCloud beta registration to 11 European countries, rolling out the preview gradually to avoid overloading the internet — Microsoft is rolling out the preview gradually due to coronavirus internet impact concerns — Microsoft is starting to open up its xCloud game streaming beta to countries across Europe.
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Xbox Wire, Windows Central, Thurrott, XDA Developers, GamingBolt, SlashGear, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Engadget, TechPowerUp, Wccftech, WinBuzzer, VG247, OnMSFT.com, TechRadar.com, Neowin, and GeekWire
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Mobile website builder Universe raises $10M Series A from GV as it moves into commerce and looks to compete with Shopify — A startup that has framed itself as an Instagram for websites is now squaring up against Shopify as it nabs new funding from Google's venture capital arm.
Tweets: @gvteam, @bentossell, @eniacvc, and @mgsiegler
| The Guardian: |
Facebook says it will actively remove false claims that link COVID-19 to 5G and could lead to physical harm, but leaves its policy on other 5G theories unclear — Perfect storm of conditions helped nonsense theories about 5G and coronavirus to take hold — A year ago, hoax theories …
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The Independent, Android Central, TechSpot, and BBC
Tweets: @mrjohnnicolson, @chastaylor, @ramseycampbell1, and @shortbloke
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 75 comes with a revamped address bar designed to make searches faster and a few performance tweaks — Mozilla today launched Firefox 75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 75 includes a revamped address bar with significant search improvements, a few performance tweaks, and a handful of developer features.
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The Mozilla Blog, Mozilla, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, Thurrott, Liliputing, TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Engadget, MSPoweruser, CNET, and gHacks Technology News. Tweets: @epro
| ProPublica: |
Amazon's self-publishing arm gives white supremacists and neo-Nazis, often banned from other platforms, unprecedented access to a mainstream audience — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.| Feargus O'Sullivan / CityLab: |
A look at Airbnb's challenges amid the pandemic crisis, as global bookings fall and prospects for the travel accommodation industry turn murky — The short-term rental market is reeling from the coronavirus-driven tourism collapse. Can the industry's dominant player stage a comeback after lockdowns lift?
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Airbnb Newsroom, New York Times, Observer, and Financial Times
Tweets: @ljungman, @hkanji, @trengriffin, @ericacbarnett, @strongtowns, @neil_lovitt, @traveltf, @redlightvoices, @citylab, and @stevekovach
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Shippo, a shipping software and services startup, raises $30M Series C led by D1 Capital Partners, bringing its total raised to ~$60M — Early this afternoon Shippo, a shipping software and services company, announced that it has closed a $30 million Series C. The funding round roughly doubles … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Cato Networks, which offers a cloud-based security service that protects remote workforces, raises $77M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Cato Networks has raised $77 million in venture capital as the company expands the reach of its cloud-based security service.
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and Channel Partners
| New York Times: |
Some teachers in the US say under 50% of their pupils participate in online learning; absence rate seems higher in low-income households, marking digital divide — Teachers at some schools across the country report that less than half of their students are participating in online learning.
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Gizmodo, The Startup, TechSpot, and Computerworld
Tweets: @whipclyburn, @naithanjones, @reprokhanna, @grace4ny, @gpollowitz, @williegarson, @jeromehuntphd, @frankpallone, and @nytimes
| Karen Gilchrist / CNBC: |
Profile of Min-Liang Tan, the co-founder and CEO of global gaming giant Razer, one of the few companies managing to thrive in the disrupted business landscape — When the #stayathome hashtag emerged on social media last month in response to governments successively announcing coronavirus containment measures, Min-Liang Tan was ready.
Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest adds Shop tabs connected to in-stock inventory, style guides, and more, and says user engagement with Shopping on Pinterest has grown by 44% YoY — Given the rise in online shopping attributed to the coronavirus outbreak which has forced consumers to stay home from stores … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
CyberMDX, which sells software to improve cybersecurity for medical devices and hospital networks, raises $20M led by European insurance provider Sham — Healthcare security startup CyberMDX has raised $20 million in its latest round of fundraising, the company confirmed Tuesday.
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VentureBeat, Tech.eu, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and NoCamels
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Facebook Gaming launches Tournaments, an organizing tool for esports amateurs, earlier than scheduled due to the pandemic, letting anyone organize or join one — Facebook Gaming is launching tournaments for esports amateurs today in early access across the globe.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Italian email service Email.it confirms breach; hackers claim they have data of 600K+ users, including plaintext passwords, and are selling it on the dark web — Italian email provider Email.it confirms security breach. — The data of more than 600,000 Email.it users is currently being sold …
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