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Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first 20 members, out of a total of 40, who will oversee challenging content issues — The company's independent oversight body will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment. — The authors are co-chairs of Facebook's oversight board.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @nytopinion, @hellethorning_s, @oversightboard, @parkermolloy, @arusbridger, @slpng_giants, @nighatdad, @nick_clegg, @tawakkolkarman, @nighatdad, @julieowono, @maina_kiai, @jbenton, @sivavaid, @sarafischer, @sheeraf, @mattzeitlin, @kevinroose, @jamalgreene, @columbialaw, @joshchafetz, @sarahfrier, @broderick, @sarahfrier, @reckless, @hellethorning_s, @filip_struharik, and @matthewstoller
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft debuts 13.5-inch and 15-inch Surface Book 3 laptops with 10th-gen quad-core Intel CPUs, new NVIDIA GPUs, available May 21 from $1,600 and $2,300 — With the Surface Book 2, Microsoft proved it could take on the MacBook Pro directly with a powerful and genuinely innovative PC notebook.
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Microsoft Store, The Verge, Windows Central, CNET, PCWorld, CNET, Windows Latest, Wccftech, and Thurrott
Tweets: @dcseifert, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @devindra, and @dcseifert
| Panos Panay / Windows Blog: |
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Tweets: @panos_panay, @jgownder, @baxiabhishek, @surface, @baxiabhishek, @ow, and @patrickmoorhead
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @martinsfp, and @dcseifert
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Android 11 Beta 1 is being pushed back to June 3, about a month behind schedule, but the final release is still on track for Q3 — Back in February, Google laid out plans for three Android 11 developer previews and betas. The company delivered the first half on that schedule amid COVID-19 …
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Tweets: @laurengoode, @epro, and @emojipedia
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Sources: Google to release a Fire TV-like Android TV dongle with a new content-centric UI in the coming months, likely extending its Nest brand to the product — Google is set to introduce an Android TV streaming device in the coming months, a reimagined dongle with a new user interface …
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Tweets: @lordravenscraft, @film_girl, and @protocol
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub announces new features, including Codespaces, a free cloud-based developer environment now in beta that's based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor — Under different circumstances, GitHub would be hosting its Satellite conference in Paris this week.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
NFC Forum unveils its Wireless Charging Specification, allowing 1 watt charging for smaller devices — It might soon be much easier to buy a smartphone that can charge small devices like earbuds or smartwatches. The NFC Forum, responsible for near-field communications tech, has unveiled the Wireless Charging Specification (WLC).
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| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
Microsoft updates To Do with new features as Wunderlist shutters ~5 years after its acquisition, and the founder behind it unveils work on a new app, Superlist — Today is finally the day Wunderlist dies, years after the Microsoft acquisition. Former users are encouraged to switch to Microsoft To Do … | Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
Square reports Q1 revenue of $1.38B, up 44% YoY, with net loss of $106M, up $68M YoY, as Square fills reserves to prepare for COVID-19 problems; stock down 6%+ — Payments processor falls to an adjusted loss as it prepares for merchants' transaction and loan losses with reserves — Referenced Symbols| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber says it will lay off 3,700 employees, or ~14% of its workforce, as it has been hit hard by the pandemic; CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will forgo his base salary — Uber announced Wednesday that it will lay off 3,700 employees. The cuts to its customer support and recruiting teams represent …
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Tweets: @amir, @mpelletiercio, @realdanlyons, and @stefan_wieler
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
The Libra Association names former US Treasury Department official Stuart Levey as its first CEO ahead of a renewed regulatory push — The Libra Association, the group behind the proposed digital currency invented by Facebook Inc., named former U.S. Treasury Department official Stuart Levey as its first chief executive officer.
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Libra.org, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, The Block, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
Tweets: @milenarodban, @kevinweil, and @davidmarcus
| Ellen Hammett / Marketing Week: |
Study: half of the money brands invest in programmatic advertising never reaches online publishers; 15% of the money is unattributable to supply chain players — A new study by ISBA has found that half the money advertisers invest in programmatic advertising never reaches online publishers …
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ISBA, The Media Nut, Nieman Lab, and Adweek
Tweets: @jason_kint, @brianstelter, @anthony, @dangillmor, @craigsilverman, @hoofnagle, @groomb, @pilhofer, @digitalshields, @megancgraham, and @keithbohanna
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Alphabet's Loon partners with AT&T to extend the cellular network coverage using its balloons globally in case of disasters — Alphabet-owned Loon, the company focused on providing connectivity via high-altitude, stratosphere skimming balloons that can act as on-demand, deployable cell towers …
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Loon Blog, The Verge, 9to5Google, TechSpot, Engadget, FierceWireless, and ZDNet
| Ivan Mehta / The Next Web: |
Facebook tries again to offer “free” mobile web access with data limits, partnering with telecoms in Peru to offer a Discover app that lets users visit any site — Remember Free Basics? Facebook's ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time.
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The Verge, Facebook Technology, TechCrunch, CNET, World Wide Web Foundation, Engadget, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @techatfacebook, @aghoshal, @yoda, and @mcwm
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Interview with Apple SVP Craig Federighi about the iPadOS cursor, a significant change to the pointer paradigm, and the decisions Apple made to get there — Apple SVP Craig Federighi talks about the iPad's new cursor and Magic Keyboard — Even though Apple did not invent the mouse pointer …
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Tweets: @panzer, @caseyliss, @panzer, @panzer, @manukumar, and @panzer
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Lyft reports Q1 revenue of $955.7M, up 23% YoY, as its net loss drops to $398.1M from $1.1B in 2019; active riders rose 3% YoY to 21.2M; stock up 10%+ — - On Wednesday, Lyft reported losses of $398.1 million, and revenue of $955.7 million for Q1 2020. — Citing Covid-19 impacts to its business …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Data Protection Board publishes updated guidelines arguing that scrolling and “cookie walls”, which block users from content, don't constitute consent — You can't make access to your website's content dependant on a visitor agreeing that you can process their data — aka a ‘consent cookie wall’.| Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
PayPal misses Q1 estimates with revenue of $4.62B, up 13% YoY, and net income of $84M, down from $667M YoY; says May 1 was its largest transaction day ever — Referenced Symbols — PayPal Holdings Inc. fell short of first-quarter expectations Wednesday as the company felt the impact …
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PayPal Investor Relations, Reuters, and Crowdfund Insider
| Charles Fishman / The Atlantic: |
How internet infrastructure, like that from AT&T, has managed to cope during the lockdown, as people stream media and work remotely — Here's a question that should make you shudder: What if, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the internet had buckled?
Tweets: @robinsloan, @attnews, @adriennelaf, @cfishman, and @yappelbaum
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Source: Spotify is testing video podcasts in its app, starting with two YouTube stars — The test is coming to half of Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar's audience — Spotify is now testing video podcasts in its app, starting with two YouTube stars: Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar, hosts of Zane and Heath: Unfiltered.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Sonos debuts the $799 Sonos Arc soundbar, the $699 Sub, and the $499 Five speakers, available globally on June 10; all will require the new S2 app — Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar …
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee makes a rare apology, saying he will not hand over management of the company to his children, and vows to protect labor rights — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, embroiled in a bribery scandal, on Wednesday made a rare apology …
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Tweets: @nytimesbusiness and @caseynewton
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Security researchers say India's contact tracing app, mandated for many workers and downloaded over 90M times, could leak patient GPS data — The system's use of GPS data could let hackers pinpoint who reports a positive diagnosis. — As countries around the world rush to build smartphone apps … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Volvo says it will sell Lidar-equipped self-driving cars to consumers starting in 2022 using Lidar startup Luminar's cheaper sensors — Volvo's new platform will include high-powered laser sensors — an industry rarity — Most new cars sold today include a bevy of sensors such as cameras … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Match says Tinder will launch in-app one-on-one video chats later this year, as growth falls during the pandemic, although most details are TBA — A big undertaking for one of the world's largest dating apps — Tinder is going to launch its own in-app, one-on-one video chats later this year.
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CNET, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and Engadget
Tweets: @caseynewton, @antoniogm, @ashleyrcarman, and @panzer
| David Z. Morris / Fortune: |
Google, Gates Foundation, and others form the Mojaloop Foundation, which will develop an open source digital payments platform for developing countries — For more than a decade, Kenyans from the bustling capital of Nairobi to far-flung farms have had access to a digital payments service that was ahead of its time.| Divya Balji / Bloomberg: |
Shopify tops estimates with Q1 revenue of $470M, up 47% YoY, and gross merchandise volume of $17.4B, up 46% YoY — - First-quarter revenue jumped 47% to $470 million from 2019 — Gross merchandise volume soared 46% to $17.4 billion — Shopify Inc. reported first-quarter revenue …
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