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Twitter is testing a feature that lets a tweet's author limit who can reply, giving the options of Everyone, People You Follow, and Only People You Mention — Twitter today acknowledged that it's begun testing a new setting that let users limit who can reply to tweets.
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Shopify unveils a business debit card called Shopify Balance, Shop Pay Installments for merchants, and opens its AI-powered fulfillment network to merchants — Shopify today announced a slew of finance, shipping, and retail updates for its direct-to-consumer commerce platform.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo says Apple may not include wired EarPods in iPhone 12 box to boost AirPods sales, and raises AirPods sales estimates for 2020 from 80M to 93M units — According to the latest report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple may not include the wired EarPods headphones in the box of the iPhone 12.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google launch the Exposure Notification API to the public in updates to iOS and Android; at least three US states are working on apps that use it — The companies have rolled out support for the framework in Android and iOS updates — On Wednesday, Apple and Google rolled … | Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Joe Rogan's Spotify deal will likely be worth $100M+; his full 11-year library will hit Spotify Sept. 1 and be exclusive to Spotify before year's end — His full library, dating back 11 years, is to hit the service Sept. 1, and become exclusive to Spotify after that, before the end of the year
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian ride-hailing company Ola says it is cutting 1,400 jobs, or 35% of its workforce in the country, as revenue dropped by 95% in the last two months — Ola said on Wednesday it is cutting 1,400 jobs in India, or 35% of its workforce in the home market, as the ride-hailing firm works …
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| Ray Kurzweil / Wired: |
Vaccine trials that use AI to rapidly test trillions of possibilities with simulated patients could replace slow and costly human clinical trials — Simulators that can rapidly test trillions of options would accelerate the slow and costly process of human clinical trials.
Tweets: @mtrc, @nxthompson, @wired, @mlipsitch, and @maartenvsmeden
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Telemedicine company American Well raises $194M and says it's seen a 1,000% increase in virtual visits on average because of the pandemic — - Companies in the telemedicine space are continuing to attract investors during the coronavirus pandemic. — That's because many hospitals … | Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
Sony says PlayStation Now has 2.2M subscribers and PlayStation Plus has 41M+ subs; Xbox Game Pass had 10M subs and Xbox Live had 90M active users in April — PlayStation Plus has amassed over 41 million subscribers, too — Sony says 2.2 million people are subscribed to PlayStation Now …
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Sources: Facebook will limit offices to 25% occupancy, put people on shifts, and require temperature checks and masks when it reopens workplaces in July — - Company plans to put employees on shifts to reduce numbers — Grab-and-go meals, temperature checks, updated shuttles coming| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
A look at Crucible, the first of two major titles scheduled for release this year from Amazon Games, shows that Amazon is finally serious about video games — An intriguing blend of MOBA and battle royale. — 4m ago — Amazon does seemingly everything.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Signal launches profile PINs and says it's the first step towards moving away from using phone numbers as profile IDs — Signal launches profile PINs, the first step in supporting Signal user accounts that are not tied to phone numbers. — Secure instant messaging app Signal launched … | Nick Corasaniti / New York Times: |
Profile of the founders of Occupy Democrats, who run a Facebook page employing meme tactics for the left, regularly outperforming pages for Trump and Fox News — Occupy Democrats, a Facebook page that Rafael and Omar Rivero started eight years ago, has emerged as a counterweight to right-wing meme machines.| New York Times: |
Starship Technologies' fleet of delivery robots helped residents of Milton Keynes, a small city of 270K in UK, with grocery deliveries during the lockdown — Like many other places, a community 50 miles outside London went into quarantine. A fleet of delivery robots has been helping with the groceries.
Tweets: @mit_csail, @dintersmith, @eringriffith, and @nytimes
| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Helsinki-based Happeo, which offers intranet, enterprise social network, and collaboration software to companies, raises €10.9M Series A led by INKEF Capital — Today Finnish startup Happeo, an employee communications platform, announces having raised approximately €10.9 million … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Truework, which helps banks, rental agencies, and others securely check employment details of applicants online, raises $30M Series B led by Activant Capital — As organizations look for safe and efficient ways of running their services in the new global paradigm of increased social distancing … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, a free tool that helps businesses easily list products on their Facebook Page, Instagram profile, Stories, or in ads — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Shops, a new e-commerce feature that allows businesses to easily list their products on Facebook and Instagram.
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Tweets: @facebook, @ophirgottlieb, @harleyf, @tobi, @shopify, @sameer_singh17, @mosseri, @kshashi, @mshannahmurphy, @kshashi, @rasmus_kleis, @thecord3, @ryan_browne_, @realdenniscao, @joshelman, @atharproject, @kurtwagner8, @sethmcguire, @benedictevans, @brij, @mdudas, @facebook, @marcusanz, @chrismessina, @richlightshed, @kurtwagner8, and @wongmjane. Thanks:@sal19
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