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YouTube TV is raising its monthly rate to $65 from $50, due to “the rising cost of content”; some ViacomCBS channels are becoming available on the service today — YouTube TV is getting another price hike, making its live TV streaming service less competitive with the cable TV services it aims to replace.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google shares details on upcoming Sheets features that automatically clean up and complete data, through formula suggestions and more — Google today announced a couple of updates to Google Sheets that will make building spreadsheets and analyzing data in them a little bit easier.
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The Keyword, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Headlines, SlashGear, Tom's Hardware, CNET, VentureBeat, Neowin, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @brianroemmele
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Facebook says it's removed 220 FB “Boogaloo” groups and 95 Instagram accounts, weeks after feds said group members planned the murder of a federal agent on FB — Facebook announced Tuesday that it is removing groups dedicated to the Boogaloo extremist movement one month …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Following the government's ban, many users have lost access to TikTok in India, its biggest overseas market, and the app is not in App Store or Play Store — A growing number of internet service providers in India have started to block their subscribers from accessing TikTok … | Rahul Shrivastava / India Today: |
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook will change its News Feed algorithm to prioritize news stories with original reporting and demote ones that are not transparent about their authors — Beginning today, Facebook will be updating the way news stories are ranked in its News Feed to prioritize original reporting, executives tell Axios.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft unveils initiatives to upskill workers amid the “COVID-19 economy” including cash grants, affordable skill certificates, and a learning app in Teams — Microsoft has announced a slew of new initiatives designed to open up access to new digital skills, including cash grants …
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| Abram Brown / Forbes: |
Chat app Discord raises $100M led by Index Ventures at a $3.5B valuation, up from $2.05B 18 months ago, and says it has ~100M MAUs, up 50% YoY — By shutting out white supremacists and reinventing itself to be more accessible, Discord has added millions of more diverse users—teachers …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK government plans to begin allowing rental e-scooter trials on roads from Saturday, in a bid to ease pressure on public transport during the pandemic — In light of COVID-19 and social distancing regulations, the UK has been working on making it easier for people to get from point A to B …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Leaked memo: Verily is suspending spot bonuses through 2020 and redirecting the money to diversity and inclusion programs — The move frustrated employees who said it implied the initiatives aren't worthy of their own investment — Verily Life Sciences, the Alphabet-owned healthcare company …
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| Jeff Hunter / AnyList Blog: |
AnyList says it won't support Sign In With Apple due to issues it creates with customer support and poor documentation, will also remove Facebook Login — Starting June 30th, Apple will be enforcing a new rule in the App Store requiring many apps to support Sign in with Apple.
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9to5Mac, Six Colors, iMore, and Michael Tsai
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| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Uber in talks to buy Postmates for ~$2.6B in a deal that could be announced next week if not sooner — A deal between Uber and the San Francisco-based food-delivery company could be announced next week if not sooner — Uber Technologies Inc. is in discussions to buy Postmates Inc …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon is boosting efforts to lure military and commercial space organizations as major users of AWS, hoping to benefit from rising spending in the sector — AWS's move comes during a multiyear surge in U.S. military and civilian agency spending on space projects
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on banning r/The_Donald and other problematic subreddits, after resisting for years — Steve Huffman, Reddit's co-founder and chief executive, says new rule changes will help the company fulfill its mission. — On Monday, Reddit …
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KnowTechie and Decrypt
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Nearby Sharing, Android's long-awaited AirDrop competitor, is rolling out in beta — Android's long-awaited Nearby Sharing may be just about ready. The feature, which allows you to share files between Android devices quickly, easily, and wirelessly, has been compared to Apple's AirDrop … | Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: |
Bozoma Saint John, veteran of Uber, Apple, and Pepsi-Cola, is joining Netflix as CMO, succeeding Jackie Lee-Joe, who joined Netflix a year ago — Marketing heavy hitter succeeds Jackie Lee-Joe after just a year — Marketing powerhouse Bozoma Saint John is joining the streaming giant Netflix as chief marketing officer.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers found 25 Android apps, downloaded 2.3M+ times, stealing Facebook credentials through a phishing page overlay; Google has now removed them — The malicious apps were downloaded more than 2.34 million times. — Google has removed this month 25 Android applications … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is acquiring Canadian smart glasses company North, which is winding down Focals 1.0 hardware and canceling its plans to ship Focals 2.0 — Google confirmed today via blog post that it has acquired Canadian smart glasses company North, which began life as human interface hardware startup Thalmic Labs in 2012.| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FCC officially designates Huawei and ZTE as risks to national security, and telecoms can no longer use federal subsidies to purchase equipment from them — Telecoms can no longer use federal funds to purchase their equipment — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission officially …
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Federal Communications …, TechCrunch, Android Police, ZDNet, Dark Reading, CyberScoop, ExtremeTech, Android Authority, Input, OnMSFT.com, Liliputing, Engadget, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @sentedcruz, @vikramchandra, and @ericgeller
| Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC: |
Netflix says it will put 2% of its cash holdings, currently ~$100M, toward financial institutions and organizations dedicated to helping Black communities — - Netflix announced plans to start putting 2% of its cash holdings into financial institutions and organizations to “directly support Black communities in the U.S.”
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Netflix Media Center, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and CNET
Tweets: @annie_parker, @cnbc, @jabarijyoung, @sallyshin, @jyarow, and @ttgbossmanszn
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: consumer spending on apps reached $50.1B globally during the first half of 2020, up 23.4% YoY, and first time installs were up 26.1% YoY — Consumer spending on mobile apps and app installs grew significantly during the first half of 2020, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Sensor Tower.| Alex Barker / Financial Times: |
Survey of 58 WFA members, who are responsible for $90B+ of ad spending worldwide, finds ~33% will suspend or are likely to suspend spending on social media — Study reveals extent of revolt against Facebook and Twitter over hate speech — Almost a third of the world's biggest brands …
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