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Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, and others join a 24-hour freeze of Facebook and Instagram accounts for #StopHateForProfit — Kim Kardashian West announced that she will freeze her Instagram and Facebook accounts on Wednesday because the platforms …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
In a new filing, Apple says “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it”, arguing that the game developer's injuries are “entirely self-inflicted” — Apple lays out its case for keeping Fortnite off the App Store — Apple has responded to Epic's demands …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Cloud data warehousing company Snowflake raised $3.4B in its IPO, making it the largest software IPO ever, valuing the company at over $44B — Snowflake, a Silicon Valley cloud data warehousing company, on Tuesday night raised $3.4 billion in what is the largest software IPO ever.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Snowflake opens at $245, after pricing its shares at $120, far above the original range of $75-$85 from last week — - Snowflake began trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. — Stock began trading at $245 per share. — Snowflake begins trading in the biggest software IPO ever
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| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon Music adds podcasts for free across its subscription and ad-supported tiers, with 70K+ titles to start, much smaller than Apple's 1M+ or Spotify's 1.5M — Company looks to draw new listeners with 70,000 titles, including originals from DJ Khaled — Now playing on Amazon Music: podcasts.| Facebook Reality Labs: |
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
A safety driver who was riding in an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, AZ, during its fatal 2018 crash has been charged with negligent homicide — Investigators said the woman had been watching a video on her phone when the vehicle killed a pedestrian in Arizona.
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Developers are frustrated at Apple for launching iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 with just one day's notice — Apple fans who were waiting for an iPhone 12 unveiling at the Apple Event today may be a little disappointed. But, Apple gave them a treat to hold them over instead: an announcement that iOS 14 is being released tomorrow.
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| Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: |
Spotify calls on authorities to restrict Apple's “anti-competitive behavior”; Apple says alternatives to its services exist, bundling can save customers money — Spotify released a public statement after Apple's Time Flies event to protest the newly announced Apple One bundle …
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| MIT Technology Review: |
Many AI ethics advisory boards consist mostly of people based in Europe or the US, which may lead to standards that are biased and insensitive to local cultures — Too many councils and advisory boards still consist mostly of people based in Europe or the United States.
Tweets: @dorotheabaur, @hypervisible, @swisscognitive, and @hkanji
| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft open sources Project OneFuzz, a testing framework for Azure used to discover vulnerabilities in software projects — Microsoft's open-source Project OneFuzz automates the detection of software bugs that could be security issues. — Microsoft has released a new open-source …
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AT&T says it is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, Chief Executive John Stankey said in an interview on Tuesday.
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| Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: |
Sources: teens are being paid by conservative youth org Turning Point Action to promote pro-Trump posts on Twitter and Facebook; Twitter suspended ~20 accounts — One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.”| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
A look at Gen Z Mafia, a Discord server where young people in tech who are seeking to break into the industry can discuss ideas and collaborate — A group of young tech enthusiasts are carving their own path on Discord. — For young people, breaking into the cutthroat tech industry … | Becca Farsace / The Verge: |
Review of GoPro's new $449 Hero9: 5K video is crisp and a welcome addition, front-facing screen is useful, and it's rugged, but it's pricier than Hero8 — If only I was as cool as this camera — GoPro has been the industry standard for action cameras for over 15 years.
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
EU's top court says that net neutrality rules ban zero rating, confirming that ISPs can't bundle services whose use is exempted from customers' data caps — Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs across the US, with a goal of about 1,500 hubs, to speed up deliveries — Amazon.com Inc. plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs all over the U.S., according to people familiar with the plans.| Eric Tucker / Associated Press: |
DOJ charges five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting 100 companies and institutions in the US and elsewhere; two Malaysian businessmen were arrested — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Zwift, an indoor training app for cyclists and runners, raises $450M Series C led by KKR at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $620M — Zwift, a 350-person, Long Beach, Calif.-based online fitness platform that immerses cyclists and runners in 3D generated worlds …
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| David Pierce / Protocol: |
As Evernote rolls out a redesigned iOS app, CEO Ian Small discusses the challenges facing the company, which rebuilt all of its apps over 18 months — “Silicon Valley is addicted to momentum,” Evernote CEO Ian Small said, by way of explaining how his company had come to be, as he put it, stuck.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Nvidia's purchase of Arm makes financial sense, but Arm's neutrality is a mismatch for Nvidia's business model, unless Nvidia's data center ambitions pan out — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Back in 2010, Kyle Conroy wrote a blogpost entitled, What if I had bought Apple stock instead?:| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Report: conspiracy theories about the origins of Oregon's wildfires are still spreading through private Facebook Groups, despite the company cracking down — Conspiracy theories about the origin of fires in Oregon are still spreading through private Facebook groups days … | Reuters: |
Sources: India-based Flipkart is preparing for an IPO as early as 2021, aiming for a valuation between $45B and $50B, potentially in Singapore or the US — NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Walmart Inc-controlled WMT.N Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart is preparing for an initial public offering overseas … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC is preparing a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook by year-end, but no final decision has been made on whether to sue Facebook — No final decision has been made on the outcome of a yearlong probe as discussions with the social-media giant continue
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Tweets: @adamkovac, @blmohr, and @jason_kint
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Pure Storage acquires Portworx, which provides a cloud-native storage and data-management service based on Kubernetes, for $370M — Pure Storage, the public enterprise data storage company, today announced that it has acquired Portworx, a well-funded startup that provides a cloud-native storage … Sponsor Posts
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