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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 4 with 13.5" and 15" displays, starting at $999 for AMD model and $1,299 for Intel, shipping April 15 in US, Canada, and Japan — The AMD version starts at $300 less than Intel's equivalent — Microsoft is refreshing its Surface lineup with the Surface Laptop 4 today …
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Tweets: @lisasu, @panos_panay, @tomwarren, @ow, @ow, @shiraovide, @dcseifert, @surface_uk, @zacbowden, @dcseifert, and @lanceulanoff
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts a $70 webcam and $100 USB-C speaker, available in June, new USB and wireless headsets, and Surface Headphones 2 Plus — Both devices are designed to improve video and audio calls — Microsoft's long-awaited new webcam is finally here, alongside a number of accessories designed for the work from home era.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces an online event on April 20 at 10am PT, entitled “Spring Loaded”, where new iPads Pros and more are expected — Following an overnight leak by Siri, Apple today officially announced that it will be holding a special “Spring Loaded” event on Tuesday …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify announces Car Thing, a Spotify-only, voice-controlled device for the car, launching today for free for select US users — It's free, but users have to pay for shipping — Spotify's first gadget has landed. Car Thing, a Spotify-only, voice-controlled device for the car …
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Tweets: @swodinsky, @chriswelch, @richontech, @spotifynews, @pkafka, @ashleyrcarman, @hodgesmr, @shiraovide, @pkafka, and @wongmjane
| Oversight Board: |
Facebook Oversight Board will now accept appeals to remove content from Facebook and Instagram; previously, users were only able to appeal to restore content — From today, users will be able to appeal content to the Oversight Board which they want removed from Facebook and Instagram.
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Tweets: @oversightboard, @guyro, @emilybell, @klonick, @emilybell, @emilybell, @w7voa, @klonick, @justinhendrix, and @oversightboard
| Ifeoma Ozoma / New York Times: |
Ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma describes why she helped draft the Silenced No More Act, a CA bill aiming to let discriminated-against employees bypass NDAs — I chose not to be. We need to end gag orders for victims of workplace abuse. — Ms. Ozoma is a tech policy expert …
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| Jeff Dunn / Ars Technica: |
Roku announces a trio of new devices: $40 Express 4K Plus streaming device, a $30 rechargeable Voice Remote Pro, and $180 Streambar Pro — Plus new Roku OS updates and a revised two-in-one streaming soundbar. — Roku on Tuesday announced its latest 4K media streamer, the Roku Express 4K+.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Epic Games raises $1B at a $28.7B equity valuation, including an additional $200M from Sony — Epic Games, the company behind global smash hit “Fortnite,” announced that it completed a $1 billion round of funding — giving it a whopping equity valuation of $28.7 billion.
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Tweets: @epicnewsroom, @jacobfeldman4, and @eringriffith
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook is testing a free video speed dating app called Sparked, which requires a Facebook profile to create an account — Users will be set up on four-minute video dates — Facebook is testing a video speed dating app called Sparked. The app, which requires a Facebook profile to create an account …
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| The Guardian: |
Facebook VP of Integrity Guy Rosen called the return of the Honduran president's disinformation campaign a “bummer” in 2019, but it continued for 11 months — Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts' popularity for nearly a year after the company was informed about it| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Stripe's revenue rose nearly 70% last year to about $7.4B as the pandemic boosted e-commerce — Stripe has turned a humdrum business—helping companies accept credit-card payments—into a blockbuster valuation — The pandemic threatened to clobber Stripe Inc. Instead, it turbocharged the company.
Tweets: @sarthakgh and @jmover
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Grab is going public on NASDAQ via SPAC, raising $4B+ at a ~$39.6B valuation; deal would make it the first Southeast Asian tech unicorn to go public via SPAC — - SoftBank-backed Grab strikes pact with Gerstner's Altimeter — Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant set to trade on Nasdaq
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Tweets: @anthonypy_tan, @newley, @jamesjho_, @vijayshekhar, and @jamesplloyd
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In its April batch of patches, Microsoft fixes 108 flaws, including 19 “critical” flaws, five 0-days, and four NSA-discovered critical Exchange flaws — Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.
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Tweets: @dnvolz, @josephmenn, @c_c_krebs, @bobbychesney, @craiu, and @ryanaraine
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researchers find new vulnerabilities called NAME:WRECK in the TCP/IP stack that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment — Security researchers have found a new set of vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment.
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Tweets: @datadrivenmd, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin rises to an all-time high of $63,179, exceeding the previous peak in March, ahead of Coinbase listing on NASDAQ on April 14 — - Token surpasses the previous high set in March this year — Coinbase is scheduled to go public on the Nasdaq on April 14 — Follow us @crypto for our full coverage.
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Tweets: @brian_armstrong, @documentingbtc, @thestalwart, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, and @nakamoney
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus Watch review: long battery life, nice finish, and low price, but no voice assistant, no always-on display, few notification options, only one big size — The OnePlus Watch pairs with and is controlled by the OnePlus Health app for Android — there's no iPhone compatibility at all.
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Tweets: @ohmdee, @backlon, @dcseifert, @parkyprakhar, @somospostpc, and @gadgetsboy
| Everett Randle / The Valley of Dunning-Kruger: |
Tiger Global is playing a different venture game by paying far more than competitors, speeding up diligence, and adopting a lightweight post-investment approach — Or why Tiger is eating your lunch (& your deals) — The Tiger Phenomenon … If you actively invest in private …
Tweets: @matthuang, @felixsalmon, @balajis, @joshuaforman, and @beingpractical
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
ConsenSys raises $65M from JP Morgan, Mastercard, UBS AG, and others to build the infrastructure for DeFi apps — ConsenSys, a key player in crypto and a major proponent of the Ethereum blockchain, has raised a $65 million funding round from J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and UBS AG … | Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
Over 650 tech workers at the NYT announce they have formed a union to be represented by the NewsGuild of New York and are seeking union recognition from the NYT — Tech workers at The New York Times announced on Tuesday that they had formed a union and would ask the company to recognize it.
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Tweets: @nytguildtech, @cwaunion, @chrisburkeshay, @bgrueskin, @nycdsatechwg, @gwsocal, and @ebruenig
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Researcher told Valve about a bug in its graphics engine in 2019 that could let hackers take over players' PCs via Steam invite; bug remains in some Valve games — A security researcher found a “critical” bug in Valve's graphics engine that powers the popular online game. And the company has been slow to fix it.
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @xoxogossipgita, and @josephfcox
| Dror Poleg: |
From BitClout to income share agreements at Lambda School, the future of work feels like a pyramid scheme where you can package and sell others' potential — The future of work is a pyramid scheme, where every person sells his favorite person to the next person.
Tweets: @stefanisg and @liam_gallas
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Disney, Viacom, and 10 ad tech companies agree to remove or disable software from children's apps that could target children with ads, resolving three lawsuits — In legal settlements that could reshape the children's app market, Disney, Viacom and 10 advertising technology firms have agreed … | Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
Filings by Chinese customs authorities show the country imported 155.6B semiconductor units in Q1, worth $93.6B, up 33.6% YoY — China imported a record 58.9 billion semiconductor units in March, worth US$35.9 billion That boosted the country's total first-quarter chip imports to 155.6 billion units …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
HomeX, which pairs service workers with homeowners and uses AI to diagnose home-related issues, raises $90M, says number of contractors on HomeX rose 5x in 2020 — HomeX, a home services platform for homeowners and service providers, has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google to shut down Play Movies and TV app for Roku, Samsung, LG, and Vizio on June 15, will push users to use YouTube instead — After announcing Google TV last year, its predecessor had an unspoken expiration date. This week, Google has confirmed that it will kill off the Play Movies & TV app … | Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: |
Contextual adtech company GumGum raises $75M, sources say at a ~$700M valuation, almost tripling from last funding round, as Google and Apple limit targeted ads — The adtech company focuses on contextual advertising, as opposed to ads that target people based on identifiable informationSponsor Posts
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