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Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017 — - Amazon is buying MGM Studios, the companies announced, marking Amazon's most ambitious move yet into the entertainment business.
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
With its MGM acquisition, Amazon doesn't want to compete with streamers like Netflix but reduce Prime subscriber churn by providing enough blockbuster content — Amazon isn't competing with Netflix, but it is spending billions trying to figure out Hollywood. Maybe 007 can help.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it will limit the distribution of all posts from personal accounts that routinely spread misinformation — Facebook Inc. will begin doling out harsher punishments for individual accounts that repeatedly share false or misleading posts, an expansion of the social network's efforts to crack down on misinformation.
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About Facebook, Social Media Today, The Verge, MUO, Reclaim The Net, and 9to5Mac
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook and Instagram now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others — Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Facebook says Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, in a report that details 150 operations that the company has disrupted since 2017 — Report explores how issue has evolved in recent years — A Facebook report released Wednesday says that Russia is still the largest producer …
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About Facebook, Voice of America, Tech Xplore, TechCrunch, and The Hill
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple removes an app, discovered by a developer, that required at least a three-star review before people could use it — An app that demanded at least a three-star review to function got through the App Store review process, it has been found (via The Verge).
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The Verge, Ubergizmo, phonearena.com, iMore, Michael Tsai, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send bitcoin to PayPal and Venmo users as well as to Coinbase and outside crypto wallets — PayPal created a stir in the crypto markets last year when it announced its millions of users could buy and sell Bitcoin.
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CoinDesk, Reuters, Insider, TheStreet, ZyCrypto, Finance Magnates, U.Today, NewsBTC, Bitcoin Magazine, and Crypto Briefing
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon says Andy Jassy will become CEO on July 5, which marks 27 years to the day that Amazon was incorporated — That's Amazon's 27th birthday — Andy Jassy will officially become the CEO of Amazon on July 5th, the company announced at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI's Sam Altman announces a $100M startup fund with Microsoft backing aimed at early-stage AI companies, with plans to invest in “probably not more than 10” — OpenAI is launching a $100 million startup fund, which it calls the OpenAI Startup Fund, though which it and its partners … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia beats with record Q1 revenue of $5.66B, up 84% YoY, with Gaming revenue of $2.76B, up 106% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $2.05B, up 79% YoY — Nvidia reported revenues of $5.66 billion for its first fiscal quarter ended May 2, up 84% from a year earlier. Gaming revenue grew 106% to $2.76 billion.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter says users can now join Spaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet — You can't host rooms yourself on the web just yet, though — You'll be able to join Twitter's Clubhouse-like Spaces from desktop and mobile web browsers starting Wednesday … | Bloomberg: |
ZipRecruiter closes at $21.10 per share after opening at $20, giving it a valuation of ~$2.8B, up from its 2018 valuation of ~$1.5B — - Shares in ZipRecruiter opened at $20 apiece Wednesday — Company's direct listing follows Coinbase, Squarespace — ZipRecruiter Inc. rose …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a new shopping section called Drops, helping users find limited supply products, and will temporarily waive fees due to COVID-19 — Instagram today announced it's adding a new feature to help connect online shoppers to product drops through its app.
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PYMNTS.com, Ad Age, The Drum, The Business of Fashion, Social Media Today, and Adweek
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| Lauren Hepler / San Francisco Chronicle: |
San Jose approves Google's plans for a downtown campus with 4K new homes, 7M+ square feet of office space, 15 acres of parks, and 500K of retail and other space — After more than three years of negotiations, San Jose officials voted late Tuesday to approve Google's plan for a sprawling downtown campus …
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Tweets: @carlquintanilla, @mayavada, @jonfortt, and @jowyang
| New York Times: |
An overview of Russia's increasingly aggressive attempts to control Google, Facebook, and Twitter, ordering them to store data in Russia and imposing fines — Its campaign is part of a global wave of actions by governments that are testing how far they can go to control online speech.
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government for its new social media regulations, saying they would break privacy protections — WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts …
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WhatsApp.com, Livemint, Press Information Bureau, androidauthority.com, The Hacker News, BGR, Gizmodo, Android Central, Gizchina, Livemint, Social Media Today, Moneycontrol, Firstpost Tech, BuzzFeed News, International Business Times, Voice of America, IT PRO, The Economic Times, Entrackr, Financial Times, MediaNama, and Android Police
| Cristiano Lima / Politico: |
Facebook says it will no longer take down posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made, following renewed debate about the origins of the virus — Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday …
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Tweets: @jackposobiec, @aghamilton29, @ryanafournier, @neontaster, @kellyriddell, @paul_karp, @redsteeze, @yossigestetner, @evelyndouek, @evelyndouek, and @hawleymo. Thanks:@viacristiano
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Zscaler stock rose ~12% on Wednesday after reporting Q3 earnings beat and announcing it will acquire India-based cybersecurity company Smokescreen Technologies — Zscaler said Smokescreen will help with ransomeware attacks and zero-trust security. — Cyber-security firm Zscaler … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake beats with Q1 revenue of $228.9M, up 110% YoY, as net loss swelled to $203.2M from $93.6M last year; year to date, its stock is down ~17% — - Snowflake's revenue beat estimates for the quarter as losses mounted. — Goldman Sachs upgraded Snowflake stock to buy earlier …
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| Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg: |
Iran says it is banning cryptocurrency mining until September 22 after a series of power blackouts across major cities — - Iran blames crypto mining and drought for recent outages — Government says 85% of mining activity is unlicensed — Follow us @crypto for our full coverage.| Melanie Evans / Wall Street Journal: |
Google partners with US hospital chain HCA Healthcare to develop algorithms to improve operating efficiency, monitor patients, and guide doctors' decisions — Tech giant expands health-sector presence in latest deal to develop tools to improve medical care, as privacy concerns arise
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HCA Today, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, medcitynews.com, and Tech Xplore
Tweets: @wsj, @jjwurology, @pjputh, @stefaniei, @silvermanjacob, @repkenbuck, and @iamstarnord
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
USB standards body unveils its USB-C 2.1 revision, which supports power up to 240W, up from 100W currently, aimed at devices like 4K displays and gaming laptops — An upgrade to the USB-C standard will accommodate levels of up to 240 watts, an improvement that could let you plug power-hungry devices … | Trefor Moss / Wall Street Journal: |
Tesla says it will store all data generated from cars in China in a new data center there, after facing scrutiny in the country for handling vehicle data — U.S. electric-car maker has faced scrutiny in China of its handling of potentially sensitive vehicle data| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: European Commission will open a formal antitrust probe into Facebook to investigate if it's undermining competition in the online classifieds market — European Commission will investigate if Facebook is undermining competition in the online classifieds market| Martin Tisne / MIT Technology Review: |
Lawmakers focus on protecting individuals from big tech when they should develop laws focusing specifically on collective data rights to prevent harm to society — Protecting individual data is not enough when the harms are collective — Every person engaged with the networked world constantly creates rivers of data.
Tweets: @hackylawyer, @martintisne, @martintisne, @rafa_zanatta, @martintisne, and @protonmail
| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces Fact Check, a section of the Coinbase blog to combat misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto — Every tech company should go direct to their audience, and become a media company. — As Coinbase and the cryptoeconomy grow … | DFRLab: |
Analysis of 40M pieces of QAnon content from 1/20 to 4/21: Facebook, Twitter, and others have successfully expelled most of the content after it peaked in 6/20 — The conspiracy's followers on alternative platforms have failed to out-post their counterparts on mainstream ones
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