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In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook says it is suspending Trump's accounts for 2 years, and will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow — Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following …
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Facebook ends its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users — Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else — Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that mostly shields politicians …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a new iPad Pro with MagSafe charging and a glass back, for release in 2022, and a redesigned iPad Mini for release later in 2021 — - Company plans Mini redesign and thinner entry-level tablet — Apple's tablet sales jumped 79% in first three months of 2021
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU and UK regulators coordinate to open antitrust investigations into Facebook's classified ad service Marketplace; UK is also probing Facebook Dating — Investigations into classified-ads service Marketplace ramp up regulatory scrutiny on the company in Europe
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| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
Biden issues an order banning US investment in 59 Chinese tech companies that aid surveillance, substantially expanding on an earlier order issued by Trump — The new order includes firms engaged in making and deploying the surveillance technology used against Muslim minorities and dissidents around the globe.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds a new section to its privacy policy saying the app may collect biometric data such as faceprints and voiceprints from its users' content in the US — A change to TikTok's U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering the development of a bitcoin hardware wallet — Square is considering the development of a bitcoin hardware wallet, according to Jack Dorsey, CEO of the payments firm. — Such a product launch isn't a done deal, according to Dorsey, who previewed the concept in a Friday Twitter thread.| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Crypto exchange FTX to spend $210M over 10 years to rename the professional e-sports team TSM as TSM FTX, in one of the biggest naming rights deals in e-sports — The deal between TSM, which fields competitive video game teams, and the Hong Kong-based FTX exchange, rivals the kinds …
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| Andrew Perrin / Pew Research Center: |
Survey: since 2019, US smartphone ownership increased from 81% to 85% and broadband subscriptions rose from 73% to 77%; 30% of users report connectivity issues — Smartphone ownership and home broadband adoption are up slightly since 2019. And 30% of Americans say they at least sometimes …
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| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Cybersecurity company SentinelOne files for a US IPO, says revenue grew 108% YoY to $37.4M and net losses grew to $62.6M in the three months ending April 30 — - SentinelOne filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol S.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Flink, a six-months old grocery delivery service built around its own delivery stores, raises $240M co-led by Prosus, BOND, and Mubadala Capital — On-demand grocery delivery, which really came into its own with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to command huge attention from investors.
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Apple insults developers by denying the value apps bring to iOS and ignoring the part marketing and developer reputation play in attracting people to apps — Apple's leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: — That our apps provide substantial value to iOS beyond the purchase commissions collected by Apple.
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Wall Street Journal and TechSpot
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter launches its subscription service Twitter Blue on iOS in Canada and Australia for CAD$3.49 and A$4.49/month, with Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders, more — - Twitter Blue is designed for power users who are willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Live streams for Cox radio and TV stations were down on Thursday, sources say due to a ransomware attack — Live streams for radio and TV stations owned by the Cox Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in the US, have gone down earlier today in what multiple sources have described as a ransomware attack.
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AppleInsider, FTVLive, and The Hill
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Current and former employees at Medium say CEO Ev Williams' internal memo in April on the company's shifting culture led to a mass exodus of non-editorial staff — In April, Medium CEO Ev Williams wrote a memo to his staff about the company's shifting culture in the wake of a challenging year.
Tweets: @nmasc_, @om, @nmasc_, @martinsfp, and @caseynewton
| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack — The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack …
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Ars Technica, Malwarebytes Labs, Neowin, Techaeris, CNBC, Villages-News, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Cryptonews, ComputerWeekly.com, Crypto Briefing, The Hill, Ubergizmo, BleepingComputer, and Gizmodo
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Nigeria suspends Twitter operations after the site deleted tweets and videos of President Buhari making threats to the south eastern part of the country — The Nigerian government via its Ministry of Information and Culture today announced its decision to suspend the activities of social media platform Twitter in the country.Sponsor Posts
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