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Sources: Apple plans to launch a faster Watch with improved connectivity and screen this year, plus an entry-level model and an extreme sports model next year — - Updated screens and performance this year, new functions later — New entry-level and extreme sports models planned for 2022
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
SCOTUS throws out a lower court ruling that had allowed 3rd-party scraping of LinkedIn users' public profiles, sending the dispute back to federal appeals court — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) LinkedIn Corp another chance to try to stop rival hiQ Labs Inc …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google makes Workspace and Chat available to all and adds client-side encryption for data on Workspace — That's over three billion potential users — Google is announcing some changes to its Workspace suite of apps and services today, including availability for anybody who has a Google account.
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| Jonathan Ponciano / Forbes: |
MicroStrategy raises another ~$500M in bonds to buy more bitcoin, and bitcoin's price surged to $40K+ after Elon Musk hinted Tesla may again accept BTC payments — Less than a week after announcing the offering, business analytics firm MicroStrategy, which owns more bitcoin than any other corporation …
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Shopify, Sequoia, others recently bought ~$1B of Stripe stock from existing shareholders before expected IPO; bids topped $4B but only ~$1B were filled — Shopify, Sequoia Capital and others recently bought about $1 billion of shares in fintech Stripe, which could go public late this year or next
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of the new $150 Beats Studio Buds: comfortable design and good sound quality but poor ANC, and some AirPods features are missing like audio sharing — Beats tried to do a lot at once — probably too much — with its new earbuds — The new Studio Buds are Beats' second pair …
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Tweets: @caitlin_mcgarry, @verge, @verge, @9to5mac, @dcseifert, and @chriswelch
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stripe announces Stripe Identity, a self-serve tool for companies that can be used to verify identities using AI, launching in 30 countries in beta — A number of startups (eg, here, here, here and here) have fashioned themselves as the “Stripe for identity verification” … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
YouTube will stop accepting ads for its masthead ad unit from certain verticals, including election and political ads, alcohol, gambling, and prescription drugs — The masthead is often the platform's most expensive and sought-after ad unit.
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies with bitcoin on their balance sheets face an accounting risk as they often have to record impairment charges when its value falls — Tesla and other companies that hold the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency often must record impairment charges when its value falls
Tweets: @paulvigna and @wsj
| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple turned over data to the DOJ about Trump's White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in 2018 after being subpoenaed; Apple told McGahn last month — The company notified Donald F. McGahn II last month that it had been subpoenaed for his account information three years ago.
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| Brad Smith / Washington Post: |
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| NBC News: |
Sources: in 2019, major labor union Teamsters refused a ransomware demand of $2.5M, against the FBI's advice, and instead rebuilt its systems from scratch — WASHINGTON — When the Teamsters were hit by a ransomware attack over Labor Day weekend in 2019, the hackers asked for a seven-figure payment.
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Softpedia News and Slashdot
Tweets: @ruthbrarian, @jonallendc, @thetweetofjohn, @charliemagne, and @jonallendc
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Amazon's game streaming service Luna is opening to all Prime members starting on Prime Day, June 21 and 22; US Prime members can start a seven day trial today — Get a free 7-day trial and play from Windows, PC, and mobile — Amazon is opening up access to its game streaming service Luna …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
US government is ratcheting up pressure on China's overseas 5G ambitions, offering financial incentives and more to countries willing to shun Huawei and ZTE — Washington is organizing workshops and offering a handbook to help governments avoid using Huawei, ZTE gear
Tweets: @aaronwall, @mikercarpenter, @wsj, @anthony, and @stuwoo
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