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| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony merges PS Now and Plus to create three tiers, launching in June: PS Plus Essentials for $9.99/month, Extra for $14.99/month, and Premium for $17.99/month — PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, PS4 and PS5 games included, but not brand new releases — At a glance:
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| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Interview with PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan on Sony's new PS subscription tiers, why new releases won't immediately launch on the service, and more — The platform holder's CEO discusses the potential for games subscription services — Whenever a new platform or service gets announced …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Leaked Mandiant report: Okta's contractor Sitel first sent a Lapsus$ breach notification to Okta on January 25 and a detailed “Intrusion Timeline” on March 17 — Documents shed some light on how Okta and its subprocessor Sitel reacted to a breach, but they don't explain the apparent lack of urgency.
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| Corin Faife / The Verge: |
Security experts worry the EU's DMA, which mandates messaging service interoperability, could undermine the end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp and other services — Big names in internet security have been fiercely critical of the new DMA legislation — On March 24th, EU governing bodies announced …
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Greenpeace and other groups are running ads in the NYT, WSJ, and others, funded by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, highlighting bitcoin's environmental impact — Consortium launches effort advocating changes to the cryptocurrency's code — A consortium of environmental groups launched …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify is testing a vertically scrolling feed for podcasts in its main app, featuring an automatically selected 60-second audio preview — Spotify acquired podcast discovery platform Podz last summer for roughly $49.4 million, per a Securities and Exchange Commission filing …
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's CODA win at the Oscars and Ted Lasso's success shows TV+'s quality over quantity approach is paying off; Apple paid $25M for CODA distribution rights — Launched in 2019, Apple TV+ produces far less content than its biggest streaming rivals — Apple Inc.'s boutique-store approach to streaming is paying off with tastemakers.
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Researchers find that Russia's Yandex sends metadata to servers located in the country; Yandex says the data is “non-personalised and very limited” — Information collected by company through apps on Apple and Google-powered mobile devices is sent to Russian servers
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Automated transcription service Otter.ai adds several features, including meeting summaries and a “home feed” — Otter expands beyond transcripts to become a work hub — Otter.ai made its name as a slick, AI-powered transcription service. But as this type of automated …
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Computerworld, TNW, Forbes, Engadget, Fast Company, and Otter.ai Blog
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Many customers on Verizon and its MVNO Visible have reported receiving spam text messages from their own phone number over the last few days — Did you recently get a spam text... from yourself? You're not alone — This morning, I received a very blatant spam text offering me “a little gift” for supposedly paying my phone bill.
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USA Today, PhoneArena, Android Beat, Android Authority, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok partners with Giphy to launch TikTok Library, an in-app creator tool — TikTok today is announcing a new in-app creation tool called TikTok Library, which the company hopes will make it easier for creators to access entertainment content and participate in trends.| Simon Evans / Reuters: |
Source: Lionel Messi has signed an agreement worth $20M+ over three years to promote digital fan token service Socios.com — Lionel Messi has signed an agreement worth more than $20 million to promote digital fan token company Socios.com, a source close to the deal told Reuters on Tuesday.| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
The DOJ endorses the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would stop large platforms from favoring their own products and services over competitors' — The Justice Department told lawmakers in a letter that the rise of dominant platforms presents a threat to open markets and competition
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, iThinkDifferent, The 21 Hats Morning Report, and iMore
Tweets: @ryanjtracy, @nathanpevans, @jason_kint, @garrytan, and @accountabletech. Thanks:@lutherlowe
| Axios: |
Sources: OnlyFans has held conversations with multiple SPACs about going public, after failing to raise funds last year due to its adult content — OnlyFans has held talks with multiple blank check companies, or SPACs, about a merger to take it public, sources tell Axios.
Tweets: @sarafischer, @jamestitcomb, @sarafischer, and @saraashleyo
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based Kaiyo, an online marketplace for second-hand furniture, raises a $36M Series B in equity and debt led by Edison, bringing its total funding to $50M — Furniture is one of the largest waste categories in the U.S., generating more than twelve million tons of waste in landfills every year …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Swiss startup Yokoy, which helps companies manage expenses, invoices, and credit cards, raises $80M from Sequoia and others, source says at a $500M+ valuation — - Yokoy, a Swiss start-up helping companies manage their expenses, has raised $80 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
HackerRank, which helps businesses find, evaluate, and hire developers, raises $60M at a ~$500M valuation, bringing its total funding to date to $115M — The job market for coders remains very tight on both sides of the table: there remains a major skills and talent shortage when it comes …
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| Ian Johnston / Financial Times: |
Advertising gig platform Talenthouse plans to list in Zurich via a reverse takeover, valuing the London-based company at ~$450M; the service has 14M+ workers — London-based company says demand for digital content is spurring growth — Advertising gig platform Talenthouse is listing …
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