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Sources: Apple executives previewed the upcoming mixed reality headset to the company's board last week; Apple ramped up reality OS development in recent weeks — Apple Inc. executives previewed its upcoming mixed-reality headset to the company's board last week, indicating that development … | Joseph Cox / VICE: |
In a policy shift, the US Department of Justice plans to stop prosecuting good-faith security research that would have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — The new policy addresses decades of uncertainty around the law and security research. — Joseph Cox
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Sources: at an all-hands, Twitter's top lawyer Vijaya Gadde said there is “no such thing as a deal being on hold” and execs said Musk's deal is moving forward — Twitter Inc. executives told employees on Thursday that the $44 billion deal to sell the company to billionaire Elon Musk … | Twitter: |
Twitter announces a crisis misinformation policy, including adding a warning to highly visible tweets with misleading information and disabling engagement — Around the world, people use Twitter to find reliable information in real time. During periods of crisis - such as situations of armed conflict …
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The Verge, The Record, CNN, Protocol, Twitter Help Center, The Economic Times, Reuters, New York Times, Engadget, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Axios
Tweets: @twittersafety, @yoyoel, @b_fung, @pkafka, @heminator, @willoremus, @twittersafety, @willoremus, @yoda, and @yoyoel
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
The CISA orders US federal civilian agencies to patch or remove VMware products with a remote code execution vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting — Security flaws in VMware and F5's BIG-IP are being exploited by malicious hackers. — Malicious hackers, some believed to be state-backed …
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Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @kimzetter, @vickerysec, @ericgeller, @bad_packets, and @vmwaresrc
| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
A new bipartisan Senate bill would prohibit companies with $20B+ in annual digital ad transactions from participating in more than one part of the ad ecosystem — Legislation, which has some Democratic support, takes aim at conflicts of interest in the advertising technology industry
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The Hill, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Mike Lee US Senator for Utah, New York Post, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @keachhagey, @andreas_schwab, @jessefelder, @anthony, @jason_kint, @matthewstoller, @jason_kint, @asharma, and @keachhagey
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Framework refreshes its 13.5" modular Framework Laptop with 12th Gen Intel CPUs, starting at $1,049 in July; owners can upgrade existing laptops with a $538 kit — A new laptop that fits inside your old laptop — A little more than a year after announcing the first version of its ultra-repairable …
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Tweets: @ifixit, @mobile_dom, @kwiens, @frameworkputer, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @freedmanae, @film_girl, and @dsilverman
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Tether's accounting firm says Tether holds $20.1B in commercial paper, down 17% QoQ; Tether had $82.4B+ in total assets on March 31 and $82.2B in liabilities — Tether, the operator of the world's most used cryptocurrency, said it had reduced the amount of commercial paper in the reserve backing …
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Tweets: @chrisbloomstran, @douglaslagoscom, @zsk, @emilyjnicolle, @dzambhalahodl, @faridrached, @mindaoyang, and @paoloardoino
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
In a letter to portfolio founders, Y Combinator advises to “plan for the worst” by cutting expenses and focusing on extending runways amid the economic downturn — Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” …
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Crunchbase News, The Economic Times, The Reluctant CFO, San Francisco Business Journal, and Moneycontrol
Tweets: @refsrc, @howardlindzon, @downtempo, @yuris, @erikvoorhees, @kateclarktweets, and @refsrc
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches its free WhatsApp Cloud API, aimed at SMBs, to all businesses worldwide, and announces paid features for its WhatsApp Business app coming later — WhatsApp is continuing its push into the business market with today's news it's launching the WhatsApp Cloud API to all businesses worldwide.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Fastly acquires Glitch, the web coding service formerly called Fog Creek Software; Glitch CEO Anil Dash will join Fastly as its VP of developer experience — The coding platform will continue under the new owner — Fastly, a major provider of cloud services, announced today that it's acquiring Glitch …
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Tweets: @fastly, @kyliebytes, @glitch, @ftrain, @simonw, @jessevondoom, @anildash, @fintanr, @anildash, @threepointone, @jennschiffer, and @elegantlywasted
| Henry Grabar / Slate: |
As Uber begins to rein in costs, having lost ~$30B in five-odd years, a look at the impact of cheap rides on city transit and the opportunities that were lost — Recently I was talking with an executive who used to work in car-sharing—the wave of companies, led by Zipcar and car2go … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
FTX.US launches FTX Stocks, a zero-commission stock trading feature available through the FTX app, rolling out in the US over the coming months — - The news comes shortly after Sam Bankman-Fried's acquisition of a 7.6% stake in retail trading giant Robinhood.
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Wall Street Journal, PR Newswire, CNBC, Blockworks, Fortune, Gizmodo, Financial Times, Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, Newslit Daily, Coinspeaker, Decrypt, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @matthewstoller, @scaramucci, @mayazi, @fintechfrank, @mayazi, and @jeffjohnroberts
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
An interview with a16z's Jonathan Lai on Games Fund One, the VC firm's new $600M fund for games that will invest in studios, infrastructure, and consumer apps — Andreessen Horowitz has raised a $600 million fund to invest in games. The storied venture capital firm is already a big investor in games …
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CoinDesk, GamesIndustry.biz, The Information, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, Coinspeaker, Gameranx, The Economic Times, Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @azragames, @top7ico, @andrewchen, @justinkruger, and @a16z
| Washington Post: |
Republicans, who opposed common carrier status for ISPs during the net neutrality debate, are now calling for the status to be applied to social media platforms — Happy Thursday! I know, I know, going to law school probably would've helped writing today's newsletter.
Tweets: @viacristiano, @jeffjarvis, @adamthierer, @karlbode, and @willoremus
| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok is testing in-app games in Vietnam as part of a push into gaming; TikTok says it has tested HTML5 games in partnership with Zynga and others — TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans for a major push into gaming …
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TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Benzinga, MobileSyrup, iMore, and Slashdot
| Kim Velsey / Curbed: |
AirDNA, Inside Airbnb, and Douglas Elliman data: NYC has ~3K to ~13K more Airbnb listings than rental apartments despite Airbnb listings falling in the pandemic — The fever isn't breaking. There are now bidding wars for one in every five Manhattan rental apartments (and one in three luxury units) …
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Protocol. Tweets: @thrasherxy, @sesmith, @bigblackjacobin, @bigmeaninternet, @tomgara, @kvelsey, @arjunbasu, @dmtrubman, @rmac18, @arminrosen, @pt, and @can
| Jan Hoffman / New York Times: |
As drug overdoses soar in the US, Snap, Instagram, Discord, and other major platforms have become a quick and easy conduit for drug deals — The soaring drug fatalities in the U.S. are being fueled partly by fentanyl-tainted pills bought by teenagers and young adults on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and other social media apps.
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9to5Mac. Tweets: @ceciliakang, @mattnavarra, @marcportermagee, @jamesmerriman6, @david_sheff, @yoda, and @amandacarpenter
| Financial Times: |
Chinese citizens angered by Shanghai's ongoing lockdowns are evading censorship of a viral post and video criticizing the government by minting them into NFTs — Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country's censors
Tweets: @katebevan, @tim, @jerrybrito, @alisonkilling, @youtuberlaw, and @caseynewton
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Report: Netflix had 3.6M cancellations in Q1 2022, up from ~2.5M for each past five quarters; 13% came from subscribers who had the service for over three years — Users subscribed to Netflix for more than three years represented 13 percent of total cancellations
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Techhive.com, Tom's Guide, Fossbytes, KnowTechie, The Streamable, TechSpot, The Economic Times, XDA Developers, and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @jeremiahlee, @carnage4life, @mrinaldesai, @blackamazon, @thrasherxy, and @royprice
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stripe launches Data Pipeline, letting its US customers link Stripe transactions data and their data stores in Amazon Redshift or Snowflake's Data Cloud — Stripe — the payments giant valued at $95 billion — is on a product sprint to expand its services and functionality beyond … Sponsor Posts
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