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June 14, 2022, 2:25 PM

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Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog:
Wall Street Journal:
Apple and Major League Soccer announce a 2023-2032 broadcasting deal for MLS games, available via an MLS streaming service in the Apple TV app or with Apple TV+  —  Deal underscores iPhone maker's streaming ambitions and battle for sports programming  —  Apple Inc. AAPL 0.71%▲ …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Craig Federighi says Stage Manager is exclusive to M1 iPads because it requires the M1's better GPU, virtual memory, storage, and RAM for a seamless experience  —  SVP Craig Federighi on stretching Apple's iPad to fit new ways of working  —  Though the iPad was a huge hit from the beginning based …
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Sources: Apple is working on a new entry-level iPad with a USB-C port instead of Lightning, A14 chip, 5G, and an improved display, likely coming this year  —  Earlier this year, 9to5Mac exclusively reported that Apple was working on a new generation iPad Air to have the M1 chip and 5G support …
José Adorno / 9to5Mac:
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Adobe begins testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop for the web in Canada; some features will eventually be subscriber-only  —  For now, it's testing a freemium version in Canada  —  Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web and plans to open the service …
WABetaInfo:
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp users can securely transfer their chat history from Android to iOS while maintaining e2ee, expanding on iOS to Android support  —  Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry  —  After announcing important changes for the Cloud API at the Conversations 2022 keynote …
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Meta begins rolling out parental support tools for Quest headsets and Instagram, including a parent education hub and additional prompts to take breaks  —  Meta is introducing new parental supervision features for Quest virtual reality headsets and Instagram.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Elon Musk will address Twitter employees and take questions at a company-wide virtual meeting on Thursday morning  —  Elon Musk will address Twitter Inc. employees at a company-wide meeting this week, the first time the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer will meet with employees since agreeing …
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Germany's Bundeskartellamt regulator launches an antitrust investigation into Apple's ATT tracking rules and anti-tracking tech  —  Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules and anti-tracking technology …
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
Daniel Roberts / Decrypt:
Bloomberg:
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Sequoia launches two funds: a $2B early-stage, venture, and growth fund for India and an $850M dedicated fund for Southeast Asia, the largest in the regions  —  Sequoia India and Southeast Asia has launched two new funds, a $2 billion early-stage, venture and growth fund for India …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Invoca, which uses AI to analyze contact center calls, has raised $83M led by Silver Lake Waterman at a $1.1B post-money valuation  —  Invoca, a platform that uses AI to analyze calls for marketing, sales, and customer agent training purposes, today closed an $83 million funding round that values the company at $1.1 billion post-money.
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