In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims
The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked
HBO Max launches without Roku and Amazon, the two most popular streaming platforms
The latest new streaming service HBO Max bowed with unlimited access to every episode of “Friends,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Game of Thrones.” But if all you've got is a streaming player from Roku ...
After Twitter adds a label to his misleading tweets, Trump says Republicans will “strongly regulate” social media platforms or “close them down”
- Attack comes after Twitter fact-checked, labeled Trump tweet — Tech companies have faced criticism from conservatives of bias
Twitter won't remove Trump's tweets about a conspiracy involving Joe Scarborough's aide, but claims it will update policies, after letter from the aide's widow
Ted Johnson / Deadline :
Sources: Amazon is in advanced talks to buy self-driving car startup Zoox; the deal will value Zoox at less than the $3.2B valuation it achieved in 2018
Deal expected to value Zoox at less than its last private valuation — Amazon. com Inc. is in advanced talks to buy Zoox Inc. in a move …
YouTube Kids is now available on Apple TV and works on both the 4K and HD versions of the device
YouTube's dedicated app for kids is now out for download from the App Store on Apple TV, so long as it's available in your region. It works on both the 4K and the HD versions of the device …
Coinbase is acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading, to bolster its institutional trading business
San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading.
Instagram will start sharing revenue with creators through IGTV ads and badges on Live, splitting 55% of the revenue, starting with 200 partners next week
And purchasable Badges in Instagram Live — For the first time in its history, Instagram will start sharing revenue with creators through ads …
Samsung unveils Samsung Money, a Samsung Pay-linked debit card program launching later this summer, in partnership with SoFi and Mastercard
Launching in partnership with SoFi and Mastercard — Samsung has announced further details for its upcoming debit card program …
Apple releases macOS 10.15.5 with new Battery Health Management feature for MacBooks with Thunderbolt 3, managing battery life by adjusting charging patterns
Apple today released macOS Catalina 10.15.5, the fifth update to the macOS Catalina operating system that was released in October 2019.
Amazon sent a script and video to US TV stations promoting its safety measures; at least 11 stations aired some form of it, and 10 didn't divulge the source
Numerous news stations ran segments featuring identical Amazon talking points — Amazon has been successfully feeding talking points …
Sundar Pichai told employees Google plans to gradually reopen offices and is targeting July 6, at ~10% building capacity, increasing to ~30% by September
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees Tuesday that the search giant is targeting July 6 to reopen offices for workers who want to come back.
Google rolls out tools across Maps and Search to help businesses impacted by COVID-19, including letting restaurants point to preferred delivery partners
Google is rolling out a series of updates aimed at helping local businesses adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to serve their customers across Google Maps and Search.
Global shipments of PCs, tablets, and mobile phones are forecast to drop 13.6% overall in 2020, with smartphones dropping 13.7% YoY and PCs falling 10.5%
Work from Home Trend Saved PC Market from Collapse — Global shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) …
A group of insiders filed a confidential whistleblower's complaint to the SEC claiming Facebook has not warned investors of illegal activity on its platform
The complaint, which was obtained by The Washington Post, includes dozens of pages of screenshots of opioids and other drugs for sale …
Sources: TikTok parent company ByteDance generated $17B+ in revenue and $3B+ in net profit in 2019, more than double its $7.4B revenue from 2018
TikTok parent-company ByteDance Ltd. generated more than $17 billion in revenue and more than $3 billion in net profit last year …
Behind the rise of TikTok “cults”, like Step Chickens, which revolve around a single creator and borrow tactics from “comment raid” groups on other platforms
Fandoms are forming around a new kind of influencer: the charismatic cult leader. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @tonytassell , @nytmedia , @realadamrose , @yoda , and @genepark Tweets: Taylor Lorenz / @tayl...
A look at OKash, a popular microcredit app in Kenya that threatens users to notify everyone on their contact list when they fall behind on loan payments
Okash, a popular fintech app in Kenya and Nigeria, threatens users to notify everyone on their contact list when you fall behind on your loan payments. Tweets: @ahmed , @lalehkhalili , @ftrain , @anup...
Q&A with Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on competing with Microsoft, navigating the current surge in demand, and sticking with Electron for Slack's desktop app
It's hard to remember what remote work was like before Slack. The company was founded in 2009, exploded in popularity in 2014 …
SmartRent, which provides smart home automation for property owners, developers, and residents, raises $60M Series C led by Spark Capital
SmartRent, which provides smart home automation for property owners, managers, developers, and residents, today announced that it has raised $60 million.
Israel-based D-ID, which is working on tech to make faces unrecognizable to face recognition software, raises $13.5M led by AXA Ventures
If only Facebook had been using the kind of technology that TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alumnus D-ID was pitching, it could have avoided exposing … Tweets: @dtunkelang Tweets: Daniel Tunkelang / @d...
Indian government open sources its contract-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, on GitHub, starting with Android app code, with iOS code coming soon after
Aditi Agrawal / MediaNama :
Sources and documents: Zuckerberg and others shelved damning research into Facebook's polarizing effect, weakening efforts to apply its conclusions to products
and refuses to stop Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1317: Facebook knew it was polarising, ban Trump's Twitter?, how Bill Gates became … Anmol Mehrotra / Neowin : Facebook reportedly knew ...
Kentik, which offers an enterprise network intelligence service, raises $23.5M led by Vistara Capital Partners, bringing total raised to $61.7M
Kentik, the company once known as CloudHelix, today announced that it has raised a $23.5 million growth funding round led by Vistara Capital Partners …
Despite being banned in China, YouTube has automatically removed comments with certain phrases that are insulting to the Communist Party, calls it an error
James Vincent / The Verge :
Facebook's experimental NPE division announces Collab, a TikTok-inspired music making app, available as an invite-only beta on iOS
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Sources: major advertisers on Quibi, including PepsiCo and Walmart, are seeking to defer payments as Quibi aims to cut costs after last month's lackluster debut
Wall Street Journal :
ESET details malware, allegedly used by Russian APT Turla against European governments, that uses Gmail for command and control and scrapes antivirus logs
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Cloud-based call center software startup Aircall raises $65M Series C led by DTCP, bringing its total raised to $100M+
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Spotify lifts its 10,000 song cap on personal libraries, allowing unlimited songs; limit remains for downloaded songs and playlists
Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : Tweets: @lino_and_rico Tweets: Lino Morales / @lino_and_rico : Earth to @applemusic You need to do the same. So much new music I wanna add, but you have a limit to my librar...
Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, launches CatchUp, an audio-only calling app in the US that shows which users are currently available to chat
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
insitro, which uses machine learning for drug discovery and development, raises $143M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing total raised to $243M
Leah Rosenbaum / Forbes : Tweets: @rtnarch and @debuggingtoucan Tweets: Robert Nelsen / @rtnarch : Insitro is pushing the boundaries of drug discovery. https://twitter.com/... @debuggingtoucan : The ...
Apple says it will reopen about 100 more stores in the US this week, some allowing walk-in customers; by week's end about 130 out of 271 US stores will be open
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
Switzerland is the first country to launch a large scale pilot for a COVID-19 contact tracing app, SwissCovid, using Apple's and Google's APIs
Christine Fisher / Engadget : Tweets: @unitednep Tweets: Suvash Thapa / @unitednep : The Swiss and Latvians are almost ready to launch the contract tracing app. I don't know about the govt but perhap...
Expedia shuts down a short-term rental business it created after acquiring Pillow and ApartmentJet in 2018
Dennis Schaal / Skift :
Sources: India's antitrust body is looking into allegations that Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app Google Pay
Tencent says it will invest $70B over the next five years on new digital infrastructure for cloud computing, AI, blockchain tech, IoT, supercomputers, and more
South China Morning Post :
Baton, which aims to improve project management and customer onboarding through automation, emerges from stealth with a $10M Series A led by Activant Capital
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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