In major U-turn, UK abandons its own coronavirus-tracing app approach and shifts to the model based on the technology provided by Google and Apple
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.
Sources: since February, Apple has rejected at least five versions of Facebook Gaming, citing rules that prohibit apps that primarily distribute casual games
Apple has repeatedly denied Facebook's new Gaming app from appearing in its App Store, citing its own rules.
Twitter will let users record and add up to 140 seconds of audio to tweets, rolling out to iOS users in the coming weeks
Twitter is where you go to talk about what's happening. Over the years, photos, videos, gifs, and extra characters have allowed you to add your own flair and personality to your conversations.
As the HEY debacle shows, the text of Apple's App Store policies is vague, and their arbitrary interpretation and enforcement makes things worse
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German payments group Wirecard says €1.9B cash is missing and that “spurious cash balances” might have been provided to its auditor by a third party
Shares of payments group crash as it says a third-party may have tried ‘to deceive’ its auditor
Book excerpt by Trump's former national security adviser: Trump offered in 2019 to reverse Huawei's criminal prosecution if China agreed to a trade deal
The president pleaded with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for domestic political help, subordinated national-security issues …
Samsung begins rollout of blood pressure monitoring feature for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in South Korea
Samsung has yet to enable the long-anticipated ECG support on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, but the company continues to work towards making the Galaxy Watch Active 2 more useful.
The US withdraws from international digital tax negotiations with European countries, says it'll retaliate if they move forward with new taxes on US tech firms
The breakdown in negotiations could prompt President Trump to retaliate against countries that impose taxes on American tech firms.
Zoom backtracks on end-to-end encryption, saying it plans to offer E2EE to all tiers of users who verify phone numbers and will start testing it in July
- Company will require users of free service to verify identity — Video-conferencing app will test strongest encryption in July
Sundar Pichai says Google will increase its proportion of execs from underrepresented groups by 30% by 2025, contribute $175M+ for Black business owners, more
Not new to debates on race, Google seeks to address ‘systemic racism’ in society — Google announced a new hiring goal …
Sen. Josh Hawley's bill targeting Section 230 seems largely toothless, mandating companies only adhere more closely to their own rules
Sen. Josh Hawley, one of Facebook's most vocal critics on Capitol Hill, introduced new legislation on Wednesday that would purportedly chip away …
Amazon is planning to stream four Premier League games for free on Twitch in the UK, starting June 29
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is planning to stream live Premier League fixtures for free on Twitch in the UK as it aims to give fans the chance to interact with each other while games are being played.
eBay confirms that ex-CEO Devin Wenig is the person who allegedly ordered six eBay employees to initiate a cyberstalking campaign; Wenig is not being charged
Surveillance. Harassment. A live cockroach delivery. US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign. Tweets: @karlbode , @wired , @lachla...
Flipboard debuts Storyboards, to let publishers and verified users create roundups of articles, videos, tweets, and more, as part of its new Curator Pro tool
Flipboard is giving news publishers and other curators on the platform a new way to highlight content through a format called Storyboards.
T-Mobile says its massive outage on Monday was caused by failures of a leased third-party fiber circuit and its backup that resulted in an “IP traffic storm”
“We did not meet our own bar for excellence,” writes T-Mobile's CTO — If you've been wondering what could knock …
YouTube announces new shoppable “storefront” video ad unit, with clickable product images that link to the advertising brand's product
Google released a direct response ad format for YouTube on Thursday that will make YouTube ads more shoppable, and more closely integrated with a brand's Google Merchant Center account.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com rises ~6% in its debut in Hong Kong after raising $3.9B
- JD's listing followed NetEase's coming-out party a week ago — Alibaba, JD and NetEase bode well for future Chinese debuts — JD.com Inc. soared about 6% in its Thursday debut in Hong Kong …
DOJ proposes Congress adopt new legislation adding conditions to Section 230 protections, opening up Facebook, Google, Twitter, others to additional liability
Nurturing Innovation or Fostering Unaccountability? Rishabh Jain / International Business Times : FCC Commissioner Opposes Trump On Social Media Regulation Saying, ‘The Decision Is Ours Alone’ Issie L...
Kaia Health, which makes apps that help manage chronic pain using AI and motion-tracking tech, raises $26M Series B, bringing its total raised to nearly $50M
AI-powered digital therapeutics startup Kaia Health today announced it has raised a $26 million round.
No, Google didn't demonetize The Federalist and Zero Hedge, as NBC's misleading story claims, and it is not an example of anti-conservative bias
from the another-day-another-story dept — So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” two well known websites from its ad platform, namely The Federalist and Zero Hedge. Tweets: @nickco...
Interview with Grindr's new CEO Jeff Bonforte and COO Rick Marini, who are part of the San Vicente investor group that bought the app from Beijing Kunlun Tech
Grindr officially has new owners. — The popular LGBTQ+ dating app has announced Jeff Bonforte, Rick Marini, and Gary Hsueh as its new CEO, COO, and CFO, respectively.
DoorDash raises $400M led by Durable Capital Partners, at a $16B post-money valuation
DoorDash has raised $400 million in new equity funding at a $16 billion post-money valuation, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: For all the talk of deals that didn't happen because of coronavirus...
Stockwell, the AI-based vending machine formerly known as Bodega, which had raised at least $45M, will be shutting down July 1
Stockwell AI entered the world with a bang but it is leaving with a whimper. Founded in 2017 by ex-Googlers, the AI vending machine startup formerly known … Tweets: @kevintkrueger , @iiiitsandrea , @...
Investigation finds nearly 100 Amazon listings for products it bans, like drugs, weapons, and spy gear, some sold as “Amazon's Choice” and some by Amazon itself
The online giant bans products related to drugs, spying and weapons, but we found plenty for sale … Tweets: @juliaangwin . Thanks: @thekenyeung Tweets: Julia Angwin / @juliaangwin : Amazon bans danger...
Google cracks down on The Federalist and ZeroHedge for violating policies on race-related content and may permanently suspend their access to Google Ads revenue
Aaron Holmes / Business Insider :
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to invest $1.5B in Jio Platforms for a 2.32% stake in the Indian telecom operator
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Payfone, which offers a service to identify and verify people using data gleaned from their mobile phones, raises $100M, bringing its total raised to $175M
As an increasing number of daily and essential services move to digital platforms — a trend that's had a massive fillip in the last few months …
Ecuador's state-run Twitter troll army, perfected by former president Rafael Correa, has become less organized but more sophisticated since his departure
by Danielle Mackey, from Quito Megatobin / @megatobin1 : “The anti-CONAIE campaign was laden with an old racism. But the methods by which it was carried out were new,” — Danielle Mackey on how hiring ...
Amazon says AWS Shield mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in mid-February, the largest ever; the previous record was a 1.7 Tbps DDoS attack from March 2018
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Russia announces it is lifting restrictions on the use of the Telegram after the messaging app “agrees to help with extremism investigations”
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Documents from an ACLU lawsuit show Microsoft tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEA in late 2017, six months before the company called for regulation
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News :
Drishti, which develops AI-powered video analytics tech for improving manual assembly line efficiency, raises $25M Series B from Sozo Ventures, a16z, and others
Kenrick Cai / Forbes :
Coinbase launches Rosetta, an open-source framework for blockchains that makes integrating with them and listing them on exchanges simpler and more reliable
Diwaker Gupta, Head of Engineering at Blockstack PBC https://www.coindesk.com/...
Abacus Insights, which seeks to make health care data more interoperable in the US, raises $35M Series B led by Blue Venture Fund, bringing total raised to $53M
Katie Jennings / Forbes :
In a regulatory filing, Dish says it will acquire Boost from T-Mobile by July 1, allowing T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint to move forward
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg :
An investor group backed by Warburg Pincus has agreed to take 58.com, China's biggest online classifieds company, private in a deal valued at about $8.7B
Manuel Baigorri / Bloomberg :
Google is testing a way for users to buy Android app subscriptions outside of the app itself, like directly from the Play Store listing page
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google announces Assistant improvements, an Actions Builder for developers, and that AMP articles will soon be supported on Google Assistant Smart Displays
Jon Porter / The Verge :
China-based Miaoshou Doctor, which provides telehealth services and operates an online pharmaceuticals marketplace, raises ~$84M Series D
China Money Network :
DOJ Inspector General report: DEA failed to police its agents' handling of cryptocurrencies, even after an agent stole $700,000 in bitcoin in 2015
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk :
Following Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft's moratorium on facial recognition tech, a look at possible regulation in US, which lawmakers say is unlikely within a year
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @rashidatlaib Tweets: Rashida Tlaib / @rashidatlaib : Facial recognition technology is racist.
Y Combinator's online bootcamp, Startup School, relaunches as a continuous year-round program, instead of an eight week program running multiple times per year
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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
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.