Microsoft says it will permanently close all Microsoft Store retail locations and focus on its online store instead
- Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its Microsoft Store retail locations. — In the past decade or so, Microsoft began to expand its retail presence …
Verizon joins the boycott of Facebook ads, pulling them until Facebook has “an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable”, the largest advertiser so far
- Verizon said on Thursday it is pulling advertising on Facebook and Instagram. — On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation …
Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire self-driving car startup Zoox, reportedly for $1.2B+; Zoox was valued at over $3B in 2018
- Zoox was valued at over $3 billion in 2018, but has struggled with management turnover in its efforts to develop a self-driving car.
Leaked Microsoft document hints at a cheaper and less powerful Xbox console, designed to provide key improvements in Xbox Series X at a lower price point
The document mentions multiple Project Scarlett consoles — Microsoft has been planning a second, cheaper and less power next-gen Xbox console.
TikTok says it will stop clipboard snooping after iOS 14 reveals when apps attempt to read the clipboard; TikTok claims it was used to identify spammy behavior
A security patch from Apple has suddenly exposed just how many smartphone apps are reading users' clipboards every time they are on screen
Volvo to integrate Waymo's autonomous driving technology in its future fleet of electric robotaxis, the fourth automaker to commit to using Waymo's AV tech
Waymo says it is an ‘exclusive’ supplier of Level 4 technology to Volvo — Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” …
Sources: facing growing ad boycott, Facebook told advertisers it will “not make policy changes tied to revenue pressure” but will invest more in tackling hate
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Google launches group calling support for Assistant-powered smart displays, like Nest Hub Max, in Google Meet for up to 100 users and in Duo for up to 32 people
Chat with up to either 32 or 100 right from your Nest Hub Max — Google is expanding the ways you can make video calls …
Report: Alphabet said to be close to buying Canadian smart glasses maker North for ~$180M; sales of North's first generation Focals were said to be minuscule
While Glass lives on as an enterprise product, it never came close to reaching Google's wildly ambitious vision of replacing the smartphone. Source: Globe and Mail .
An aggregate 3M support QAnon as followers or members of Facebook pages, profiles, groups, and Instagram accounts, playing a key role in spreading Q's messages
Guardian investigation finds more than 3m aggregate followers and members support QAnon on Facebook, and their numbers are growing
Apple's new visual language in macOS 11 highlights a trend towards neumorphism, an iteration of skeuomorphic design that focuses on light moving within 3D space
If you watched Apple's annual WWDC event this week, or have been even casually observing some of the announcements the company made …
Insurance startup Lemonade sets a price range of $23 to $26 for its IPO, valuing it ~$1.3B, about 25% less than its $2B valuation in its last funding round
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Oscar raises another $225M for its direct-to-consumer health insurance service, says it now has a $2B revenue base
The direct-to-consumer health insurer Oscar has raised another $225 million in its latest, late-stage round of funding as its vision of tech-enabled health care services …
In email to staff, Uber CEO says it will “deprioritize” its finance-related projects, including Uber Money, as the head of its financial products quits
Uber Technologies Inc.'s financial services leader Peter Hazlehurst is calling it quits as the ride-hailing giant focuses …
Facebook says it is globally rolling out a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that's more than 90 days old
pop-ups, notifications, warnings — work to fight fake news, new evidence shows Julio Cachila / International Business Times : Facebook To Notify Users If They Are About To Share Old News Michael Allis...
A look at Netflix's long-term content strategy, which is enabling the company to launch 59 new original shows in July, despite the global pandemic
The streamer has nearly 60 original titles landing in July alone — Netflix is set to introduce 59 new original things in July … Tweets: @gzbenso , @filmcollab , and @murjanirawls Tweets: GB Advisory...
Senators unveil bipartisan PACT Act, to make social media moderation more transparent and require posts be removed within a day of courts deeming them illegal
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The UK has pledged to invest ~£500M in OneWeb equity deal after the company failed to secure ~$2B in new funding from investors; UK could end up with +20% stake
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Twitch has begun issuing permanent bans after numerous sexual abuse allegations, but streamers who've complained doubt Twitch is ready to take them seriously
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Tencent is launching Trovo, a Twitch-like streaming service, in the US, and plans to entice creators with a $30M partnership program starting in July
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Comcast is the first ISP to join Firefox's Trusted Recursive Resolver program to deploy encrypted DNS lookups on the Firefox browser
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Salesforce launches Salesforce Anywhere, an app that unifies chat, alerts, comments, and video in customer relationship management software
a whole new way sell, service, market, and collaborate from anywhere built on our Salesforce 360 platform — deeply connected to the single source of truth. https://www.zdnet.com/... Samantha Ettus / @...
Google makes its ARCore Depth API available for developers on Android and Unity to build AR experiences
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Amazon partners with 1000+ retail shops in India to launch Smart Stores, where shoppers can scan a QR code to browse store inventories and buy using Amazon Pay
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
YouTube Music recently added music library support, which lets users play songs they own, but limits some of the library's playback functionality to subscribers
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Tweets: @mweinberg2d , @tinytempest , @aloudonline , and @naimishkeswani Tweets: Michael Weinberg / @mweinberg2d : As a similarly situated music purchaser and google music...
Security software vendor Tanium partners with Salesforce, which led a new round of funding, bringing total raised to $900M at a $9B valuation
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HEY opens its email service to everyone and says Apple has approved its update with proposed changes to meet App Store guidelines
the new email service from Basecamp that's been the subject of the latest fight over Apple's App Store policies — has announced that starting today, it'll be open for anyone to join, no invite code re...
YouTube is testing a new TikTok-like feature on mobile that will allow users to record 15-second, multi-segment videos
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Apple to bring Face ID and Touch ID logins to the web in Safari 14 on mobile and desktop
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
France, UK, Italy, and Spain offer to limit the scope of a proposed global digital tax, in a letter to US Treasury Secretary, following US threat of tariffs
Alberto Brambilla / Bloomberg :
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