Sources: Microsoft's board decided in 2020 Gates should leave the board as it probed claims Gates sought to initiate an affair with a Microsoft engineer in 2000
Some Microsoft directors began an investigation in 2019 into woman's allegations of prior sexual relationship with Bill Gates …
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav
New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. — On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …
Apple says it will bring lossless audio to all Apple Music subscribers for free and will support Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, available from June
The next generation of sound on Apple Music is coming to subscribers June 2021 at no additional cost — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today …
Sources: long after his marriage, Bill Gates would pursue women at Microsoft, at times creating an uncomfortable workplace environment
Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager.
Microsoft launches a personal version of Teams, after previewing it nearly a year ago, available for free
Microsoft Teams for personal use exits preview — Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today. After previewing the service nearly a year ago …
Jon Prosser leaks what he claims are Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro renders, as well as a promo video and images of Android 12, ahead of Google I/O
Joshua Swingle / PhoneArena :
What to expect from Google I/O: a big focus on Android 12, Assistant and smart home improvements, changes to Wear OS, and possible Pixel Buds A-series
Google's big developer conference is back after a year's absence. — Sponsored Links — The schedule — Android 12 news
Amazon Music HD is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers for free, effectively cutting the Hi-Fi service's price from $14.99 to $9.99 per month
Micah Singleton / Billboard :
As Parler returns to the App Store, its chief policy officer says posts labeled as “hate” by its AI, hidden on iOS, will be viewable on other devices and web
Shut down after the Jan. 6 riot, Parler is using a new artificial intelligence moderation system with more stringent standards …
Ride-hailing giant Gojek and e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia say they have merged to form GoTo Group, the largest tech group in Indonesia
Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia said on Monday they have combined their businesses to form GoTo Group, the largest technology group in Indonesia.
Survey: over 60% of 1,400 CISOs in 14 countries expect a damaging cyberattack in the next 12 months, due to massive shift to remote work since the pandemic
Proofpoint surveyed 1,400 CISOs across the globe about the current cybersecurity landscape. — More than 1,000 CISOs around …
Tim Cook is expected to testify for about 100 minutes in Epic v. Apple late this week or early next; Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi will testify before Cook
The iPhone maker's chief executive is set to argue the company's case against Epic Games' antitrust claims
Researcher: Twitter is working on Twitter Blue, a $2.99/month subscription offering with “Collections” to organize favorite tweets and an “undo tweet” function
here's what it is Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1550: the lifesaving tracing app, the antivax superspreaders, ransomware gangs go dark, Twitter plans subscriptions, and more Prakhar Khan...
Twitch says it is switching to localized subscription prices in some non-US markets, which will often be lower, starting with Turkey and Mexico on May 20
Localized pricing is meant to increase streamers' earnings, but they'll need more subscribers — Twitch is announcing a big change …
Q&A with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier on his new book Press Reset, which expounds on closures of video game studios like Irrational Games, the makers of BioShock
Shannon Liao / Washington Post : Tweets: @jasonschreier , @joefaulstick , @jhaanelker , @launcherwp , @jasonschreier , @shannon_liao , @launcherwp , and @launcherwp Tweets: Jason Schreier / @jasonsch...
Sources: Google's plans to match Apple's ATT changes have been delayed by concerns over diminishing mobile ads; source says small changes are expected at I/O
Pressured by Apple's recent iPhone privacy initiative, Google is accelerating work to limit how app developers can track …
As Epic and Apple face off in the antitrust trial, a snapshot of the app economy behind the fight
Wall Street Journal :
[Thread] Antonio García Martínez says he did not “part ways” with Apple, was fired in a snap decision, and Apple's statement on his exit is defamatory and false
Pine Labs, which makes POS software for payments terminals as well as invoicing tools, raises $285M at a $3B valuation, up from $2B in a round last December
Moglix, an e-commerce platform for industrial products, has just become … The Economic Times : Pine Labs raises $285 million in new funding round Pine Labs : Pine Labs completes a first close of $285M...
After WhatsApp's privacy policy changes, in the first four months of 2021, Telegram's installs rose 98% YoY and Signal's first-time downloads were up 1,192% YoY
Indian B2B e-commerce marketplace Moglix raises $120M Series E at a $1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $220M
The Economic Times :
Pandemic-induced rise in app ordering has given birth to the “appuccino”, a phenomenon driven by TikTok, where customized Starbucks drink suggestions go viral
they're way more likely to request like, triple bacon triple cheese at a McDonalds kiosk than when speaking to a human https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Amazon announces WorkingWell, a new program to educate employees on avoiding injuries and improving mental health, expanding to 1,000 facilities by end of 2021
but the program doesn't include a significant reduction in the rate at which employees are expected to work. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ @SebasAHerrera
Clubhouse, which launched its Android app in beta in the US last week, to expand the app to Japan, Brazil, and Russia on Tuesday, and globally by Friday
but competition is fierce Meghna Dutta / BGR India : Clubhouse Android app coming to India and other countries this week Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Clubhouse for Android set for a worldwide launch in a w...
Insurer AXA is suffering ransomware and DDoS attacks on its Asia-based branches, a week after saying it would no longer reimburse ransoms paid by French clients
Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer :
DVD rental and streaming company Redbox is going public via SPAC in a deal that values the combined company at $693M; Redbox had earnings of $114M in 2020
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Study: being corrected by another user for posting false political news increases subsequent sharing of low quality, partisan, and toxic content
JD Logistics, the delivery arm of JD.com, plans to raise up to $3.4B in its Hong Kong IPO, beginning trading on May 28
Bloomberg :
A look at WhatsApp's approach to detecting child porn, as police worry that wider use of end-to-end encryption online will make it harder to catch predators
Analysis: 166 new unicorns have already been created in 2021, up from 163 in all of 2020; Tiger Global has invested in twice as many unicorns as Sequoia Capital
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News :
German smart home company Tado, which says it has installed 1M thermostats to date, raises $46M, intended as the last funding round before a sale or IPO
Joe Miller / Financial Times :
US lawmakers say they are crafting bipartisan legislation to mandate cyberattack reporting by key infrastructure operators, following the Colonial pipeline hack
GitHub now lets users add videos to pull requests, discussions, issues, comments, and more
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @github Tweets: @github : You can now upload video for easier GitHub collaboration! 📽️ Reproducing a bug? Sharing a demo? Drop a comment below to let us know how y...
Q&A with Rick Klau, an ex-Google product manager and California's new CTIO responsible for building apps and services for various departments across the state
Biz Carson / Protocol : Tweets: @bizcarson , @protocol , @bwjones , @rsquared , @rklau , and @protocol Tweets: Biz Carson / @bizcarson : I asked @rklau what shocked him about joining the government a...
Profile of Foxglove, a tech-activism group famous for pushing UK into reassessing its use of algorithms, that's challenging Facebook and Uber on worker rights
Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @catkins989 , @avilarenata , @rikefranke , @seyiakiwowo , @leonieclaude , @foxglovelegal , and @timcohn Tweets: Catkins / @catkins989 : “Uber has said it w...
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