​​Crypto market shocks keep coming, Apple’s Epic battle continues, and ransom paid, but…
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 305

🤦‍♂️ #Binance is under investigation by #DOJ and #IRS; officials involved include those who probe money laundering and tax offences 🔗


📉 #Cryptocurrency markets lost around $365B in value after #ElonMusk tweeted #Tesla will suspend car purchases with #bitcoin; bitcoin, #ether, and #XRP all fell sharply 🔗


📈 #ElonMusk efficiency tweet pushes #Dogecoin prices up again 🔗


⛽️ #ColonialPipeline paid ~$5M ransom in #cryptocurrency within hours of the attack, but the hackers' decrypting tool was so slow that it had to use its own backups 🔗


👉 #DisneyPlus misses on Q1 subscriber estimates, reaching 103.6M subscribers vs. 109.3M expected; #ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 13.8M, Hulu grew 30% YoY to 41.6M 🔗


🛰 #SpaceX signs a satellite connectivity deal with #Google Cloud, as part of which SpaceX will install #Starlink terminals at Google's data centres around the world 🔗


💻 Global notebook PC shipments grew 81% YoY in Q1; both #Apple, with 5.7M shipments, and #Acer, with 4.9M shipments, grew 94% as #HP grew 91% with 15.4M shipments 🔗


🍭 #EpicGames fights #Apple in court by playing #CandyCrush 🔗


🐦 #Twitter finally brings DM search to #Android 🔗


🎧 #Discord is making it easier to find interesting social audio rooms 🔗 #ClubhouseRival


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Coinbase Q1: revenue of $1.8B, up 207% QoQ, monthly transacting users of 6.1M, up from 2.8M last quarter, says it plans to list #Dogecoin in 6-8 weeks 🔗


💲 #Airbnb Q1: revenue of $886.9M, up 5% YoY, gross booking value of $10.3B, up 52% YoY, but net loss tripled to $1.1B, largely due to debt repayments 🔗


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​​The latest ransomware victim, Facebook’s latest loss, and Twitter’s polite approach
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 306

🇮🇪 The Irish health service shuts down its IT system after a “significant” #ransomware attack that is having a severe impact on health and social care services 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #Ireland's High Court rejects #Facebook's bid to block Data Protection Commissioner's decision that may force the company to stop sending #EU user data to the #US 🔗 #Privacy


🇺🇸 A new #Biden executive order revokes a #Trump-era EO that targeted protections for #socialmedia platforms and asked the #FCC to conduct a review of #Section230 🔗


🐦 #Twitter politely asks you to protect its targeted ad dollars in new #iOS14.5 prompt 🔗


🚀🇨🇳 #China is set to land on #Mars for the first time 🔗


🎵 #AppleMusic for #Android reveals lossless audio could be imminent 🔗


📺🇮🇳 #Amazon launches ad-free video streaming service miniTV in #India 🔗


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More on Gates’ divorce, Clubhouse on Android, and Twitter Blue
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 307

👉 #Microsoft's board decided in 2020 #BillGates should leave the board as it probed claims Gates sought to initiate an affair with a Microsoft engineer in 2000 🔗


👉 #Clubhouse expanding its new #Android app to more countries this week 🔗


👉 New leak ahead of #GoogleIO claims #Android12 may include changes for widgets and notifications 🔗


🇲🇲 #Facebook is reportedly continuing a ban on anti-coup groups in #Myanmar 🔗


🐦 #Twitter may be working on #TwitterBlue, a subscription service that would cost $2.99 per month 🔗


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​​Elon’s indirect effect, Google I/O, Twitter’s cold case
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 308

💹 #FTC says that #US consumers have lost $2M+ in #cryptocurrency to scammers impersonating #ElonMusk over the past six months 🔗


📺 Watch #GoogleIO keynote live right here 🔗
❗️ starts at 10 AM Pacific Time; 1 PM on the East Cost; 6 PM in London; 7 PM in Paris; 9:30 PM in Tehran, 10:30 PM in New Delhi, 12:30 AM in Beijing (19 May)


🎞 #Amazon is in talks to acquire #MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment 🔗


🐦 Court doc: #Twitter fought a subpoena from #DOJ under #Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. #DevinNunes; source: DOJ under #Biden withdrew 🔗


🎧 #Apple is working on wireless earbuds called #BeatsStudioBuds that will support noise cancellation, according to files in beta versions of #iOS14.6 🔗


🍎 #PhilSchiller testifies that the #AppStore drove $400B in physical sales in 2019, which #Apple did not take a cut of, and Apple spends ~$50M per year on #WWDC 🔗


👉 #Microsoft launches a personal version of #MicrosoftTeams, after previewing it nearly a year ago, available for free 🔗


🏎 #Lamborghini will debut its first all-electric supercar after 2025 🔗 #EV


👮 #Parler is back in #Apple’s #AppStore, with a promise to crack down on hate speech 🔗


👉 #HugoBarra, Facebook’s VP of #AR & #VR, is leaving #Facebook. Barra came to Facebook from Xiaomi 🔗


🛰 #SpaceX launched 52 more #Starlink satellites to orbit on Saturday 🔗


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Google’s new stuff, Apple’s new stuff, and Spotify’s latest feature
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 309

👉 #Google details #Android12's new design, based on the flexible #MaterialYou system, with better widgets and buttons, more animation, privacy features, and more 🔗
❗️ Google says Android now powers over 3B active devices worldwide, up from 2.5B in 2019 and 2B in 2017 🔗


⌚️ #Google unveils #WearOS 3.0, with a revamped design and 30% performance boost, and partners with #Samsung, which will use Wear OS, not #Tizen, for its next watches 🔗


👉 #Google unveils new features for #GoogleWorkspace, part of an initiative called “smart canvas”, including smart objects in Docs and deeper integration of #GoogleMeet 🔗


💻 #Apple’s redesigned #MacBookPro with next-gen in-house chips could arrive early this summer 🔗


👮 #Amazon extends ban on #police use of its facial recognition software ‘until further notice’ 🔗


📝 #Spotify to add automatic transcripts for its own Exclusive and Original podcasts 🔗


🇮🇳 #India tells #WhatsApp to withdraw its new policy terms 🔗


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​​Nostalgia: IE to retire and Google Reader’s resurrection?
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 310

👉 #Microsoft says it is finally retiring #InternetExplorer on June 15, 2022, after more than 25 years, in favour of #MicrosoftEdge 🔗


🚶‍♂️ #ZhangYiming founder of #ByteDance, the owner of #TikTok, resigns as CEO 🔗


⚔️ During the #EpicGames trial, #CraigFederighi says malware on #macOS has reached an “unacceptable” level and the problem is “significantly larger” than #iOS 🔗


🍎 #Apple announces accessibility features, including background sounds to help maintain focus and calm, #AssistiveTouch for #AppleWatch, and #iPad eye-tracking 🔗


👉 #Google tests an #RSS follow feature in #GoogleChrome 🔗 #GoogleReader


🗺 #GoogleMaps to add more detailed maps, crowd indicators, better routing and more 🔗


🎶 #Spotify enters the virtual concert business, starts selling $15 tickets to events 🔗


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​​Twitter’s blue badge, Snap’s updates, and IRS after cryptonians
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 311

🐦 #Twitter is rolling out its new verification program, with revamped categories that include activists and journalists, and previews upcoming changes to profiles 🔗


👻🕶 #Snap unveils its first #ARGlasses, with four built-in microphones, two stereo speakers, and a touchpad, and says it will test them with some #AR effects creators 🔗


👻💰 #Snapchat says 5,400+ creators earned $130M in total via its #SnapchatSpotlight incentive program and it will stop giving away $1M per day to creators starting June 1 🔗


👻📈 #Snap says #Snapchat now has 500M MAUs, reaches 90% of 13-24-year-olds in the #US, #UK, #France, and #Australia, and grew 100%+ YoY for the last 5 quarters in #India 🔗


👻🎞 #Snap announces #StoryStudio, a new standalone app to edit stories 🔗


💸 #US Treasury announces it will require any #cryptocurrency transfers worth $10,000+ to be reported to the #IRS, saying cryptocurrencies pose a tax evasion risk 🔗


👉 Sources: #CNAFinancial, one of the largest insurance companies in the #US, paid $40M in late March to regain control of its network after a #ransomware attack 🔗


👉 Democratic Reps. Trahan and Castor introduce the Social Media DATA Act, which would force large platforms to share ad targeting data with researchers and FTC 🔗


🍎🎧 #Apple launches an affiliate program for paid #podcast subscriptions, letting users earn a one-time commission of 50% of a podcast's monthly subscription price 🔗


🏹 #Robinhood announces IPO Access, which will let retail investors buy shares of companies at their IPO price before trading begins on public exchanges 🔗


👉 #MicrosoftOffice for #Android finally gets a dark mode 🔗


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Tim Cook in Epic trial, Citizen security, and ticketed Spaces
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 312

🧑‍⚖️ In his #EpicGames v. #Apple trial testimony, #TimCook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable 🔗
❗️ #Snap CEO #EvanSpiegel says the company is happy to pay #Apple's 30% IAP commission as “ #Snapchat wouldn't exist without the #iPhone” 🔗


👉 Leaked emails show that #Citizen app is testing an on-demand private security service that will respond to “incidents” as requested by app users 🔗


⌚️🎧 #Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on #AppleWatch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up 🔗


🎮 #Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games, as it considers options including an #AppleArcade-like games bundle 🔗


🐦💸 #Twitter will soon let #US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three #TwitterSpaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut 🔗


👻🕶 #Snap has agreed to acquire #WaveOptics, the supplier of the #AR displays used in its new #Spectacles glasses, for more than $500M 🔗


🧠 #Facebook's latest #AI can learn speech without human transcriptions 🔗


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​​Elon’s latest Bitcoin tweets, Apple’s WWDC 2021 & bug updates, and a no-selfie camera app
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 313

💰 #ElonMusk and #Bitcoin miners say they want to address crypto’s sustainability problem 🔗


🇺🇸 A new Florida law regulates how #Facebook, #Twitter, and others moderate speech, with fines for banning candidates; the law exempts companies that own theme parks 🔗
❗️ Florida's new Stop #SocialMediaCensorshipAct almost certainly violates the #US Constitution and #Section230, and will likely be struck down in court 🔗


🍎 #Apple’s #WWDC: 07 June 2021 🔗
🍎 #macOS #BigSur 11.4 fixes a bug that let #malware capture screenshots and camera footage using other apps' permissions; researchers found ~400 instances of the malware 🔗
🍎 #Apple releases #iOS14.6 with #AppleCard Family support, #Podcasts Subscriptions, and more 🔗


🎮 #Microsoft updates #Xbox Cloud Gaming app for #Android to include dual-screen support for the #SurfaceDuo, and says 50+ games have added support for touch controls 🔗


📸 #Poparazzi is a new photo-sharing app that bans selfies, focuses on sharing photos of friends, and has no follower counts, captions, hashtags, or comments 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 Two #Twitter offices in #India were visited by Delhi police, after demanding Twitter explain why a “manipulated media” tag was given to a BJP spokesperson's tweet 🔗


🔎🇷🇺 After a similar move against #Twitter, #Russia tells #Google it will slow down its traffic and levy fines if “prohibited content” is not deleted within 24 hours 🔗


👉 #Google's #FuchsiaOS debuts on the original #NestHub 🔗


👉 #Hyundai is launching in-car payments in the all-electric Ioniq 5 🔗


🩺 #Zocdoc says ‘programming errors’ exposed access to patients’ data 🔗 #Privacy


📊 New #Instagram insights make its #TikTok competitor #Reels more appealing 🔗


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New portable gaming device, WhatsApp suing a government, and Tesla
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 314

🎮 Sources say #Valve is making a #NintendoSwitch-like portable gaming PC that could launch by year's end 🔗


🇮🇳 #WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against #India’s government for its new social media regulations, saying they would break privacy protections 🔗


👉 #SatyaNadella teases a “next generation of #Windows” announcement “very soon”; the revamped Windows will likely have big UI changes, a new store, and more 🔗


👉 #USB standards body unveils its USB-C 2.1 revision, which supports power up to 240W, up from 100W currently, aimed at devices like 4K displays and gaming laptops 🔗


🇨🇳 #Tesla will store Chinese user data locally in #China, following #Apple’s suit 🔗


👁 #Tesla is no longer using radar sensors in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built in North America and will move to vision-only Autopilot 🔗


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​​Amazon’s second largest acquisition, Facebook’s burying of misinfo sharers, and Twitter Spaces on the web
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 315

🦁 #Amazon acquires #MGM Studios for $8.45B; its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for #WholeFoods in 2017 🔗
❗️ #Amazon says #AndyJassy will become CEO on July 5, which marks 27 years to the day that Amazon was incorporated 🔗


🤫 #Facebook says it will limit the distribution of all posts from personal accounts that routinely spread misinformation 🔗 #misinfo
🇷🇺 #Facebook says #Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, in a report that details 150 operations that the company has disrupted since 2017 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says users can now join #TwitterSpaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet 🔗


💰 #PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send #bitcoin to PayPal and #Venmo users as well as to #Coinbase and outside #crypto wallets 🔗


👉 #Apple removes an app from #AppStore, discovered by a developer, that required at least a three-star review before people could use it 🔗


👉 #Facebook and #Instagram now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others 🔗


🇮🇷 #Iran bans #cryptocurrency mining for four months to stave off blackouts 🔗


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​​Twitter Blue's arrival, social platforms suing Florida Gov, and more SolarWinds
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 316

🐦 #TwitterBlue, #Twitter's anticipated $2.99 monthly subscription tier, is now listed as an option in the #iOS #AppStore, despite the feature not being live in-app 🔗


🇺🇸 #FBI says a foreign nation-state hacking group breached a #US municipal government via an unpatched Fortinet VPN appliance 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Industry groups representing #Google, #Facebook, and others sue Florida over its new #SocialMediaCensorshipAct, calling it a “frontal assault on the First Amendment” 🔗


🇮🇳 #Amazon is now letting users in #India read magazine articles in its shopping app 🔗


🔋 #Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring 🔗


🎣 #Microsoft reveals new phishing campaign by #SolarWinds hackers 🔗


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​​Apple delays podcast subscription, WhatsApp backtracks, and more on Twitter
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 317

🐦 More on #TwitterBlue, a $3 monthly subscription service from #Twitter 🔗
🐦 Just over a week after relaunching verification, #Twitter is pausing verification 🔗
🐦 #Twitter could be working on #Facebook-style reactions 🔗


🍎🎧 In an email to podcasters, #Apple says it is delaying the launch of its #Podcasts Subscriptions and channels until June and plans improvements to its Podcasts app 🔗


🤦 #WhatsApp reverses course, now won’t limit functionality if you don’t accept its new #privacy policy 🔗


🚨 #UK police surprised to learn energy-intensive #weed farm is actually a #Bitcoin mine 🔗


☀️💨 #Microsoft: hackers behind #SolarWinds recently breached #US State Dept. aid agency to send emails with malicious code to 150 orgs, including NGOs critical of #Putin 🔗


💸 #Venmo will now let users control the visibility of their friends list, following a report in which #Biden's Venmo account and connections were easily found 🔗


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​​Tesla’s Texan problem, Xiaomi’s HyperCharger, and a cloudy sky on Mars
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 318

👉 Court docs detail #Google's user location data collection, efforts to make popular #privacy settings harder to find, pressure on partners like #LG to do the same 🔗


👉 #Intel unveils a refresh of its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U chips aimed at laptops and debuts a 5G modem developed with MediaTek that supports 5G on slower, sub-6 GHz 🔗


💰🇺🇸 As big financial industry players like #FidelityInvestments push #SEC to approve #Bitcoin-linked ETFs, #crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from #US lawmakers 🔗


💸 The relative resilience of #Ethereum in May's #cryptocurrency rout has put the spotlight back on the idea that the second-largest digital token could one day overtake #Bitcoin by market value 🔗


🔋 #Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging 🔗


🤖 #Android 12 will force apps through the official share menu 🔗


🇵🇸 #Instagram making changes to its algorithm after it was accused of censoring pro #Palestine content 🔗


🤦 #Tesla-s made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them 🔗


🔭 #NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured amazing images of clouds on #Mars 🔗


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New GPUs, a drone attack, and a new bank
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 319

👉 On June 8, #Amazon devices will join its Sidewalk wireless mesh network in select countries, sharing a slice of bandwidth with neighbours, unless users opt out 🔗


👉 #AMD unveils #Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the #RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD's desktop RX 6000 parts 🔗
❗️ #Tesla's revamped Model S and X will feature #RDNA 2 GPUs, #AMD confirms 🔗


👉 #Nvidia announces flagship gaming #GPU #GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199 🔗


🇹🇷 #UN report: a #Turkey-made autonomous weaponised drone “hunted down” and attacked a human target without instructions to do so during a 2020 conflict in #Libya 🔗


🇮🇩🏦 #Line launches digital banking platform in #Indonesia 🔗


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Another ransomware attack, another step for Dogecoin, and an electric hypercar for $2.4m
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 320

👉 #JBS, the world's top meatpacker, is hit by a #ransomware attack, leading it to pause its operations in #Australia, livestock slaughter in many #US states, and more 🔗


🛒 #Amazon announces this year's #PrimeDay will take place on June 21 and 22, returning to its typical summertime slot 🔗


🐶 #Coinbase says #CoinbasePro users will be able to trade #Dogecoin starting Thursday “if liquidity conditions are met” 🔗


💰 #Etsy says it is buying the fashion resale app #Depop, popular with Gen Z, for $1.6B in an all-cash deal 🔗


🦊 #Mozilla updates #Firefox desktop and mobile apps with a revamped design, details the data-driven process used to guide the creation of the new streamlined look 🔗


😐 Researcher finds that #Alibaba-owned #UCBrowser app on #iOS and #Android sends information on every website a user visits to UCWeb servers, even in incognito mode 🔗


👉 #TSMC has started construction on its 5nm semiconductor factory in Arizona and says 3nm production in Taiwan is on track to start volume production in H2 2022 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it will start adding full-screen ads to #Fleets, supporting images and videos that can be up to 30 seconds long, initially in #US on #iOS and #Android 🔗


🍎🇺🇸🇨🇳 Analysis: #Apple had more suppliers in #China than any other country including #Taiwan in 2020; no. of Apple suppliers in #US also slid despite #Trump's trade war 🔗


🏎 #Rimac reveals the #Nevera, a 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar; starting at a cool $2.4 million 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Zoom Q1: revenue of $956.2M, up 191% YoY, vs $906M est., and sees 50% revenue growth for the full fiscal year as expansion falls from pandemic-fueled 2020 🔗


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​​Back at Apple offices, Facebook messaging, and the next generation of Windows
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 321

🍎 In an email, #TimCook asks #Apple employees to return to physical offices for at least three days a week starting in early September 🔗


👉 #StackOverflow, which has 100M+ monthly visitors, says it will be acquired by #Prosus, a European tech giant and #Tencent's largest shareholder, for $1.8B 🔗


🪟 #Microsoft will detail its “next generation of #Windows” at an event on June 24, with significant changes, including visual enhancements, expected 🔗


💬 #Facebook says it will open the #FacebookMessenger API for #Instagram to all businesses, after announcing a closed beta in October 2020 🔗


💬 #WhatsApp accounts will soon be usable across up to four devices, and ‘view once’ disappearing feature will be introduce, says #MarkZuckerberg 🔗


👉 #Huawei details #HarmonyOS, designed to run across multiple devices, coming to Mate 40 and foldable Mate X2 smartphones, Watch Series 3, and MatePad Pro tablet 🔗


👉 A spokesperson for Donald #Trump says his blog, used to share statements after he was banned on #Facebook and #Twitter, has been permanently shut down 🔗


🍏 An #Apple-commissioned study says the #AppStore ecosystem facilitated ~$643B in billings and sales globally in 2020, up 24% YoY 🔗


🎵 #Spotify announces Only You, which gives users personalised playlists and insights based on habits, and Blend, letting two friends merge tastes in a playlist 🔗


🎵 #YouTube says it has paid over $4B to the music industry in the last 12 months and has added more paid members in Q1 2021 than in any other quarter since launch 🔗


💰 #Google says it will allow ads for #cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets in the #US that meet certain requirements and are certified by Google starting August 3 🔗


💰 Your next laptop may come with a #cryptominer, courtesy of #Norton 🔗


🐦 #Twitter starts rolling out #Birdwatch fact checks inside tweets 🔗


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Twitter’s speeding up, Apple’s getting ready for future, and ransomware is taking over the world
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 322

👉 Sources: #Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users 🔗


🐦 #Twitter launches its subscription service #TwitterBlue on #iOS in #Canada and #Australia for CAD$3.49 and A$4.49/month, with Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders, more 🔗


🐦 #Twitter redesigns its app to make #TwitterSpaces the center tab in the main navigation bar, initially on #iOS for around 500 people from the original Spaces beta test 🔗


🍎 #Apple will launch an #Android app to detect #AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases 🔗


🍎 Sources: #Apple is working on a new #iPadPro with #MagSafe charging and a glass back, for release in 2022, and a redesigned #iPad Mini for release later in 2021 🔗


🇪🇺🇬🇧 #EU and #UK open #antitrust investigations into #Facebook Marketplace


🇺🇸 #US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of #ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the #ColonialPipeline hack 🔗


🔒 Sources: #CoxMediaGroup is apparently suffering a #ransomware attack, as live streams for Cox radio and TV stations go down 🔗


👀 #TikTok adds a new section to its #privacy policy saying the app may collect biometric data such as faceprints and voiceprints from its users' content in the #US 🔗


👉 #Microsoft says #MicrosoftTeams will support end-to-end encryption for one-to-one voice calls on desktop and mobile apps starting in early July 🔗


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Bing’s accident, Apple’s past, and Jack Dorsey’s hardware wallet
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 323

👉 In response to #OversightBoard ruling, #Facebook suspends #Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow 🔗


🇨🇳 #Microsoft says #Bing is not displaying image results for “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre due to “accidental human error” 🔗


🍎 In a letter to #TimCook, written and edited by about 80 people, #Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September 🔗


🍎 A 2007 email between #SteveJobs and then #Apple SVP of Software Engineering, approving 3rd party #iPhone apps and an #AppStore, surfaces among #EpicGames trial docs 🔗


💰 #JackDorsey says #Square is considering the development of a #Bitcoin hardware wallet 🔗


🇳🇬 #Nigeria announces it will block access to #Twitter, after the site deleted tweets of President #Buhari making threats to the southeastern part of the country 🔗


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Apple’s $M settlement, Google’s $M fine, and Twitter’s Super Follow
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 324

🍎 What to expect from #WWDC 2021: #iOS15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of #iPadOS home screen, new #AppleSilicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more 🔗


🚀 #JeffBezos says he and his brother #MarkBezos will fly on #BlueOrigin's first human spaceflight on July 20 alongside an auction winner 🔗


🍎 #Apple paid millions to settle a woman's claims that, after sending her #iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her #Facebook account 🔗


🐦 #Twitter #SuperFollow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content 🔗


🩳 #YouTube brings #YouTubeShorts, its #TikTok rival, to the #UK, #Canada, and #LatinAmerica, letting users pick soundtracks from YouTube videos and 250 licensed labels 🔗


🇫🇷 #France fines #Google $268M for adtech abuses and gets interoperability commitments 🔗


🔋 #ElonMusk tweets that #Tesla’s Plaid Plus is ‘canceled’ because ‘Plaid is just so good’ 🔗


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Apple’s #WWDC21, Facebook’s shot at Apple, and some 64 bitcoins news
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 325

🍏 Here’s everything #Apple announced at the #WWDC 2021 keynote 🔗


🍎 #Apple details #iOS15 features: notification summaries, Live Text in photos, new ways to share in Messages, cross-app drag and drop, updates to Weather and Maps 🔗


🍎 #Apple: #iCloudPrivateRelay will not work in #China, #Belarus, #Colombia, #Egypt, #Kazakhstan, #SaudiArabia, #SouthAfrica, #Turkmenistan, #Uganda, and the #Philippines 🔗


📍Starting with #iOS15, #iPhone-s can be traced via the #FindMy network even while powered off or after factory reset 🔗


📲 Unlike with previous #iOS releases, #Apple will let users choose to stay on #iOS14 and still receive security updates, even after #iOS15 is released 🔗


⛽️ #US investigators seize nearly 64 bitcoins, valued at ~$2.3M, that #ColonialPipeline had paid in ransom to hackers last month; source says ransom was 75 #bitcoin 🔗


💸 #Facebook says it will show creators who are using its new tools how much #Apple, #Google, and others take as a cut of their earnings through a payout interface 🔗


👉 #FTC: consumers have reported losing nearly $82M to #crypto scams during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021, up more than 10x YoY 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter restricts accounts in #India to comply with government legal request 🔗


📌 #Pinterest adds a Shopping List feature to round up your saved products 🔗


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