David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: During Senate hearing, Spotify and Match said Apple abuses its power over app developers, leveraging its user base; Spotify said the goal is to hurt rivals …
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Files from REvil, which is extorting Apple supplier Quanta, appear to confirm new MacBook Pros with MagSafe, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, and no Touch Bar …
Ronan Shields / Adweek: Outbrain confidentially files for an IPO, seeking a $2B valuation, after the abandonment of its earlier attempted merger with rival Taboola — Ad-tech company seeks $2…
Sean Hollister / The Verge: How Kosta Eleftheriou became a one-man App Store fraud squad, by looking for top grossing apps with fake user reviews and ridiculously high subscription prices …
Anna Kramer / Protocol: Google data center contractors say they sign up for two year contracts, but to keep the same job they are required to leave for six months…
Joseph Cox / VICE: Facebook says a vulnerability that lets attackers find a Facebook profile given an email address is still active after being “erroneously closed out” — A video…
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft introduces new settings in Outlook to allow breaks between back-to-back meetings after its own research showed that “digital overload is real” — Back-to-back meetings…
Jon Porter / The Verge: Apple's new Siri Remote will be sold separately from the new Apple TV 4K for $59 and is backwards compatible with previous Apple TV 4Ks…
David Katzmaier / CNET: 12.9" iPad Pro's miniLED display features 1.6K nits peak brightness, 1K nits full-screen brightness, and 2,596 local dimming zones for a 1M-to-1 contrast ratio — The…
Adam Janofsky / The Record: Biden launches a 100-day plan to boost electric utilities' cybersecurity; officials say more cyber initiatives for other key infrastructure sectors will follow — The Biden…
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: Dogecoin rose ~10% in the past 24 hours driven by the #DogeDay hashtag for 4/20; it jumped 400%+ in the past week and now has a…
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: European on-demand scooter service Dott raises $85M Series B in a mix of equity and debt financing, led by Belgium-based investment company Sofina — Dott has…