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Movies Anywhere officially launches its digital movie-lending feature, ‘Screen Pass’

Digital locker service Movies Anywhere is today officially launching its movie-sharing feature dubbed “Screen Pass,” which lets you lend out one of your purchased movies to a friend or fam

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Amazon brings Twitch’s livestreams to its Amazon Music app

Amazon is leveraging its investment in live-streaming site Twitch to expand its Amazon Music service. The company announced this morning Twitch’s livestreams will now be available in the Amazon

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Facebook threatens to block news sharing in Australia as it lobbies against revenue share law

Adtech giant and self-styled ‘free speech champion’, Facebook, has threatened to pull the plug on the public sharing of news content on Facebook and Instagram in Australia.The aggressive

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Gillmor Gang: Platforming

Much was made during the Republican Convention of the lack of a party platform. The media characterized this as a capitulation to the Cult of Trump phenomenon, but the questioned begged was: so what?

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Facebook partially documents its content recommendation system

Algorithmic recommendation systems on social media sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, have shouldered much of the blame for the spread of misinformation, propaganda, hate speech, conspiracy the

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Equity Monday: What if no one gets to buy TikTok?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big ne

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Google launches Google Kids Space, a ‘kids mode’ feature for Android, initially on Lenovo tablets

Streaming services have built-in kids’ profiles, so why not devices? Google today is responding to parents’ demand for a better way for their children to interact with technology with the

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New Blackpink-Selena Gomez 'Ice Cream' song and music video released

File photo of Selena Gomez attends a film premiere on January 11, 2020 in Westwood, California. /CFP K-pop power girl group Blackpink and singer-actress Selena Gomez released their eagerly awa

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This Week in Apps: Unreal Engine saved, Fortnite banned and TikTok talks to everyone

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, with

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TikTok’s rivals in India struggle to cash in on its ban

For years, India has served as the largest open battleground for Silicon Valley and Chinese firms searching for their next billion users.With more than 400 million WhatsApp users, India is already the

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Restream raises $50M to help creators program and stream to multiple platforms

Live streaming of video has come into its own during the coronavirus pandemic, with services like Zoom, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and many others giving people a way to stay connected with each other,

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Equity Shot: Our favorite startups from YC Demo Day

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.Yep, it’s another Equity Shot. We’re back

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The Positive Grid Spark is a versatile smart amp perfect for guitarists stuck at home

Powered amps for electric guitars have gotten some neat tricks powered by modern mobile tech over the years, but the new Positive Grid Spark ($299) might be the one that packs the most intelligence an

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Largest-ever hydrogen bomb blast shown in declassified Russian video

Tsar Bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built and tested, with more than 3,000 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

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Join Twilio’s Jeff Lawson for a live Q&A today at 2:30 pm EDT/11:30 am PDT

Later today, Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson is joining the TechCrunch crew for a live QA.The discussion is part of our Extra Crunch Live series that has been live for the last several months. It’s been

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Xinhua Headlines: TikTok's parent company announces lawsuit against U.S. government

Video:Once upon a TikTok.TikTok said it will sue the US government. Watch to find out why... (Xinhua)-- Video platform TikTok's parent company ByteDance said it will fi

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Startups Weekly: Will future unicorns go public sooner?

The public markets are staying receptive to tech IPOs, and tech unicorns are trying to recover from pandemic damage, polish up their financials, and head back towards the starting gates. This week, it