Thu. 05/28 – The Most Consequential Tweets For Silicon Valley of All Time?

Is the Trump administration finally willing to go to war with big tech? Another Apple startup acquisition, but also why Fraggle Rock might indicate a strategy shift for Apple TV+. Remember 4k TV’s? And the microcredit app that will threaten to shame you if you fall behind on your payments.

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Links:

• Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias (Washington Post)
• Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth' (Fox News)
• Apple Buys Machine-Learning Startup to Improve Data Used in Siri (Bloomberg)
• Apple TV Plus acquires past Fraggle Rock seasons ahead of reboot (The Verge)
• What developers want, what they don't, and what you can do to attract top talent (TechRepublic)
• LG's $1,500 48-inch 4K OLED TV goes on sale next month (Engadget)
• This lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan payment (Rest of World)
• Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will transport medicine to CVS customers in Texas (The Verge)

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