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Protocol: Execs at US digital banks say European challengers, like N26, are underestimating the hurdles they will face in the US, like regulation and cultural differences  —  Banking is becoming increasingly all-digital, and European upstarts want to dominate in the U.S. But it won't be that simple, experts say.

Gareth Corfield / The Register: UK High Court judge says Google will either need to let an SEO expert inspect its ranking algorithms or withdraw evidence from its long-running competition case  —  Tough choice for adtech monolith in Foundem case  —  Google must either show its “crown jewels” to a man it described …

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Twice this week, traffic to 200+ of the world's largest CDNs and cloud hosts was redirected through Russia's telco Rostelecom in likely BGP hijacking attacks  —  Rostelecom involved in BGP hijacking incident this week impacting more than 200 CDNs and cloud providers.

Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Skype no longer requires video call participants to have an account or to download software, letting users join a call via a link, similar to Zoom  —  Microsoft has made some nice improvements to its Skype video call service.  Starting today, users don't need to sign up for an account …

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Tim Cook says Apple has now sourced 20M+ masks for healthcare workers from its supply chain, has designed and is shipping face shields at a rate of 1M per week  —  Tim Cook is back with another update on Apple's ongoing efforts to help healthcare professionals amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Xinmei Shen / Abacus: Report: the live streaming e-commerce market in China saw more than $61B in transactions in 2019 and is expected to double this year due to the pandemic  —  Buyers like the experience of seeing the products in live-streamed video, but they also worry about false marketing and scams

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: Huawei joins the Open Invention Network, the leading US-based patent non-aggression group covering Linux and related open-source tech  —  In a move many will find surprising, Huawei is joining the Linux and Open Invention Network, the leading US-based open-source patent non-aggression group.

Kritti Bhalla / Inc42 Media: Bengaluru-based digital payments startup JusPay raises $21.6M Series B led by Vostok Emerging Finance  —  It had previously raised $5.8 Mn from Accel Partners and BookMyShow founders  —  JusPay is looking to invest in its R&D and the expansion drive  —  Sweden-based Vostok Emerging Finance (VEF) led the funding round

Alex Hern / The Guardian: YouTube says it will remove content spreading conspiracy theories linking 5G and coronavirus, but will leave content that is simply conspiratorial about 5G  —  Decision comes as four more phone masts are attacked  —  Play Video  —  YouTube will reduce the amount of content spreading conspiracy theories …

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: NetMarketShare: Microsoft Edge becomes the second most popular desktop browser for the first time, with a market share of 7.59%, beating Mozilla Firefox's 7.19%  —  The Microsoft Edge browser is now being used by more people than Mozilla Firefox making it the 2nd most popular desktop browser.

Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian: After some cell towers in the UK were set on fire, govt to meet with Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to stop the spread of a conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19  —  After a spate of fires, the government is stepping in to halt the spread of linking coronavirus to the mobile network

Jason Del Rey / Vox: In internal email lists Amazon corporate employees express dismay over the firing of Christian Smalls and a report that management discussed a plan to smear him  —  Amazon fired warehouse worker Christian Smalls after he led a walkout at a Staten Island facility in late March.  Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Rebecca Rubin / Variety: Some independent movie theaters are launching “virtual cinemas” to let patrons stream first-tier films from home as a temporary revenue source amid the pandemic  —  Greg Laemmle never thought he'd recommend anyone to stream a movie at home.  The best way to watch a film …

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India's Unified Payments Interface eliminated most of the fees apps like Paytm charged for transactions, forcing them to search for other sources of income  —  After signing up hundreds of millions of users, startups switch to lending and lean on merchants in search of revenues

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: How Silicon Valley food caterers, event planners, venue owners, models, DJs, and others who relied on tech parties and events are coping with the loss of income  —  - Performers, food caterers, event planners, venue owners, models, DJs and others that rely on the tech industry's parties …

Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Apple's deal with Amazon to allow the Prime Video app to process some in-app payments on its own shows how arbitrary, unfair, and outdated App Store rules are  —  Apple and Amazon very, very quietly unveiled a monumental app deal this week, without fanfare or, sadly, much in the way of transparency.

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: iOS 14 code indicates that Apple is working on a new feature codenamed “Avocado” to enable real, movable widgets on iPad and iPhone home screens  —  9to5Mac reported last month that Apple is working on a redesigned wallpaper settings panel for iOS, based on an early build of iOS 14 …

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: US Small Business Administration issues new guidance for the $350B stimulus program that still seems to exclude most VC-backed startups  —  Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed …