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Apple refreshes 9.7" iPad with Pencil support and A10 Fusion, all other specs stay the same; ships this week starting at $329 for consumers and $299 for schools — Apple is introducing a new iPad today at its education event in Chicago. Rumors of a new, cheaper iPad emerged recently …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple unveils Schoolwork app, which lets teachers assign handouts and track progress of their students, coming in June; apps can integrate using ClassKit — Apple is making a big push into education, and part of that is through apps. At its event today, the company announced a tool called Schoolwork …
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Sources: Facebook will not unveil its smart speakers at F8 while it deals with data misuse scandal, but still plans to launch speakers later this year — Social network had hoped to show off devices at F8 in May — Company still plans to launch products later this year
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| Dylan Byers / CNNMoney: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks” — Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will acquire GIF platform Tenor, which is integrated into a variety of keyboards and messaging apps like Facebook Messenger — Google will be acquiring Tenor, which powers a variety of GIF keyboards on phones and messengers like Facebook Messenger, the companies announced today.
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
A US appeals court revives Oracle's billion-dollar copyright claim against Google, saying Google's use of Java wasn't “fair use” — Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn't have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia announces support for Kubernetes container orchestration on Nvidia GPUs and will contribute its GPU enhancements to the Kubernetes open source community — This has been a long time coming, but during his GTC keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang today announced support …
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On-demand shipping/delivery startup Shyp, which raised a total of ~$63M, is ending operations and laying off all its employees — The company that hoped to revolutionize shipping is ending operations today-a poster child for a whole era of venture-funded ideas that has come and gone.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google adds support for 39 more languages to Maps — Google today announced that Google Maps is getting support for 39 additional languages. — The newly supported languages are Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian … | Charles V. Bagli / New York Times: |
Fair housing groups sue Facebook, saying its ad targeting tools still allow discrimination against certain groups, including disabled veterans, single mothers — Fair housing groups filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday saying that Facebook continues to discriminate against certain groups … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Google revamps its Play Store and Play Movies & TV app to show users where they can stream content from 28 streaming services, not including Netflix — Google is promoting Android streaming-media apps from partners — including HBO, Amazon, Hulu, ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC … | Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
US DOJ's inspector general says the FBI's order to compel Apple to assist in unlocking iPhone in February 2016 was sought before exhausting its options — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not exhaust possible solutions to unlock an iPhone connected to a gunman involved …
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Office of the Inspector …, ZDNet, AppleInsider, CNET, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Cyberscoop, The Hill, The Register, MacRumors, and Federal Computer Week. Tweets: @ericgeller. Thanks:@dnvolz
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Oscar Health raises $165M in a round led by Founders Fund with participation from Alphabet's Capital G and Verily; sources say funding brings valuation to $3.2B — - Oscar Health's valuation is now at more than $3 billion, sources say, after it raised another big round from Alphabet, Founders Fund and others.| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Uber will pay $10M to settle a discrimination and hostile workplace class action lawsuit filed last year on behalf of 420 women and minority engineers — Uber will pay $10 million to settle a discrimination and hostile workplace class action lawsuit filed last year on behalf of 420 women and minority engineers.
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