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Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X details: 12 teraflops of GPU performance, up 2x from the Xbox One X; support for 8K gaming; and a “quick resume” feature — Next-generation Xbox boasts 12 teraflops GPU — Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console …
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Huawei debuts Mate Xs with no Play Store access, 8-inch unfolded and 6.6-inch folded display, Kirin 990 5G chipset, and 8GB RAM, coming later in 2020 for €2,499 — Huawei has officially unveiled its second-generation Mate Xs foldable and MatePad Pro 5G tablet at a behind closed doors launch event in Barcelona, Spain.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Huawei updates the MateBook X Pro with Intel's 10th-gen CPUs and a green option, retaining the 13.9" edge-to-edge touchscreen, starting at €1,499 in April — A new paint job for 2020 — Huawei is updating its MateBook X Pro this year with a new green color option and Intel's 10th Gen processors.| Laurens Cerulus / Politico: |
EU Commission tells staff to use end-to-end-encrypted messaging app Signal, saying it was selected as “the recommended application for public instant messaging” — The move is part of EU's efforts to beef up cybersecurity, after several high-profile incidents shocked diplomats and officials.| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Safari will reportedly no longer accept new HTTPS certificates that are valid for more than 398 days beginning on September 1, down from 825 days — Keep your crypto below 398 days after September 1 and you're all good — Safari will, later this year, no longer accept new HTTPS certificates …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Inside the final days of HQ Trivia: an acquisition offer from media company Whistle died abruptly amid extreme animosity between founders, staff, and management — The app was America's favorite gameshow until a toxic culture and co-founder feuding drove it off the air. Now, the CEO wants to bring it back.| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple will release its first ARM-based Mac in the first half of 2021, using an Apple designed chip instead of an Intel processor — Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new analyst note today and the most interesting part of the forecast is that Apple will release its first Mac with its own processor in the first half of 2021.| Shubham Agarwal / Digital Trends: |
A look at how tech giants are tailoring their offerings uniquely for India, where millions of new consumers will soon use the internet for the first time — India has been on the minds of many tech companies of late. Most, however, end up running into a wall while trying to crack the secret … Thanks:@smashdawg
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Intel announces three 5G chips: a second-gen AI-focused high-end Xeon Scalable CPU, Atom P5900 for 5G base stations, and an updated eASIC for datacenters — Intel's sale of its consumer 5G modem unit signaled its exit from the smartphone business last year, but the company remains heavily committed …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Review of Decentraland, a virtual world on Ethereum blockchain, which launched this week and allows users to trade unique digital Decentraland assets in crypto — When I first started poking around Decentraland on its launch day this week, I found myself with little guidance as to what I should be doing.| Michael Mandiberg / The Atlantic: |
A global map of where the editors of the English version of Wikipedia live, from a dataset including 43M+ IP addresses associated with edits — Wikipedia matters. In a time of extreme political polarization, algorithmically enforced filter bubbles, and fact patterns dismissed as fake news … | John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt raised over $10M in 2019 to operationalize Solid, an open source project to decentralize the web and give users control of their data — Sir Tim Berners-Lee's start-up Inrupt to expand operational team and launch pilot projects — Inrupt, the start-up company founded …
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Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @jessefelder, @danyork, @hoofnagle, @emax, @financialtimes, @ft, @johnthornhillft, @maljayaram, @koenvervloesem, @aveltens, and @bortzmeyer
| Privacy International: |
Tests find Facebook's Download Your Information tool gives users an incomplete and inconsistent list of advertisers who have uploaded their data to Facebook — In 2018, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook announced the “Download Your Information” feature allowing users …
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