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Apple unveils new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with a lidar scanner for depth-sensing, backlit keyboard and trackpad, available to order today for $799+ and $999+ — New Magic Keyboard Designed for iPad Pro Features a Floating Design, Backlit Keyboard and Trackpad, Delivering the Best Typing Experience Ever on iPad
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Apple launches new MacBook Air with a Magic Keyboard featuring scissor-style keys, 13.3" display, Touch ID, and 10th-gen Intel Core CPUs, starting at $999 — The Most Popular Mac Now Has Up to 2x Faster Performance, the New Magic Keyboard and Twice the Storage
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple updates Mac Mini with double the storage capacity in standard configurations, with the $799 base model now coming with a 256GB SSD — Apple today updated the Mac mini so that standard configurations now come with double the storage capacity. — The $799 configuration now comes …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple adds full trackpad support to iPadOS 13.4, available to all iPad models running it on March 24, and unveils a new Magic Keyboard with built-in trackpad — Available on March 24th — Apple is adding support for trackpads to iPads with its new iPadOS 13.4 software update …
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Slack unveils a new design with an updated navigation bar, collapsible sections within the sidebar, improved ways to respond to threads and mentions, and more — It arrives today, and it's more customizable and simplified — Slack is unveiling a big redesign to its communications app …
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| YouTube: |
Live stream of Sony's Road to PS5 event, providing a deep dive into its system architecture — PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny provides a deep dive into PS5's system architecture and how it will shape the future of games.
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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Sony details full PlayStation 5 specs: a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU, custom GPU based on AMD's RDNA 2 with 10.28 teraflops, 16GB RAM, and custom 825GB SSD — Sony has broken its silence. PlayStation 5 specifications are now out in the open with system architect Mark Cerny delivering …
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Amid COVID-19 crisis, tech platforms are making a premature bet on AI, as human moderators shift to moderating less sensitive content while working from home — Today, let's talk about some of the front-line workers at Facebook and Google working on the pandemic: the content moderators who keep the site running day in and day out.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
This pandemic has generated a surge in online community building, creating cautious optimism that our virtual efforts can offset some in-person losses — We've always hoped that our digital tools would create connections, not conflict. We have a chance to make it happen.
Tweets: @cnalive, @nbcnews, @salilkallianpur, @ediplomat, @f_kaltheuner, @brianstelter, @kevinroose, @nikillinit, and @shiraovide
| Washington Post: |
Sources: the US government is in active talks with Facebook, Google, and others to use location data from Americans' smartphones to stem COVID-19's spread — The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts …
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Tweets: @tonyromm, @matthewstoller, @drewharwell, @matthewstoller, @brooklynmarie, @mjwhansen, @johnfmiller86, @stevecheney, @heymatthenry, @mtaibbi, @tonyromm, @hotdogsladies, @thegrugq, @faineg, @alfunk, @digiphile, @islivingston, @marypcbuk, @dangillmor, @blakereid, @samuel_wade, and @hypervisible
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Opera partners with e-payments startup Wyre to enable US users of its browser-based crypto wallet to buy bitcoin and ether using a debit card or Apple Pay — The Opera browser app has partnered with e-payments startup Wyre to expand its built-in wallet's crypto buying power, the Norwegian web developer announced Tuesday.
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| New York Times: |
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the fragile situation of gig economy workers around the world, many of whom are losing their main income source — Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A look at video chat service Around, launching today, which uses auto-zoom and noise canceling to keep faces and voices in focus, letting users multitask — You have to actually get work done, not just video call all day, but apps like Zoom want to take over your screen.
Tweets: @joshconstine, @kantrowitz, @yoda, and @thekenyeung
| Katie Collins / CNET: |
Facebook details its new time keeping service and says it's improved the accuracy from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds on its Network Time Protocol servers — The social network says it's improved the accuracy of time telling from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds. — Who keeps time on the internet?
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Tencent Q4 earnings miss estimates with net profit of $3.1B, up 52% YoY, from revenue of $1.5B, up 25% YoY, amid delays to cloud projects — China's biggest social media and gaming company just misses fourth quarter estimates amid delays to cloud projects It warned there will be an impact … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
HHS waives penalties for the use of non-HIPAA compliant video chatting services, like FaceTime and Skype, for telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak — The coronavirus crisis is pushing the US government to loosen one of its only laws on data privacy. The Department of Health and Human Services …
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Tweets: @scott_mintzer, @jflier, @chrissyfarr, @brianroemmele, @stevesi, @ravindranize, and @philblumenfeld
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Amazon prioritizes shipments of household staples and high-demand products to its warehouses, partially suspending Fulfillment by Amazon program through April 5 — - Amazon told sellers and vendors on Tuesday that it was suspending shipments of all nonessential products to its warehouses …
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CNET, Washington Post, New York Times, coinspeaker.com, and Wccftech
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Facebook says it plans to award $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses in 30+ countries to address COVID-19's economic impact — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Tuesday it plans to award $100 million in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses …
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