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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple says macOS 10.15.5 will include a battery management tool for MacBooks with Thunderbolt 3 that manages battery life by analyzing the battery's temperature — The way MacBook batteries charge is about to change. Apple has released a new developer preview of macOS Catalina 10.15.5 …
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Facebook to notify users who liked, commented, or reacted to COVID-19 misinfo and guide them to WHO resources, as report finds debunked claims on the platform — Users who have liked, shared or commented on posts with false claims will be directed to WHO's ‘myth busters’ page
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| Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon says it will buy videoconferencing company Blue Jeans Network, source says for less than $500M — Acquisition comes as the coronavirus spurs unprecedented work-from-home arrangements — Verizon Communications Inc. has agreed to buy videoconferencing company Blue Jeans Network Inc. … | New York Times: |
Libra scales back ambitions of launching a global currency and will now focus on creating a traditional payment network with coins tied to local currencies — After months of criticism, the cryptocurrency is moving ahead with significant revisions. — OAKLAND, Calif. … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony plans to limit its initial PlayStation 5 production run in its first year partly because it expects lower demand due to a higher launch price — - Console still on track for year-end launch despite Covid-19 — Biggest impact from virus so far seen on unveiling timeline
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is developing at least two over-ear wireless headphone variants, with swappable magnetic ear cups and headbands, to augment its AirPods business — - Over-ear headphones customizable via magnetic attachments — Entering a category led by own Beats brand, Bose and Sony
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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Facebook is no longer planning to host local events in place of its F8 developer conference and cancels physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021 — Facebook said Thursday that it's no longer planning to host local events in place of its F8 developer conference …
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Google says Gmail business and education users can now directly take video calls on Meet, with a new Zoom-like layout, noise filtering, and more coming later — OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls …
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| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
EU issues guidelines to make COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable and says it will scrutinize Google and Apple's proposed APIs to ensure compatibility — - Bloc set common approach on tracking apps to exit lockdowns — Apple, Google announced new contact-tracing tech last week
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
In his annual letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos outlined the steps Amazon is taking to curb the coronavirus, including regular testing for all staff globally — Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said the online retail giant is developing Covid-19 testing capabilities …
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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is redesigning its website to get customers to put fewer items in their carts while it contends with an immense surge in order volumes — Retailer cancels Mother's Day promotions, uses other tools to limit strain of order surge — Amazon.com Inc. is retooling its website … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
TikTok lets parents set restrictions on their kids' accounts like limiting screen time, disabling DMs, and restricting content, and disables DMs for under-16s — They can set screen time limits, disable DMs, and restrict content — TikTok is amping up its parental controls today …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon introduces a long-form speaking style for news and music within third-party Alexa skills, making speech sound natural by inserting conversational pauses — Amazon today announced a long-form speaking style for news and music content within third-party Alexa skills (i.e., voice apps).
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
HP refreshes its Envy laptop range, including a redesigned 13-inch model with 10th-gen i7, starting at $1,000, and an updated 15-inch model from $1,350 — Also, AMD's Zen 2 CPUs are in the new Envy x360, starting at just $700 — Today, HP announced several new laptops in its Envy lineup …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Instacart launches a prescription delivery service from nearly 200 Costco locations in states including CA and NY, driven by demand during the pandemic — Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a prescription delivery service through a partnership with Costco as demand … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The quadrennial iPhone SEs break from the annual upgrade cycle, arriving 2.5 years after their lookalikes as final versions of popular form factors — The answer: Leap years, the summer Olympics, U.S. presidential elections. — The question: What are things that occur every fourth year?
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Stripe adds $600M extension to its $250M Series G at a $36B valuation from existing investors, including a16z, GV, and Sequoia, in its largest funding to date — Digital payments platform Stripe has raised $600 million in new funding and is now valued at nearly $36 billion, co-founder and president John Collison tells Axios.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
GoPro says it's laying off 200 employees, or ~20% of its staff, and aims to reduce expenses by ~$100M by switching mostly to a direct-to-consumer model — GoPro has announced that it will lay off 200 employees or around 20 percent of its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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| CNN: |
Twitter pulls funding for BuzzFeed's AM to DM due to the business impact of COVID-19, forcing BuzzFeed to suspend the show, with staffers' last day on April 28 — Some right-wing media personalities are encouraging Americans to protest stay-at-home orders, arguing it is time to start to re-open the economy.
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| Sebastiaan de With / Halide: |
An in-depth analysis of the 2020 iPad Pro's cameras and the mechanism behind its lidar sensor, aided by a proof of concept app to show the sensor's potential — Two weeks ago, Apple dropped a new iPad Pro into our lives via their website. One of its headline features? A brand new camera array.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
NBA to use Microsoft's Azure cloud to add new features to its website and apps, like showing games in fans' native languages and letting them chat during games — - The NBA will tap Microsoft's Azure public cloud and use its Surface devices. — The league envisions delivering highlight reels …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Pastebin, a popular destination for hackers, quietly removed a scraping API, frustrating researchers and making it harder to search for data breaches and more — The most famous paste site, used by hackers of all stripes to host lists of stolen passwords, announcements of data breaches … | Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Free Now, the ride-hailing service run by Daimler and BMW, announces a restructuring, with possible job cuts, and says it plans to merge with French app Kapten — PARIS (Reuters) - The ‘FREE NOW’ taxi ride-hailing service run by Daimler and BMW announced on Thursday a corporate restructuring …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Anodot, which offers a service that helps companies monitor performance against key indicators, raises $35M Series C led by Intel Capital — Anodot, a startup that helps customers monitor business operations against a set of KPIs, announced a $35 million Series C investment today.Sponsor Posts
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