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Kuo: Apple Silicon Macs to include 13-inch MacBook Pro this year, MacBook Air this year or Q1 2021, and 14.1-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models in 2021 — At last month's WWDC, Apple officially announced that its Mac computers will be transitioned from Intel x86 to homegrown Apple Silicon chips.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
An issue with Facebook SDK, which lasted for about 3 hours, crashed iOS apps for TikTok, Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest, and others which use Facebook Login — The issue has now been resolved and apps are working once more — A number of popular apps and services including Spotify, Pinterest …
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| Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker: |
A deep look at the rift between some prominent Silicon Valley figures and increasingly critical media, based on the case of Slate Star Codex vs. The NYT — How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Gartner and IDC see YoY growth in Q2 PC shipments, 2.8% and 11.2% respectively, with both firms seeing the gains as short-term, driven by work-from-home demands — After years of bad news, PC shipments saw growth in 2019, only to have the coronavirus pandemic cut the celebration short in Q1 2020.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple is making thousands of semitransparent lenses for its AR headset at a Foxconn factory as part of engineering validation test stage of the product — Apple and Foxconn have reached a key milestone in the development of Apple's long-rumored augmented reality headset … | Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
Facebook audit shows holding Trump to a different standard than other users sets a troubling precedent, valuing free speech above all else impedes civil rights — Mark Zuckerberg testifies about how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during …
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France to introduce a controversial nationwide age verification system for pornography websites — Macron made the protection of children against adult content online a high-profile issue. — PARIS — The French Parliament unanimously agreed on Thursday to introduce a nationwide age verification system … | Bloomberg: |
A state appeals court ruled that Bitfinex must face lawsuit claims by New York state that it hid the loss of $800M commingled client and corporate funds — - Crypto exchange argued state had no authority to pursue case — Court said stablecoin Tether is a security or a commodity
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sony invests $250M in Epic Games for a 1.4% stake, bringing the total raised by the maker of Fortnite to $1.83B — Sony has invested $250 million for a minority stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games, the companies announced today. With the new money, Epic Games has raised $1.83 billion to date.
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| Graham Cluley: |
Google says it will ban stalkerware ads from August 11, but leaves a loophole for stalkerware vendors to get around the ban by posing as “family safety” apps — Google has announced that from August 2020 it will be prohibiting ads for stalkerware products and services. — What's stalkerware?| Asraa / Chicago Reporter: |
Chicago PD shuts down its arrest API, used by journalists to access arrest data, after Chicago Reporter used it to reveal that CPD had inflated looting claims — Blocking access to key law enforcement data hinders critical accountability efforts by journalists and researchers and ultimately limits discourse on public safety.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
US is finalizing a federal contract ban for any company that uses products from Chinese companies Huawei, Hikvision, Hytera, Dahua, and ZTE — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to finalize regulations this week that will bar the U.S. government from buying goods or services …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Android 10 reached 100M devices just five months after launch, which is 28% faster than Android Pie — Ahead of Android 11's launch later this quarter, Google is recapping how its partners are releasing device updates faster than ever. Notably, the “adoption of Android 10 …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
UK and Australian data privacy offices say they are opening a joint investigation of Clearview AI — The facial recognition company is being scrutinized over its database of 3 billion photos. — The governments of the UK and Australia are investigating a facial recognition company …
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