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Sources: Apple is working on a magnetically attached battery pack for iPhone 12 that would wirelessly charge the handset — - Accessory has faced development issues related to software — Wireless charging unit may be popular with frequent users — Apple Inc. is working …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers should be classified as workers not independent contractors, concluding an almost five-year legal battle — - The U.K.'s Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Uber's drivers should be classified as workers rather than independent contractors.
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Sources: Apple is in talks with suppliers for next-gen lidar sensors for self-driving cars, that will be considered cutting edge four to five years from now — - Vetting of laser sensor vendors is developmental milestone — iPhone maker has several years of work ahead on autonomous car
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| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
Bitcoin's market capitalization passes $1T as its price surges above $53K — Bitcoin's market capitalization has crossed the $1 trillion milestone for the first time after over a decade's development as it gains increasing mainstream attention. — Bitcoin's price set new record highs … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Facebook's refusal to pay a misguided media tax, pushed by Rupert Murdoch, is a defense of the open web and criticizing it for rejecting a link tax is bizarre — None of this should have been a surprise. Back in September we wrote about Facebook publicly saying that if Australia went forward …
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Sources: Huawei notifies suppliers that it plans to order components for 70M to 80M smartphones this year, down over 60% from the 189M it shipped last year — China's largest handset maker suffers from US sanctions Biden appears to back — TOKYO — Huawei Technologies has notified … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces new standalone versions of Office: Office 2021, available for Windows and macOS later this year, and Office LTSC for commercial customers — Microsoft Office LTSC is also arriving for businesses — Microsoft is announcing two new versions of Office today …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: LinkedIn is developing a new service called Marketplaces to let its 740M users find and book freelancers, with plans to launch as soon as September — LinkedIn is developing a new service called Marketplaces to let its 740 million users find and book freelancers … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google releases Android 12 developer preview, available for Pixel devices, with under-the-hood changes adding security, support for more media formats, and more — The big, consumer-facing changes will come later this year — Google is releasing a developer preview for the next version of Android … | Alex Mahadevan / Poynter: |
An early analysis of Birdwatch, Twitter's crowdsourced fact-checking pilot with about 1,000 users, shows partisan rhetoric and a lack of source citations — A Poynter analysis found that less than half of Birdwatch users include sources and many fact-checking notes contain partisan rhetoric.| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
WhatsApp says it will offer users the ability to review its new privacy policy through a banner inside its app, ahead of the update's May 15 launch — The company is trying to set the record straight on private messages and what's changing — WhatsApp has a new plan to explain …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft completes its probe into its SolarWinds-related breach, finds hackers stole some source code but no evidence that they abused its internal systems — Microsoft says it has completed its investigation into its SolarWinds-related breach. — Microsoft's security team said today …
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| Usman Pirzada / Wccftech: |
Nvidia announces dedicated crypto mining GPUs and says RTX 3060 GPU will detect the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm and limit the hash rate by 50% — NVIDIA has finally conceded to the overwhelming mining demand facing the GPU market right now and launched a lineup …
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| Bloomberg: |
EU regulators start the process of approving data-sharing arrangements with the UK, adopting a pair of “adequacy decisions” endorsing UK privacy protections — - EU commission announcement paves way for ‘adequacy decisions’ — EU readies measures in case of any ‘problematic development’
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Chinese grocery delivery startup Xingsheng Youxuan raised about $2B from KKR and others in new funding at a $6B pre-money valuation — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese community grocery shopping app Xingsheng Youxuan has raised about $2 billion in a new funding round that values …
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Torii, which helps businesses automate the management of third-party SaaS tools, raises $10M Series A led by Wing Venture Capital — Today, that software is offered as a cloud service should be pretty much considered a given. Certainly any modern tooling is going to be SaaS … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: IBM is exploring a sale of its IBM Watson Health business, which has roughly $1B in annual revenue and isn't currently profitable — Business has roughly $1 billion in revenue and isn't profitable, sources say — International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a potential sale … | David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
State-level data privacy laws, proposed in Virginia, Washington, and others, may cause headaches for companies like online stores operating in multiple states — Data protection bills in Washington and Virginia come as the pandemic pushes life further online| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Sweden-based podcast host and ad network Acast says it is acquiring RadioPublic; RadioPublic's podcast app will remain live and its team will stay in the US — It already claims to be the biggest everywhere else — Acast, a podcast host and ad network, is looking to improve its tech and broaden its reach.Sponsor Posts
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