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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Microsoft Mesh, a mixed-reality platform on Azure, and demos a meeting service to let users join virtual rooms using devices like HoloLens 2 — Mesh is Microsoft's vision for the future of mixed reality — Last week, Microsoft's Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts Power Fx, a new open source low-code language that takes its cues from Excel formulas and will become a standard for Microsoft's Power Platform — Microsoft today announced Power Fx, a new low-code language that takes its cues from Excel formulas.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls, channel sharing, and webinar and presentation features to Teams — Microsoft has a bunch of new Teams features coming and is introducing a new category of Teams Intelligent Speaker devices at Ignite this week.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, Windows Central, VentureBeat, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, Softpedia News, The Next Web, MUO, Petri, Forbes, GeekWire, and Windows Central. Tweets: @stshank
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Azure Percept, a hardware and software platform to implement its Azure AI services for use cases, including object detection, at the edge — Microsoft today announced Azure Percept, its new hardware and software platform for bringing more of its Azure AI services to the edge.
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The AI Blog, Thurrott, The Register, Windows Blog, Microsoft Tech Community, VentureBeat, Petri, IT PRO, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, ZDNet, TechRepublic, PCWorld, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, and CRN
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Sony says the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals on Aug. 31, citing users' preference for video streaming services — As of Aug. 31, 2021, the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals.
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PlayStation.Blog, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, Movieweb, Game Rant, The Verge, GameSpot, Wccftech, Engadget, GamesRadar, PCMag, MUO, Android Headlines, MCV/DEVELOP, IGN, SlashGear, Kotaku, Pocket-lint, CNET, Fortune, Cultured Vultures, Polygon, Gamasutra, TechRadar, GamesIndustry.biz, and MSPoweruser
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| Bloomberg: |
Intel ordered to pay $2.18B after a federal court jury in TX found it infringed two patents once owned by NXP Semiconductors and now owned by VLSI Technology — - Intel had claimed royalty demands of VLSI were ‘outrageous’ — NXP would get a share of any damage award, Intel lawyer said| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft warns users a new Chinese state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting 4 previously undisclosed security flaws in Exchange Server; patches are available — Microsoft is warning customers that a new China state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four previously undisclosed security flaws …
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Volexity, Krebs on Security, CRN, The Record, cyberscoop.com, Microsoft Security …, and The Register
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @briankrebs, @thebookofdoodle, @gossithedog, @x0rz, @josephmenn, and @kimzetter
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
eMarketer: Spotify is on track to reach US monthly podcast listenership of 28.2M by the end of this year and surpass Apple's Podcasts for the first time — Investors have been waiting for Spotify's multimillion-dollar bet on podcasting to pay off, in terms of increased paid subscriptions or improved revenues.
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eMarketer, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, and KrASIA
Tweets: @matthewkeyslive, @matthewkeyslive, @ashleyrcarman, and @baekdal
| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access — Facebook's so-called “Supreme Court” is reportedly seeking the company's permission to examine the underlying machine-learning models …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon quietly updated its app icon, changing the appearance of the ripped packaging tape after some drew comparisons of it to Adolf Hitler's mustache — The company's icon gets a less problematic new look — Amazon has quietly rolled out a slight update to its new app icon that it debuted …
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| CNBC: |
Instacart raises $265M in a round valuing the company at $39B, after raising $200M at a $17.7B valuation in October — - Instacart is valued at $39 billion in a new funding round. — It's the second time the company's valuation has doubled since the start of the Covid pandemic.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @nytimesbusiness, @stevekovach, and @dee_bosa
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A look at web proxy service Infatica, part of a growing industry of firms offering to buy browser extensions or pay their developers to include some extra code — A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses … | Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Uber spins out Postmates X, the robotics unit of the delivery startup it acquired last year for $2.65B, as an independent company now called Serve Robotics — Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion …
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Researchers point out that Apple's walled garden approach on iOS makes it virtually impossible to detect the presence of malware on iPhones, which still exists — The iPhone's locked-down approach to security is spreading, but advanced hackers have found that higher barriers are great for avoiding capture.
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Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @techreview, @profwoodward, @elcomsoft, @howelloneill, @patrickwardle, @jckichen, and @howelloneill
| Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 16 Amazon workers offer an inside look at the unionization vote in Bessemer, AL, where $15/hour is double the minimum wage for entry-level jobs — On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early February, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union held a rally in a grassy lot …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Real estate startup Doma, formerly States Title, which uses ML to reduce title processing time, will go public via SPAC, in a deal valued at $3B, including debt — Real estate tech startup Doma, formerly known as States Title, announced Tuesday it will go public through a merger …
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Reuters, Insider, CNBC, Business Wire, The Real Deal New York, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @modestproposal1
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a Safety Advisory Council for Europe to help it with content moderation, bringing external experts in fields like child safety and extremism — TikTok is bringing in external experts in Europe in fields such as child safety, young people's mental health and extremism to form …
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Tweets: @politicoeurope, @whotargetsme, @evelyndouek, and @rasmus_kleis
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Sources: PayPal is in talks to buy New York-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency — One source tells CoinDesk that Curv could be sold for as much as $500 million. — PayPal is said to be in the process of buying Curv, a technology firm that powers the secure storage … | Vjeran Pavic / The Verge: |
DJI launches a $1,299 first person view drone bundle, which includes FPV Goggles V2 with crisp 810p resolution, controller, and a drone with ~20-min flight time — Cinematic first-person view or FPV drones have been a growing trend in the drone industry for a few years.
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Android Police, TechCrunch, Digital Photography Review, Engadget, Digital Trends, CNET, DroneDJ, Wccftech, ZDNet, PetaPixel, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, ExtremeTech, Digital Trends, Drone Rush, Gizmodo, Trusted Reviews, t3.com, Canon Rumors, The Phoblographer, USA Today, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @kylebrussell, @backlon, and @nafisa1
| Mila Jasper / Nextgov: |
A report from the National Security Commission on AI, which is chaired by Eric Schmidt, finds that the US is not fully prepared for AI competition with China — Retaining any edge will take White House leadership and a substantial investment, according to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Flipboard expands its local news coverage to more than 1,000 cities and towns in the US and Canada — In the COVID-19 era, local news matters more than ever—but it can be tough to track down. The magazine-style reading app hopes to help. — In January 2020, Flipboard … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Mobile ad tech company AppLovin files S-1, revealing a net loss of $126M on $1.45B in revenue in 2020 and reporting its software reached 410M+ DAUs in Q4 2020 — Applovin, a mobile ad tech company that's expanded into video game publishing, has filed with the SEC to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol APP.
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| Ed Garsten / Forbes: |
Denver-based Fluid Truck, a peer-to-peer truck sharing platform company, raises $63M Series A led by Bison Capital — A year into the Covid-19 pandemic a major investment announced Tuesday is further evidence of the continuing strong demand for vehicles to ship and deliver goods.| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
In its first transparency report, Twitch says it saw a 40% rise in the number of channels in 2020, a 70% drop in reports of harassment via Twitch DMs, and more — The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.
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