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Google adds YouTube TV to the main YouTube app on Roku devices and says it is securing “free streaming devices” for customers in case talks with Roku fail — It's also securing ‘free streaming devices’ for customers in case talks with Roku completely fall apart
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Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10 — How to Install SUSE Enterprise Server in Windows 10 — WINDOWS 10, AND WINDOWS CLIENT OS — Back in the fall of 2019 …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5 — An early look at an ongoing analysis of Apple's App Tracking Transparency suggests that the vast majority of iPhone users …
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019 — Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Apple emails disclosed in Epic trial show that 128M iPhone users, of which 18M were in the US and 55% in China, downloaded apps with XCodeGhost malware in 2015 — As part of the trial against Epic Games, Apple released emails that show that 128 million users, of which 18 million were in the U.S. …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple will probably win the Epic lawsuit, but the trial may motivate Apple to appease developers over the long term and avoid even more embarrassing lawsuits — Hey everyone, it's Mark. I've been following the trial between Apple Inc. and Epic Games Inc. since Monday, and so far, it looks like Apple is scoring most of the wins.| CNBC: |
Internal memo: Goldman Sachs informed its markets personnel that a newly created crypto trading desk successfully traded two kinds of bitcoin-linked derivatives — - The bank informed its markets personnel on Thursday that a newly created cryptocurrency trading desk had successfully traded … | CNBC: |
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices — - Amazon partnered with Tile and smart lock maker Level to beef up its mesh network for tracking items.
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more — Five years after Facebook released its very first PC VR headset, and over a year into the pandemic, VR has been getting a closer look …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says it will postpone Prime Day in India and Canada due to worsening spread of COVID-19, but the event will go on as planned in June in other countries — - Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it will pause Prime Day in India and Canada as the countries face worsening spread of the coronavirus.
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Sennheiser sells its consumer electronics division to Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants — From blasting your eardrums to assisting them in later life — Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products …
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Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users — The company is making some changes to encourage more people to adopt a key digital security mechanism. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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