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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google details Android 12's new design, based on the flexible Material You system, with better widgets and buttons, more animation, privacy features, and more — There are new features, but it's the biggest design update in years — Google is announcing the latest beta for Android 12 today …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Material You design language, letting users personalize the look of apps and the OS, coming to Pixels this fall, then to Chrome OS, the web, more — “Material You” is Google's “radical new way to think about design.” It's a hyper-personalized approach to designing custom appearances …
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Gizmodo, The Verge, Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, and Fast Company
Tweets: @materialdesign, @vvaiibhav, @ow, @materialdesign, @maxwinebach, @joannastern, and @ow
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says Android now powers over 3B active devices worldwide, up from 2.5B in 2019 and 2B in 2017
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, Android Police, TechCrunch, BetaNews, 9to5Google, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @jhamby
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning MacBooks Pros, Airs, Mac Pros, Mac minis, and larger iMacs with faster CPUs, new IO, more; MacBook Pro could debut as soon as summer — - Company developing Mac Pro desktop with 40 cores, new Mac mini — Apple plans to swap remaining Intel part with in-house design
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Tweets: @rsgnl, @amitbhawani, @alexjamesfitz, and @markgurman
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
iMac 24-inch (M1 2021) review: great CPU, sleek design, and good webcam, but limited ports, not the best value for money, can't upgrade anything after purchase — A new design, new processor, and new screen make for a winning combination — This is an iMac unlike any other iMac we've seen before …
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Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Six Colors, TechCrunch, MacRumors, YouTube, CNET, Macworld, CNBC, YouTube, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, Livemint, Tom's Guide, MACお宝 …, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, YouTube, iMore, Insider, YouTube, Mashable, Gizmodo, Wccftech, iPhone Hacks, and CNN
Tweets: @joannastern, @joannastern, @iansherr, @joannastern, @dcseifert, @wsj, @tomwarren, @beccafarsace, and @dcseifert
| Apple: |
Apple says new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K will be available around the world starting May 21 — Customers around the globe will begin receiving deliveries on Friday, May 21 — Beginning May 21, customers can get their hands on the all-new iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, iMore, Macworld, iMore, Neowin, Wccftech, news.com.au, iMore, Liliputing, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @saranbyte
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils new features for Workspace, part of an initiative called “smart canvas”, including smart objects in Docs and deeper integration of Meet — Google is launching a slate of new features for its Workspace productivity suite today, starting with new “smart chips” that connect Google Docs to other products.
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The Keyword, Google Cloud Blog, Mashable, YouTube, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Android Police, 9to5Google, ZDNet, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Engadget, Google Workspace Updates, TechCrunch, Engadget, TechSpot, Android Headlines, Tom's Guide, diginomica, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @ow, @google, @caseynewton, @googleworkspace, @googleworkspace, @thomasortk, and @patrickmoorhead
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Google unveils Wear OS 3.0, with a revamped design and 30% performance boost, and partners with Samsung, which will use Wear OS, not Tizen, for its next watches — Were you considering buying a smartwatch for your Android phone? Hold off until the fall. Google and Samsung have announced …
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The Keyword, Samsung US Newsroom, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Android Police, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, phonearena.com, Wired, TechRadar, SlashGear, Phandroid, Android Central, Pocket-lint, Pocket-lint, and SlashGear. Tweets: @stshank. Thanks:@jetscott
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft confirms that Windows 10X won't launch in 2021 as planned, instead being integrated into parts of Windows and other products — Microsoft officials have admitted what leaked a week-plus ago: Its Chrome-OS competitor, Windows 10X, isn't coming. Instead, some of the 10X technologies …
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Windows Experience Blog, Tom's Hardware, Thurrott, PCWorld, Windows Central, CNET, XDA Developers, and The Verge
Tweets: @tomwarren and @maryjofoley
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says Duplex will help Chrome users more easily fix compromised passwords, rolling out slowly to Chrome users with limited site compatibility at first — Google announced a new feature for its Chrome browser today that alerts you when one of your passwords has been compromised …
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The Keyword, The Keyword, The Verge, BleepingComputer, PCMag, Ars Technica, ZDNet, XDA Developers, TNW, Android Police, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Verge, Tom's Guide, AndroidGuys, MUO, and Android Central
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia extends its crypto mining limits to newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, which will be labeled “Lite Hash Rate” — New Nvidia cards will be branded as Lite Hash Rate — Nvidia is extending its cryptocurrency mining limits …
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The Official NVIDIA Blog, Laptop Mag, PCWorld, Financial Times, CNET, Ars Technica, BleepingComputer, Tom's Hardware, CoinDesk, and HotHardware.com News
Tweets: @tomwarren, @kylebrussell, @stroughtonsmith, and @can
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google announces LaMDA, a language model for dialogue applications that it says represents a “breakthrough” for having natural conversations with AI — Google wants to build AI that understands language better — Artificial intelligence is a huge part of Google's business …
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The Keyword, The Keyword, PCMag, ZDNet, TNW, AppleInsider, Engadget, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and The Keyword
Tweets: @timnitgebru, @mark_riedl, @minimaxir, and @danbarker
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Early look at Google's Project Starline, a video booth with a 65" display and several sensors and cameras allowing for 3D representations of video call subjects — Our reporter tests out a “video booth” to glimpse of the future of telepresence. — OVER THE PAST several years …
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The Keyword, PCMag, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Engadget, Slashdot, and Mashable
Tweets: @claybavor, @laurengoode, @dflieb, @jeffdean, @rajanpatel, @simulacracid, @rklau, and @jamesurquhart
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Photos with AI-powered Memories, a Locked Folder, Cinematic moments to animate static photos, and more — Google announced a series of upgrades to its Google Photos service, used by over a billion users, at today's Google I/O developer event, which was virtually streamed this year due to Covid.
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The Keyword, The Verge, USA Today, Android Authority, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Police, and Trusted Reviews. Tweets: @googlephotos
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google teams with Shopify to let Shopify's 1.7M+ merchants easily sign up to have their products appear across YouTube, Search, Maps, Images, and Lens — Google today announced it's partnering with Shopify, giving the e-commerce platform's over 1.7 million merchants the ability …
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The Keyword, CNET, ZDNet, 9to5Google, CNBC, and SlashGear
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Many ransomware strains like DarkSide's will not install on Windows PCs with specific virtual keyboards enabled, like Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian — In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built …
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Elliptic Blog, Slate, Decrypt, PCMag, and Schneier on Security
Tweets: @briankrebs, @briankrebs, @villi, @briankrebs, @doctorow, @vessonsecurity, and @chris_dag
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify will auto-transcribe certain original shows in the coming weeks as part of a beta rollout of the feature that it aims to eventually enable for all shows — With a goal of a wider rollout — Spotify announced multiple updates to make its app more accessible across iOS and Android today …
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Spotify, XDA Developers, Engadget, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, and iMore
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman and @highfiverpg
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts “Live Shopping Fridays” event series, featuring brands live streaming beauty, skincare, and fashion content on a weekly basis starting May 22 — Facebook wants to whet consumers' appetite for live streamed shopping with this week's launch of “Live Shopping Fridays” …
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About Facebook, Digiday, Tubefilter, 9to5Mac, MUO, Android Central, Input, and Adweek
| The Information: |
Source: Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment — Amazon is in discussions to acquire MGM, said a person familiar with the situation, in what would be the ecommerce giant's biggest move yet to expand in entertainment.
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Variety, The Verge, New York Times, Stratechery, Financial Times, USA Today, CNN, Seattle Business Journal, Ars Technica, Insider, Coinspeaker, GameSpot, The Streamable, PCMag, TechRadar, KnowTechie, Invezz, Decider, SlashGear, Broadband TV News, Silicon Republic, AFTVnews, Telecoms.com, and PYMNTS.com
| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
Profile of fashion e-commerce app Shein, which ranks #1 in the App Store's Shopping category in 56 countries and is the most trafficked fashion site globally — The Quiet Chinese Quindecacorn America's Gen Z Shoppers Are #Addicted To … This week's Not Boring is brought to you by... It's Not Magic.
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TechCrunch, Android Authority, and Wccftech
Tweets: @terrygtnguyen, @jorge_guajardo, @kattenbarge, and @mbrennanchina
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Amazon says it is extending its ban on selling facial recognition tech to police indefinitely — The tech giant said last June that it would freeze the technology's police use for a year to “give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules.” No federal laws have been passed since.
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Bloomberg, CNET, Associated Press, and Reuters
Tweets: @drewharwell, @epro, @mediajustice, and @openmicmedia
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Court doc: Twitter fought a subpoena from DOJ under Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. Devin Nunes; source: DOJ under Biden withdrew — An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Google unveils a tool that uses AI to help spot skin, hair, and nail conditions, based on images from patients, says it plans to launch it later this year — Google has unveiled a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help spot skin, hair and nail conditions, based on images uploaded by patients.
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The Verge, The Keyword, Engadget, Android Police, phonearena.com, Financial Times, Mashable, and MyHealthyApple
| Marie Huillet / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase says it plans to raise $1.25B via a private offering of debt securities for institutional investors, following its direct listing on Nasdaq in April — With shares in the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange continuing to underperform, Coinbase is seeking a $1.25 billion cash injection from institutional investors.
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Business Wire, InsideBitcoins.com, Invezz, and Bitcoin News
| Carl Beekhuizen / Ethereum Blog: |
Ethereum Foundation says “in the upcoming months” Ethereum will fully transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, which requires far less power consumption — TL;DR: Ethereum will use at least ~99.95% less energy post merge. — Ethereum will be completing the transition …
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The Voice of 3D Printing. Tweets: @carlbeek, @grady_booch, @mycrypto, @elidourado, @carlbeek, and @carlbeek
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus' latest update for its Quest headsets adds a Live Overlay casting feature that allows mixed reality capture with just an iPhone model XS or newer — v29 is packed with features — Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup.Sponsor Posts
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