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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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Tweets: @google, @google, @backlon, and @jlehrbaum
| Erik Kay / The Keyword: |
Google says it's working on a new digital car key feature for Android 12 to unlock or start your car, announces Fast Pair for faster Bluetooth pairing, and more — Phones are at the center of our digital lives. When purchasing a phone these days, we're buying not only a phone … | 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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| 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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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning MacBook 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 and @amitbhawani
| 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 … | 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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| 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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| 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, The Register, CRN, PCMag, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, Neowin, XDA Developers, Petri, Windows Central, and The Verge
Tweets: @tomwarren, @maryjofoley, and @inafried
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Amazon says it is extending its ban on selling facial recognition tech to police indefinitely — The firm said in June its freeze would last a year to ‘give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules.’ No federal laws have been passed since. — Amazon is extending its global ban …
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Tweets: @drewharwell, @calebwatney, @openmediaorg, @epro, and @mediajustice
| 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, Thurrott, Neowin, Protocol, BleepingComputer, The Verge, ZDNet, AndroidGuys, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Engadget, TNW, Android Central, and MUO
Tweets: @gvarisco and @googlechrome
| 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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Tweets: @joannastern, @joannastern, @iansherr, @joannastern, @dcseifert, @jnadeau, @wsj, @tomwarren, and @beccafarsace
| 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, Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, The Register, Decrypt, AnandTech, XDA Developers, PC Gamer, The Block, Laptop Mag, and Windows Central
Tweets: @tomwarren, @kylebrussell, @stroughtonsmith, and @can
| 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, BetaKit, XDA Developers, Engadget, ZDNet, Social Media Today, SlashGear, 9to5Google, chainstoreage.com, CNBC, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @ecommerce
| 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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CryptoGlobe and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @carlbeek, @ryansmithat, @thebluematt, @monolith_web3, @grady_booch, @carlbeek, @carlbeek, @mycrypto, and @elidourado
| 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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Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @prof_kalkyl, @tsuvik, @pstr, @backlon, @amythibodeau, and @highfiverpg
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Cloud launches Vertex AI, a managed machine learning platform for developers to deploy and maintain AI models — At Google I/O today Google Cloud announced Vertex AI, a new managed machine learning platform that is meant to make it easier for developers to deploy and maintain their AI models.
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| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Google announces plans to build a commercial-grade quantum computer by 2029 and unveiled its new quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara, California — Google developers are confident they can build a commercial-grade quantum computer by 2029. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the plan during
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Tweets: @lukolejnik and @kent_walker
| Miles Parks / NPR: |
Mental health experts, disagreeing with Mark Zuckerberg, increasingly see a correlation between poor mental health and social media use, call for more research — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' biggest fear as a parent isn't gun violence, or drunk driving, or anything related to the pandemic.
Tweets: @quinnypig and @cathymcmorris
| 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, Social Media Today, Android Central, MUO, Tubefilter, Input, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @justiacom
| Oren Naim / The Keyword: |
Google is rolling out Maps updates in the coming months with new routing optimizations, enhancements for Live View, detailed street maps in 50 more cities, more — From the very beginning, we built Google Maps to help you connect with the real world. In 2007, we introduced Street View … | 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.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google to improve image processing for darker skin tones by tweaking its auto-white balance and exposure algorithms, starting with Pixel cameras this fall — It should do a better job rendering dark skin tones and natural hair styles — It's a long-standing problem that dates back to the days of film … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils version 2.2 of its open source UI development kit Flutter, with a payment plugin for IAPs, says 200K apps in Play Store were built using Flutter — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Google has unveiled version 2.2 of its open source UI development kit Flutter.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Vise, which offers an AI-powered investment management service for independent financial advisors, raises $65M Series C at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Vise today announced a $65 million Series C financing round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors, including Sequoia.Sponsor Posts
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Niantic Spatial:
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
Zoho:
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
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