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Apple says HomePod and HomePod mini will receive a software update in the future to natively support Apple Music Lossless — After a week of controversies, Apple released a support page with everything users need to know about Apple Music Lossless. For example, we've now discovered …
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| Patrick O'Rourke / MobileSyrup: |
Q&A with Apple VP Tim Twerdahl, who says the new Siri Remote doesn't need AirTag's UWB tech because it is too thick to get lost in couch cushions — The new Apple TV features an entirely revamped Siri Remote, the A12 Bionic chip and 60Hz Dolby Vision — Ahead of the A pple TV 4K …
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
India's information technology ministry asks social media companies to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus — India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an … | Conor Hale / FierceBiotech: |
Heru, which is building a tool that uses AI and commercial AR/VR headsets to diagnose eye conditions and vision loss, raises $30M Series A led by D1 Capital — The classic eye chart wall poster is getting an upgrade, with newcomer Heru looking to bring vision tests into virtual reality.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Air India, a member of Star Alliance, says data of 4.5M passengers, including names, passport info, and credit card data, was stolen in a February breach — Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch launches a category for “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” streams, letting creators continue to stream them while letting advertisers and viewers avoid them — ‘Being found to be sexy by others is not against our rules’ — Twitch is launching a dedicated category …
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A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining — The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape — In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide.
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| Pat Maio / Los Angeles Business Journal: |
ProducePay, which offers an analytics service to track market prices of fruits and vegetables, raises $43M Series C led by G2VP, bringing total raised to $300M — Downtown-based ProducePay Inc., a fintech-like business that has created a privately run commodity trading exchange …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable — Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up — The announcement comes a few days after a similar feature was announced for Wear devices — Spotify is adding the ability …
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| Columbia Journalism Review: |
Long-term linking on a volatile web is falling victim to link rot, as a new study shows 25% of deep links on NYT.com articles from 1996-2019 are inaccessible — Hyperlinks are a powerful tool for journalists and their readers. Diving deep into the context of an article is just a click away.
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
oneNav, which is developing a GNSS receiver for L5 signals that are more accurate and reliable than the L1 signals used in GPS, raises $21M Series B led by GV — Palo Alto, California-based oneNav has closed a $21 million Series B, as the startup looks to take advantage of improvements coming to GPS.
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