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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Sources say Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC that could launch by year's end — We can confirm some, but not all, of what's in store for the codenamed “SteamPal.” — Video game and hardware studio Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft debuts Microsoft 365 updates, including tools for developers to integrate deeper into Teams, Graph updates, and Outlook message extensions on the web — Microsoft today announced a number of improvements across Microsoft 365, its line of subscription services offered as a part of Microsoft Office.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, LinkedIn, Microsoft 365 Blog, The Register, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Thurrott, mobilesyrup.com, ZDNet, Neowin, WinBuzzer, Engadget, MSPoweruser, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, and OnMSFT.com. Tweets: @chiefmartec
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft, an investor in OpenAI, says it's now using the GPT-3 model in its low-code Power Apps service to translate natural language text into code — Unlike in other years, this year's Microsoft Build developer conference is not packed with huge surprises — but there's one announcement …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Satya Nadella teases a “next generation of Windows” announcement “very soon”; the revamped Windows will likely have big UI changes, a new store, and more — Windows is getting big UI changes, a new store, and more — Microsoft isn't talking about its big Windows plans …
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Windows Central, PCWorld, Engadget, OSnews, Trusted Reviews, PCMag, TechSpot, TNW, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, Patently Apple, Petri, and PC Gamer
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Tesla says deliveries of Model 3 and Y vehicles in North America will no longer be equipped with radar for Autopilot and instead rely on a camera-based system — Autopilot will rely on cameras from here on out in the Model 3 and Model Y — Tesla has stopped building forward-facing radar sensors …
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Tesla, CNBC, Electrek, Ubergizmo, KnowTechie, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Engadget, and Reuters
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government for its new social media regulations, saying they would break privacy protections — WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force …
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New York Times, The Economic Times, Wall Street Journal, and Axios
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
DC attorney general sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company's practices have unfairly raised prices for consumers and suppressed innovation — Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday he's suing Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company's practices …
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oag.dc.gov, The Verge, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, NPR, Wired, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Silicon Valley Business …, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, BBC, CBS News, Politico, DCist, Tom's Guide, mobilesyrup.com, Newser, The Daily Beast, Fast Company, Ars Technica, CNN, Invezz, Vox, Raw Story, Associated Press, Protocol, Android Central, Financial Times, Axios, The Hill, Insider, CNET, and Gizmodo
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A breakdown of the different arguments pertaining to the App Store and how they were presented and discussed in the Epic vs Apple trial — Arguments in Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. wrapped up yesterday; Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers noted she had thousands of documents to pore over …
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Financial Times, Pixel Envy, Fortune, The Verge, Michael Tsai, Washington Post, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, Vox, The Information, Protocol, and iMore
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Arm unveils Cortex-X2 CPU, which it says offers 30% more performance than current high-end Android phones, and Mali-G710 for Chromebooks and high-end phones — first new chip architecture in a decade, it's ready to show the CPU designs that will take advantage of those improvements. The company has
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Vimeo stock fell 12.85% on Tuesday, its first day of trading as a public company after spinning off from IAC, closing at $45.39/share, with a ~$7.2B market cap — Shares of video-hosting provider Vimeo fell 12.85% on Tuesday, its first day of trading as a publicly traded company … | Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Survey finds startling disinterest in ethical use of AI among business execs, with only 35% saying their org tries to use AI in a transparent, accountable way — Just 6% of respondents said they ensure AI is used ethically and responsibly by making development teams diverse.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
VMware patches a new bug in vCenter Server, a virtualization management product used by an estimated 43K organizations, that could allow remote code execution — Remote code execution flaw in vCenter Server poses “serious” risk to data centers. — Data centers around the world … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
USB standards body unveils its USB-C 2.1 revision, which supports power up to 240W, up from 100W currently, aimed at devices like 4K displays and gaming laptops — An upgrade to the USB-C standard will accommodate levels of up to 240 watts, an improvement that could let you plug power-hungry devices …
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TNW, The Verge, AppleInsider, and Android Central
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Koo, a microblogging service that allows users to post in English and Indian languages, raises $30M at over $100M valuation led by Tiger Global — Investors are backing Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, with large size checks at a time when tension is brewing between the American social network and New Delhi.| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says it's rolling out its Fuchsia OS to first-gen Nest Hubs as an update, replacing Cast OS; the new OS will not change any functionality of the device — Google's long-in-development, from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia, is now running on real Made by Google devices, namely, the first-generation Nest Hub.
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| Matt Stroud / The Verge: |
Chicago PD constantly surveilled a man after its predictive policing system said he'd be involved in a shooting, but not whether he'd be the shooter or victim — Robert McDaniel's troubles began with a knock on the door. It was a weekday in mid-2013, as he made lunch in the crowded three-bedroom house …
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| David Pan / CoinDesk: |
Inner Mongolia issues a draft plan to crack down on crypto mining after China's February ban that cited environmental concerns and State Council's recent notice — Inner Mongolia drafted a detailed plan to crack down on crypto mining in the region following the ban issued in February and the State Council's notice.| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Contentsquare, which operates a customer experience analytics service, raises $500M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing its valuation to $2.8B — A year after its $190 million Series D, Contentsquare is back with an even bigger round, closing on $500 million in Series E financing to value the company at $2.8 billion.
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| Washington Post: |
In a first, DHS will issue mandatory rules regulating cybersecurity for pipelines, initially to require incident reporting, after Colonial's ransomware attack — Two directives will seek oversight of the industry after a ransomware attack upended gas availability in the southeast U.S. for 11 days.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
RaidForums is blocked in Indonesia after a threat actor leaked personal data of 1M citizens after claiming to have personal data of 279M Indonesians in a post — The Indonesian government has blocked access inside its borders to Raid Forums, a well-known cybercrime hub, in an attempt to limit the spread of a sensitive data leak.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Big Sur 11.4 fixes a bug that let malware capture screenshots and camera footage using other apps' permissions; researchers found ~400 instances of the malware — It's time to update your Apple Mac again, as malware that secretly takes screenshots has been spotted exploiting a serious weakness in macOS security.
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Tweets: @patrickwardle, @forbes, @patrickwardle, and @datadrivenmd
| Tanzeel Akhtar / CoinDesk: |
OneOf, a music-focused NFT marketplace built on Tezos and backed by Quincy Jones, raises $63M in seed, claims it uses less energy to mint NFTs than others — The firm says that, by building on Tezos, it can provide a more environmentally sustainable marketplace.| Bloomberg: |
NYSE sets ZipRecruiter's reference price at $18 per share for its direct listing on Wednesday, which would give it a fully diluted valuation of about $2.4B — - Job search, recruiting company set for trading debut Wednesday — Year's 4th direct listing after Squarespace, Coinbase, Roblox| Forbes: |
Qualio, whose software helps biopharma companies manage supply chain quality control, raises $50M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing total raised to $63M+ — I write on health impacts of climate change & infectious diseases. — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com.
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