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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, iThinkDifferent, Microsoft 365 Blog, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, mobilesyrup.com, ZDNet, The Register, 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: |
Weeks after announcing plans to shut down Azure Blockchain, Microsoft debuts Azure Confidential Ledger, adding a layer of security and scalability to blockchain — Microsoft is launching a preview of is Azure Confidential Ledger service, its new Blockchain-based secure ledger.
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InfoWorld, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Microsoft Tech Community, Protocol, and Neowin
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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, TNW, Trusted Reviews, Neowin, PCMag, TechSpot, Petri, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, Patently Apple, and PC Gamer
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @neiltwitz, @arm, @aschilling, @aschilling, @anandtech, and @aschilling
| 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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| 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, New York Times, Washington Post, Pixel Envy, Fortune, The Information, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacDailyNews, Vox, Michael Tsai, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Protocol, and iMore
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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 … | 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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| 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 … | 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.| 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
| 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.| 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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Wall Street Journal, Dark Reading, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Insider, Malwarebytes Labs, The Verge, CyberScoop, Channel Futures, The Hill, and Federal Computer Week
Tweets: @chadfwolf, @apienergy, @gaspricewizard, @jimlangevin, @reprobinkelly, @ericgeller, and @dnvolz
| 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.| 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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| Mara Hvistendahl / The Intercept: |
A look at Oracle's effort to sell Endeca software to Chinese authorities beginning in 2012, and how Oracle touted its use in Chicago for predictive policing — As he helped plan massive demonstrations in Chicago to protest the 2012 NATO summit, Matt McLoughlin knew he was up against a formidable police force.| 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.| 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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| Bloomberg: |
Aurora Solar, whose software helps solar companies determine how many solar panels fit on a property and an installation's output, raises $250M at $2B valuation — - Aurora Solar valued at $2 billion in the funding round — Electrification, fintech and software among Coatue's focuses| 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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Smart Eye, which develops AI-based eye-tracking monitoring systems for automakers, acquires emotion-detection software startup Affectiva for $73.5M — Smart Eye, the publicly traded Swedish company that supplies driver monitoring systems for a dozen automakers, has acquired emotion-detection …
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