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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel unveils a refresh of its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U chips aimed at laptops and debuts a 5G modem developed with MediaTek that supports 5G on slower, sub-6 GHz — Due to the global pandemic, this year's annual Computex event in Taiwan is being held virtually, but all the big-name companies …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Instagram's algorithm will now rank original and reposted content equally amid employee concerns about suppression of pro-Palestinian voices — Social media app will promote viral posts and original content equally — Instagram is changing its app to show more viral and current affairs …
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Washington Post, Politico, BBC, The Verge, NBC News, Insider, NBC News, and Engadget
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple releases its supplier responsibility report for 2020, saying there was a reduction in major violations of its code of conduct and no cases of child labor — - Annual responsibility report covers labor, energy, Covid-19 — Apple stopped providing specific addresses for facilities
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| Andreas Kolbe / The Daily Dot: |
The Wikimedia Foundation is financially healthy and nearing a $100M endowment target five years ahead of schedule, yet fundraising appeals imply it's struggling — The site is way richer than it wants you to know. — The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit that owns Wikipedia …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging — New ‘world records’ in wired and wireless charging — Xiaomi has shown off its latest fast charging tech demo …
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| Kellie Mejdrich / Politico: |
As big financial industry players like Fidelity Investments push SEC to approve Bitcoin-linked ETFs, crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from US lawmakers — A strong push by Wall Street to open up access to Bitcoin investment is meeting resistance from a bipartisan group of lawmakers …
Tweets: @pinboard, @ryannegri, @pinboard, @marcan42, @pinboard, @zachary, @tante, @taylorlorenz, @max_hodak, @davecraige, @joemccann, @jonahblank, @sarahjamielewis, and @pinboard
| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
Through its custom silicon, integrated sensors, design-led focus on user experience, and broad ecosystem, Apple is a decade ahead of rivals in wearables — Last week, Apple quietly unveiled one of the more remarkable pieces of technology that has been developed in the past few years.
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| Matt Stoller / BIG: |
Via Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, and its Buy Box algorithm, Amazon forces third party Marketplace sellers to keep prices high for consumers across the web — A new antitrust case shows that Prime inflates prices across the board, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’ that is anything but free.| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa and says it has 4M users, raises $100M Series C led by SVB Capital — Fintech in Africa is a goldmine. Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks … | Tyler Sonnemaker / Insider: |
Court docs detail Google's user location data collection, efforts to make popular privacy settings harder to find, pressure on partners like LG to do the same — - Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private, according to newly unredacted court documents.
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Tweets: @jason_kint, @johnrlottjr, @chartier, @patrickmcgee_, @aaronwall, @pernillet, @worldwise001, @wolfiechristl, @devonbl, @jernejv, @luisbruno, @davewiner, @aagha, and @alistairmbarr
| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Doktor.se raises €50M and says it is planning an IPO in Q1 2022 — Stockholm-based digital healthcare platform Doktor has raised €50 million in a new investment round that saw participation from Consensus Asset Management, Norron …
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| Michael Corkery / New York Times: |
Some residents worry the warehouse boom in PA's Lehigh Valley, driven by its proximity to NY and e-commerce, is putting long-term economic well-being at risk — Huge facilities have sprouted up in and around the Lehigh Valley, fueled by the astonishing growth of e-commerce.
Tweets: @willwbloom, @nytimesbusiness, @hal_coi, @nytimes, and @paulpage
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