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What to expect from WWDC 2021: iOS 15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of iPadOS home screen, new Apple Silicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more — The keynote kicks off June 7th at 1PM ET — Apple's annual developer extravaganza, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to announce better multitasking and widget placement for iPadOS, status-based notification alerts, an improved Messages app, and more at WWDC — - Company pitching to developers amid uproar over App Store — Messages, Health apps among those gaining new capabilities
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Analysis: eighteen, or nearly 2% of the 1,000 highest grossing apps on the App Store are scams; according to Appfigures data, they may have cost users $48M — Nearly 2 percent of Apple's top-grossing apps on one day were scams — and they have cost people $48 million| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
El Salvador's president unveils a bill to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, partnering with payments startup Strike, in a bid to become the first nation to do so — - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele plans to introduce legislation that will make it the world's first sovereign nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content — The company teased the Patreon-like subscription service earlier this year — Twitter announced earlier this year it was working …
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| Heather Kelly / Washington Post: |
Though cybersecurity experts have warned of ransomware for years, it's now having a very visible impact on the lives of everyday people — After years of warnings, the impact of ransomware finally hits home for regular people — SAN FRANCISCO — It can feel abstract …
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Inside Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started — It was the largest Bitcoin event in the world and the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started. The jargon, the liquor and the millionaire talk flowed.
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| Harry Dempsey / Financial Times: |
The chief supply chain officer at Flex, the world's 3rd-largest electronics manufacturer, says the global chip shortage will likely last until mid- to late-2022 — Forecast from Singapore-based Flex comes as scarcity forces carmakers to scale back production| James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal: |
A brief history of cryptocurrency mining in China as authorities crack down on mining operations and miners in other countries cut into China's dominance — Crackdown warning highlights the cryptocurrency's reliance on a hostile host; miners head west — Bitcoin enthusiasts prize …
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In 2019, the number of foreign-born entrepreneurs in the US declined by 4,400, the only yearly drop since 2000, thanks to US' convoluted immigration policies — America's convoluted and highly politicized immigration system puts roadblocks in the way of foreign-born founders.
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As Nigerian ISPs comply with government's Twitter ban blocking the service, the country's AG threatens prosecution of those trying to circumvent the ban — Nigeria's attorney general Abubakar Malami Saturday said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations …
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