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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Maps with an “immersive view”, which combines Street View and aerial shots, for select cities, and will let third-party apps use Live View's AR — At Google I/O 2022, the company unveiled improvements for Google Maps including a new “immersive view” …
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Google Translate with support for 24 additional languages, including regional dialects from India, South America, and Africa, used by 300M people — Google Translate has today confirmed support for a further 24 new languages and dialects on its online translation service.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Nest Hub Max with quick phrases and Look and Talk, which lets users look at the display and ask a question without having to say “Hey Google” — The company is adding a couple features to let you use Assistant without saying ‘Hey Google’
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google says that RCS messaging in the Messages app for Android has 500M+ MAUs, and implores all mobile OSes to “upgrade”, in a dig at Apple — Today at Google I/O 2022, Google confirmed that over 500 million people are actively using RCS messaging and took the chance to throw another dig at Apple.| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the $449 Pixel 6a, with its Tensor chip, 6.1" OLED screen, in-display fingerprint sensor, 12.2MP wide and 12MP ultra-wide rear cameras, and more — During the annual I/O Developer conference Google has officially launched the affordably-focused Pixel 6a which acts … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to launch an Android-based Pixel Tablet in 2023, with speakers and a rear camera, after killing its Chrome OS-based Pixel Slate in February 2021 — Offering a sneak preview of the Pixel 7 wasn't enough, so Google's really leaning in. Today at I/O, the company announced …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the Pixel Buds Pro with ANC, pass-through, and spatial audio coming later in 2022 via an OTA update, available for preorder on July 21 for $199 — This year at Google I/O 2022, Google is focusing on bringing us brand-new hardware. One product of this year's event is Google's … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the Pixel Watch with a round glass cover that curves all the way to the metal sides, Fitbit integration, and a clickable crown, coming this fall — At I/O 2022, Google finally confirmed that it's making the Pixel Watch. That said, we only got a teaser as it's not coming until later this year.
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
LUNA and the UST stablecoin continue to dive; LUNA dropped as low as $0.84, a ~97% slide in 24 hours, while UST dropped as low as $0.26, a ~70% fall in 24 hours — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 82% in the last 24 hours. — Its related stablecoin UST has retreated …
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| CoinDesk: |
Sources: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon pseudonymously co-founded Basis Cash, a failed algorithmic stablecoin set up in 2020 that peaked at $174M total value locked — Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals votes 2-1 to let Texas enforce a social media law prohibiting Twitter, Facebook, and others from suppressing user content — A three-person panel of federal appeals court judges is letting a Texas law aimed at punishing social media companies for alleged anti-conservative bias go into effect for now.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
The European Commission proposes regulation that would require tech companies to scan for CSAM and “grooming”, worrying privacy experts and threatening E2EE — The proposal has been called unworkable and invasive by privacy experts — The European Commission has proposed controversial …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google adopts the 10-grade Monk Skin Tone Scale to teach diversity to its AI, replacing the six-tone Fitzpatrick Scale; the first results hit the US this week — You'll notice the Monk Skin Tone Scale in beauty related searches, but Google is also building it deeply into its AI infrastructure, it says at Google I/O.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C for the iPhone 15 in the second half of 2023, improving transfer and charging speeds — Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C on all or possibly some models of the iPhone 15 lineup destined …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
In a first, Meta withdraws its policy guidance request from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over “ongoing safety and security concerns” — Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it would be withdrawing its earlier request for policy guidance … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Senate votes 51-50 to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission, establishing a Democratic majority — Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate — On Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Chrome for desktop will let users easily create virtual cards for safer online shopping using Autofill, coming later to Android and iOS — One of Google's big payments and privacy announcements at I/O 2022 is a very convenient feature that masks your physical credit card with a virtual one when shopping online with Chrome.
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| Bloomberg: |
SEC chair Gary Gensler says crypto exchanges are “commingling” services, which is not in clients' best interest, and notes their ties to popular stablecoins — Gary Gensler is ratcheting up his criticism of digital-asset exchanges, arguing that some platforms are shirking rules … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos will launch its Sonos Voice Control assistant to all voice-enabled Sonos smart speakers via software update on June 1 in the US — Sonos Voice Control is all about the music and isn't a direct competitor to Alexa or Google Assistant — Sonos will roll out its very own voice control assistant on June 1st in the United States.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Sony unveils the $1,599 Xperia 1 IV, with a 6.5" 120Hz OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, and a continuous optical zoom lens, shipping in September — Smartphones have point-and-shoot cameras (remember those?) beat in a lot of ways, but there's one thing traditional cameras still do better than phones: zoom.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney's streaming subscribers rose to 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M — Hulu added 300,000 subscribers to reach 45.6 million subs and ESPN+ added 1 million subscribers to reach 22.3 million.
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| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SEC is probing Elon Musk's late disclosure of his Twitter stake filed on April 4, over 10 days after his stake passed the trigger point for reporting — SEC is investigating Tesla CEO for tardy notification after buying 5% of Twitter's stock; FTC has separate probe under way of purchase reporting
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| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Andrew Bosworth told Reality Labs staff that Meta is preparing to cut or postpone some projects in the division later this week, but there would be no layoffs — Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a strategic unit at the center …
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| Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: |
Bumble's shares jumped 10%+ to as high as $20.67 after hours, after beating estimates with a Q1 revenue of $211.2M, up 24% YoY, and paying users growing to 3M — Bumble Inc. surged as much as 17% in extended trading after the dating app where women make the first move reported revenue that beat analysts' estimates.
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| Samuel Agini / Financial Times: |
Source: Chelsea Football Club struck a £20M shirt-sleeve sponsorship deal with crypto trading app WhaleFin, owned by Singapore-based Amber Group, in January — WhaleFin £20mn promo agreement preceded London club going up for sale and Abramovich sanctionsSponsor Posts
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