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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Microsoft unveils Project Volterra, an ARM-powered developer kit to explore “AI scenarios” coming in 2022, as Windows gains support for neural processing units — Today at Build 2022, Microsoft unveiled Project Volterra, a device powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform that's designed …

João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers:

Microsoft debuts Power Pages, a low-code website builder, and Power Apps Express Design, which can turn images into an app with controls and data storage — It's that time of the year again when Microsoft holds its Build developer event, and with it comes a ton of news for all kinds of Microsoft products.

More: SiliconANGLE, InfoWorld, Computerworld, The New Stack, TechRadar, Engadget, The Official Microsoft Blog, IT PRO, Thurrott, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, TechRepublic, Neowin, TechCrunch, Petri IT Knowledgebase, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @fxshaw

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft plans to support third-party Windows 11 widgets later in 2022, letting developers offer them as “companion experiences” to their Win32 or PWA apps — Widgets might appear on the Windows 11 desktop soon, too — Microsoft is planning to support third-party widgets inside Windows 11 later this year.

More: Windows Blog, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Liliputing, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, Thurrott, Windows Central, and WinBuzzer

Tweets: @tomwarren and @daniel_rubino

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft debuts Dev Box, a cloud service offering Windows 365-integrated developer workstations, in private preview; a public preview arrives in a few months — It's Windows 365 for developers — Microsoft put PCs in the cloud with Windows 365 last year, and now, it wants to entice developers …

More: InfoWorld, SiliconANGLE, Visual Studio Magazine, Petri IT Knowledgebase, WinBuzzer, MobileSyrup, Microsoft Tech Community, Protocol, DEVCLASS, BigTechWire, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Windows Central, TechRadar, and Thurrott

Simon Jessop / Reuters:

Flowcarbon, a blockchain-based carbon credit trading service backed by WeWork's Neumann, raises $32M led by a16z and $38M from selling its Goddess Nature Token — LONDON (Reuters) - Flowcarbon, a blockchain-enabled carbon credit trading platform backed by WeWork founder Adam Neumann …

More: TechCrunch, VICE, Andreessen Horowitz, Gizmodo, Protocol, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Business Wire, Axios, Decrypt, The Block, FinSMEs, and Web3 is going just great

Tweets: @ariannasimpson, @hausfath, @thestalwart, @profgalloway, @jamesmoore_org, @jtemple, @stshank, @mayazi, @weareflowcarbon, @cdixon, @bennetttomlin, @hilzfuld, @mayazi, @anitaramaswamy, and @katearonoff

Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:

As Street View for Google Maps turns 15, Google announces updates such as historical imagery on Android and iOS, a smaller camera system for its cars, and more — Street View for Google Maps launched 15 years ago this week, and Google is taking advantage of the anniversary to drop some updates …

More: The Keyword, Gizmodo, MacRumors, The Keyword, The Verge, MobileSyrup, TNW, 9to5Google, Android Central, CNN, Fortune, Fossbytes, Mashable, and GSMArena.com

Tweets: @wittednote and @google

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

Google Research announces Imagen, an AI text-to-image generator rivaling OpenAI's DALL-E 2, but decides “not to release code or a public demo” at this time — The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2's ability to draw/paint/imagine …

Source: Google Research. More: The Register, Engadget, Analytics, MSPoweruser, Silicon Republic, PetaPixel, The Verge, Android Headlines, 9to5Google, and Slashdot

Tweets: @jeffdean, @multimodalart, @ak92501, @jjvincent, @iscienceluvr, @yoavgo, @jjvincent, @parmy, @gonzauri, @nabeel, @cgarciae88, @jasonbaldridge, @joshelman, @billyperrigo, @jelleprins, @jjvincent, @daveleeft, @kevin2kelly, and @michael_nielsen

Alex Heath / The Verge:

Niantic debuts Visual Positioning System, a developer platform for building location-aware AR apps, and Campfire, a location-based social network for its games — The maker of Pokémon Go is releasing its AR map for other apps and a location-based social network called Campfire

More: CNET, TechCrunch, Niantic, SiliconANGLE, The Information, Road to VR, and Protocol

Tweets: @reneritchie and @verge

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Stripe launches an apps marketplace to bring third-party tools directly into Stripe, starting with 50+ apps from companies like Dropbox, Mailchimp, and DocuSign — Payments processing and financial infrastructure giant Stripe has launched a new apps marketplace, designed to bring third-party accounting …

More: CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, Stripe Blog, and Bitcoin Magazine

Tweets: @stripe, @patrickc, @patio11, and @ow

Melissa Repko / CNBC:

Walmart plans to expand drone deliveries with DroneUp to cover 4M households in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia from 37 stores in 2022 — - Walmart is expanding drone deliveries across six states with operator DroneUp, bringing its total network to 37 sites by year-end.

More: Walmart Inc., Wall Street Journal, PCMag, The Verge, Supply Chain Dive, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, Barron's Online, TechCrunch, DroneDJ, and Engadget

Tweets: @melissa_repko, @hypervisible, @modeledbehavior, and @noahpinion

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

In a letter, 42 Democratic lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting and keeping unnecessary user data that could be used to identify people seeking abortions — - Democratic lawmakers urged Google CEO Sundar Pichai to stop collecting and keeping unnecessary or non-aggregated location data …

More: wyden.senate.gov, Associated Press, BuzzFeed News, CyberScoop, VICE, and Nextgov

Tweets: @asymmetricinfo, @accountabletech, @lauren_feiner, @tonyajoriley, and @daveixd

Krystal Hu / Reuters:

New Jersey-based Semperis, a cybersecurity startup offering tools to protect enterprises using Microsoft Active Directory, raises a $200M+ Series C led by KKR — U.S. cybersecurity software firm Semperis said it has raised over $200 million in a funding round led by private equity firm KKR & Co Inc …

More: govinfosecurity.com, SC Media, CRN, Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, and Tech News

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

As Snap's growth warning sends its stock down 43.04%, other tech stocks drop too: Meta by 7.62%, Pinterest by 23.64%, Alphabet by 4.95%, and Twitter by 5.55% — - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel warned of slowing growth in a note to employees made public on Monday. — His message sent a chill across the digital advertising industry.

More: Cointelegraph and The Technology Letter

Tweets: @tiernanraytech and @jason_kint

Kif Leswing / CNBC:

Snap's stock closes down 43.04% after Evan Spiegel warns employees the company will miss its Q2 revenue and earnings targets and plans to slow hiring in 2022

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Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:

The UK Competition and Markets Authority clears Paramount's takeover of WBD, saying “after the merger, Paramount will continue to face sufficient competition”

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The FCC votes to repeal the national broadcast ownership cap and replace it with a case-by-case review, approving the measure by a 2-1 margin

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Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:

Apple says that starting June 30, all App Store apps that offer account creation must also let users delete their account within the app

More: MacRumors and Apple Developer

Wall Street Journal:

Internal memo: Lyft plans to slow US hiring, cut some department budgets, and grant new stock options to some employees to make up for its eroding share price

More: Bloomberg. Tweets: @mrinaldesai and @akikofujita

Paresh Dave / Reuters:

Clearview AI expands sales by offering private companies and organizations a facial recognition tool allegedly using data collected with subjects' permission

More: ComputerWeekly.com and Protocol

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

Microsoft says 10M+ players stream games with Xbox Cloud Gaming; in September 2021, Nvidia said GeForce Now had 12M+ users; Google has not shared Stadia numbers

More: SiliconANGLE, XDA Developers, and OnMSFT.com

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Chrome now lets all desktop users right-click an image and perform a Lens search to translate text, identify an object, get the original source, and more

More: BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, Search Engine Land, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, 9to5Google, Android Central, and The Verge

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:

Mexico-based Nowports, an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, raises a $150M Series C at a $1.1B valuation led by SoftBank Latin America Fund

More: Crunchbase News and Reuters

Tweets: @ycombinator, @ponchodelosrios, and @bayareawriter

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal:

San Mateo-based Firework, whose tools help companies livestream shopping events, raises a $150M Series B led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $750M valuation

More: PR Newswire, PYMNTS.com, Firework, TechCrunch, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, and FinSMEs

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Cribl, which helps companies monitor and analyze data created by their infrastructure, raises a $150M Series D led by Tiger, a source says at a $2.5B valuation

More: FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Cribl, PR Newswire, and VentureBeat. Thanks:@kellyengemoen

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:

How Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $419M donation to US local and state election officials in 2020 has become a target of right-wing conspiracies

More: NBC News. Tweets: @issielapowsky, @teddyschleifer, @ianclucas, @justinhendrix, @radicalalarmist, @issielapowsky, @protocol, @protocol, @protocol, @tianaej, @issielapowsky, and @issielapowsky

Financial Times:

Filings: at Amazon's first annual shareholder meeting helmed by Andy Jassy on May 25, the company will oppose all 15 proposals, the most it has faced since 2010

More: New York Post, Fortune, and Protocol

Tweets: @jasonwardcictar, @uniglobalunion, @quinnypig, and @muradahmed

James Vincent / The Verge:

Delivery startup Gorillas lays off half of its “global office workforce”, ~300 staff, and plans to reassess its operations in Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Belgium

More: TechCrunch, Sifted, Insider, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, gorillas.io, Silicon Canals, Silicon Republic, and Bloomberg

Tweets: @parismartineau, @yattisoni, @sarthakgh, @slingshotcap, @carnage4life, @sameer_singh17, @carnage4life, and @mparts_

Cade Metz / New York Times:

A look at a San Francisco townhouse that became a hub for Ukrainian tech workers fleeing the war and entrepreneurs from Russia, Belarus, and Georgia opposing it

Tweets: @wboscoho, @f_bartoloni, @trippmickle, and @billste00228417

Adam Beam / Associated Press:

California's State Assembly passes a bill to let parents sue social media companies if children become “addicted” to their products; the bill needs a final vote

More: Gizmodo, Insider, and California Legislative Information

Tweets: @zavalaa, @carnage4life, @johnwilson, @mehnazakberaziz, @drantbradley, @rvawonk, @raymonddurk, @rmoneyryan2012, @thatjenmonroe, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @zavalaa, @cathygellis, @daphnehk, @pt, @mmasnick, and @b_fung