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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 …
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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 — An unsustainable business or just a side effect of the tech downturn? — Grocery app Gorillas …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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 — - Snap will miss its own targets for revenue and adjusted earnings in the current quarter, CEO Evan Speigel warned on Monday in a note to employees.
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