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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Bari Weiss and an in-depth look at her hostile takeover of CBS News; a source says Weiss has said she is pursuing a “de-Baathification of CBS”

Yue Stella Yu / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Newsom's 2026 budget proposal contains no funding for the California Civic Media Fund, despite a 2024 deal to provide $175M to newsrooms over five years

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Study: local broadcast TV supported 1.5M+ US jobs in 2025 and had a $748B annual GDP impact, with advertising accounting for the largest share at $628B

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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
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
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
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