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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Fluid Framework, a new web-based modular platform for document creation, available to developers later this year — Today marks the start of Build, Microsoft's annual developer conference, and this morning's keynote address was predictably newsy.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, InfoWorld, PCWorld, Engadget, TechCrunch, Wired, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, and Engadget
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft unveils .NET 5, which will support Java, Swift, and Objective C interoperability on multiple platforms, and makes ML.NET 1.0 generally available — Build is Microsoft's annual developer conference, which makes Visual Studio and .NET the stars of the show.
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.NET Blog, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Thurrott, ZDNet, GeekWire, WinBuzzer, and Tim Anderson's IT Writing
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IntelliCode, Microsoft's tool for AI-assisted coding that was trained on GitHub projects with 100+ stars, is now generally available — IntelliCode, Microsoft's tool for AI-assisted coding, is now generally available. It supports C# and XAML in Visual Studio and Java, JavaScript, TypeScript and Python in Visual Studio Code.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, BetaNews, Microsoft, GeekWire, Windows Central, VentureBeat, OnMSFT.com, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @marshallk
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts private preview of Visual Studio Online, an online code editor based on Visual Studio Code that supports existing extensions, IntelliCode, more — Microsoft today announced the private preview launch of Visual Studio Online, an online code editor the company is positioning … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Windows Developer Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, BetaNews, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Windows Central, GitHub, WinBuzzer, Softpedia News, and Slashdot
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: at WWDC, Apple will unveil iOS 13 with updated Maps, Reminders, and Messages apps, watchOS 6 with Calculator, Voice Memos, App Store, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to unleash a slew of new apps, features and development tools at its annual software conference next month.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, Macworld, Fortune, CNBC, The Next Web, InvestorPlace, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Gizchina, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, CNET, SlashGear, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, VentureBeat, Patently Apple, Mashable, Fast Company, MACお宝 …, and 9to5Mac
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Interviews with Microsoft executives shed light on the company's decision to rebuild its Edge browser with Google's Chromium, after Edge's flaws became clear — Microsoft's Edge web browser, released in 2015, hadn't made much progress by the summer of 2017.
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Windows Blog, The Register, MacRumors, Digital Trends, BetaNews, Thurrott, PCWorld, SiliconANGLE, OnMSFT.com, gHacks Technology News, TechSpot, Liliputing, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, and WinBuzzer
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its Chromium-based Edge browser will have an IE mode, privacy tools, and Collections when it launches — New privacy and collections features are coming to Edge — Microsoft is unveiling a number of new features for its upcoming Edge Chromium browser today.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Windows Central, Engadget, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, CNET, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @thelarkinn, @reckless, @carnage4life, and @tomwarren
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple buys a company every two to three weeks on average and has acquired about 20 to 25 companies in the past six months — KEY POINTS — In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quck, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company has acquired approximately 20 to 25 companies in the past six months.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, The Verge, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, Apple Must, CNET, and Cult of Mac
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Facebook says it has opened a “war room” in Dublin to monitor EU elections, ahead of voting later in May, with about 40 employees — The social network took the wraps off a special operations center in Dublin ahead of this month's European Union voting.
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Facebook, CNET, RTÉ, Politico, Gizmodo, and Financial Times
Tweets: @alexstamos, @ianclucas, @edbott, @davidfickling, and @hutchinson
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Equity management platform Carta raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $1.7B valuation, says it works with 11,000+ companies and 143 VC firms — Carta, a seven-year-old, San Francisco-based startup, is the newest unicorn in tech. The company, which helps private and public companies … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Pregnant Amazon workers were fired after informing managers of their pregnancies, a review of seven lawsuits shows; six of the cases were settled out of court — A warehouse worker told her manager she was pregnant. Less than two months later, she was fired. Several lawsuits against Amazon show a similar pattern.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Word Online is getting a new feature called Ideas, an AI-powered editor that suggests ways to make your writing more concise and readable — If you write in Microsoft Word Online, you'll soon have an AI-powered editor at your side. As the company announced today … | Reuters: |
Sources: Sequoia Capital China plans to cut as much as 20% of its 70-person investment staff, as the country's tech growth slows — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital China, widely viewed as a bellwether for Chinese tech investment, is set to lay off as much as 20 percent of investment staff … | Daniel Funke / Poynter: |
Instagram starts reducing reach of posts identified as false by Facebook's 50+ fact-check partners, who will see Instagram posts in their dashboards this week — In an expansion of Facebook's partnership with fact-checking sites around the world, Instagram has started reducing the reach of false posts.| Chris Hoffman / How-To Geek: |
Microsoft debuts WSL 2, featuring “dramatic” performance increases, support for Docker, and shipping with a Linux kernel, to be updated through Windows Update — Microsoft today announced Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2—that's WSL 2. It will feature “dramatic file system … | Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Sources detail Facebook's efforts to label photos, private posts, more to improve its AI, employing hundreds in Hyderabad, India, alone, raising privacy issues — HYDERABAD, India/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Engadget, KnowTechie, Digital Information World, 9to5Mac, and Fossbytes
Tweets: @munsifv, @munsifv, @counternotions, and @peard33
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian grocery delivery startup BigBasket raises $150M Series F at $1B+ valuation; source says Alibaba takes a ~30% stake, more than other investors — India has a new unicorn after BigBasket, a startup that delivers groceries and perishables across the country, raised $150 million for its fight …
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The Economic Times, Reuters, Reuters, DealStreetAsia, PE Hub Blog, Crunchbase News, and Tech in Asia
| @twittereng: |
Starting today Twitter lets you add images, GIFs, and videos to quote tweets — Exciting news: Today we are launching the ability to Retweet with GIF, photos, and video! We find solutions to many challenges as we build for a global, vocal audience. Here is a glimpse into our process as we worked on this feature. https://twitter.com/...
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| Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times: |
Sources: after considering Spotify's complaint about App Store fees, the EU has decided to launch an antitrust probe into Apple's conduct — The EU will launch a formal antitrust investigation into Apple in the next few weeks after Spotify accused the iPhone maker of “tilting the playing field to disadvantage competitors”.
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SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Verge, TechCrunch, Thurrott, The Guardian, CNBC, MacRumors, Softpedia News, The Mac Observer, PYMNTS.com, BetaNews, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Patently Apple, MSPoweruser, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Mashable, Firstpost Tech, iPhone Hacks, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @ow and @insideerick
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Google to update Android Auto in the summer to make it more intuitive with features like a dynamic, persistent bar for navigating apps and a default dark mode — A bunch of little changes that should make Android Auto easier to use — Android Auto is getting a little refresh …
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XDA Developers, Thurrott, 9to5Google, and Android Police
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