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| 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 …
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Windows Command Line Tools …, Ars Technica, The Verge, WinBuzzer, The Hacker News, ZDNet, bit-tech.net, Forbes, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Engadget, Thurrott, GeekWire, BleepingComputer, The Register, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @bketelsen, @howtogeek, @ow, @davatron5000, @sparkycollier, @alecmuffett, @auchenberg, @ow, @artemr, @benlesh, @hardmaru, and @alexstamos. Thanks:@chrisbhoffman
| 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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Windows Command Line Tools …, Microsoft 365 Blog, Digital Information World, The Verge, TechCrunch, InfoWorld, and GeekWire
Tweets: @marypcbuk, @karanganesan, @devindra, @austintbyrd, @epro, and @laurengoode
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @hartintercivic, @bradsmi, @darpa, @msftissues, @bmcclendon, @yanivgraph, @aaronmblevin, @ericgeller, @kimzetter, @edbott, @n1nj4, @shpatar, and @github. Thanks:@fredericl
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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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, PCWorld, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, ExtremeTech, OnMSFT.com, The Register, gHacks Technology News, TechSpot, MacRumors, Liliputing, WinBuzzer, Softpedia News, and BetaNews
Tweets: @tomwarren, @yudhishthu, @hkanji, @backlon, @stroughtonsmith, and @jordannovet
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Satya Nadella and other Microsoft execs talk about the future of AI, the company's approach to open platforms, and how the era of the “talented jerk” is over — MICROSOFT HASN'T ALWAYS had a reputation for being “open,” but CEO Satya Nadella and the rest of his executive team …
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| New York Times: |
Symantec: a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group co-opted and repurposed NSA hacking tools to attack US allies and private companies in Europe and Asia in 2016 — Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies …
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Symantec, Engadget, ZDNet, Wired, The Hacker News, Ars Technica, SecurityWeek, Boing Boing, and CyberScoop
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| @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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Tweets: @twitter, @kantrowitz, @twitterdesign, @mattnavarra, @hilaryphuffman, @pkedrosky, and @reckless
| 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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The Keyword, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Telematics News, Neowin, Firstpost Tech, BGR, TalkAndroid.com, ZDNet, and Android Police
Tweets: @backlon, @derekmross, and @sokane1
| Vice: |
More than 100 Riot Games employees walked out on Monday to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits — ‘League of Legends’ developers walkout to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits.
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Riot Games, Kotaku, Los Angeles Times, Boing Boing, CNET, Dot Esports, The Daily Dot, USgamer.net, Forbes, Android Central, GameSpot, PC Gamer, and IGN
Tweets: @tha_rami, @jason_koebler, @teamcoworker, @jasonschreier, @jason_koebler, @rowankaiser, @nicalexiac, and @beckhallstedt
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
As Europe clamps down on online hate speech and misinformation, concerns grow that these efforts will harm free expression and stifle dissent — LONDON — In Spain, activists were convicted for social media posts that violated an expanded antiterrorism law.
Tweets: @nytimes, @satariano, @vonplumps, @rama_rajeswari, and @mpetricone
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Alexa keeps recordings of conversations triggered by its wake word but doesn't allow a user to opt out of the collecting of recordings, unlike Google Assistant — When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want. — Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings?
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
How Epic Games and ILM tried to recreate the Apollo 11 moon landing using HoloLens 2 for a demo that failed to run during Microsoft's Build 2019 keynote — The story of a tech demo 20 years in the making that fell apart in mere minutes. — How Epic & ILM's John Knoll Tried to Recreate …
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The Verge, PCWorld, GeekWire, and Android Police
Tweets: @jank0, @jank0, @fxshaw, @tomverhoeff, and @matvelloso
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates its video guidelines to promote original content, loyal and engaged viewership — Facebook today announced a series of changes to the way it ranks videos on its social network, which determines how widely they're distributed. According to the updated guidelines …
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Facebook, Facebook, SlashGear, Search Engine Journal, Tubefilter, Variety, and Marketing Land
Tweets: @poolhouseagency, @smexaminer, @warjesseagle, and @cyrusshepard
| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
Electric motorbike startups in India such as Bounce and Vogo are competing with Uber and Ola by serving people who cannot afford current ride-hailing services — BANGALORE, India — In Uber's vision of the future, self-driving cars will whisk us everywhere, eliminating the need for its millions of human drivers.
Tweets: @vindugoel, @nytimes, and @nicolegelinas
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Bipartisan letter from two senators urges FTC to swiftly conclude its probe of Facebook, says $3-5B would be a “bargain” and calls for penalties of executives — Two top Senate lawmakers on Monday expressed frustration with a federal probe into Facebook's privacy practices …
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Reuters, blumenthal.senate.gov, Agence France-Presse, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, CNET, and CloudWedge
Tweets: @hshaban, @matthewstoller, @matthewstoller, @matthewstoller, @tonyromm, @matthewstoller, @senblumenthal, and @joejerome
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