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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, TechCrunch, The Verge, InfoWorld, GeekWire, OnMSFT.com, PCWorld, Engadget, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Engadget, Wired, and CNET
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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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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces ElectionGuard, an open source platform for securely handling voting data, available this summer with a pilot during the 2020 elections — When it comes to voting, we've come a long way from dropping pebbles into an amphora, but still not nearly far enough …
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| 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 Visual Studio Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, Microsoft, BetaNews, GeekWire, OnMSFT.com, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Silicon UK, and ZDNet
Tweets: @marshallk and @techlinkedyt
| 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, Thurrott, GeekWire, Tim Anderson's IT Writing, WinBuzzer, and ZDNet
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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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Tweets: @tomwarren and @jordannovet
| 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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Tweets: @reckless, @carnage4life, @tomwarren, and @thelarkinn
| 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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Macworld, The Verge, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, Pocket-lint, KnowTechie, Fortune, CNBC, InvestorPlace, MacRumors, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, The Next Web, Business Insider, BGR, VentureBeat, Patently Apple, Mashable, Gizchina, PYMNTS.com, Fast Company, 9to5Mac, MACお宝 …, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @stevekopack, @markgurman, @jamesthomson, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @technology, and @markgurman
| 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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Tweets: @nnovick and @robertmclaws
| 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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Tweets: @ianclucas, @edbott, @davidfickling, @alexstamos, and @hutchinson
| 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 … | Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Alexa, which keeps the recordings of conversations triggered by its wake word, lacks ability to pause the collection of the 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?| 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, Marketing Land, SlashGear, Variety, Tubefilter, Adweek, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @poolhouseagency
| 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 …
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PCWorld and Engadget
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| 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.| @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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The Verge, CNET, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Engadget, MSPoweruser, MacStories, Droid Life, iPhone Hacks, and help.twitter.com
| 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 … | 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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