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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple says the new iteration of its butterfly keyboard uses “new materials” in the switch mechanism that should reduce double- and missed-key presses — A ‘new material’ will be put into third-generation repaired keyboards — Apple is announcing an update to its keyboard repair program today.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple updates 13" and 15" MacBook Pros with improved keyboards and 9th-generation Intel CPUs with up to 8 cores, expands its Keyboard Service Program coverage — Continuing its renewed commitment to update pro Mac laptops on a regular basis, Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its 13 …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google says it stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext due to an error dating back to 2005, found another set of unhashed passwords in 2019, both now fixed — Google says a small number of its enterprise customers mistakenly had their passwords stored on its systems in plaintext.
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| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Huawei reiterates that it has been working on its own mobile OS; sources: Huawei has been pitching app makers and European carriers on its own mobile app store — - Comments come after U.S. restricted Huawei access to market — Move threatens Huawei's partnerships with U.S. suppliers
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft removes Huawei's MateBook X Pro from its online store, stays silent on whether it will prevent Huawei from obtaining Windows licenses for its devices — No comment from Microsoft — Microsoft looks set to be the latest in a long line of US-based technology companies that are complying …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft officially rolls out the Windows 10 May 2019 update, which includes Windows Sandbox and unified search across Windows, Office, Bing, and more — Microsoft's Windows 10 May Update/1903 is available to consumers and business customers as of today, May 21.
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| Greg Bensinger / Washington Post: |
To reduce the tedium of work and increase productivity at its warehouses, Amazon has created several video games where workers compete by fulfilling real orders — Inside several of Amazon's cavernous warehouses, hundreds of employees spend hours a day playing video games.| Thomas Simms / Cointelegraph: |
Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, filed for the US copyright for the original Bitcoin white paper and most of the original Bitcoin code — Craig Wright has filed United States copyright registrations for the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla releases Firefox 67 with new privacy features that block cryptomining and fingerprinting, WebRender, a 2D rendering engine for Windows 10, and more — Mozilla today launched Firefox 67 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The 10th release since Mozilla's big Firefox Quantum launch …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Service Mesh Interface for Kubernetes to help manage application environments and networks; partners include Docker, Pivotal, and VMware — At KubeCon EU in Barcelona today, Microsoft made a slew of Kubernetes announcements. The company launched the Service Mesh Interface …
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| Nivedita Balu / Reuters: |
Slack updates its S-1 filing, registers about 117M of its Class A shares, and says it expects to raise $196.5M in its direct listing on the NYSE — (Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc, the owner of the workplace instant messaging app, said on Monday it expects here to raise $196.5 million …
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| Celia Wan / The Block: |
Sources: Circle has cut its $250M fundraising goal that was reported in March to $150M; the company has raised $246M to date, according to Crunchbase data — Crypto startup Circle's revised fundraising goal is 40% lower than the $250 million it was reportedly set to raise in March, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Source: Comcast's upcoming health device to focus on monitoring the motion of elderly people at home; Comcast has no plans for a direct-to-consumer launch — Comcast is working on a new in-home device that will monitor your health, according to a new report from CNBC.
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| Vivian Ho / The Guardian: |
After backlash, Google to require abortion services advertisers in the US, UK, and Ireland to declare in their ads whether or not they provide abortions — Announcement comes after Guardian revealed Google gave $150,000 in free ads to opaque anti-abortion group
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
A look at “cloud” or “dark” kitchens that only serve delivery customers such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo, and how investing strategies in the space diverge — After pouring more than $20bn into companies that bring meals to your door, such as Deliveroo in Europe …
Tweets: @tim and @aliya__ram
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
After eight months of alpha testing, the first official version of Tor Browser for Android has been released on the Play Store — After eight months of alpha testing, Tor Browser for Android is now ready for rollout. — Today, the Tor Project released on the Google Play Store the first stable version of the Tor Browser for Android.
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Tweets: @torproject and @jeffstone500
| Ira Boudway / Bloomberg: |
Self-driving trucks will carry mail for USPS for the first time, with autonomous truck startup TuSimple operating a two week pilot between Phoenix and Dallas — The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. — Starting on Tuesday morning …
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Two weeks after the city of Baltimore's networks suffered a ransomware attack, many of its systems remain offline, including utilities billing, phone, and email — Houses can't be sold, bills can't be paid while city networks are shuttered. — It's been nearly two weeks since the City …
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Pure Storage misses with Q1 revenue of $326.7M, up 28% YoY, and a net loss of $27.6M, up 70% YoY from $16.2M; stock down 19%+ after hours — Pure Storage Inc. missed expectations on earnings and revenues for the second straight quarter today, sending its stock plunging more than 18% in after-hours trading.| openDemocracy: |
Insiders say Facebook and Google pressured EU's expert group on disinformation to soften fake news regulations and avoid discussing their abuse of market power — On the eve of European elections, the tech giants stand accused of sabotaging the European Union's fight against disinformation.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft announces passenger-safety features including an in-app panic button to call 911; now riders leaving a rating under 4 stars must leave additional feedback — The company will also enlarge driver license plate numbers in the app to reduce incidents of mistaken identity
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Tweets: @sundeep, @nicholasadeleon, @ryanfelton, and @khanoisseur
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Microsoft calls for a GDPR-like law in the US that would place the accountability obligations on the companies that collect and use personal data — Microsoft's idea of a US privacy law would make it easier for people to protect their data. — The company's corporate vice president …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Predictive sales startup People.ai raises $60M round led by Iconiq, sources say at around a $500M valuation, launches new lead insights product called The Wire — The best salespeople like to pride themselves on having both a sixth sense when it comes to closing a deal …
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