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March 18, 2020, 4:45 PM
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Apple unveils new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with a lidar scanner for depth-sensing, backlit keyboard and trackpad, available to order today for $799+ and $999+ — New Magic Keyboard Designed for iPad Pro Features a Floating Design, Backlit Keyboard and Trackpad, Delivering the Best Typing Experience Ever on iPad
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Apple launches new MacBook Air with a Magic Keyboard featuring scissor-style keys, 13.3" display, Touch ID, and 10th-gen Intel Core CPUs, starting at $999 — The Most Popular Mac Now Has Up to 2x Faster Performance, the New Magic Keyboard and Twice the Storage
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple will add full trackpad support to all iPads running iPadOS 13.4 on March 24 and unveils a Magic Keyboard with built-in trackpad starting at $299 in May — Apple today announced that iPadOS 13.4 will launch next Tuesday, March 24 as a free software update for all iPad Pro models …
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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Sony details full PlayStation 5 specs: a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU, custom GPU based on AMD's RDNA 2 with 10.28 teraflops, 16GB RAM, and custom 825GB SSD — Sony has broken its silence. PlayStation 5 specifications are now out in the open with system architect Mark Cerny delivering …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Slack unveils a new design with an updated navigation bar, collapsible sections within the sidebar, improved ways to respond to threads and mentions, and more — It arrives today, and it's more customizable and simplified — Slack is unveiling a big redesign to its communications app …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 2 with hinge angle support for foldables, call screening improvements, and new Neural Networks API functionality — Google today launched the second Android 11 developer preview with hinge angle detection support, call screening improvements, and new ops in the Neural Networks API.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google pauses Chrome and Chrome OS releases due to coronavirus outbreak, citing “adjusted work schedules” — Google: “Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases." — Google said today it is pausing upcoming Chrome …
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| Sarah Kessler / OneZero : |
Many people who have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic, including gig workers for Uber and elsewhere, have turned to GoFundMe to fill the gap — People who have lost their income during the crisis now turn to the crowdfunding platform for help — Monday, March 17, Benjamin Majchrzak … | New York Times: |
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the fragile situation of gig economy workers around the world, many of whom are losing their main income source — Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but.| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull are awarded the $1M Turing Award for their work on 3D animation and RenderMan, the engine behind Pixar's movies — Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan created computer techniques that remade animation, special effects, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
This pandemic has generated a surge in online community building, creating cautious optimism that our virtual efforts can offset some in-person losses — We've always hoped that our digital tools would create connections, not conflict. We have a chance to make it happen.
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| Katie Collins / CNET: |
Facebook details its new time keeping service and says it's improved the accuracy from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds on its Network Time Protocol servers — The social network says it's improved the accuracy of time telling from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds. — Who keeps time on the internet?| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Advanced Protection program users will no longer be able to sideload apps or turn off Google Play Protect, which scans apps for malicious behavior — Google has announced a handful of Android-related security features today as the company looks to plug any critical gaps in its operating system …
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Amid COVID-19 crisis, tech platforms are making a premature bet on AI, as human moderators shift to moderating less sensitive content while working from home — Today, let's talk about some of the front-line workers at Facebook and Google working on the pandemic: the content moderators who keep the site running day in and day out.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp announces two initiatives to combat COVID-19 misinformation: an Information Hub in partnership with WHO and others, and a $1M grant to Poynter — WhatsApp has long grappled with its platform being used to spread misinformation. In the latest move, today it announced two initiatives …
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
TikTok announces the first members of its US content moderation committee, including experts in child safety, hate speech, and misinformation — TikTok on Wednesday unveiled a group of outside advisers with expertise in child safety, hate speech, misinformation and other areas that will help guide its content moderation policies.| Patrick J. Sauer / Marker: |
Profile of Cameo, a marketplace that lets fans pay for personalized videos from celebrities, which in the last 15 months has grown from 20 to 125 employees — Inside the surreal and lucrative two-sided marketplace of mediocre famous people — ho's the most famous person on the planet?" asks Steven Galanis. "| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A look at video chat service Around, launching today, which uses auto-zoom and noise canceling to keep faces and voices in focus, letting users multitask — You have to actually get work done, not just video call all day, but apps like Zoom want to take over your screen.| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent Q4 earnings miss estimates with net profit of $3.1B, up 52% YoY, from revenue of $1.5B, up 25% YoY, amid delays to cloud projects — China's biggest social media and gaming company just misses fourth quarter estimates amid delays to cloud projects It warned there will be an impact … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Chinese video sharing app Likee is looking to expand in the US, following in the footsteps of TikTok, as the app's MAUs grew to 115.3M, up 208%, in Q4 — - Likee was a breakout hit in 2019 and is keeping momentum up — Operating out of Singapore may ease U.S. regulator concernsSponsor Posts
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