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| Joe Maring / Android Central: |
Report: Google's Pixel division has lost Marc Levoy, the engineer leading the camera division, and GM Mario Queiroz over the past year, as sales disappoint — The general manager for the Pixel division is also gone. — What you need to know — According to The Information, Marc Levoy and Mario Queiroz have both left Google.
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Tweets: @laurengoode, @andrewmartonik, and @backlon
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic Games unveils the Unreal Engine 5, coming in 2021, with a PlayStation 5 demo and says the Epic Online Services set of tools are available today — Epic says its new engine is a ‘quantum leap,’ and it'll arrive in 2021 — Epic Games today announced the next iteration of its game engine …
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Tweets: @slasher, @jaymcastello, @geoffkeighley, @nibellion, @redmakuzawa, and @geoffkeighley
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to return employees to offices sooner than rival tech companies, with staff coming back in phases — - Company to start letting more workers return to major offices — Google, Facebook will allow remote work through end of 2020 — Apple Inc. plans …
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BBC, TechCrunch, NBC News, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Guardian, CNET, Silicon Valley Business …, iDownloadBlog.com, cloudpro.co.uk, iPhone in Canada Blog, Silicon Republic, Apple Weekly, KnowTechie, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, Appleosophy, Business Insider, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, CNBC, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @cnbcjosh, @patrickmoorhead, @markgurman, @markgurman, @thekenyeung, and @benbajarin
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google announces a new tab-grouping tool for Chrome, rolling out “slowly”, letting users cluster tabs together and organize them by name and color — Google is introducing a new feature to Chrome that will have you asking how you lived without it before.
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, Thurrott, TechRadar.com, and Neowin
| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
DHS and FBI jointly accuse hackers affiliated with Chinese government of attempting to steal US research into a COVID-19 vaccine, adding to a slew of charges — The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Wednesday blamed hackers linked with the Chinese government for attempting …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Lawyers involved in the settlement between Facebook and its content moderation contractors say around half of all moderators may develop mental health issues — That's according to lawyers involved in a settlement announced this week — In November 2018 I received a message that changed my life.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @facebookai, @facebookai, @schrep, @tsimonite, @thomasfabbri, @brianfishman, @dogboi, @mosseri, and @instagramcomms
| Max Willens / Digiday: |
Sources: Apple is asking the publishers participating in Apple News+ for permission to produce audio versions of stories, with Apple handling production costs — Apple News+ is pivoting to audio. — Over the past several months, Apple has been asking the publishers participating …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, and iMore
Tweets: @reneritchie, @rstephens, @mgsiegler, @kerrymflynn, @chrismoranuk, and @marklittlenews
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Spatial makes its VR meeting rooms free to use and adds support for the web, mobile, and Oculus Quest — Two years ago, we called Spatial's virtual collaboration platform “FaceTime in VR.” Since then, the company has focused on corporate users who have access to pricey augmented reality headsets … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Dell announces a new XPS 17 and a redesigned XPS 15 with 16:10 edge-to-edge displays, only USB-C ports, and Intel 10th-gen CPUs, starting at $1,300 and $1,500 — Dell goes all USB-C and 16:10 for its XPS lineup — Dell is making some big changes to its XPS lineup today, with a redesigned XPS 15 and a new XPS 17.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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| CNBC: |
Sources: Uber has been in off and on talks for a year to acquire Grubhub, but the parties remain at odds about price — - Uber has made an offer to buy food delivery company Grubhub, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC Tuesday. — Grubhub's stock spiked as much as 38% … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon updates the Fire HD 8 tablet with a faster processor, more RAM, more storage, and USB-C, with the base model getting a slight price increase to $89.99 — Along with a slight price increase to $89.99 — Amazon has announced a new update for its Fire HD 8 tablet, adding a faster processor, more RAM, and USB-C charging.
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Tweets: @dylanmcd8 and @dcseifert
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Slack rolls out its redesign on iOS and Android, which launched on desktop in March, including new navigation icons and a new compose button — The updates build on Slack's desktop revamp back in March, which aimed to make the user interface more intuitive and organized.| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Amazon says it will extend hazard pay for warehouse workers, an extra $2 per hour, to the end of May, but will return to normal rates in June — Amazon warehouse workers have faced additional hazards throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via Getty Images
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| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Reports: live-streaming grew 45% between March and April, and 99% YoY; Twitch saw the highest growth, as hours watched rose 50% from March to April and 101% YoY — Every platform grew, but Twitch is still the biggest — We finally have numbers to back up the wild view counts we've seen … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Alphabet's Loon signs deal with carrier Vodacom to bring its commercial internet service to Mozambique — Loon, the Alphabet -owned company that's using stratospheric balloons to provide high-speed bandwidth to hard-to-serve areas without strong ground infrastructure, has signed a new deal …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Adobe data: US e-commerce sales rose 49% in April compared to early March, led by online grocery, up 110%; electronic sales rose 58% and book sales have doubled — Online retailers are seeing Black Friday-like sales due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business.
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Adobe Blog, New York Times, CNET, TechSpot, Slashdot, and Search Engine Land. Tweets: @ericjhonsa
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google removed 813 “creepware” apps from Play Store, found by academics using an algorithm called CreepRank on data from millions of devices via Norton's app — The applications were discovered with a new algorithm called CreepRank, developed by a team of academics.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Security experts believe online voting systems do not have strong enough security guarantees for prime time despite seemingly successful trials in the US — Proponents of mobile and internet voting point to its uneventful track record. That's not good enough.
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Tweets: @wired, @howelloneill, @philipbstark, @lilyhnewman, and @ilvestoomas
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Luminary Media raised $30M+ at a level below last year's $200M valuation, bringing its total raised to $160M, and is seeking more funding — - Startup raises more than $30 million in round, looks for more — Luminary Media, the money-losing podcasting startup … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q4 operating profit of $330.7M, down 57% YoY, says PlayStation 5 console is still on track to be released for the 2020 holiday season — - Sony confirmed on Wednesday that the PlayStation 5 console is still on track for release in time for the 2020 holiday season, despite the …
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| Doug Black / HPCwire: |
MemVerge, which develops memory machine software, raises $19M led by Intel Capital — Memory situated at the center of the computing universe, replacing processing, has long been envisioned as instrumental to radically improved datacenter systems performance.
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A new French law says online content providers must remove paedophile and terrorism-related content within an hour or face a fine of up to 4% of global revenue — PARIS (Reuters) - Social networks and other online content providers will have to remove paedophile and terrorism-related content … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Some European Netflix users say video quality throttling is still in place, angering those who pay more for higher-quality plans — Facebook to Pay $52 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Moderators' Exposure to Graphic, Disturbing Content — Almost two months ago, Netflix … | Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Education startup Quizlet raises $30M Series C led by General Atlantic at a $1B valuation, up 5x from its last 2018 round, as usage surges during the pandemic — As millions of students and teachers shift to learn from home in response to the novel coronavirus disease …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Uber says all riders and drivers will need to wear masks starting next week and introduces new tools to verify drivers are doing so before each trip — - Uber is launching a new set of features in its app that will check if drivers are wearing face masks before starting trips.Sponsor Posts
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