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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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 … | 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Facebook brings Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, to the US after launching internationally last year — Avatars can be used in comments, messages, and stories — Facebook is now rolling out its customizable avatars in the US after first launching them internationally last year.| 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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| 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.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Cryptocurrency trading service FalconX raises $17M from Avon Ventures, Accel, and others — Over the last few weeks all eyes in the crypto world have been glued to the halvening, a nigh-religious moment in the blockchain realm. Every once in a while, the amount of new bitcoin mined …
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| 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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| 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 … | 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 … | Martin Matishak / Politico: |
A bipartisan amendment to FISA to prohibit warrantless surveillance of Americans' online browsing and search histories failed in the Senate by one vote, 59-37 — The Senate on Wednesday blocked a bipartisan effort to shield Americans' internet browsing and search histories from warrantless surveillance.
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| 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 … | 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| 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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| 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
| 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 …
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| Lauren Debter / Forbes: |
Profile of Louis Borders, founder of Webvan and Borders bookstores, as he pivots to an online grocery delivery service using a network of automated warehouses — Louis Borders is sure he can do it this time. He just needs time, money and customers. And more robots.
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| Brian Feldman / Bloomberg: |
California-based software company Esri's ArcGIS software is powering coronavirus dashboards for more than 3,700 organizations worldwide — With roughly a zillion different sources out there for coronavirus information, experts and authorities are rapidly iterating on ways to best present useful information to the public.
Tweets: @mountainherder, @bafeldman, and @jasonlk
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Vote.org founder Debra Cleaver launches VoteAmerica with $5M initial funding from Ron Conway, aiming to use tech tools to help Americans vote by mail — With November looming, the scramble to protect the 2020 U.S. election from coronavirus chaos is on. — To that end, a small … Sponsor Posts
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