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Sources: Apple is planning to announce a shift to its own Arm-based processors in Mac computers, replacing chips from Intel, as early as this month at WWDC — - Company readies Macs for next year without Intel processors — Apple is holding virtual version of WWDC event week of June 22
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's rumored shift to its own CPUs for Mac may parallel the 2005 transition to Intel and brings up similar questions of emulation, developer transition kits — I'm not sure what the hedging is about there, other than the fact that anything reported about anyone's future plans could, in theory, change.
| Reuters: |
An obscure Indian firm provided hacking services to help spy on 10K+ email accounts over seven years, in one of the largest spy-for-hire operations ever exposed — LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy …
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| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
Menlo Park PD's “Facebook Unit”, partly funded by the company, comes under fire by Black Lives Matters protestors, who say it endangers people of color — Menlo Park's ‘Facebook Unit’ comes under fire amidst nationwide protests — Sunday afternoon, hundreds of Bay Area residents marched …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Cox says it has slowed Internet speeds for entire neighborhoods to punish users with “excessive usage” — Cox warns customers to lower usage, imposes 10Mbps upload limit on “gigabit” plan. — Cox Communications is lowering Internet upload speeds in entire neighborhoods to stop …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook News, a dedicated section linking to journalism sources, launches in the US, first on mobile, following a limited test that rolled out in October — Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section devoted to journalism, is today launching for all users in the U.S. The feature … | Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: |
Honda says a cyberattack on its network forced it to suspend global production and give many staffers a day off; some vehicle factories remain closed — Japanese manufacturer forced to suspend global operations for a day following disruption — Japanese carmaker Honda said on Tuesday …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Signal can now transfer your chat history to a new iPhone from your existing iOS device, similar to a feature that has existed for a while on its Android app — Transmitting your data directly between iOS devices — Encrypted messaging app Signal now lets you transfer your account data …
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| Ramesh Nagarajan / The Keyword: |
Google Maps will start showing COVID-19 related travel alerts and local restrictions — Getting from A to B can be more complicated these days. Because of COVID-19, it's increasingly important to know how crowded a train station might be at a particular time or whether the bus is running on a limited schedule.
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| New York Times: |
Amid intense criticism of working conditions, a look at an Amazon warehouse in Kent, WA, that now has plexiglass dividers, sanitizer stations, and a testing lab — Amazon, which has been under fire on worker safety, invited us into one facility to show its response. — By Karen WeisePhotographs by Ruth Fremson| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
In letter, four GOP senators ask the FCC to review Section 230 and “clearly define the criteria for which companies can receive protections under the statute” — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Vroom's stock closes its first day of trading at $47.90, up 117.7% from its opening price of $22 — - Vroom made its public debut on Tuesday. — The company saw its stock trading more than 115% higher Tuesday afternoon. — Vroom priced its initial public offering at $22 per share.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it's exiting the general-purpose facial recognition business and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance — In a letter to members of Congress on Monday, IBM said it is existing the general-purpose facial recognition business …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter and Square say they are adding a permanent company holiday on June 19, or Juneteenth, a key date celebrating African-American emancipation from slavery — - Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square CEO, tweeted on Tuesday that both companies will honor Juneteenth as a company holiday … Thanks:@sal19
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
MSN's AI editor confused a mixed-race member of the band Little Mix with another; source: MSN staff were told to hide stories on the error as the AI found them — Firm's plan to replace editors with AI backfires after wrong image of musician is published — Microsoft's decision …
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| Bloomberg Law: |
Sources: Cloudera, which counts activist investor Carl Icahn as its largest shareholder, is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest; stock up 20%+ — Listen — Enterprise software firm Cloudera Inc., which counts activist investor Carl Icahn as its largest shareholder …
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Snowflake, a cloud data platform that was valued at $12.4B in a February funding round, has confidentially filed for an IPO — Snowflake Inc., a cloud data platform that was valued at $12.4 billion in a February funding round, has confidentially filed initial public offering paperwork … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Twitter brings Fleets, its version of Stories, to India, after rolling them out in Brazil and Italy — Twitter said Tuesday it is bringing Fleets, its version of Stories that lets users post ephemeral content to its social network, to users in India. Late last month, the social networking site … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
MIT researchers have designed a chip with tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses called memristors that could effectively recall images in high detail — Researchers at MIT have published a new paper that describes a new type of artificial brain synapse which offers performance improvements vs …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates its COVID-19 app and website to let users anonymously share info, including age, health conditions, and symptoms, with the CDC — Apple has updated its own COVID-19 iOS app and website with new features to allow users to anonymously share info including their age …
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| Paddy Baker / CoinDesk: |
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