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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 — Mark Gurman: … 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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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 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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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM Cloud is suffering a major outage, with some reports of servers slowly coming back online after nearly three hours, impacting customers including Techmeme — The IBM Cloud is currently suffering a major outage, and with that, multiple services that are hosted on the platform are also down …
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Sources: Amazon aims to test the bulk of its US workers for COVID-19 every two weeks; company confirms launching a pilot program at some fulfillment centers — - Amazon aims to test the bulk of its workers for Covid-19 every two weeks. — To this end, the company is setting … Thanks:@mattrosoff
| DigiTimes: |
TSMC says it is has begun the installation of 3nm process fabrication lines and is on track to begin volume chip production in H2 2022 — TSMC is fast advancing its manufacturing processes. The foundry maintains that its 3nm fab project remains on schedule, with the technology to be ready … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Cox says it has slowed internet upload 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 …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft all hit record highs as the Nasdaq Composite broke 10,000 for the first time, alongside several explosive IPOs — - Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all hit new all-time highs Tuesday after the Nasdaq Composite Index hit a new record.| 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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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Newly released TikTok clone Zynn was removed from the Play Store after reports indicate it was filled with multiple stolen videos from other platforms — Multiple influencers told WIRED that their videos had been copied from other platforms and reposted to Zynn without permission.
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| Sean Keane / CNET: |
Nintendo now says 300K accounts were compromised, up from 160K it said had been affected in April; dates of birth, email addresses, nicknames, and more leaked — Nintendo on Tuesday updated a notice about suffering a major privacy breach, noting that its investigation revealed …
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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.
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| 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) … | 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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| 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
| Samson Amore / The Wrap: |
Boom.tv, which has built a live-streaming service that makes it easier to watch and create amateur esports events, raises $10M Series A — Boom.tv will use the funds to expand its marketing and development budgets, CEO Sumit Gupta says — Esports production platform and competition … | 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 … Sponsor Posts
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