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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple updates 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M1, 8-core GPU, Thunderbolt, up to 2TB storage, 5G, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a miniLED screen on the 12.9" model — As part of the Apple event today, the company unveiled the new lineup of iPad Pro tablets. The 2021 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro feature …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple updates iMac with M1, slimmer design with two small fans, seven colors, 1080p webcam, six speakers, beamforming three-mic array, and 24-inch 4.5K display — Apple has announced a new, redesigned 24-inch iMac, featuring an M1 chip, a 4.5K display, and a range of color options …
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| Apple: |
iMac with M1 starts at $1,299 for 8-core CPU/7-core GPU in four colors and $1,499 for 8-core GPU in seven colors with Touch ID keyboard, shipping late May — iMac offers the best camera, mics, and speakers ever in a Mac, and Touch ID for the first time — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced …
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TNW, appadvice.com, BGR, and The Mac Observer
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
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Apple, The Verge, CNET, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and Pocketnow. Tweets: @stevemoser
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces AirTag accessories that cost more than the device itself, including an AirTag Hermès line with an assortment of handcrafted leather holders — Alongside the long-awaited launch of AirTag, Apple has also announced the availability of AirTag accessories.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple officially launches AirTags, an item tracker that works with Apple's Find My app, with one unit for $29 and four units for $99, launching April 30 — The long-rumored trackers are now official — Apple is officially launching a Tile-like item tracker that will work with the company's software and services.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Podcasts Subscriptions for new premium and ad free content, a new Podcasts app design, channels, launching next month in 170 regions — Apple has officially an all-new feature coming to Podcasts next month. Apple Podcasts Subscriptions will allow listeners to directly support podcasters through the Podcasts app.
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Apple, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, TNW, Vox, Macworld, MacRumors, TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, The Mac Observer, Variety, Deadline, Pocketnow, and iMore
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is revamping its Store app on Windows 10 and will let devs submit unpackaged Win32 apps, use third-party commerce platforms in apps, and more — Microsoft wants to bring life back to the Store app on Windows 10. — What you need to know — Microsoft is working on a new Store app for Windows 10.
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ZDNet, Softpedia News, PCWorld, Gizmodo, Engadget, Laptop Mag, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, CNET, GameSpot, The Verge, Digital Trends, MUO, and SlashGear. Tweets: @zacbowden
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Discord has ended talks to sell itself, including with Microsoft, as it resumes planning for a potential IPO — Chat startup to stay independent as it resumes interest in a potential initial public offering — Chat startup Discord Inc. has halted talks to sell itself … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple refreshes Apple TV 4K with A12 Bionic, high frame rate HDR video, revamped remote with new click pad and buttons, coming in May for $179 and $199 — Now with the A12 Bionic — Apple has just announced a new Apple TV streaming box, replacing the Apple TV 4K that came out in 2017.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, appadvice.com, TNW, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Engadget, IGN, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Shacknews, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @joannastern, @psantloki, @patrickmoorhead, @marcvibbert, @lanceulanoff, @snazzyq, @tldtoday, @troth000, @ijustine, @caro_milanesi, and @quinnypig
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Venmo adds support for buying, holding, and selling four types of cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash — Venmo is adding support for cryptocurrency, starting today. The company says it will begin to roll out the ability for Venmo's more than 70 million users to buy …
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PayPal Newsroom, Ars Technica, CNBC, FinLedger, Forbes, Bitcoinist.com, Pocketnow, CoinDesk, and Fortune. Tweets: @paypalnews
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Apple Card Family, which lets spouses build their credit up together and invite others to their account with spending limits — As first revealed by 9to5Mac, Apple today introduced at its “Spring Loaded” special event a new feature called “Apple Card Family,” …
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Apple, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, CNET, ZDNet, CNET, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechRadar, iDownloadBlog.com, Wccftech, The Apple Post, SlashGear, SlashGear, iMore, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @reneritchie, @dhh, @wintonark, and @patrickmoorhead
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Internal Facebook emails, accidentally sent to a journalist, show its “long-term strategy” for data scraping incidents, framing it as a “broad industry issue” — More scraping incidents are “expected” in the future. — An internal email accidentally leaked by Facebook …
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BBC, CNET, Insider, IT Management, Privacy News Online …, and Graham Cluley
Tweets: @intidc, @intidc, @ashk4n, @carolecadwalla, @tfoil2, @carolecadwalla, @vickerysec, and @ashk4n
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a purple iPhone 12, arriving on April 30 with pre-orders starting on Friday — Apple today announced that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini will be available in a new purple color starting April 30, with pre-orders starting this Friday. — Apple is also releasing …
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Tweets: @david_leavitt, @sdw, @frankcatalano, @tldtoday, @yvanr02, @techlinkedyt, @mkbhd, @film_girl, @film_girl, @strngwys, and @stshank
| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Amazon is opening a hair salon in London, where customers can try on virtual hair colors using an AR color bar and shop beauty products using QR codes — Amazon reinvented supermarket shopping with its — checkout-less Go stores, now the e-commerce giant is applying its tech prowess to hairdressing.
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UK Day One Blog, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Insider, MUO, CNET, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @bigblackjacobin and @bradstone
| Wall Street Journal: |
An in-depth look at the reasons behind the chip shortage, including focus on higher-margin, cutting-edge chips, and stockpiling due to US China trade tensions — Semiconductor producers are trying to increase output, but the small gains are unlikely to fix the shortfalls hampering production …
Tweets: @wsj
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Binance hires Brian Brooks as CEO, starting May 1; he was previously acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the Trump administration — Brian Brooks, an acting head of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under Trump, will become CEO of Binance.US
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Business Wire, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and CoinDesk
| New York Times: |
Governments around the world are moving to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced before — Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry.
Tweets: @robbysoave, @satariano, and @jbarro
| Reuters: |
FireEye and networking company Pulse Secure say two China-linked hacking groups used a flaw in its VPN devices to target customers in the US defense industry — At least two groups of China-linked hackers have spent months using a previously undisclosed vulnerability in American networking devices …
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FireEye, The Record, kb.pulsesecure.net, and CyberScoop
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says iOS 14.5 is coming to iPhone and iPad “next week” with app tracking protections, new Siri voices, redesigned Podcasts, and more — iOS 14.5 will be available for iPhone and iPad next week after an extended software beta period that started in February.
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, CNET, MacRumors, and BGR
Tweets: @idevicehelpus, @benedictevans, @ifenixx, and @scotchua
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Source: Facebook-backed Diem is aiming to launch a pilot with a single stablecoin pegged to the US dollar later this year — - The Diem Association is aiming to launch a pilot with a single stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar in 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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PYMNTS.com and Cryptonews
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (15-inch) review: big performance gains, excellent battery life, and very light, but not many ports and no Thunderbolt support — Microsoft's newest Surface Laptop brings better battery life and a better chip — In look and feel, very little has changed from the last generation.
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Q&A with Magic Leap CEO on its enterprise pivot and Magic Leap 2, 50% smaller and 20% lighter than its last AR headset, coming Q4 via an early adopter program — Magic Leap is getting ready to release the next version of its augmented reality headset through an early adopter program during …
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CNET
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
FTC warns companies over “the sale or use of ... racially biased algorithms”, which could violate federal laws, including the fair credit acts FCRA and ECOA — In a blog post this week, the Federal Trade Commission signaled that it's taking a hard look at bias in AI …
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Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, and TNW
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Nextdoor is introducing an anti-racism notification, which asks users to reconsider posting content if the app thinks it may be offensive — It calls the feature the anti-racism notification — Nextdoor is introducing a new anti-racism notification, which asks users to reconsider posting content …
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Nextdoor Blog and VICE
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Chargebee, which helps enterprises with billing, subscriptions, revenue operations, and compliance, raises $125M at a $1.4B valuation — A startup that enables businesses to set up and manage their billing, subscription, revenue operations and compliance has become the newest firm to earn the much coveted unicorn status.
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The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Entrackr, DealStreetAsia, PaymentsSource, and PYMNTS.com
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