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Livestream of Google I/O — Tune in to find out about how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.To watch this ke...
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Live blog of Google I/O, where Android 12 details, updates to Wear OS, and low-cost Pixel Buds may be announced — Google is actually doing it live — After taking a year off, Google is back with its I/O developer conference for 2021. Like most tech events over the past year …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google details Android 12's new design, based on the flexible Material You system, with better widgets and buttons, more animation, privacy features, and more — There are new features, but it's the biggest design update in years — Google is announcing the latest beta for Android 12 today …
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The Keyword, XDA Developers, Engadget, Android Police, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, CNET, The Keyword, Wired, Android Central, and YouTube
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils new features for Workspace, part of an initiative called “smart canvas”, including smart objects in Docs and deeper integration of Meet — Google is launching a slate of new features for its Workspace productivity suite today, starting with new “smart chips” that connect Google Docs to other products.
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The Keyword, Google Cloud Blog, Mashable, Android Police, 9to5Google, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, Google Workspace Updates, Tom's Guide, Android Central, and Digital Trends
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Material You design language, letting users personalize the look, with a “mode for every mood”, coming to Pixels in fall, then to Chrome OS, more — “Material You” is Google's “radical new way to think about design.” It's a hyper-personalized approach …
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Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @vvaiibhav, @ow, @materialdesign, @materialdesign, @maxwinebach, @joannastern, and @ow
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google announces LaMDA, a language model for dialogue applications that it says represents a “breakthrough” for having natural conversations with AI — Google wants to build AI that understands language better — Artificial intelligence is a huge part of Google's business …
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The Keyword, XDA Developers, Engadget, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and The Keyword
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says Duplex will help Chrome users more easily fix compromised passwords, rolling out slowly to Chrome users with limited site compatibility at first — Google announced a new feature for its Chrome browser today that alerts you when one of your passwords has been compromised …
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Sources: Apple is planning MacBooks Pros, Airs, Mac Pros, Mac minis, and larger iMacs with faster CPUs, new IO, more; MacBook Pro could debut as soon as summer — - Company developing Mac Pro desktop with 40 cores, new Mac mini — Apple plans to swap remaining Intel part with in-house design
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
iMac 24-inch (M1 2021) review: great CPU, sleek design, and good webcam, but limited ports, not the best value for money, can't upgrade anything after purchase — A new design, new processor, and new screen make for a winning combination — This is an iMac unlike any other iMac we've seen before …
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Apple says new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K will be available around the world starting May 21 — Customers around the globe will begin receiving deliveries on Friday, May 21 — Beginning May 21, customers can get their hands on the all-new iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro …
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Source: Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment — Amazon is in discussions to acquire MGM, said a person familiar with the situation, in what would be the ecommerce giant's biggest move yet to expand in entertainment.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia extends its crypto mining limits to newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, which will be labeled “Lite Hash Rate” — New Nvidia cards will be branded as Lite Hash Rate — Nvidia is extending its cryptocurrency mining limits …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft confirms that Windows 10X won't launch in 2021 as planned, instead being integrated into parts of Windows and other products — Microsoft officials have admitted what leaked a week-plus ago: Its Chrome-OS competitor, Windows 10X, isn't coming. Instead, some of the 10X technologies …
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Windows Experience Blog, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Engadget, The Verge, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @tomwarren and @maryjofoley
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Many ransomware strains like DarkSide's will not install on Windows PCs with specific virtual keyboards enabled, like Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian — In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built …
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Elliptic Blog, PCMag, Nextgov, and Schneier on Security
Tweets: @briankrebs, @doctorow, @briankrebs, @villi, @briankrebs, @vessonsecurity, @chris_dag, and @joetidy
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Court doc: Twitter fought a subpoena from DOJ under Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. Devin Nunes; source: DOJ under Biden withdrew — An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify will auto-transcribe certain original shows in the coming weeks as part of a beta rollout of the feature that it aims to eventually enable for all shows — With a goal of a wider rollout — Spotify announced multiple updates to make its app more accessible across iOS and Android today …
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Spotify, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, and iMore
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman and @highfiverpg
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus' latest update for its Quest headsets adds a Live Overlay casting feature that allows mixed reality capture with just an iPhone model XS or newer — v29 is packed with features — Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup.
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Oculus Blog, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, MUO, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @boztank, @alex__vr, @casandchary, @androidcentral, and @uploadvr
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts “Live Shopping Fridays” event series, featuring brands live streaming beauty, skincare, and fashion content on a weekly basis starting May 22 — Facebook wants to whet consumers' appetite for live streamed shopping with this week's launch of “Live Shopping Fridays” …
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About Facebook, 9to5Mac, Digiday, Android Central, Input, and Adweek
| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
Profile of fashion e-commerce app Shein, which ranks #1 in the App Store's Shopping category in 56 countries and is the most trafficked fashion site globally — The Quiet Chinese Quindecacorn America's Gen Z Shoppers Are #Addicted To … This week's Not Boring is brought to you by... It's Not Magic.
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Sources detail how Apple relented to escalating demands from China, making changes to governance of its Chinese users' data and agreeing to censor its platforms — Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
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Fortune, Softpedia News, CNET, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Engadget, TechRadar, TNW, and MSPoweruser
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| Howard Oakley / The Eclectic Light Company: |
Apple's M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models due to M1's optimization of QoS, which puts background tasks on “efficiency” cores even when the system is idle — Last week I showed fascinating screenshots of how M1 Macs can run background processes exclusively on their four ‘efficiency’ cores.| Marie Huillet / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase says it plans to raise $1.25B via a private offering of debt securities for institutional investors, following its direct listing on Nasdaq in April — With shares in the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange continuing to underperform, Coinbase is seeking a $1.25 billion cash injection from institutional investors.
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Business Wire, Invezz, Bitcoin News, and Coin Journal
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Sources: Robinhood plans to reveal its IPO filing as soon as next week, targeting a late June market debut — - Trading app is aiming to go public toward the end of June — Potential investors to get look at financials, risks — Robinhood Markets Inc. plans to reveal filings …
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| Zachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer: |
Brad Stone's new book says Amazon's HQ2 search team had Raleigh, Chicago, and Philadelphia as their top three picks, but Amazon passed on those recommendations — Listen to our daily briefing: — How close was Raleigh to actually landing Amazon's hyped-up search for its second headquarters, or HQ2, just a few years ago?Sponsor Posts
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