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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google Maps brings a new “immersive view”, a combination of Street View and aerial shots, for select cities and will let third-party apps use Live View's AR — At Google I/O 2022, the company unveiled improvements for Google Maps including a new “immersive view” …
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google Translate adds support for 24 additional languages, including regional dialects from India, South America, and Africa, used by 300M people — Google Translate has today confirmed support for a further 24 new languages and dialects on its online translation service.
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Tweets: @layalshakirr, @_harrywalia, @alexdobie, @googleindia, @googleai, @google, @techcrunch, and @stshank
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Nest Hub Max with quick phrases and Look and Talk, which lets users ask a question just by looking at its display without a “Hey Google” prompt — The company is adding a couple features to let you use Assistant without saying ‘Hey Google’
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Google Wallet, for storing payment cards, state IDs, event and transit tickets, vaccination records, and more on Android, Wear OS in 40+ countries — After its previous payments push (which involved modernizing banking and making it mobile-friendly) ended … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will launch a Pixel Tablet coming in 2023, after quietly discontinuing its Pixel Slate last year — Offering a sneak preview of the Pixel 7 wasn't enough, so Google's really leaning in. Today at I/O, the company announced that it's returning to the tablet business with a new device set for, get this, a 2023 launch.
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the $449 Pixel 6a, with its Tensor chip, 6.1" OLED screen, in-display fingerprint sensor, wide-angle and ultra-wide rear cameras, and more — During the annual I/O Developer conference Google has officially launched the affordably-focused Pixel 6a which acts as the entry-level model … | Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the Pixel Buds Pro, with ANC, pass-through, and spatial audio coming later in an OTA, available preorder on July 21 for $199 — This year at Google I/O 2022, Google is focusing on bringing us brand-new hardware. One product of this year's event is Google's new addition … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google previews Pixel Watch, with a bulbous, round glass cover that curves all the way to the metal sides, Fitbit integration, clickable crown, coming this fall — At I/O 2022, Google finally confirmed that it's making the Pixel Watch. That said, we only got a teaser as it's not coming until later this year.
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
LUNA and the UST stablecoin continue to dive; LUNA dropped as low as $0.84, a ~97% slide in 24 hours, while UST dropped as low as $0.26, a ~70% fall in 24 hours — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 82% in the last 24 hours. — Its related stablecoin UST has retreated …
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| CoinDesk: |
Sources: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon pseudonymously co-founded Basis Cash, a failed algorithmic stablecoin set up in 2020 that peaked at $174M total value locked — Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
As Luna crashes, Terra Analytics says ~152M LUNA tokens, or 30% of the circulating supply, are being staked, meaning many can't exit their position for weeks — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 93% in the last 24 hours. — Those who have their Luna tokens staked … | Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C for the iPhone 15 in the second half of 2023, improving transfer and charging speeds — Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C on all or possibly some models of the iPhone 15 lineup destined …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
The European Commission proposes regulation that would require tech companies to scan for CSAM and “grooming”, worrying privacy experts and threatening E2EE — The proposal has been called unworkable and invasive by privacy experts — The European Commission has proposed controversial …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google adopts the 10-grade Monk Skin Tone Scale to teach diversity to its AI, replacing the six-tone Fitzpatrick Scale — You'll notice the Monk Skin Tone Scale in beauty related searches, but Google is also building it deeply into its AI infrastructure, it says at Google I/O. — Stephen Shankland
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| Bloomberg: |
SEC chair Gary Gensler says crypto exchanges are “commingling” services, which is not in clients' best interest, and notes their ties to popular stablecoins — Gary Gensler is ratcheting up his criticism of digital-asset exchanges, arguing that some platforms are shirking rules …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
In a first, Meta withdraws its policy guidance request from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over “ongoing safety and security concerns” — Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it would be withdrawing its earlier request for policy guidance …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rolls out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it combats spam and duplicative content, and what it considers to be a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Senate votes 51-50 to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission, establishing a Democratic majority — Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate — On Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission.
Tweets: @noliewithbtc, @kashhill, @mkraju, and @matthewstoller
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase drops 30%+ after reporting $1.2B net revenue in Q1, down from $1.6B YoY, 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, and $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY — - Coinbase reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The earnings come amid a major sell-off across the crypto market.
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Tweets: @brian_armstrong, @sophiamzaller, @brian_armstrong, @levynews, @juddlegum, @donohoe, and @grady_booch
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb releases several updates, including searching by category, the ability to book two listings for stays over one week, and AirCover guest travel insurance — The company wants to get the world traveling again — Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google signs deals to pay 300+ outlets in Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland for news content and plans to roll out a sign-up tool — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Chrome for desktop will let users easily create virtual cards for safer online shopping using Autofill, coming later to Android and iOS — One of Google's big payments and privacy announcements at I/O 2022 is a very convenient feature that masks your physical credit card with a virtual one when shopping online with Chrome.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
BAYC, whose average sales price dropped 29% over the past week, and other blue-chip NFT collections, have been hit harder than bitcoin amid the deep crypto rout — Blue-chip NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club, which for a while outperformed the rest of the crypto market … | Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Parker Conrad's HR software startup Rippling raises a $250M Series D led by Kleiner and Bedrock at an $11.25B valuation, bringing its total funding to $700M — “I don't think Silicon Valley has ever seen a comeback like this before.” — Parker Conrad is fully back.
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SiliconANGLE, Rippling, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @austen, @andreasklinger, @geofflewisorg, and @realgenekim
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter is barred from Google cases as the DOJ debates whether he must recuse himself after working for rivals like Yelp — The Justice Department's top antitrust official has been barred from working on monopoly investigations of Alphabet Inc.'s Google … | Matt Schifrin / Forbes: |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment plans to acquire DVD rental and streaming company Redbox Entertainment for $375M in an all-stock deal — New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! — Among buggy whip businesses, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX) …
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