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Google unveils Stadia, a game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs that lets users “instantly” play games, coming in 2019 with 4K HDR support at 60FPS — With Project Stream in October, Google's rumored work on a game streaming service was all but confirmed.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google has partnered with AMD to power Stadia, using a custom GPU for its data centers that delivers 10.7 teraflops, far more than the Xbox One X's 6 teraflops — Stream games to your PC, tablet, TV, or phone — Google is launching its Stadia cloud gaming service at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Google Stadia hands-on: controller response is the best from a cloud system to date, though with some latency, and the feel of the controller is Xbox-like — We've talked elsewhere in our Google Stadia coverage about the fact that it's not a console, it's what Google calls a ‘cloud native’ system … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Google unveils its Stadia controller, which connects directly to Google's data centers and looks like Sony's DualShock, says users can use their own controllers — Earlier this month, a patent surfaced that revealed a possible design for a forthcoming Google game controller.
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| Emma Sandler / Digiday: |
Instagram adds in-app shopping to let users buy from 20 beauty and fashion brands including Kylie Cosmetics, Nike, and Huda Beauty — Shopping on Instagram is about to change forever. — On March 19, the social platform announced in a blog post it was launching a beta shopping program …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple updates iMac lineup with Intel's 8th-gen and 9th-gen Core CPUs and AMD's Radeon Pro Vega GPUs; 21.5" starts at $1,299, 27" 5K at $1,799, available today — Nearly two years have passed since Apple last refreshed the iMac, but updates are finally here for both 4K and 5K models.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook settles with ACLU over allegedly discriminatory ads for employment, housing, and credit, paying ~$5M and making changes to prevent discrimination — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has reached a historic settlement with Facebook over advertising practices that allegedly discriminated against minorities.
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| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
Instead of focusing only on moderation, the debate around New Zealand massacre should look at how platforms incentivize and provide infrastructure for extremism — It's time for a real conversation about the infrastructure and incentives that Big Tech provides far-right extremists.| Chris Sonderby / Facebook: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources — Just days before Apple's big March 25th event where it will unveil a new subscription news service, the company has revealed plans …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says Teams is now used by 500,000 organizations, including 91 of the Fortune 100, and promises eight new features, three available today — Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, turns two years old this week. To celebrate, Microsoft is sharing some news …
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| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Kickstarter staff announce their intention to unionize, potentially becoming the first major US tech company with union representation — The company's staff plans to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union — The staff of Kickstarter announced plans to unionize today.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 66 arrives with autoplaying blocked by default, the ability to search through open tabs, and smoother scrolling, even when there are slowly loading ads — Mozilla today launched Firefox 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The release includes autoplaying content (audio and video) …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec. 30, 2018 through Mar. 10, Trump's campaign spent $3.5M on Facebook ads and $1M on Google, nearly double the Democratic field — While Democrats' campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump's re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter CEO and co-founder Perry Chen steps down but will remain chairman of the board; Head of Design and Product Aziz Hasan promoted to interim CEO — Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen issued an open letter on the site's blog today, noting that he will be stepping down from his role.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Patreon will offer creators three new plans beginning in May, with fees ranging from 5-12%, but existing creators can keep their current pricing model — Patreon, a subscription and donation platform that lets YouTubers and other creators earn money for their online content …
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| David N. Cicilline / New York Times: |
Chairman of House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law explains why the FTC, undergoing a “credibility crisis”, should probe Facebook — Why I am calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook for violating antitrust laws.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest producers of aluminum, has shut down several metal extrusion plants as it deals with a ransomware attack — UPDATE: Cyber-attack identified as LockerGoga ransomware infection. — Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest aluminium producers …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at an iPhone prototype board from 2006-2007, when the device was codenamed “M68” and “Purple 2” within Apple — “This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and half years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple's late CEO, as he introduced the original iPhone on January 9th, 2007.
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