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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 … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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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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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Klaviyo, a marketing automation startup that customizes messaging for better results, raises $320M, more than doubling its valuation to $9.5B in seven months — More than a decade ago, Andrew Bialecki found himself running into a recurring problem. Already with a startup under his belt … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Styra, which develops tools to manage authorization for cloud-native application environments, raises $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures — As cloud-native apps continue to become increasingly central to how organizations operate, a startup founded by the creators of a popular open-source tool … | Bloomberg: |
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 … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office says it has opened a proceeding against Amazon over antitrust risks and possible anti-competitive practices — Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is seeking to make swift use of a new competition tool to target big tech — announcing today that it's opened a proceeding against ecommerce giant Amazon.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is working on wireless earbuds called Beats Studio Buds that will support noise cancellation, according to files in beta versions of iOS 14.6 — With the release of iOS 14.6 RC today for developers, Apple is preparing to release Apple Music Lossless.
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MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, Redmond Pie, KnowTechie, Tom's Guide, Firstpost Tech, Pocketnow, Engadget, ipadinsight.com, and Android Authority. Tweets: @micahsingleton
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Piano, which offers analytics, subscription, and personalization tools for publishers, raises $88M Series B, bringing its total raised to $241M+ — As publishers face up to whatever might be their next existential crisis — there are so many options from which to choose …
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