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UK's Financial Conduct Authority orders Binance to stop all regulated activities in Britain by June 30, issues consumer alert against it — FCA also issues consumer alert against sprawling cryptocurrency group — The UK's financial watchdog has ordered Binance to stop all regulated activities …
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Microsoft admits it signed a malicious driver called “Netfilter” targeting gaming environments; the rootkit malware was observed communicating with Chinese IPs — Microsoft has now confirmed signing a malicious driver being distributed within gaming environments.
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Sources: Apple is considering iPads with displays larger than 12.9-inch, for 2023 or later, and has promoted new execs to the leadership team of its car project — This week: Apple explores larger iPads and reshuffles its car team, Amazon eyes augmented reality, and Peloton takes on the Apple Watch.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3GHz clock speed and a claimed 20% boost in AI capabilities, arriving in devices during Q3 2021 — And it will arrive in devices in the third quarter of 2021. — Phones are getting a speed boost. Qualcomm on Monday unveiled its newest … | Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Researchers say the study of social media's large-scale societal impact should be treated as a “crisis discipline”, like climate science or conservation biology — One of the real challenges that we're facing is that we don't have a lot of information
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YouTube took down and then restored a channel featuring testimonials from Xinjiang; the channel owner says the videos are being backed up on the LBRY blockchain — A human rights group that attracted millions of views on YouTube to testimonies from people who say their families have disappeared …
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Lenovo unveils $679 Yoga Tab 13 Android tablet that works as a portable monitor, with a stainless steel kickstand and 1080p display — The Yoga Tab 13 doubles as a wall hanger — Lenovo has announced the new $679 Yoga Tab 13, a global version of the Yoga Pad Pro that launched in China earlier this year.| Noah Bailey: |
Windows 11 has needlessly stringent hardware requirements, especially its arbitrary list of compatible CPUs, which will render a lot of decent hardware obsolete — The latest announcements for Windows 11 have revealed that the next version of the Windows operating system will have very stringent hardware requirements.
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Google unveils “Play Media Experience Program”, which will let certain media apps get a larger cut of Play Store sales for supporting more Android form factors — Google entices multimillion-dollar media apps with a 15 percent Play Store fee. — There are 3 billion active Android devices …
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As “security robots” get deployed across the US by local governments and companies, there is little to no evidence they can effectively fight crime — When the Westland Real Estate Group bought Liberty Village, a sprawling 1,000-unit apartment complex on the northeastern edge … | Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Study: an algorithm developed by EHR provider Epic to predict sepsis infections in patients missed two-thirds of sepsis cases and frequently issued false alarms — A study found that a system used to identify cases of sepsis missed most instances and frequently issued false alarms.
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| Charity L. Scott / Wall Street Journal: |
Venmo will let users sell products and services on their personal accounts for the same 1.9% plus 10-cent fee applied to business profiles, starting July 20 — Payments app says it will allow use of personal accounts for business transactions as of July 20Sponsor Posts
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