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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple Studio Display review: sharp 5K display, but a terrible webcam, no HDR, local dimming, or variable refresh rate, and expensive at $1,600 plus a $400 stand — A 5K iMac's panel, six speakers, three mics, and one terrible camera — Oh boy. — Look, people have wanted Apple to sell …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple Mac Studio review: compact design with a lighting fast M1 Ultra and great port selection but expensive, not modular, and unimpressive graphics performance — This computer is a historic achievement — Apple's 2019 desktop release was supposed to be the computer that professional Mac users had been waiting for.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
An interview with three Apple executives about the Pro Workflows Team designing and developing the Mac Studio, Studio Display webcam quality issues, and more — Apple's powerful, capable Mac Studio bears the fruit of a listening attitude — The seeds of the Mac Studio were planted 5 years ago next month …
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Amazon closes its $8.5B MGM acquisition, two days after the EU's antitrust regulator “unconditionally” approved the deal as the business overlaps are “limited” — Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday.
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Tech execs may face criminal prosecution or jail time for not abiding by Ofcom's decisions two months after the UK's Online Safety Bill passes and takes effect — Executives from Facebook parent Meta Platforms, TikTok and other big tech companies would face the prospect of jail time under sweeping …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sophos details how the CryptoRom scam campaign is abusing Apple's TestFlight and Web Clips feature to trick iOS users into installing fake cryptocurrency apps — Getting past the App Store gatekeeper has always been tough. Here are two new ways. — Scammers pushing iOS malware are stepping …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android 13 Developer Preview 2, adding a feature requiring apps to ask permission to post notifications, Bluetooth LE Audio support, and more — The feature is included in the second developer preview — Google is releasing the second Android 13 developer preview on Thursday …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google details Exotic Lily, a “financially-motivated threat actor” that works as an initial access broker for Russian hackers and ransomware gangs like Conti — Google's Threat Analysis Group has observed a financially-motivated threat actor working as an intermediary for the Russian hackers …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint: iPhones accounted for 37% of global 5G handset sales in January 2022, as 5G phones surpassed half of global smartphone sales for the first time — Apple Inc.'s iPhones led the mobile industry to a milestone in January, when handsets with fifth-generation cellular networking accounted … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Ethereum L2 scaling startup Optimism raises a $150M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm at a $1.65B valuation — Throughout the most recent crypto bull run, plenty of new crypto users have interacted with the Ethereum network for the first time and have been surprised to find sluggish, expensive transactions.
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Input: |
Anti-war Russians are using Clubhouse to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the app doesn't seem to be on the radar of the country's social media censors — Masha, a 29-year-old scientist from St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of thousands of Russians who has joined protests against the invasion …
Tweets: @kneelingbus, @karlbode, @edzitron, @markyarm, @danprimack, @dsilverman, @thekenyeung, @wongmjane, @stokel, @stokel, @stokel, @daveleeft, and @etbrooking
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google schedules a virtual I/O 2022 for May 11 and May 12, with a limited live audience of Google employees and some partners — Registration opens this month — Google's big annual developer conference, Google I/O, will take place May 11th and 12th, the company announced Wednesday.
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Clockwork, which says it can provide sync accuracy of less than five nanoseconds for time sensitive apps using hardware timestamps, raises a $21M Series A — Clockwork Systems Inc., the creator of technology that makes it possible to optimize the performance of time-sensitive applications …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to test tools that let brands prevent their ads appearing next to improper Facebook and Instagram content in H2 2022 and roll them out in early 2023 — Meta, formerly known as Facebook, says it will begin testing new content tools designed to give advertisers control over where their ads … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Bored Ape Yacht Club launches ApeCoin, or $APE, with 1B in total supply, and forms the ApeCoin DAO, whose council members include Alexis Ohanian and Amy Wu — Even among the fastest-growing crypto startups, Yuga Labs has had a particularly explosive year. — The startup is behind …
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Tweets: @apecoin, @boredapeyc, @yugalabs, @animocabrands, @alexisohanian, @bradmillscan, @horizenlabs, @j_3vns, @raypaxful, @cryptosiu, @boredape1000, @barnacules, @taylorgerring, @sarthakgh, and @silvermanjacob. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Mike Moore / TechRadar: |
Amazon plans to spend £1.8B+ over the next two years to expand AWS infrastructure in the UK, more than double its total existing investment in the region — £1.8 billion set to be invested over next two years — Audio player loading... Amazon Web Services (AWS) … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tile adds Scan and Secure, its first anti-stalking feature, to its app after announcing it in October 2021; users don't need a Tile account to use the feature — Lost-item tracker and AirTag competitor Tile is today introducing its first anti-stalking safety feature, called “Scan and Secure.”Sponsor Posts
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