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Microsoft debuts WSL 2, featuring “dramatic” performance increases, support for Docker, and shipping with a Linux kernel, to be updated through Windows Update — Microsoft today announced Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2—that's WSL 2. It will feature “dramatic file system …
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Ars Technica, Windows Command Line Tools …, Windows Command Line Tools …, The Next Web, The Verge, ZDNet, Thurrott, GeekWire, BleepingComputer, XDA Developers, and The Register
Tweets: @howtogeek, @ow, @davatron5000, @sparkycollier, @artemr, @alecmuffett, @auchenberg, @alexstamos, and @ow. Thanks:@chrisbhoffman
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Fluid Framework, a new web-based modular platform for document creation, available to developers later this year — Today marks the start of Build, Microsoft's annual developer conference, and this morning's keynote address was predictably newsy.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, OnMSFT.com, GeekWire, PCWorld, Engadget, TechCrunch, InfoWorld, Axios, and Windows Central
Tweets: @karanganesan, @devindra, @marypcbuk, @austintbyrd, @epro, and @laurengoode
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces ElectionGuard, an open source platform for securely handling voting data, available this summer with a pilot during the 2020 elections — When it comes to voting, we've come a long way from dropping pebbles into an amphora, but still not nearly far enough …
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Microsoft on the Issues, Microsoft on the Issues, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, BetaNews, OnMSFT.com, Associated Press, Axios, CyberScoop, Dark Reading, GeekWire, ZDNet, Galois, Inc., Windows Central, Firstpost Tech, TechSpot, and WinBuzzer
Tweets: @hartintercivic, @aaronmblevin, @n1nj4, @shpatar, @kimzetter, @github, @edbott, @msftissues, @bmcclendon, @ericgeller, and @darpa. Thanks:@fredericl
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Interviews with Microsoft executives shed light on the company's decision to rebuild its Edge browser with Google's Chromium, after Edge's flaws became clear — Microsoft's Edge web browser, released in 2015, hadn't made much progress by the summer of 2017.
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Tweets: @hkanji, @yudhishthu, @tomwarren, @jordannovet, @stroughtonsmith, and @backlon
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| @twittereng: |
Starting today Twitter lets you add images, GIFs, and videos to quote tweets — Exciting news: Today we are launching the ability to Retweet with GIF, photos, and video! We find solutions to many challenges as we build for a global, vocal audience. Here is a glimpse into our process as we worked on this feature. https://twitter.com/...
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Tweets: @twitter, @kantrowitz, @twitterdesign, @mattnavarra, @pkedrosky, @hilaryphuffman, and @reckless
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: at WWDC, Apple will unveil iOS 13 with updated Maps, Reminders, and Messages apps, watchOS 6 with Calculator, Voice Memos, App Store, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to unleash a slew of new apps, features and development tools at its annual software conference next month.| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Facebook says it has opened a “war room” in Dublin to monitor EU elections, ahead of voting later in May, with about 40 employees — The social network took the wraps off a special operations center in Dublin ahead of this month's European Union voting.
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Tweets: @cwarzel, @ianclucas, @digiphile, @edbott, @davidfickling, @alexstamos, and @hutchinson
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Google to update Android Auto in the summer to make it more intuitive with features like a dynamic, persistent bar for navigating apps, and a default dark mode — A bunch of little changes that should make Android Auto easier to use — Android Auto is getting a little refresh …
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The Keyword, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Neowin, BGR, CNET, and Android Police
Tweets: @backlon, @derekmross, and @sokane1
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Alexa keeps recordings of conversations triggered by its wake word but doesn't allow a user to opt out of the collecting of recordings, unlike Google Assistant — When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want. — Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings?
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| Vice: |
More than 100 Riot Games employees walked out on Monday to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits — ‘League of Legends’ developers walkout to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits.
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Riot Games, Kotaku, CNET, The Daily Dot, Forbes, USgamer.net, Android Central, PC Gamer, IGN, and GameSpot
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple buys a company every two to three weeks on average and has acquired about 20 to 25 companies in the past six months — KEY POINTS — In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quck, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company has acquired approximately 20 to 25 companies in the past six months.
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| New York Times: |
Symantec: a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group co-opted and repurposed NSA hacking tools to attack US allies and private companies in Europe and Asia in 2016 — Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies … | Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Satya Nadella and other Microsoft execs talk about the future of AI, the company's approach to open platforms, and how the era of the “talented jerk” is over — MICROSOFT HASN'T ALWAYS had a reputation for being “open,” but CEO Satya Nadella and the rest of his executive team …
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Business Insider and CNET
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates its video guidelines to promote original content, loyal and engaged viewership — Facebook today announced a series of changes to the way it ranks videos on its social network, which determines how widely they're distributed. According to the updated guidelines …
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Tweets: @poolhouseagency, @smexaminer, and @warjesseagle
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Bipartisan letter from two senators urges FTC to swiftly conclude its probe of Facebook, says $3-5B would be a “bargain” and calls for penalties of executives — Two top Senate lawmakers on Monday expressed frustration with a federal probe into Facebook's privacy practices …
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Reuters, blumenthal.senate.gov, Forbes, CNET, and CloudWedge
Tweets: @hshaban, @matthewstoller, @tonyromm, @matthewstoller, @senblumenthal, @joejerome, @matthewstoller, and @matthewstoller
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
Sources: Amazon in talks with big US publishers about paying them to expand internationally so it can reach more shoppers with its affiliate business — Big US publishers already make money from Amazon's “affiliate” business. Amazon wants them to make more, and may pay them upfront.
Tweets: @martinsfp, @jbenton, @mims, @rafat, and @pkafka
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