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Google adds YouTube TV to the main YouTube app on Roku devices and says it is securing “free streaming devices” for customers in case talks with Roku fail — It's also securing ‘free streaming devices’ for customers in case talks with Roku completely fall apart
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5 — An early look at an ongoing analysis of Apple's App Tracking Transparency suggests that the vast majority of iPhone users …
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Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10 — Back in the fall of 2019, Microsoft held a Surface event that will likely go down in history as one of the most ambitious announcements from the company.
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019 — Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Apple emails disclosed in Epic trial show that 128M iPhone users, of which 18M were in the US and 55% in China, downloaded apps with XCodeGhost malware in 2015 — As part of the trial against Epic Games, Apple released emails that show that 128 million users, of which 18 million were in the U.S. …
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Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices — - Amazon partnered with Tile and smart lock maker Level to beef up its mesh network for tracking items.
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| Anna Leask / NZ Herald: |
US endorses Christchurch Call, an effort to stop the spread of extremist content online, which Big Tech signed on to in 2019 and Trump's White House rejected — Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Herald — The United States has joined the Christchurch Call to Action …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Sennheiser sells its consumer electronics division to Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants — From blasting your eardrums to assisting them in later life — Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products …
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en-de.sennheiser.com, Sonova International, Reuters, TechCrunch, ecoustics.com, PCMag, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Android Authority, and Engadget
Tweets: @firstadopter and @misandryalex
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more — Five years after Facebook released its very first PC VR headset, and over a year into the pandemic, VR has been getting a closer look …
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Road to VR, Android Central, and Engadget
Tweets: @jetscott, @jeskillings, @danackerman, @danackerman, @jetscott, @jetscott, @jetscott, and @rogerwcheng. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Ben Zimmer / Wired: |
Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last week, the first time AI managed to outscore human solvers at the national event — Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving automaton, came out victorious at last week's national tournament—but human solvers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.| CNBC: |
Internal memo: Goldman Sachs informed its markets personnel that a newly created crypto trading desk successfully traded two kinds of bitcoin-linked derivatives — - The bank informed its markets personnel on Thursday that a newly created cryptocurrency trading desk had successfully traded …
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Tweets: @alphamind101, @hugh_son, @sub8u, @gartenberg, @mdudas, and @alexisgoldstein. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Esther Crawford / Twitter: |
Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips — We $ee you - sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work …
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Tweets: @racheltobac, @twitter, @twittersupport, @kayvz, @juiceboxca, @broderick, @bigblackjacobin, @taylorlorenz, @histoftech, @ashk4n, @twitterspaces, @wongmjane, @ebthen, @lollardfish, @keithkurson, @caseyjohnston, @stuckey2, @jaylabrenae, @nonlinearnotes, @djfolk, @anildash, @morningmoneyben, @t0nit0ne, @susanlitv, @udiwertheimer, @gregpak, @its_willyu, @michellehux, @jsrailton, @kurtisconner, @maxwinebach, @luulubuu, @hushes, @spencerdailey, @shura, @epicfunnyname, @mekkadonmusic, @jayjurden, @thbenkoe, @ow, @kozza, and @astrogriz
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