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Bitcoin fell 20%+ over the last 24 hours to below $35K, the lowest level since Feb., and is down 30%+ in the last week; Ether, Dogecoin, and others also plunged — Galaxy Digital's Novogratz on bitcoin's plunge: These are setbacks for investor base — Bitcoin plunged to near $30,000 …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Coinbase was down for some users as cryptocurrencies plunge; Coinbase stock is down ~7% — - Crypto-exchange Coinbase said its site and app resumed service after a brief outage earlier in the day. — Coinbase was down for some users Wednesday morning as digital coins plunged.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPad Pro (2021) review: amazing mini-LED screen on 12.9", fast M1 CPU, Center Stage works well for video calls, but camera still misplaced and no multi-user — Mini LED, major improvement — How much do you care about having a great screen? — That, really, is the only question that matters with the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google details Android 12's new design, based on the flexible Material You system, with better widgets and buttons, more animation, privacy features, and more — There are new features, but it's the biggest design update in years — Google is announcing the latest beta for Android 12 today …
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| Michael Simon / Macworld: |
Android 12 offers new privacy protections including a Privacy Dashboard, mic and camera access toggles in Quick Settings, but stops short of Apple's ATT — On Tuesday, Google unveiled the highlights of Android 12, which will land on the Pixel and other Android phones this fall.
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After its WarnerMedia spinoff, AT&T is back to primarily being a wireless company, facing myriad issues, including ~$170B debt and an expensive 5G build-out — Following its spinoff of WarnerMedia, AT&T is back to primarily being a wireless company, with all of the challenges that entails.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
AT&T and Verizon conflated controlling distribution with controlling demand and hence wasted billions by buying media businesses like Time Warner and Yahoo — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Felix Salmon asked a question on Twitter: — While Salmon's question was driven … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is testing a “Follow” button in Chrome for sites that support RSS, with content appearing in the New Tab page, initially with Chrome Canary users — Web browsers used to feature feed aggregators, but those built-in capabilities have since been phased out.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
During his two days of testimony at the Epic trial, Phil Schiller mostly stuck to the script and countered Epic's harshest attacks with an Apple history lesson — On Tuesday, Apple's chief evangelist finished up his time on the stand — Phil Schiller is one of the biggest names at Apple …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is finally retiring Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, after more than 25 years, in favor of Edge — Internet Explorer will no longer be supported in June 2022 — Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer next year, after more than 25 years.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces accessibility features, including background sounds to help maintain focus and calm, AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch, and iPad eye-tracking — Apple today announced the upcoming launch of several new accessibility features that are being added to its various products and services.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and CNET
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
At I/O, Google made AI systems a centerpiece but failed to address concerns over its handling of research about the dangers of AI, which has led to firing staff — The company has been accused of censoring critics of these same AI systems — Yesterday at Google's I/O developer conference …
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| Collin Eaton / Wall Street Journal: |
Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount says the company paid a $4.4M ransom because executives were unsure how bad the attack was — Joseph Blount says he needed to quickly restore service after cyberattack threatened East Coast supply — The operator of the Colonial Pipeline learned …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says Android TV OS, which includes Google TV, now reaches over 80M monthly active devices, with 80% YoY growth in the US — Google offered an update on its TV platform, Android OS, at its Google I/O developer event on Tuesday. The company said its Android TV OS now reaches … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Q&A with Google SVP Prabhakar Raghavan, who runs Search, Assistant, Ads, Commerce, and Payments, on cookie tracking, Google's culture shift, AI ethics, and more — In his first interview since taking a top job, Raghavan gets into the future of search, misinformation, employee ferment, and robots making phone calls.
Tweets: @wired and @stevenlevy
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Miami-based Pipe, a trading service that helps companies with recurring revenue streams access capital, raises $250M at a $2B valuation — At the end of March, TechCrunch reported that buzzy startup Pipe — which aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — had raised $150 million in a round of funding that values the fintech at $2 billion.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Google's slow pace in improving Docs, one of its most-used products, helped upstarts offer better features and the new, welcome improvements might not be enough — Why the biggest improvements in years might not be enough — Today let's talk about some big changes announced today …
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Analysis: after violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalated last week, 100+ WhatsApp groups were created to coordinate attacks on Palestinians — Jewish extremists have formed more than 100 new groups on the Facebook-owned encrypted messaging app in recent days to target attacks.| Bloomberg: |
Semiconductor lead times increased to 17 weeks in April, marking the fourth consecutive month of “sizable” expansion, according to research from trading group — - Lead times have climbed to the highest level since 2017 — Automakers are expected to lose out on $110 billion in sales| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Zoom announces Zoom Events, building on paid event marketplace OnZoom, letting companies host live events, sell tickets, track stats, and more — Selling tickets, tracking attendance, and hosting informal chats — Zoom is announcing an expanded live events product today that's launching this summer.| Charlotte Shane / New York Times: |
Profile of OnlyFans, a site synonymous with porn, where sex workers resent the absence of search and tags, which they say helps it minimize legal liability — Despite all assertions that the site isn't powered by its sexual content, the platform is synonymous with porn. What is it really?
Tweets: @charoshane, @melissagira, @charoshane, @melissagira, @charoshane, and @radiatoryang
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian government asks WhatsApp to withdraw its new policy terms, giving the messaging service seven days to offers a “satisfactory” response — The Indian government is not pleased with WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The nation's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Google unveils Wear OS 3.0, with a revamped design and 30% performance boost, and partners with Samsung, which will use Wear OS, not Tizen, for its next watches — Were you considering buying a smartwatch for your Android phone? Hold off until the fall. Google and Samsung have announced …
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Tweets: @journeydan, @dangraziano, @maxwinebach, @ow, @maxwinebach, @dcseifert, @snazzyq, and @benedictevans. Thanks:@jetscott
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 778G chipset, aimed at premium midrange handsets, and X65 5G modem, which is more efficient and offers wider mmWave support — Plus a new M.2 reference design to help put 5G in more of your stuff — Qualcomm has announced a new 700-series chipset for mobile devices: the Snapdragon 778G 5G.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Asapp, which develops AI-based software for call centers, raises $120M Series C, doubling its valuation to $1.6B in one year, bringing its total raised to $400M — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Asapp, an AI research-driven customer experience company …
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