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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google Maps brings a new “immersive view”, a combination of Street View and aerial shots, for select cities and will let third-party apps use Live View's AR — At Google I/O 2022, the company unveiled improvements for Google Maps including a new “immersive view” …
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The Keyword, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, Android Police, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @google, @rogerwcheng, @baxiabhishek, and @stshank
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google adopts the 10-grade Monk Skin Tone Scale to teach diversity to its AI, replacing the six-tone Fitzpatrick Scale — You'll notice the Monk Skin Tone Scale in beauty related searches, but Google is also building it deeply into its AI infrastructure, it says at Google I/O. — Stephen Shankland
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The Keyword, The Keyword, Android Police, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, and 9to5Google
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils a multisearch “near me” option that lets users add pictures of products and then find local retailers and restaurants that may provide them — In April, Google introduced a new “multisearch” feature that offered a way to search the web using both text and images at the same time.
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Bloomberg, Engadget, The Verge, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, and Android Police
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Tweets: @ihnatko, @richontech, and @ronamadeo
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Nest Hub Max with quick phrases and Look and Talk, which lets users ask a question just by looking at its display without a “Hey Google” prompt — The company is adding a couple features to let you use Assistant without saying ‘Hey Google’
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The Keyword, Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @eliblumenthal and @ow
| The Verge: |
Live blog of the Google I/O keynote, where a new Pixel A-series smartphone, upgraded Pixel Buds, and a Pixel Watch are expected — Join us for all the news and announcements from Google's developer keynote — 2022's developer conference season is here, and, as usual, Google is the first of the major companies to host its event.
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9to5Google, CNET, Engadget, ZDNet, and CNET
Tweets: @harrymccracken, @pierce, and @stevekovach
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google Translate adds support for 24 additional languages, including regional dialects from India, South America, and Africa, used by 300M people — Google Translate has today confirmed support for a further 24 new languages and dialects on its online translation service.
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Tweets: @alexdobie, @googleindia, @googleai, @google, @techcrunch, and @stshank
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
LUNA and the UST stablecoin continue to dive; LUNA dropped as low as $0.84, a ~97% slide in 24 hours, while UST dropped as low as $0.26, a ~70% fall in 24 hours — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 82% in the last 24 hours. — Its related stablecoin UST has retreated …
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Tweets: @stablekwon, @stablekwon, @johnbrownlow, @katie_martin_fx, @justinsuntron, @stablekwon, @darrenlautf, @terrabitespod, @novogratz, @galois_capital, @laurashin, @cdixon, @davidgerard, @altcoinpsycho, @fintechintern, @stablekwon, @thestalwart, @loopifyyy, @meatspacemaxima, @lawmaster, @mhonkasalo, @kylesamani, @levie, @themooncarl, @tree_of_alpha, @hasufl, @alexhern, @davidshares, @mikealfred, @stablekwon, @twobitidiot, @pythianism, @speicherx, @davincij15, @thestalwart, @glimmerycoin, @epolynya, @buccocapital, @lomahcrypto, @0x_emperor, @rj_killmex, @cz_binance, @algodtrading, @ryansadams, @emilyjnicolle, @mdudas, @0xmisaka, @terra_money, @0xsisyphus, @twobitidiot, @cobie, @chubbicorn219, @safetyth1rd, @emperorbtc, @justinsuntron, @0x_b1, @ryansadams, @thecryptolark, @malwaretechblog, @saylor, @thinkingusd, @bongcapital, @web3isgreat, @thestalwart, @trustlessstate, @xrpcryptowolf, @twobitidiot, @tradebutwhy, @scooterxbt, @stacyherbert, @punk6529, @lsukernik, @beniaminmincu, @petermccormack, @ryansadams, @whalepanda, @adamsinger, @bennetttomlin, @punk6529, @altcoinpsycho, @thecryptodog, @ksicrypto, and @cwarzel
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
As Luna crashes, Terra Analytics says ~152M LUNA tokens, or 30% of the circulating supply, are being staked, meaning many can't exit their position for weeks — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 93% in the last 24 hours. — Those who have their Luna tokens staked …
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Tweets: @stablekwon, @lawmaster, @xbenjamminx, @fomomental, @xbenjamminx, @drodriguezfx, and @misinterpreth
| CoinDesk: |
Sources: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon pseudonymously co-founded Basis Cash, a failed algorithmic stablecoin set up in 2020 that peaked at $174M total value locked — Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.
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Tweets: @iamdcinvestor, @sobylife, @devchart, @jason, and @livercoin
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C for the iPhone 15 in the second half of 2023, improving transfer and charging speeds — Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C on all or possibly some models of the iPhone 15 lineup destined …
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @zollotech, @apple_tomorrow, @jeremyburge, @pt, @rauschma, @reneritchie, and @llsethj
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
The European Commission proposes regulation that would require tech companies to scan for CSAM and “grooming”, worrying privacy experts and threatening E2EE — The proposal has been called unworkable and invasive by privacy experts — The European Commission has proposed controversial …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase drops 30%+ after reporting $1.2B net revenue in Q1, down from $1.6B YoY, 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, and $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY — - Coinbase reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The earnings come amid a major sell-off across the crypto market.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
In a first, Meta withdraws its policy guidance request from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over “ongoing safety and security concerns” — Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it would be withdrawing its earlier request for policy guidance …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rolls out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it combats spam and duplicative content, and what it considers to be a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify … | Bloomberg: |
SEC chair Gary Gensler says crypto exchanges are “commingling” services, which is not in clients' best interest, and notes their ties to popular stablecoins — Gary Gensler is ratcheting up his criticism of digital-asset exchanges, arguing that some platforms are shirking rules …
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CryptoPotato and Cryptonews
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb releases several updates, including searching by category, the ability to book two listings for stays over one week, and AirCover guest travel insurance — The company wants to get the world traveling again — Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …
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The Verge, Airbnb Newsroom, Engadget, MobileSyrup, Mashable, TechCrunch, CNN, Protocol, TNW, Fast Company, Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, and skift.com
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Parker Conrad's HR software startup Rippling raises a $250M Series D led by Kleiner and Bedrock at an $11.25B valuation, bringing its total funding to $700M — “I don't think Silicon Valley has ever seen a comeback like this before.” — Parker Conrad is fully back.| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the $449 Pixel 6a, with its Tensor chip, 6.1" OLED screen, in-display fingerprint sensor, wide-angle and ultra-wide rear cameras, and more — During the annual I/O Developer conference Google has officially launched the affordably-focused Pixel 6a which acts as the entry-level model … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google signs deals to pay 300+ outlets in Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland for news content and plans to roll out a sign-up tool — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Chrome for desktop will let users easily create virtual cards for safer online shopping using Autofill, coming later to Android and iOS — One of Google's big payments and privacy announcements at I/O 2022 is a very convenient feature that masks your physical credit card with a virtual one when shopping online with Chrome.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
BAYC, whose average sales price dropped 29% over the past week, and other blue-chip NFT collections, have been hit harder than bitcoin amid the deep crypto rout — Blue-chip NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club, which for a while outperformed the rest of the crypto market …
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crypto.news. Tweets: @guy_freire, @mattbruenig, @cmsholdings, @tiggerscrypto, and @frances_coppola
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter is barred from Google cases as the DOJ debates whether he must recuse himself after working for rivals like Yelp — The Justice Department's top antitrust official has been barred from working on monopoly investigations of Alphabet Inc.'s Google …
Tweets: @adamkovac, @wexler, @revolvingdoordc, and @matthewamiller
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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