Microsoft brings support for Arm-based AI chips to Windowsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kyle Wiggers
Google claims its text-to-image AI delivers 'unprecedented photorealism'verified_publisherEngadget - Kris Holt
Stripe’s new apps marketplace brings third-party tools directly into Stripeverified_publisherVentureBeat - Paul Sawers
ProtocolNowTesla sexual harassment lawsuit can proceed in court, judge rulesProtocol - Nat Rubio-LichtThe lawsuit is one of many filed against the company over behavior in its Fremont factory.
TechCrunchNowDDG has a tracker blocking carve-out linked to Microsoft contractverified_publisherTechCrunch - Natasha LomasDuckDuckGo, the self-styled “Internet privacy company” — which, for years, has built a brand around a claim of non-tracking web search and, more recently, launched its own ‘private’ browser with built-in tracker blocking — has found itself in hot water after a researcher found hidden limits on its …
Bloomberg4 hours agoTripActions Negotiates New Funds at $9 Billion Valuationverified_publisherBloomberg - Katie Roof, Ivan Levingston, Saritha RaiStartup TripActions is in talks for new round of funding at a higher valuation, signaling investors remain interested in some private technology …
CNBCNowMicrosoft is selling the metaverse now — and it's helping make everything from robots to ketchupverified_publisherCNBC - Steve KovachYou may not be ready to jump into the metaverse for fun, but it could be coming to work sooner than you think. Microsoft announced Tuesday that …
The Verge1 hour agoNiantic moves beyond games with AR platform and Campfire social networkverified_publisherThe Verge - Alex HeathNiantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success of Pokémon Go. Now the company is hoping to become something else: a platform for other developers to build location-aware AR apps on top of. This plan has been in the works since at least 2018, but it’s taking …
CNBC1 hour agoNearly one in five Amazon delivery drivers suffered injuries in 2021, study findsverified_publisherCNBC - Annie PalmerAmazon's delivery operations are suffering from an "escalating injury crisis," driven largely by punishing quotas and pressure to ferry packages as …
WIRED13 hours agoThe Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized AbortionWIRED - Lily Hay NewmanA new report lays out existing US policing capabilities that can easily be repurposed to monitor pregnant people. In the three weeks since a draft …
CNN7 hours agoShe thought a dark moment in her past was forgotten. Then she scanned her face onlineverified_publisherCNN - By Rachel Metz(CNN Business) — Cher Scarlett, a software engineer, has a history of being misidentified by face-scanning technology, including one instance that may have surfaced a distant ancestor in a photo. So when she was introduced to an online facial-recognition tool she hadn't heard of, she wanted to see …
TechStoryboardMicrosoft Build 2022: Everything AnnouncedCurated byTechDiscover the latest updates and app releases for Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows, Edge and more. Plus, learn about Project Volterra, an Arm-powered mini PC to help developers build cloud native AI apps.
Reuters8 hours agoEXCLUSIVE Neumann-backed climate tech venture Flowcarbon raises $70 mlnverified_publisherReuters - By Simon JessopLONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Flowcarbon, a blockchain-enabled carbon credit trading platform backed by WeWork founder Adam Neumann, has raised $70 million in its first major funding round, its chief executive told Reuters. The company aims to tap into the growing market for carbon credits companies …
WIRED9 hours agoWhat is Wi-Fi 7? Everything You Need to KnowWIRED - Simon HillThe Wi-Fi 6E successor is likely more than a year away, but it promises to significantly boost the speed and stability of your wireless …
TechCrunch2 hours agoStripe launches App Marketplace, scripts and tools incorporating third-party SaaS apps that work alongside Stripeverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenStripe, the payments upstart now valued at $95 billion, has been launching a number of new products to expand beyond the API that helped make its name, to build out its position as a platform for financial services and related business infrastructure. The latest of these is making its debut today: …
MacRumors6 hours agoApple Shares WWDC 2022 Schedule, Keynote to Take Place June 6 at 10:00 a.m PTverified_publisherMacRumors - Juli CloverApple today confirmed that the keynote event for the Worldwide Developers Conference will begin at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on June 6, the first day of WWDC. The keynote will be an online-only event, though a select number of developers have been invited to the Apple Park campus for a viewing …
Protocol9 hours agoMicrosoft’s Activision deal might require compromiseProtocol - Nick StattThe FTC is in the process of reviewing the biggest-ever gaming acquisition. Here’s how it could change the Xbox business. In an interview with …
PCMag3 hours agoTikTok Launches Live Subscription Betaverified_publisherPCMag - Stephanie MlotPay a regular fee to watch your favorite creators' live streams. TikTok announced a new program that lets viewers pay a monthly fee to watch specific …
Axios4 hours agoWedding website Zola gets hackedverified_publisherAxios - Dan PrimackOn Saturday, Axios brand studio editor Alexis Kleinman received a troubling pair of back-to-back emails. The first was from Zola, a wedding planning …
Associated Press1 day agoAppeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutionalAssociated Press - By CURT ANDERSONST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of …
Android Authority5 hours agoHere's when Samsung will open a software beta program for the Galaxy Watch 4Android Authority - C. Scott Brown• Samsung will launch a One UI Watch beta program on June 2, 2022. • The program will be open in South Korea only at first but will likely expand to other countries. • As with regular One UI betas, you’ll need to sign up through the Samsung Members app. For a long time now, Samsung has offered sneak peeks …
TechCrunch5 hours agoParallel Learning expands remote special education assessment and tutoring with $20M roundverified_publisherTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyIf a kid is having trouble at school, one of the standard steps is to schedule an assessment for conditions like dyslexia, ADHD, or anything else that might require a special approach. But with teachers and psychologists overworked and in short supply, Parallel Learning is hoping that remote …
Associated PressNowSocial media hammered by mounting questions over advertisingAssociated Press - MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business WriterSocial media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read. Then late Monday Snap, which runs the Snapchat app that features vanishing …
CNBC5 hours agoUber to expand in Italy through deal with the country's largest taxi dispatcherverified_publisherCNBC - Ryan BrowneUber has signed a partnership with IT Taxi, the largest taxi dispatch service in Italy, in a tie-up aimed at boosting the company's presence in the …
TechSpot6 hours agoApacer reveals PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs with 13,000 MB/s read speedsTechSpot - Rob ThubronSomething to look forward to: Consumer PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs are coming this year, and that's good news if you own a supported Alder Lake motherboard or …
The New York Times1 day agoRussian-Speakers in Tech Rebuild Their Lives in San Franciscoverified_publisherThe New York Times - Cade MetzSAN FRANCISCO — Over the past five years, Andrey Doronichev has shared his four-story townhouse with nearly 100 entrepreneurs, investors and other aspiring technologists from countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. Because they spoke Russian, they thought they had a private key that could …
Associated Press13 hours agoAirbnb ends rentals in China to focus on outbound touristsAssociated PressBEIJING (AP) — Airbnb Inc. will stop listing homes and experiences inside China this summer and instead focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroad, a company official said on social media Tuesday. Airbnb began listings in China in 2016, but they have …
TechSpot8 hours agoNvidia reveals the Asus Rog Swift 500Hz gaming monitor for low-latency loversTechSpot - Rob ThubronWhat just happened? Nvidia used its Computex 2022 keynote to announce an Asus monitor with a refresh rate that makes 360Hz look comparatively …
Cult of Mac23 hours agoiOS 16 concept will have you wishing it was September alreadyCult of Mac - Ed HardyWhen Tim Cook and other Apple executive first show off iOS 16 in early June, there’s a good chance it’ll have much in common with a recently released artists’ concept. The new video shows some of the most-anticipated features, including an always-on screen and interactive widgets. Watch the iOS 16 …
9to5Google13 hours agoGoogle's Imagen text-to-image generator offers 'unprecedented photorealism' [Gallery]9to5Google - Abner LiIn recent weeks, the DALL-E 2 AI image generator has been making the waves on Twitter. Google this evening publicized its own version called “Imagen” and it pairs a deep level of language understanding with an “unprecedented degree of photorealism.” According to Google AI lead Jeff Dean, AI systems …
Ars Technica11 hours agoLogitech MX Master 3S review: The best wireless mouse gets slightly betterverified_publisherArs Technica - Scharon HardingThe MX Master 3S has forgettable advantages in its higher DPI range and quieter clicks. Specs at a glance: Logitech MX Master 3S Optical (model not …
Android Authority12 hours agoLG phones on T-Mobile were essentially bricked, but a fix is out nowAndroid Authority - Hadlee Simons• A fix is reportedly available now for a major flaw affecting LG phones on T-Mobile. • The so-called IMS bug sees an error message repeatedly popping up on LG devices. • Users should apparently reboot their phones now to apply the fix. LG phones on T-Mobile were affected by a rather serious bug in the last …
9to5Mac23 hours agoApple to open retail in New Jersey, first store in almost a year in the USverified_publisher9to5Mac - José AdornoApple will soon open a brand new store in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as the company has opened positions in this location on the Apple Jobs site. This will be the company’s first new retail location in the US after almost a year. As posted by Michael Steeber in his Tabletops newsletter, the East …
16 hours agoDiamond mirror withstands lasers powerful enough to burn through steelverified_publishernewatlas.com - By Nick LavarsHigh-powered lasers have a hand in everything from manufacturing to deep space communications, and the ongoing development of more powerful versions …