Tuesday, June 23, 2020

23 June - Technology - NextWeb / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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  • Apple introduces Translate and a smarter Siri a day ago  –  At this year’s WWDC, Apple has not only announced details of its constant updates to Siri, but also the launch of its new translation app, uh, Translate. According to Apple, Siri handles 25 billion requests each month. On top of this, the company says it has access to 20 times more facts than mer...
  • Apple finally redesigns iOS home screen and introduces “App Library” a day ago  –  Apple is redesigning the home screen with iOS 14 to make apps easily accessible through a new feature called the App Library. With this new update, you’ll be able to hide some pages easily with the wiggle view to edit your home screen. Also, iOS will automatically arrange an app in App Library wi...
  • 3 tech stocks that surged in price this year — but didn’t get much attention
  • Apple approves Hey email app — but it’ll have to submit new version that follows App Store rules
  • AI could help astronomers unravel the mystery of dark matter
  • TikTok teens and K-pop fans embarrass Trump at his Tulsa rally
  • The key differences between Tesla’s driving aids: Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
  • How to turn on the Nintendo Switch with Joy-Cons or a Pro Controller
  • This SEO tool can show you how to turn those billions of Google searches your way
  • Notebag is for note takers who need a notation proces
  • Wirecard’s former CEO arrested over those missing billions 19 hours ago  –  Wirecard‘s former CEO Markus Braun has been arrested after turning himself in on Monday evening. Braun resigned last week after auditors failed to locate 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in revenue, money that the German fintech firm later admitted most likely “doesn’t exist.” Wirecard stock cras...
  • The Apple Watch hand washing feature is coming — dirt and filth, beware 19 hours ago  –  Wow, what a WWDC that was! We had confirmation of picture-in-picture video for iPhones, a redesigned homescreen across devices, and a whole new way of interacting with the iPad. And — who, really, could possibly forget? — an Apple Watch hand washing feature. You heard that right: no longer will y...
  • It’s official: Apple CarKey exists — and the BMW 5 Series gets first dibs
  • Digital advertising amid the crisis — expected trends of Q3 and Q4
  • iOS 14 will let you activate gesture controls just by tapping on the back of your iPhone
  • How to successfully pitch a VC over Zoom
  • iPhone maker Foxconn wants to expand its manufacturing presence in India
  • Pardon the Intrusion #20: SMS authentication needs to go
  • Everything Apple announced at its WWDC 2020 keynote
  • Apple will finally let you switch resolution and frame rate
  • A mysterious space signal has been going for over 500 days — and no one knows why 15 hours ago  –  A source of repeating radio waves seen from one point in the sky presents astronomers with numerous mysteries. The source of this signal, where radiation builds and ebbs over a period of 16 days, remains a question. The longevity of these cycles — now seen continuing for over 500 days — could eit...
  • OnePlus confirms its affordable new phone series is on the way to Europe and India 15 hours ago  –  OnePlus today announced that it’s launching a new affordable smartphone series, and it’ll bring the first product to India and Europe initially. The company’s co-founder Pete Lau said that OnePlus will bring a premium flagship experience to affordable products. He added that Paul Yu, the head of ...
  • Excel is a ridiculously powerful data analysis resource. This course bundle shows you how to use it right
  • Big Sur is macOS 11 — RIP OS X, we hardly knew thee
  • Apple’s App Store model isn’t worth the 30% charge for today’s developers
  • Apple supercharges its maps with EV and bicycle routing options in select cities
  • Life inside Pluto: hot birth may have created internal ocean on dwarf planet
  • See you in hell, spam texts: iOS14 has an SMS filtering feature
  • How an AI learned to stitch up patients by studying surgical videos
  • Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘PayPal, Venmo to offer Bitcoin tradin
  • Sexual predators on Twitch: We all knew 4 hours ago  –  We have to talk about Twitch. Specifically, we have to talk about the problem of predators on Twitch. Over the weekend, several people came forward on Twitter to describe incidents of harassment, assault, and coercion by Twitch streamers, YouTubers, eSports players, and other people in the gaming...
  • Rad Power Bikes’ RadMission is a whole lot of e-bike for $999 5 hours ago  –  Rad Power Bikes is one of the biggest names in e-bikes in the US, creating some of the most popular bikes in the country at relatively affordable prices for electrified two-wheelers. After releasing its most affordable bike — at the time — in the form of the $1,299 RadRunner last year, the compan...
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 demo is coming in August
  • Pride 2020: Let’s talk about history, science, and queer people
  • Trump’s latest immigration ban is bad news for US AI ambitions
  • Pandemic? What pandemic?
  • China’s about to overtake the US as the world’s best performing tech industry
  • All things privacy announced by Apple at WWDC
  • Road Test: The 2020 Hyundai Kona EV is a sweet blend of versatility, style, and range
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  • Lyft is using data from its rideshare drivers to develop self-driving cars 12 hours ago  –  Lyft is using data collected from drivers on its ride-hailing app to accelerate the development of self-driving cars. Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving car program is using the data to build 3D maps, understand human driving patterns and improve simulation tests — all tools needed to push their autonom...
  • NASA to establish a system for flying astronauts and researchers on suborbital commercial spacecraft 12 hours ago  –  NASA is going to chart a path for its astronauts and other personnel to take part in future commercial suborbital spaceflight missions, letting the agency conduct experiments and do research aboard suborbital human spacecraft — including, potentially, vehicles like Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo....
  • Dear Sophie: What does the Supreme Court’s DACA decision mean for employers? 13 hours ago  –  Your company’s ability to recruit and retain Dreamers has largely returned to the way things were, but the DACA program remains in jeopardy.
  • Facebook tests Forecast, an app for making predictions about world events, like COVID-19
  • Twitter says some business users had their private data exposed
  • Luckin Coffee discloses Nasdaq wants to delist the company
  • Ampere announces latest chip with a 128-core processor
  • Amidst Robinhood’s planned service changes, a tension between growth and safety
  • 9 top VCs discuss the future of New York startups
  • Salesforce introduces several new developer tools, incl
  • Update: Amazon announces $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund 11 hours ago  –  Update: This post has been updated to indicate that although Rodrigo Prudencio’s profile on LinkedIn stated, “I lead investments for Amazon’s $2B Climate Pledge Fund” the fund is led by Matt Peterson on Amazon’s corporate development team and and Kara Hurst, who leads the company’s sustainability...
  • Antitrust case against Facebook’s ‘super profiling’ back on track after German federal court ruling 11 hours ago  –  A landmark regulatory intervention that seeks to apply structural antitrust remedies to cut big (ad)tech’s rights-hostile surveillance business models down to size has been revived after Germany’s federal court overturned an earlier ruling that had suspended enforcement of a ban on Facebook combi...
  • Prices increase in four days for founder workshops at TC Early Stage 11 hours ago  –  The countdown clock is running, and you have just four days left to score the lowest price on passes to TC Early Stage 2020, which takes place on July 21-22. We’ve packed this two-day virtual event with more than 50 workshops covering essential topics that every early-stage founder needs to maste...
  • Instagram expands Shopping to more businesses, including creators selling their merch
  • Tatch raises $4.25M to build a patch that helps diagnose sleep disorders
  • Google’s grammar suggestions in Docs are now available in Spanish
  • Wyze launches its $50 wire-free outdoor camera
  • Fandango adds new features to highlight health precautions and distancing in movie theaters
  • Snapchat adds free phone number verification to its list of SDK perks
  • Join GGV’s Hans Tung and Jeff Richards for a live Q&
  • AngelList’s ‘Carta for India’ product helps startups manage cap table and employee grants for free 19 minutes ago  –  AngelList, a platform that helps startup founders discover and connect to angel investors and job seekers, on Wednesday branched out to a new category in India to further serve the ecosystem. The startup platform said its new product, called EquityList, allows founders to easily manage their cap ...
  • A look at tech salaries and how they could change as more employees go remote 2 hours ago  –  Each year, the hiring platform Hired produces a look at tech salaries based on the data it says it gleans from hundreds of thousands of interview requests and job offers. This year, as in past years, it looked at salaries around the globe for software engineers, product managers, DevOps engineers...
  • Say ‘so long’ to the original Segway 3 hours ago  –  Segway’s story can’t be told without rehashing its entry onto the scene as one of the most hyped tech products of the early 21st century. Alternately codenamed “Ginger” and “IT,” the personal mobility device engendered serious conversations among futurists about the ways in which it would transfo...
  • Google’s 46-camera ‘light field videos’ let you change perspective and peek around corners
  • Zopa granted full UK bank license as it gears up to launch savings account and credit card
  • Trump’s worker visa ban will hit Silicon Valley hard
  • iOS 14’s App Clips will save you from always needing ‘an app for that’
  • Mercedes-Benz, Nvidia partner to bring ‘software-defined’ vehicles to market in 2024
  • Plaid’s Zach Perret: ‘Every company is a fintech company’
  • Twitter hides Trump tweet threatening protesters with

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  • Acer launches stylish new Chromebook Spin 713 14 hours ago  –  Acer has announced its newest Chromebook today, the Chromebook Spin 713, which is verified as part of Intel’s Project Athena program. The Chromebook Spin 713 will contain 10th Gen Intel processors, up to 16GB of RAM (DDR4), and a 256GB SSD. Acer says you can expect 10 hours of use from the device...
  • Acer’s ConceptD line now includes desktops, monitors, and more laptops
  • Microsoft’s Mixer streamers are sad, angry, and moving to Twitch
  • Superhuman’s email app is overhyped and overpriced
  • Google is on a mission to stop you from reusing passwords
  • iOS 14 lets you tap the back of your iPhone to launch apps and a whole lot more
  • The iPadification of the Mac is coming, no touchscreen required
  • More Americans are being harassed online because of their race, religion, or sexuality
  • Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign
  • ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastes
  • Six ways the pandemic was on display at Apple’s WWDC 13 hours ago  –  Memoji can now be customized with face coverings. | Image: Apple The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every facet of our lives, so it’s only natural that it would impact more than one of Apple’s product announcements at yesterday’s WWDC. Whether it’s the Apple Watch’s handwashing feature...
  • Dell’s latest duo of fast gaming monitors are Nvidia G-Sync compatible
  • iOS 14 appears to show Dark Sky integration after Apple purchase
  • Most Republicans and Democrats agree on these two climate strategies
  • Acer is now making its own Red Bull
  • New iOS 14 feature lets the iPhone alert you if it hears sounds like a doorbell or fire alarm
  • Two of FX’s most anticipated new shows are now Hulu exclusives
  • Mixer was a failure, but it kicked off a talent war for streamers
  • Acer’s transforming Predator Helios 700 is the next to get Intel and Nvidia’s latest components
  • Acer’s new Swift 5 will launch with Intel’s 11th Gen chips 
  • Amazon boosts climate commitments and greenhouse gas emissions 11 hours ago  –  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Amazon Amazon launched a $2 billion fund today to advance technologies that will cut down greenhouse gases. The fund...
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  • Fandango will make it easy to see new seating arrangements and safety info as theaters reopen
  • Wyze’s battery-powered outdoor camera can also monitor your hotel room
  • Twitch Prime’s new channel has reality gaming shows, comedy, and tournaments
  • OnePlus confirms it’s working on a ‘more affordable’ smartphone range
  • A new Trump appointee has put internet freedom projects in crisis mode
  • Acer’s new rugged laptop has a water-repelling fan inside it
  • Apple’s new iOS 14 home screen brings Windows Phone Live Tiles back to life
  • SanDisk 512GB microSD cards for your Nintendo Switch are more affordable than ever
  • Dell launches new G7 gaming laptop
  • Amazon is reportedly considering adding live TV to its Prime Video service  5 hours ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon could be planning to bolster its Prime Video service, which is mostly known for its on-demand video offerings, with live TV, according to a report from Protocol and publicly available job listings. Details are light about what the new live TV serv...
  • Netflix is making it easier for people to remove titles from their ‘continue watching’ row
  • Apple will extend the lifespan of your AirPods by choosing when they charge
  • Twitter restricts Trump threat of ‘serious force’ against protesters
  • Guide to streaming: from Disney Plus and HBO Max to NBA League Pass and Crunchyroll
  • What a machine learning tool that turns Obama white can (and can’t) tell us about AI bias
  • Bungie releases Destiny 2 items in support of Black Lives Matter
  • The EU plans to ban US travelers indefinitely after haphazard COVID-19 response
  • All the new features iOS 14 borrows from Android
  • Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia team up to develop next-gen
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