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Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Google says it is adding Tiles, swipeable widgets with useful information, to Wear OS over the next month — The new feature is rolling out over the next month — Google has spent the last year refining its Wear OS smartwatch software to make everything feel simpler, more intuitive, and
Read MoreThe art fair introduces virtual reality so the curious can check out some works from afar. Want to Check Out Frieze? All You Need Is an App and a Headset Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: Bond Mobility, an e-bike startup previously known as Smide co-founded by Horace Dediu, raises $20M Series A from Denso and others — Some prominent names from the mobile world have teamed up to form Bond Mobility, an e-bike startup that has raised $20 million from backers including Japanese car parts giant
Read MoreAlso Chrissy Teigen will have a cooking show with Momofuku’s celebrity chef, David Chang. Hulu greenlights two new Marvel shows: Ghost Rider and Helstrom – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOld-era problems afflict new-era finance, according to CipherTrace’s report. Cryptocurrency scams and thefts siphoned off .2B in early 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe days of this tablet have drawn to a close. iPad 2 buried in Apple's 'obsolete' product graveyard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreContrary to what reports from last year suggested, English Championship football club Hull City AFC won’t be getting acquired by cryptocurrency crowd funding platform SportyCo. According to sources familiar with the matter, SportyCo’s managing director, Marko Filej, met with the club’s owners and agreed on a price. However, after that price was disclosed to investors
Read MoreCommentary: Google’s carrier exclusive with Verizon isn’t doing Pixel sales any favors. Pixel 3 phones aren't selling, and it's probably Verizon's fault – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA car chase in Stranger Things season 2 prompted Netflix to improve the quality of its audio streaming. Netflix now sounds better when you watch it – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs Facebook continues to weather a string of legal battles and harsh criticism for its never-ending privacy disasters and a generally lackadaisical attitude towards consumer data, the social networking site kicked off its annual F8 annual developer conference at San Jose yesterday. It took to the event to outline a new “privacy-focused vision” for the
Read MoreLouise Matsakis / Wired: Around 20 security experts have united with Securepairs.org to support right-to-repair legislation with expert witnesses at hearings across the US — TWO YEARS AGO, as Nebraska was considering a “right to repair” bill designed to make it easier for consumers to fix their own gadgets, an Apple lobbyist made a frightening
Read MoreNatalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Hulu says it has 26.8M paying subscribers in the US, up from 23M at the end of 2018, not including the 1.3M users signed up through promotions like free trials — Of those members, 1.3 million people are signed up for Hulu through promotions like free trials. Hulu says it
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Sources: Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, a $750M early-stage fund and a $2B later-stage fund, putting its total fundraising haul at nearly $10B — Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, Axios has learned. — The big picture: Last year we previewed the venture giant’s … Sources:
Read MoreMicrosoft creates ‘required’ and ‘optional’ categories of data it collects after EU probe into GDPR violations. Microsoft: We promise you'll get better controls over how we use your data Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJ. David Goodman, a metro reporter, has chronicled the Google and Amazon invasions. But the most effective technology for reporting on the city is still coffee. Tech We’re Using: Tech Is Changing New York, but Not How He Reports on the City Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreApple’s patent suggests you’ll be able to unlock your phone by touching anywhere on the screen. iPhone 11 might have cool new Touch ID feature – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStuart A. Thompson / New York Times: In an experiment, the NYT bought and displayed ads targeting 16 profile attributes to reveal what advertisers think they know about users seeing targeted ads — Nearly every ad you see online is tailored just for you. These digital ads are powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow
Read MoreWhich of these two categories of devices fits better at the center of your smart home? Smart speakers vs. smart displays: Is a touchscreen worth the extra money? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe WikiLeaks founder was arrested last month at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail in the UK – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHacker has sold Windows zero-days to the likes of Fancy Bear, FruityArmor, and SandCat. Mysterious hacker has been selling Windows 0-days to APT groups for three years Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe family of the man is accusing Tesla of failures and false promises of its autonomous driving system. Tesla sued by family of man killed in Autopilot crash Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe $399 virtual reality headset, shipping May 21, is being positioned as the industry’s first true mass-market product. Facebook's Oculus Quest heralds VR's next gen, but will we buy in? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe cloud giants continue to surge ahead, but as customers get more sophisticated these tech companies will have to change their strategies. AWS, Microsoft or Google: Which cloud computing giant is growing the fastest? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup Oyo acquires the @Leisure Group from Axel Springer for €369.5M to expand into Europe — OYO, the fast-growing budget hotel startup out of India that’s backed by Airbnb, SoftBank, Grab and Didi, has made an acquisition to expand its footprint into Europe … Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup
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