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Meta made 68 "newsworthiness allowances" from June 2021 to June 2022 for posts that may have violated its standards, letting them stay on Facebook or Instagram
Intel will bring "chiplet" packaging to its Meteor Lake chips in 2023 and Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips slated for 2024, to better compete with Apple silicon
Nvidia unveils its Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine, a suite of cloud-native AI models and services for developers building 3D models of lifelike chatbot avatars
Senate and House Democrats plan to introduce a bill to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules and reestablish the FCC's authority over broadband networks
Like Amazon's Ring, Google's Nest will comply with emergency US law enforcement requests for footage without a warrant or explicit user consent
Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon join NIST in calling for an end of the leap second, which keeps clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation but can cause glitches
Google plans to test AR prototypes in public, starting with a few dozen employees and trusted testers in August and ramping up to hundreds by the end of 2022
Meta says Facebook is testing a way for users to create up to five profiles linked to one account and that switching between profiles will require only two taps
The EU says TikTok agreed to curb undisclosed ads by altering its branded content policy and ad reporting options and to ban promoting "inappropriate products"
Amazon plans to test drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, after receiving FAA approval to service the town, for products ordered through Amazon Prime Air
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Mark Zuckerberg gives an early look at mixed reality on Meta's Project Cambria headset; Meta announces Presence Platform to let developers make MR apps
An interview with James Park, Fitbit co-founder and Google's wearables division head, on how the Pixel Watch factors into Fitbit and its future plans, and more
Google adopts the 10-grade Monk Skin Tone Scale to teach diversity to its AI, replacing the six-tone Fitzpatrick Scale
Microsoft partners with Epic to offer Fortnite for free through Xbox Cloud Gaming, with or without a subscription, across Android, iOS, iPadOS, and Windows PCs
Google says it removed 3.4B ads and suspended 5.6M+ advertiser accounts in 2021, after implementing a three-strikes rule to address deceitful practices and more
Apple debuts Self Service Repair in the US for iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and new iPhone SE models, and plans to expand to Europe and add M1 Macs by the end of 2022
A look at the Roblox experiences created by large retail brands like Gucci, Nike, Vans, and Ralph Lauren, with some offering virtual items for Robux
The FBI says internet crime victims in the US reported losing over $6.9B in 2021, up from $4.2B in 2020, and it received 847,376 complaints in 2021, up 7% YoY
Researchers train an algorithm to interpret pig grunts as emotions
Hands-on with Magic Leap 2: a notably larger field-of-view, lenses that can dim the real world, and impressive spatial audio, but doesn't work over glasses
SOTU: Biden urges Congress to pass the CHIPS act to provide $52B in subsidies to advance US chip manufacturing and praises Intel's $20B investment in Ohio fabs
Spotify says Car Thing is now on sale for $90, after being announced in April 2021; a future software update will add Audible support and more
Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up
YouTube details new efforts to stop misinformation, including stopping such content before it goes viral and limiting cross-platform sharing of misinformation
Nextdoor unveils a redesign to improve search and navigation, expand profile pages, and connect users with neighbors; Nextdoor says it has ~33M weekly users
The FCC forms a group to create rules to prevent ISPs from discriminating against communities of color; the infrastructure law requires rules by November 2023
Chip shortage is Best Buy’s gain as GPU restock gets locked behind pricey membership
MoviePass relaunches as a credit-based marketplace and announces PreShow, an ad platform that uses facial detection to track whether a viewer watched an ad
Reddit expands its live audio product Reddit Talk, adding recordings and a desktop web version, and will test highlighting chats at the top of home feeds
Counterpoint and IDC: smartphone shipments grew about 5% to 1.35B+ units in 2021; Samsung took the top spot with 270M+ units, followed by Apple with 235M+
Huawei launches its foldable P50 Pocket and flagship P50 Pro in the UK and Europe, but not the US, running Android without Google services and 5G
Verizon says a third of its wireless customers now use 5G phones, following aggressive deals and discounts to push new devices
Amazon introduces Sidewalk Bridge Pro by Ring, a dedicated bridge device for farms and other nonresidential settings, capable of relaying data up to five miles
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Microsoft and Qualcomm partner to develop custom chips for AR glasses and integrate the two companies' software, such as Microsoft Mesh and Snapdragon Spaces
AT&T and Verizon agree to delay the launch of their upgraded 5G networks for two weeks over aviation safety concerns from the FAA and the airline industry
Apple debuts Tracker Detect, an Android app that scans for AirTags and other Find My items that may be traveling with them without their knowledge
A seller blames a "fat-finger error" after selling a Bored Ape NFT for 0.75 eth , not 75 eth; the NFT was then immediately relisted for 60+ eth
Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power
Meta says its new AI system, Few-Shot Learner, adapts more quickly to tackle new types of harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation
Clearview AI set to get patent for controversial facial recognition tech
Apple announces Self Service Repair, a program starting next year that will publish repair manuals, let customers buy parts and tools, and more
Microsoft Teams is getting avatars, launching in VR and AR next year
Interview with Michael Dell on his new book Play Nice but Win, battling Carl Icahn before taking Dell private in 2013, his friendship with Steve Jobs, and more
Samsung says its 3nm chips with gate-all-around transistor tech are delayed until 2022, and its 2nm chips will arrive in 2025
Facebook-backed 2Africa consortium says its subsea internet cable will include Middle East and India when it launches in 2023, expanding on Europe and Africa
Facebook refutes reports claiming Instagram is harmful to teens
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