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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DoorDash will now deliver alcoholic beverages to customers in 20 US states and DC, Canada, and Australia
Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ ethos comes into question in labor trial
#AppleToo publishes an open letter to Tim Cook, asking for transparent and fair compensation, reinvestigation of discrimination and harassment cases, and more
Reddit bans r/NoNewNormal, its largest anti-vax subreddit, for harassing other communities, following weeks of user moderators asking Reddit admins to ban it
How Lord of the Rings changed big screen battles forever – For the past 20 years, Massive software has spawned armies of artificially intelligent crowds, from Lord of the Rings to Avengers: Endgame.
Netflix is testing games in its Android app in Poland, starting with two existing Stranger Things games
YouTube says it has removed over 1M videos related to COVID misinfo since February 2020, and says it removes 10M videos a quarter, most of which have <10 views
The Consumer Technology Association says attendees of CES 2022 will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Twitter rolls out a web and mobile app redesign, implementing its first proprietary font, Chirp, high-contrast black and white follow and unfollow buttons, more
Samsung announces $150 Galaxy Buds 2 with active noise cancellation and a similar design to the Galaxy Buds Pro, available August 27
Twitter's photo cropping algorithm favors people with slimmer, younger-looking faces, and lighter skin; a researcher was awarded $3,500 for the discovery
Twitter offers bug bounty of up to $3,500 to spot bias in its photo cropping algorithm, which was shown to favor white people over Black people
Samsung Q2: profit of $10.8B, up 54% YoY, on $55.2B revenue; its chips business accounted for nearly half the profit, but mobile division revenue declined QoQ
Facebook Messenger adds Soundmojis, which add audible expressions to emoji, accessible through a loudspeaker icon
Facebook is rolling out the ability for Group administrators to designate "group experts", partly in an effort to help Facebook combat misinformation
Wells Fargo is shutting down all lines of personal credit
Anger grows among some Google staff about "hypocritical" remote work decisions and transfers as senior exec Urs Hölzle announces plans to work from New Zealand
Studies have found that certain neighborhoods across the US that were redlined in the past are the same areas without fast home internet service today
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3GHz clock speed and a claimed 20% boost in AI capabilities, arriving in devices during Q3 2021
Inside the intense debate among Wikipedia editors to include the coronavirus lab leak theory on COVID-19 pages, as the theory has gained more media attention
Google delays Chrome's cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years – CNET
Google, shifting to a hybrid workplace, debuts a Work Location Tool for staff to apply for an office move or to become fully remote and see how salaries change
Google says it is funding a project to increase Linux security by writing parts of the operating system's core in Rust
Apple demos passkeys, to let users set up accounts with just Face ID or Touch ID, joining Microsoft and Google in advocating for passwordless authentication
In iOS 15, Apple will introduce app transparency reports in settings that show how apps are using their previously-granted permissions like location, microphone
Teams behind Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge unveil a development forum at W3C to standardize and build a unified, more secure foundation for extensions
7-11 is opening 500 EV charging stations by the end of 2022 – Roadshow
Apple cuts the amount of time before alerting people to AirTags that may be in use to track them and will launch an Android app for detecting AirTags this year
Facebook says Messenger and Instagram will get deeper support for shared AR effects and games in video calls; Facebook's SparkAR platform now has 600K creators
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