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Spotify replaces its Concert Hub with a Live Events Feed, populated by Ticketmaster, AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, See Tickets, and other partners
Uber relaunches Uber Pool, paused in March 2020, as UberX Share in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland, Oregon, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh
Nreal releases a beta version of Steam for its AR glasses, expanding on support for Xbox Cloud Gaming
Firefox turns its Total Cookie Protection feature on by default on desktop, after launching it as opt-in in 2021
Dell redesigns the $999 XPS 13 to be slimmer and transforms the XPS 13 2-in-1 into a detachable Surface rival, adds Intel's 9-watt 12th Gen CPUs, and more
IBM says it will wind down its business in Russia and lay off its workforce there, after suspending operations in the country in March
EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most electronic devices
Apple says Metal 3 will support MetalFX Upscaling to offer better gaming performance; Resident Evil Village, No Man's Sky, and Grid Legends are coming to macOS
Instagram will start pushing Amber Alerts in feeds to notify users about missing children in their area, rolling out to 25 countries in the coming weeks
Techmeme · 1 month ago
After Google changed Play Store policies, Amazon removes in-app Kindle and Music purchases and direct audiobook purchases from Audible on Android
Techmeme · 1 month ago
Oura partners with Gucci on the Gucci x Oura Ring wearable, letting users monitor heart rate, sleep, and more, available at select stores for $1,100
Lucid recalls all of its 2022 Air EVs
Encrypted email service ProtonMail rebrands itself as Proton, and unifies its calendar, storage, and VPN products under Free, Mail Plus, and Unlimited plans
Acer unveils the 10.1" Chromebook Tab 510, starting at $400 in July, and the 14" Chromebook Spin 714 with a 12th Gen Intel Core i7, starting at $750 in August
AMD launches several C-series Ryzen 5000 CPUs for Chromebooks, starting with the Acer Chromebook Spin 514, HP Elite c645 G2 Chromebook, and others
Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter
Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challenged findings
Amazon hits US sellers with a 5 percent fuel and inflation surcharge
Reddit · 3 months ago
TikTok is testing a way for users to dislike comments to help users "feel more in control" of what they see; dislike counts will be hidden
Fitbit receives FDA clearance for passive heart rhythm monitoring to detect signs of atrial fibrillation and will roll out the feature in the US soon
Twitter tests Unmentioning with some users on the web, a feature that lets users select "leave this conversation" on a tweet to avoid notifications
Alphabet's Wing division plans to begin drone delivery services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on April 7, starting with Walgreens' health and wellness products
FedEx partners with Elroy Air to trial the Chaparral C1 autonomous drone, which can carry up to 500 pounds of packages, in Texas next year
DoorDash launches a gas rewards program to help delivery drivers who hold the company's own DasherDirect Visa cards to mitigate the high cost of fuel
Google Domains comes out of beta in 26 countries, seven years after launch; the service now supports over 300 domain endings
Mark Zuckerberg says NFTs will be coming to Instagram sometime over the next several months, suggests users would be able to mint "within that environment"
Techmeme · 4 months ago
Israel's National Cyber Directorate says the country has recovered from a large-scale DDoS attack on Monday, which took down several government websites
Twitter and Meta removed posts by Russia's embassy in London that claimed images from the Mariupol hospital bombing in Ukraine were fake
Apple details M1 Ultra, replacing the M1 Max as the top M1 chip, with 114B transistors, 128GB of unified memory, 16 performance cores, and four efficiency cores
Instagram will down-rank Russian state media posts, label the posts to discourage sharing, and hide follower details for private Ukraine and Russia accounts
Techmeme · 4 months ago
Activision Blizzard and Epic Games suspend sales of their games in Russia; Activision Blizzard will also pause offering in-game microtransactions in the country
CrowdTangle: Facebook Gaming is overrun by spam and pirated content with the most popular "gaming creators" posting movie clips disguised as live gaming streams
Reddit bans links to Russian state media outlets across its entire service for all users worldwide
US CPSC and Fitbit recall Fitbit Ionic smartwatches, after receiving 118 reports of burn injuries; Fitbit sold ~1M units in the US and 693K internationally
Uber starts rolling out an Explore tab, which lets users book dinner reservations, buy tickets to live events, and more, in 15 markets across the US and Mexico
Qualcomm announces X70, its first 10-gigabit 5G modem, and says the modem uses a dedicated AI processor to improve signal strength and power efficiency
OnePlus says its flagship 10 Pro will launch in the US, Europe, and India in March and appears to backtrack from creating a unified OS with Oppo
Twitter temporarily pauses ads and its recommendations feature in Ukraine and Russia to minimize "risks associated with the conflict" and reduce misinformation
Facebook, Google other tech firms must verify identities under proposed UK law
Twitter adds support for ethereum addresses for creator Tips, following its inclusion of bitcoin addresses, as well as support for payment services like Paytm
Twitter now lets bot account holders add a label to indicate their tweets are automated, rolling out globally today after a test in September
Instagram will let users send a private like in response to a Story, expanding on DMs or emoji reactions
Techmeme · 5 months ago
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: feels like the Note, distinct hardware, mesmerizing display, impressive specs, and welcome S-Pen support
Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ hands-on: an incremental update, flat displays, Vision Booster adjusts the screen based on ambient light, and same price as the S21s
Instagram rolls out tools to remove posts, comments, and other activity in bulk, after previewing the controls in December
Techmeme · 5 months ago