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Instacart will start accepting food stamps as a form of payment in coming weeks, beginning with a pilot program with Aldi in Georgia
Hands-on with Huawei's new Mate 40 Pro: incredible cameras and powerful processors, but the app selection is atrocious and makes the handset hard to recommend
Facebook announces an open source AI model that can translate directly between 100+ languages without first translating to English
Virtual studios, where the filmmaking takes place in front of a halo of flat screen displays connected to PCs, are offering a real alternative to green screens
NASA taps Nokia to bring LTE to the Moon
Researchers built a robot squid that propels itself with a water jet
Sony’s Spatial Reality Display lets you gawk at 3D objects without glasses
Twitter appears to be suffering intermittent outages impacting some users; Twitter says it is investigating the issue
Google Pixel 5 review: Android 11 is clean and clever, long battery life, but the Pixel line's camera performance has stagnated and rivals offer better value
Google’s $130 Nest Thermostat features an all-new touch-based design
Google says Assistant can now search and control third-party apps, starting with the top 30 on the Play Store, with support for more coming soon
Instagram marks its 10th anniversary by expanding in-app warnings when users post nasty comments and adds a private map of stories from the last three years
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Instagram has started labeling "state-controlled media" accounts for users in the US, with ad labeling to follow in the coming months
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Facebook says it is rolling out shopping tools for IGTV globally and will add them to Reels later this year
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UK government blames a "technical issue" for underreporting COVID-19 cases by 15,000+; reports suggest an Excel sheet with lab results reached its max. size
Facebook leak hints at its defense against a government-ordered breakup
After criticism of racial bias, Twitter says its automated image cropping showed "salient" areas of the image, but will change it to give users more control
Facebook makes Forecast, an app for crowdsourced predictions and collective insights, available to all users
Microsoft updates the Surface Pro X with a faster SQ2 processor and a new silvery platinum color, starting at $1,500
Facebook says, as part of its recent crackdown on QAnon and "militia" movements, it has removed 6,500 groups belonging to 300 organizations
The FCC’s new anti-robocall rules prevent surprise charges for consumers – The commission has announced new rules to ensure carriers adopt anti-robocall measures.
Google unveils Pixel 5 with a 6-inch 90Hz OLED display, ultrawide rear-facing camera instead of zoom lens, 5G, 8GB RAM, and fingerprint sensor on back for $699
Dell announces updated XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1 with Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs, Thunderbolt 4, and more, shipping on Sept. 30 starting at $999
Future AR wearables from Facebook, Apple, and Amazon will track how we move and react in real time, setting up a privacy minefield
Amazon announces Luna cloud gaming service, going live in October for $5.99/month, with a gamepad and support for Fire TV, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android later
Techmeme · 1 month ago
In a new filing, Epic rejects Apple's claim that "interest" in Fortnite declined by 70%, says active players grew 39% between October 2019 and July 2020
Epic says it will shut down Fortnite: Save the World on macOS on September 23rd
Facebook says it will bring Oculus Link out of beta this fall, letting users add extra power to their Quest headsets
Facebook details Infinite Office, a virtual space for working from home, coming to Quest 2 later this year
Facebook announces Oculus Quest 2, starting at $299, with a lighter design, 50% better resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, up to 256GB storage, coming October 13
Facebook says Messenger and Portal will support third-party AR effects from next year; over 600M people use AR across Facebook apps and devices every month
Dozens Of AmazonBasics Products Could Pose A Safety Risk, Report Says
Reddit · 2 months ago
A dozen states might join the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Google
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens
Google unveils Android 11 Go Edition, which supports phones with 2GB of RAM, up from 1.5GB before, and says it can launch apps 20% faster than Android Go 10
Microsoft says users with the PC version of Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate will get access to EA Play for no extra cost starting "this holiday" season
Tile launches $100/year Premium Protect plan that reimburses users up to $1,000/year if Tile is unable to help with finding lost items within seven days
Withings' ScanWatch packs ECG and SpO2 sensors alongside the usual tools
Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ will self-regulate to avoid censorship in India
Reddit · 2 months ago
Electronic skin reacts to pain like a human
T-Mobile details its plan to give free internet to 10 million homes – It’s committed $10.7 billion to closing the "homework gap" for low-income students.
TCL announced new display tech called NXTPAPER, claiming better eye protection on tablets and e-readers, full HD video playback, 25% higher contrast than E Ink
Samsung starts mass production of 16 GB LPDDR5 DRAM using extreme ultraviolet lithography, says the process clears a "major developmental hurdle" in scaling RAM
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