Clubhouse announced on Sunday that its rooms will be infused with spatial audio to give the app’s listeners a richer sense of hanging out live with a group of other people. The new audio features will roll out to the majority of iOS and Android users within the next few weeks.
Apple announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by developers. The deal includes a change in the way developers can share information to customers about how they pay for their purchases outside their iOS apps or App Stores, which would allow them to communicate by email.
The South Korean army meal was posted on a Facebook group in February 2020, where young recruits would vent over the experience of compulsory service, but the photo was a pile of rice and dried seaweed. The photo would trigger a chain of reforms, eventually cascading into a presidential apology and an ongoing inquiry into military culture.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to receive a huge payday as part of the 10th and final tranche of a deal he signed a decade ago to succeed Steve Jobs, set to receive roughly 5 million shares of Apple stock worth about $750 million. Some of the deal is contingent upon Apple’s stock beating the return of two-thirds of the companies in the S&P 500 over the last three years.
The world's largest contract chip maker is raising prices by 20% as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing plans to increase the prices of its most advanced chips by roughly 10%, while less advanced chips will cost about 20% more. The price increases come in the wake of a global semiconductor shortage that affected Apple and most car makers.
Scientists have built an AI tool that forecasts Arctic sea ice conditions, which could help protect local wildlife and people from changes caused by global warming. The deep learning system, named IceNet, was trained on climate simulations and observational data to forecast the next six months of sea ice concentration maps, almost 95% accurate in predicting whether sea ice will be present two months ahead.
Netflix will allow subscribers in Poland to play Stranger Things 1984 and Stranger Things 3 as part of their membership. The company says it will work hard to deliver the best possible experience in the months ahead with no ads and no in-app purchases. The games will be available in the Google Play store.
Zendesk announced the acquisition of Cleverly, which is based in Lisbon, Portugal, and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time and Cleverly has not been entirely public about the size of its funding.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said that the company will continue to point users to authoritative information from the CDC when dealing with misinformation related to COVID-19. However, he will not ban communities that challenge the consensus views on the pandemic. The statement doesn't reference a specific community or incident, however, it comes from a thread from r/vaxxhappened.
Yara International is planning to sail an autonomous cargo ship by 2021. This is the first all-electric ship of any kind, but it will not be the first to venture forth. The company estimates the ship would replace 40,000 truck trips per year. The ship would also help alleviate traffic congestion and keep humans out of danger.