Clubhouse finally launches its Android app
Clubhouse has launched its Android app on Play Store for users in the U.S. and will gradually make the new app available in other English-speaking countries and then the rest of the world. The social network is valued at about $4 billion in its most recent fundraise, launching as an iPhone only app last year.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is literally launching a Dogecoin-funded satellite to the Moon
SpaceX is now accepting Dogecoin, and it’ll be paid exclusively in the cryptocurrency to launch an upcoming satellite named DOGE-1 to the Moon, a cubesat meant to acquire “lunar-spatial intelligence” using onboard cameras and sensors.
China could soon have stronger privacy laws than the U.S.
China's new privacy law will arm Chinese internet users with offensive and defensive tools to protect them from excessive data collection by tech companies and the misuse of data by the government. The new law is similar to the EU's General data Protection Regulation and will give people the power to know how their data is being used and consent to it.
Google will soon switch on two-factor authentication by default
Google is going to enroll people in two-factor authentication by default, starting to start enrolling customers in the process if their accounts are “appropriately configured” once enabled, they will receive a prompt on their smartphone to verify that an attempted login with their Google account is legitimate.
Billboard Teams Up With Twitter to Create Chart for Most-Tweeted Songs
Billboard is publishing a ranking of the most popular songs in the U.S. based on Twitter conversations, updating the chart everyday and writing stories and video around the data. The chart is called the Billboard Hot Trending Powered by Twitter, and advertisers can pay to sponsor the chart.
BMW CEO Sees Semiconductor Investment Wave Easing Supply Crunch
BMW AG expects the global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved as companies and governments zero-in on the issue, forcing carmakers to curtail production just as demand picks up in major economies that are easing pandemic restrictions. The European Commission plans to double the bloc’s chip production to at least 20% of world supply by 2030.
Grocery stores in Poland will trial an AI pricing system for reducing food waste
In the US alone, 30 to 40 percent of food ends up in landfills, with food waste being one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions, a startup called Wasteless thinks machine learning can play a part in addressing the issue. The company has developed an AI-powered system for automatically reducing the price of perishable food items.
Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone
Facebook is launching Neighborhoods, a new section of its app designed to connect neighbors and curate neighborhood-level news. The new feature is available now in Canada and will be rolling out soon for U.S. users to test. Facebook users can create a separate subprofile and can populate it with interests and a custom bio.
Clubhouse is funding 50 pilot audio shows from creators
Clubhouse is funding the creation of 50 audio shows made by creators on its platform. Participants will each get a $5,000-per-month stipend for three months, plus gear and creative support, to help them create the series. The goal is to develop and pilot each show over the next three months.
Bill and Melinda Gates to Divorce After 27 Years of Marriage
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates will continue to work together at the massive philanthropic foundation they built to improve global health, combat climate change, and bolster U.S. education. The pair's wealth could prove more complex to carve up than Jeff Bezos' Amazon.com Inc. stock, which was largely concentrated in Amazon stock.
GM’s installing software on Chevy Bolts to help prevent battery fires
General Motors has revealed its plan to fix the issue at the center of last year’s Chevy Bolt recall, which affected customers have to bring their Bolts to a dealer so the battery packs can be inspected, and GM says some of the modules that make up the pack may be replaced if any “anomalies” are found.
Amazon’s Thursday Night Football deal will start early
Amazon will be streaming NFL games sooner than expected, starting with the 2022 season. The NFL's previous announcement set the start of Amazon’s exclusivity in 2023, but now Amazon will get its exclusive rights even sooner and for even longer thanks to a new 11-year contract matching CBS, NBC, and Fox.
Apollo’s $5 Billion Bet on Yahoo Aims to Go Beyond Advertising
Apollo Global Management Inc.’s $5 billion deal for Verizon Communications Inc. will create a new entity dubbed Yahoo, getting AOL, TechCrunch, Ryot, Built By Girls and Flurry along with Verizon's 10% stake in the venture, hoping to take these primarily advertising-driven media brands and augment them with new products like subscription services and sports betting.
Businesses are looking to capture the next generation of customers through virtual reality headsets, taking off in industries spanning food and beverage, retail, and music. Zepeto has seen increased demand from corporate partners this year, with around 100 companies currently using the platform to promote their brands to its 200 million-strong user base.
‘Deepfake’ that supposedly fooled European politicians was just a look-alike, say pranksters
A string of European politicians have been tricked by a sophisticated Russian plot, with Parliamentarians from the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia having all arranged video calls with a hoaxer claiming to be Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny.
Apple’s App Store Had 78% Margin in 2019, Epic Expert Says
Apple Inc.’s App Store had operating margins of almost 78% in fiscal year 2019, according to testimony from an Epic Games Inc. expert witness based on documents obtained from the iPhone maker. The figure comes from Ned Barnes, a financial and economics researcher, who said he obtained documents “prepared by Apple’” and produced from the files of Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Samsung's Galaxy Book Odyssey is the first laptop with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
Samsung's new Galaxy Book Pro laptops will be available in select markets in August. The Galaxy Book Odyssey has a 15.6-inch Full HD screen and weighs just over four pounds (1.85 kg) and comes with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q or 3050 Ti Max- Q.
Apple AirTags: Why they’re an easy sell for iPhone users who lose their keys
Apple's AirTags will be available to buy starting May 30. They are available to purchase for $29 for a single AirTag, and $99 for a four pack. They offer a unique set of benefits like the Find My network to help you locate your lost items.
Spotify CEO says live audio content is the next ‘Stories’
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said that live audio experiences will be adopted by every major platform just like Stories, which is expected to be used to power a range of new live audio conversations centered around sports, culture and music. The interest in live audio emerged in the middle of a pandemic that trapped people at home and shut down traditional networking and large events, but that doesn't mean there's no future for the format.
A fired Amazon worker is trying to unionize four NYC-area facilities
Amazon workers at four different facilities near Staten Island have begun the process of unionizing with the Amazon Labor Union, led by Christian Smalls, a former warehouse worker who was fired in March after organizing a walkout to protest unsafe working conditions during the pandemic. The company has responded by posting anti-union messages on TV screens at JFK8, the fulfillment center where Smalls used to work.
Microsoft’s Brad Smith Renews Attack on Google Over Web Content
Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith said Google has hurt the concept of the open web and impaired content creators’ ability to make money, continuing an attack the software maker began earlier this year over whether internet companies need to pay news organizations for content they re-share. The debate began over Microsoft’s backing of a law in Australia to force Alphabet Inc. to pay publishers for the value their stories generate on digital platforms.
Facebook’s Sales, Users Jump as Pandemic Habits Persist
Facebook reported 2.85 billion monthly active users, a rise of 10 percent, and shares jumped more than 6 percent in late trading. The company has seen a surge in use of its platforms for at-home entertainment and keeping up with loved ones while people have been stuck in lockdown.
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Google sales top estimates on ad surge; Alphabet plans $50 billion buyback
Google parent Alphabet Inc beat quarterly revenue estimates and announced a $50 billion share buyback as the recovering economy and surging use of online services combined to accelerate its advertising and cloud businesses. The results are the first sign that Google services may hold on to gains in usage brought on by lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions.
Tesla wants to make every home a distributed power plant
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to turn every home into a distributed power plant that would generate, store and even deliver energy back into the electricity grid all using the company’s products, a new company policy to only sell solar coupled with the energy storage products, and a strategy that aims to scale these businesses by appealing to utilities.
Instagram is working on creator shops and a 'branded content marketplace' for influencers
Instagram is going all-in on creators, working on a suite of new tools to help influencers make money off its platform, including creator shops, affiliate commerce and a “branded content marketplace” Mark Zuckerberg announced the upcoming features during a live stream with Instagram chief Adam Mosseri.
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Twitter is adding a COVID-19 vaccine fact box box to users’ timelines
Twitter is adding a new prompt to users' timelines to help promote the COVID-19 vaccination effort, providing users around the world with the “latest vaccine info” in their particular country, prompting users to “make sure you have the most up-to-date information on the coronavirus vaccinations”
How to change Siri’s voice in iOS 14.5
Apple's new iOS 14.5 will allow users to choose a new voice for Siri. The new voice options include a soft-spoken male-sounding voice and an energetic, confident female-sounding female- sounding voice. The US version of Siri has four voice choices, while Australian, British, Indian, Irish and South African versions only have two.
Alibaba-Backed Trendyol Seeks Over $1 Billion to Fund Growth
Trendyol is seeking to raise more than $1 billion in a private placement, aimed at investors in the U.K. and the US as the company looks to expand its international footprint. The proceeds will be used to fund growth and diversify the firm’s shareholder base ahead of an initial public offering.
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For coronavirus long-haulers, loss of taste and smell is one of the persisting symptoms. The book, "Taste & Flavour," features 18 recipes with stunning food photography and is being offered for free as a digital download. The recipes are designed specifically for people experiencing an altered sense of Taste and smell due to COVID-19.
Bitcoin tumbles below $50,000, other cryptos sink over Biden tax plans
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies posted sharp losses on Friday, onconcern that U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investments in digital assets, including a plan to nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning more than $1 million.
Clubhouse is partnering with the NFL for draft week programming
Clubhouse is partnering with the National Football League for exclusive programming during the NFL draft. The NFL will host a series of draft-themed rooms on Clubhouse beginning Monday and throughout the week, including player assessments, a mock draft for fans, and a conversation with alumni from the University of Alabama.
Snapchat now has more Android users than iOS
Snapchat continues to grow, thanks to an improved Android app and interest in its Spotlight feature, adding 15 million new users during the first quarter of 2021, bringing the app’s average daily users to 280 million. This quarter marks the first time Snapchat has had more users on Android than on iOS.
Tesla’s Autopilot is ‘easily’ tricked into working without anyone in the driver’s seat
Consumer Reports said it was able to trick Tesla's Autopilot system to operate without anyone in the driver's seat. The test came amid questions about the safety of the company’s advanced driver assist system in the aftermath of a fatal crash in Texas in which authorities said there was no one behind the steering wheel.
Can Apple get you to pay for podcasts?
Apple has the chance to popularize paid subscriptions by making it easy to listen and subscribe in one place, and it could influence the industry to shift away from its dependence on advertising at the same time. The company now has over 4,000 monthly subscribers who pay anywhere from $5 to $100 per month, employing a full-time listener-turned-employee, and fully focus their time on the show.
Intel Data Center Sales Slump Stokes Concern About Market Share
Intel Corp. reported a drop in data center revenue and a steep decline in gross profit margin, a sign it’s losing market share to rivals and customers who are designing their own components, performing better on continued demand for laptops that run Intel processors, generating first-quarter sales that fell 20% from a year earlier and missed Wall Street estimates.
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Google Meet gets a refreshed UI, multipinning, autozoom and more
Google announced a major update to Meet, its video-meeting service, which brings several user interface tweaks for desktop users, including multipinning so that you can highlight multiple feeds instead of just one, as well as new AI-driven video capabilities for light adjustments, autozoom and a new Data Saver feature that limits data usage on slower mobile networks.
NASA's Perseverance rover turns a tiny bit of Mars air into breathable oxygen
Perseverance successfully pulled carbon dioxide from the planet's atmosphere and converted it into oxygen, while the ultimate goal is to look for signs of ancient life on Mars, that hasn't stopped the rover from doing other scientific work. The experiment's success paves the way for future missions, particularly those involving human astronauts as both people and the rockets that will carry them to and from the Red Planet need oxygen to operate.
Disney to Get Online, TV Access to Sony Films After Netflix
Walt Disney Co. reached an agreement to broadcast and stream films from rival studio Sony Pictures after they run on Netflix, gaining access to future installments of franchises like “Spider-Man” Sony Corp. movies, including those featuring Marvel characters, will be available on Disney outlets, as well as Disney TV networks.
Apple’s iPad Pro is making its own laptops obsolete
Apple has positioned the iPad Pro as a computer replacement since its 2015 launch when CEO Tim Cook said the iPads would make notebooks or desktops unnecessary for “many, many people” but the problem for Apple is they’re replacing its own MacBook Air. The new iPads are packed with M1 chips, a replacement for the Intel and AMD processors it has used in Mac products for years.
