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Fitbit’s latest is a $149 ‘luxury’ fitness tracker
The Luxe is a new fitness tracking device that was launched by Fitbit, which was a bit late to the smartwatch trend, but was still able to ride that wave to a rebound as watches have received most of the press the company has garnered in recent years.
Union says Amazon threatened layoffs in formal objection to election results
The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union has filed a formal objection to the results of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, alleging the e-commerce company threatened to lay off workers. The employees voted against unionizing in an April 9th vote, arguing that the results should be set aside because Amazon “created an atmosphere of confusion, coercion and/or fear of reprisals”
Uber, Bolt Drivers in Africa Protests Higher Costs of Operations
Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in some African countries including Nigeria and Kenya have gone on strike to demand a higher share of commissions due to increases in fuel prices and inflationary pressures amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The U.S. ride-hailing service in Nigeria already has limited trips available on the app, leading to a sharp rise in fares in Lagos.
Amazon's first Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch aboard Atlas V rockets
Amazon's plan to blanket most of the planet with internet access is one step closer to reality, securing nine Atlas V rockets from United Launch Alliance to start putting more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit. The company agreed to put half the satellites in orbit by 2026 and the entire constellation by 2029.
AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot
A digital version of Albert Einstein has been created using AI voice cloning technology to create a digital version with a synthesized voice. The startup behind the "uncanny valley" audio deepfake of Einstein is Alforithmic, which is the work of another synthesized media company, UneeQ, who is hosting the interactive chatbot version on its website.
Roblox Struggles With Sexual Content. It Hopes a Ratings System Will Address the Problem.
Roblox's growth has drawn attention to what's happening at the fringes and what responsibility the company has to protect its young audience, but this platform of 32.6 million daily users has some dark corners, such as players’ blocky avatars simulate sex, engage in raunchy talk and “date” other avatars.
Facebook to Soon Announce Social Audio Products, Recode Says
Facebook Inc. will announce on Monday a suite of new audio products, including its own take on Clubhouse, as well as a push into podcasts aided by Spotify Technology S.A. The plan includes an audio-only version of Messenger Rooms, the video chat feature Facebook introduced last year to compete with Zoom Video Communications Inc.
Federal investigators looking into breach at software code testing company Codecov
Federal officials are investigating a security breach at software auditing company Codecov, which apparently went undetected for months. The company's platform is used to test software code for vulnerabilities, and its 29,000 clients include Atlassian, Proctor & Gamble, GoDaddy, and the Washington Post.
Watch NASA’s mission control track the first flight on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter will attempt the first-ever powered flight on another world at 3:30am ET on Monday. The twin-blade rotorcraft will try to ascend 10 feet above ground and hover in place for 30 seconds while cameras on NASA’s Perseverance rover record the historic attempt from a distance.
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Consumer groups and child development experts petition Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ plan
A coalition of 35 consumer advocacy groups along with 64 experts in child development have co-signed a letter to Facebook asking the company to reconsider its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, arguing that social media is linked with several risk factors for younger children and adolescents, related to both their physical health and overall well-being.
TikTok has become a powerhouse driving cultural trends and viral phenomenons among US teens, influencing teens' preferences when it comes to buying products, particularly in beauty and skincare. The brand is currently ranked as teens' No. 1 favorite skincore brand, CeraVe skyrocketed to the top in 2020 after being ranked at just No. 10 in 2019.
With flagship electric car, Mercedes takes fight to Tesla
Daimler AG unveiled the electric “sibling” of its flagship Mercedes-Benz S-Class luxury sedan, taking the fight to market-leader Tesla Inc. in the battle for market share as electric car sales take off. The EQS is the first in a family of Mercedes- Benz cars built on a dedicated electric vehicle platform built from the ground up.
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Amazon announces new Echo Buds with more powerful ANC and better comfort
Amazon is introducing its second-generation pair of Echo Buds with a more comfortable design, enhanced active noise cancellation, and priced at $119.99 for the earbuds and a USB-C charging case. The company claims that the second-gen earbuds “cancel twice as much noise” as before.
Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system
Ford will debut its new hands-free driving feature on the 2021 F-150 pickup truck and certain 2021 Mustang Mach-E models through a software update later this year, using cameras, radar sensors and software to provide a combination of adaptive cruise control, lane centering and speed-sign recognition.
Coinbase’s IPO Lived Up to the Hype. Here’s How It Did.
Shares of the cryptocurrency exchange rose nearly 32% on Wednesday, valuing Coinbase at nearly $86 billion, with both companies trading on the Nasdaq. The company's stock opened at $381, peaked at $429.54, and closed at $328.28, up 78.28.
Coinbase gets reference price of $250 per share from Nasdaq ahead of Wednesday’s direct listing
Nasdaq gave Coinbase a reference price of $250 a share ahead of its planned direct listing, which would value the cryptocurrency exchange at about $65.3 billion on a fully diluted basis. The company’s value has soared in the past year alongside bitcoin and ethereum, the primary currencies traded on the site.
Tech workers at The New York Times have formed a union
Tech workers at The New York Times have formed a union under the NewsGuild of New York, representing more than 650 workers from the digital side of the company, not included in the editorial union of the newspaper, which represents more than 3,000 reporters and media professionals at the newspaper.
Apple’s next event is April 20
Apple announced its next event on April 20, which is expected to be a 12.9-inch version of the Pro, sporting a Mini LED, improved cameras and faster chips in-line with what we've seen on recent Macs. The company also announced a lot of third-party hardware sporting the tech.
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Leak hints Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE will use a 'traditional' design
Samsung is planning to release a successor to the Galaxy S20 FE, which is expected to have a'mid-size' display and three rear cameras. The Galaxy S21 FE would be similar to the S20, but would have a glass-like plastic shell.
Topps is releasing official NFT baseball cards on April 20th
Samsung is planning to release a successor to the Galaxy S20 FE, which is expected to have a'mid-size' display and three rear cameras. The Galaxy S21 FE would be similar to the S20, but would have a glass-like plastic shell.
Texas announces a multi-state antitrust suit against Google
Texas is filing a multi-state lawsuit against Google for anti-competitive conduct, exclusionary practices and deceptive misrepresentations. The suit will focus on Google's advertising technology practices. It's not clear exactly what charges Texas and other participating states are bringing against the company, but the suit has yet to surface.
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Microsoft in talks to buy Nuance Communications for around $16 billion: reports
icrosoft Corp is in advanced talks to buy Nuance Communications Inc at about $16 billion, valued at around $56 a share. The price being discussed could value Nuance at $56 per share, adding that an agreement could be announced as soon as Monday. The deal with Nuance would be Microsoft's second-biggest deal, after its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn in 2016.
The White House wants to spend $100 million to monitor the air we breathe
The White House proposed spending $100 million on a new program aimed at tracking air quality in some of the most polluted communities in the US, a tiny piece of President Joe Biden’s initial $1.5 trillion federal budget request for 2022. The program would be funded through the Environmental Protection Agency, whose budget Biden seeks to raise by more than 21 percent.
'Pac-Man 99' launches Wednesday, turns classic video game into a battle royale
Pac-Man is launching an online game on the Nintendo Switch, where you can play with 99 players in the game. The game is free to play if you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online. It costs $4 a month or $20 a year. The last Pac-man standing wins as players chomp down dots and escape ghosts.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has released a new blog post and video detailing some of its recent updates, including how it used its sensor hardware and brain implant to record a baseline of activity from a macaque as it played a game where it had to move a token to different squares using a joystick with its hand.
Rick Caruso's eponymous company is starting to accept bitcoin as a rent payment for residential and retail properties, investing a portion of its corporate treasury in bitcoin, and entering into a partnership with Gemini, the Cryptos exchange and custodian led by Tyler Winklevoss.
Personal Data from 500 million LinkedIn users has been scraped and is for sale online, meaning two-thirds of the platform's user base could be affected. The data includes account IDs, full names, email addresses, phone numbers, workplace information, genders, and links to other social media accounts.
Netflix will get exclusive streaming rights to all of Sony's upcoming movies, including the next installment in the Spider-Man franchise. The deal will cover upcoming blockbusters like Morbius and Uncharted, and future installments of Venom and Spider-man. With the deal, new Sony movies will go exclusively to Netflix following their theatrical release.
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Will.i.am’s $300 face mask is a bet we’ll be masking up for a long time to come
will.i.am has partnered with Honeywell to launch a face mask with built-in fans, Bluetooth connectivity, and audio. The Xupermask goes on sale April 8 for $299, making it a long-term investment compared to the inexpensive disposable or cloth masks on the market.
Bloomberg Foresees Bitcoin Rallying to $400K This Year
According to Bloomberg bitcoin analysts, the price could climb as high as $400,000 this year, from about $56,000 now. The prediction is based on bitcoin’s performance during the 2017 and 2013 bull runs. The latest bull run comes in the wake of the reward halving on the Bitcoin blockchain – an automatic, every-four-years, 50% reduction in the pace of new issuance of units of the cryptocurrency.
Twitch will ban users for serious offline misconduct
Twitch will start taking disciplinary actions against people for misconduct that takes place offline or entirely on other platforms, still targeting misconduct that take place both on and off of Twitch. The company says it may ban people for off-service misconduct under its expanded harassment and hateful conduct policy, adding a second category to tackle misconduct that doesn't happen on Twitch.
Lil Nas X’s ‘Twerk Hero’ is a real game where you shake a virtual butt to Montero
Lil Nas X has released a free rhythm game that has you twerking to his new song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name) The game is a free browser game and you can play it right now at this link. He also collaborated with MSCHF to release the “Satan Shoes” which were custom Nikes that supposedly have a drop of blood in them.
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Tim Cook drops hints about autonomous tech and the Apple car
Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped a few hints in an interview about the direction of the much-anticipated Apple car, including that autonomous vehicle technology will likely be a key feature, declining to answer Swisher’s question outright if Apple is planning to produce a car itself or the tech within the car.
Aussie design startup Canva’s valuation balloons to $15 billion
Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva, plans to announce that it has raised $71 million at a private valuation of $15 billion. The company finalized the deal in November, mere months after it raised $60 million at a $6 billion valuation in 2020, having raised a total of nearly $390 million to date.
Coinbase Posts Blowout Q1 Profit of $730-$800 Million, Days Before Public Listing
Coinbase announced its 2021 first quarter earnings on Tuesday, revealing that the crypto giant made a profit of between $730 million and $800 million on revenue of approximately $1.8 billion, eclipsing its performance for the entire previous year. The results are also likely to boost the buzz surrounding the company's direct listing on the Nasdaq.
Yahoo Answers will be shut down forever on May 4th
Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, the day the site will start redirecting to the Yahoo homepage, and all of the platform's archives will apparently cease to exist. The platform has been operating since 2005 and is now part of Verizon Media Group following the company’s sale to the telecom for nearly $5 billion in 2017.
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QuikNode is building a blockchain developer cloud platform to compete with AWS
Quik Node is building out a Web3 cloud platform for blockchain developers that can help them create and scale applications. The startup allows app developers to rent access to nodes that let them operate on the blockchain network of their choice, enabling them to sidestep maintaining and monitoring their own node.
Leaker says they are offering private details of 500 million Facebook users
A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users, including phone numbers and other data, virtually for free. The database appears to be the same set of Facebook-linked telephone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was first reported by tech publication Motherboard.
Non-fungible tokens have soared in popularity in 2021, with 59% of Americans surveyed saying they believe NFTs are more than a fad, and will be "the next big thing" However, a large percentage of Americans and 54% of Britons view the nascent space in a positive light, while 33% of Brits do not believe these are safe investment.
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Instagram officially launches Remix on Reels, a TikTok Duets-like feature
Instagram is launching a new feature called Remix, which offers a way to record your Reels video alongside a video from another user, similar to TikTok’s Duets feature, which also lets users react to or interact with another person’s video content while creating their own.
Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot handles truck unloading & palletizing
Using robots to unload freight on receiving docks isn't a novel idea, but many previous approaches have been stifled by high costs and the inability to handle a growing variety of packages. While robotics companies are still working on the problem, Boston Dynamics is throwing its innovative hat into the ring. Hyundai Motor acquired a majority stake in Boston Dynamics
Apple WWDC 2021 announced as online-only event
Apple announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference will take place on June 7th through June 11th this year, and that like last year it will be an online-only event. The announcement, as is typical for Apple, is opaque when it comes to details, but there might be a tantalizing hint: is the memoji character’s glasses simply showing a reflection from their laptop?
