Microsoft Corp showed Windows 11, its first major operating system revamp since 2015 with new changes that take direct aim at Apple's lucrative App Store business model, including a new Windows Store that will let software developers use their own in-app payment systems and pay no commissions to Microsoft.
Apple is adapting Nathan Pyle’s Strange Planet webcomic and series of best-selling graphic novels into an animated TV+ series, following a group of blue aliens who describe the activities they’re doing in unusual ways.
Google is opening up applications to a new program for developers of media apps that lets them keep more of what they earn, paying a lower 15 percent commission to Google in exchange for supporting certain platforms and features. The Play Media Experience Program is another way to get around the company's 30 percent service fee, and it's also an admission that Google had already been cutting deals with some developers behind the scenes.
Brave launched a new search engine in public global beta on Tuesday, meant to be a private and transparent alternative to Google’s offerings that doesn’t turn users into carefully surveilled targets for advertising, using its own independent index of the web to function. The engine will remain free to use, with an ad-supported version on the way and a premium ad-free option coming down the line.
Pat Gelsinger has made a sizable impact on Intel in his bid to return the semiconductor giant to its former glory. He has evolved the company'sintegrated device manufacturing strategy to increase Intel's use of external foundries and launch Intel's new foundry business. He is also restructuring some of the most important organizations at the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company.
On Thursday, Microsoft will unveil the latest version of its Windows operating system, expected to be called Windows 11, which comes at a time of newfound importance for laptops and desktop computers as employees who began working remotely have snatched up PCs in the last year at an incredible clip.
The shortage of chips has been causing tech companies to be hit by the problem of having to buy an Xbox Series X or PS5, but the problem has spread far beyond the difficulty of buying an Xbox series X and PS5 as car companies are being hit the worst, and even home appliances might start to see issues with supply.
Some Wall Street watchers think the U.S. Federal Reserve's new hawkish stance on interest rate policy and bond buying is also playing a key role. Regulators in China taking a tougher stance on cryptocurrencies could partially explain the most recent rout in bitcoin prices. Bitcoin prices fell below the key $30,000 level on Tuesday, touching $29,458 at the lows.
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Apple has been generous with free trials, offering a year of Apple TV Plus for free and extending the offer multiple times. But soon, starting July 1st, 2021, people who buy new Apple devices will only be offered three months of free video streaming rather than a year, with the $4.99 per month subscription cost kicking in.
China is single-handedly undermining the crypto market as it forced widespread closures of mining operations across the country, leading to a decline in the network hashrate for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The People's Bank of China has issued new restrictions preventing banks from offering services that facilitate transactions involving cryptocurrencies.
