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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 24th, 2020

May 28th, 2020 No comments
  • Samsung copies the Apple Card, announces “Samsung Money” | Ars Technica | Link
  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launch Wednesday: Launch is postponed, NASA to try again Saturday | CNBC | Link
  • New Raspberry Pi 4: 8GB RAM model out now for $75 – plus you get a new 64-bit OS | ZDNet | Link
  • Steam Cloud Play Unveiled; Supports GeForce NOW, Other Cloud Services May Be Added in the Future | Link
  • Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies – CNNPolitics | Link
  • Trump tweets threat that ‘looting’ will lead to ‘shooting.’ Twitter put a warning label on it – CNN | Link
  • European Commission and German Government agree on Lufthansa rescue package – The airline surrenders 8 aircraft and 24 slots in Frankfurt/Munich – Aviation24.be | Link
  • SpaceX successfully launched its Crew Dragon mission to orbit – The Verge | Link
  • Apple’s Cook Says ‘Painful Past Is Still Present Today’ in Memo – Bloomberg | Link
  • Apple Music Joins Music Industry’s Blackout Tuesday Awareness Campaign – MacRumors | Link
  • Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in ‘private’ mode – BBC News | Link
  • Looters find that iPhones stolen from Apple Stores are bricked – BGR | Link
  • Slack and Amazon are joining hands to take on Microsoft; here’s what it means for users – The Financial Express | Link
  • Google Currents’ launch next month marks the final days of Google+ – SlashGear | Link
  • Fire tears through Amazon distribution center in Redlands, California | Link

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 17th, 2020

May 18th, 2020 No comments
  • Huawei faces ‘big blow’ from new U.S. rules to cut off chips | Link
  • Japan Falls Into Recession, and Worse Lies Ahead – The New York Times | Link
  • Apple details how it’s reopening stores – CNN | Link
  • Alibaba’s Jack Ma quits SoftBank board after huge Vision Fund losses | Link
  • Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change | ZDNet | Link
  • Uber lays off 3,000 more staffers, shutters dozens of offices – The Washington Post | Link
  • Australian-designed artificial intelligence (AI) unmanned combat aircraft prototype unveiled by Boeing | Link
  • Disney’s Head of Streaming, Kevin Mayer, Becomes TikTok C.E.O. – The New York Times | Link
  • AWS Outposts now available in UAE and Saudi Arabia – BroadcastPro ME | Link
  • Tom Hanks WWII movie ‘Greyhound’ will premiere on Apple TV+ | Engadget | Link
  • Amid COVID-19, iFixit releases repair database for ventilators – CNET | Link
  • Facebook launches shopping feature as pandemic pushes businesses online | Technology | The Guardian | Link
  • SD Express 8.0 specs released, 4 GB/s transfer speeds now possible for SD cards – NotebookCheck.net News | Link
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends Pixel team, says “hardware is hard” | Ars Technica | Link
  • 24th Annual Webby Award Winners Announced – Variety | Link
  • Apple and Google launch digital contact tracing system – ABC News | Link
  • Google Rolls Out Action Blocks and Other New Android Accessibility Features – Voicebot.ai | Link
  • Google Pixel 4a apparently won’t launch until July at the earliest – 9to5Google | Link
  • Updated: Intel buys Rivet Networks and its Killer Networking brand to beef up its Wi-Fi tech | PCWorld | Link
  • Amazon Targets Fall for Prime Day as it Tries to Return to Pre-Pandemic Operations – WSJ | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 10th, 2020

May 12th, 2020 No comments
  • It Happened: Bitcoin Just Experienced Third Halving in Its History | Link
  • Google Play Music dies this year, YT Music library imports begin today | Ars Technica | Link
  • Report: Google loses the Pixel’s chief camera engineer – 9to5Google | Link
  • Uber is discussing a takeover deal with Grubhub for roughly $6 billion: report – MarketWatch | Link
  • Senate votes to allow FBI to access your browsing history without a warrant – 9to5Mac | Link
  • Facebook, telcos to build huge subsea cable for Africa and Middle East | TechCrunch | Link
  • Apple acquires NextVR virtual-reality startup in entertainment push – Business Insider | Link
  • Kuo: New 10.8-inch iPad and 9-inch iPad mini on the way, Apple Glasses in 2022 ‘at the earliest’ – 9to5Mac | Link
  • Google Pixel 4a to undercut iPhone SE starting price with double the storage – GSMArena.com news | Link
  • Netflix is starting to restore normal streaming quality in parts of Europe – The Verge | Link
  • Facebook acquires Giphy to integrate with Instagram | VentureBeat | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – May 3rd, 2020

May 5th, 2020 No comments
  • Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly mull a movie in space – GeekWire | Link
  • Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks | Link
  • WWDC 2020 date set: Apple’s (online-only) developer conference starts June 22 – CNET | Link
  • Airbnb to lay off nearly 1,900 people, 25% of company | Link
  • The UAE is going to Mars. Here’s the plan for its Hope orbiter | Link
  • Microsoft Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3 announced | Link
  • Tesla to sue Alameda County over shelter-in-place order, CEO Elon Musk threatens to move headquarters out of California – ABC7 San Francisco | Link
  • WHO will launch a COVID-19 app for countries that don’t make their own | Engadget | Link
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