До 1 мая — только прибывающих из Турции и Танзании, после — всех.

В продаже со второй половины мая по цене от 77 990 рублей.

Компанию могли продать как минимум за $10 млрд.

Стоит от $1499, в продаже с мая.

В продаже с 30 апреля.

Также могут показать новые iPad Mini, AirTags, AirPods 3 и другие устройства.

Компания планирует развивать бизнес-направление.

Компания собралась перезапустить магазин для Windows 10 в 2021 году, пишет издание.

Он утверждает, что компания «наказывает» издания низкими результатами в поиске «из-за плохого рекламного сотрудничества».

Госдума поддержала законопроект о создании единой цифровой платформы занятости в первом чтении.

Время от времени Солонин покупает небольшие доли в разных стартапах.

Подписка «АкимовАкимов» на продукты, которые «нельзя купить в супермаркетах», стоит 8950 рублей в неделю.

Банк «назначил» рэпера директором по работе с молодёжью, а через месяц признался, что это часть рекламной кампании. Ярослав «Эльф-торговец» Андреев, основательница IKS Strategies Ирина Куликова и другие — о том, что банк сделал не так и как может исправить ситуацию.

Пока сходить туда могут только сотрудники компании.

Казалось бы, революция с Computer Vision уже была. В 2012 году выстрелили алгоритмы основанные на сверточных нейронных сетях. Года с 2014 они дошли до продакшна, а года с 2016 заполонили все. Но, в конце 2020 года прошел новый виток. На этот раз не за 4 года, а за один. поговорим о Трансформерах в ComputerVision. В статье будет обзор новинок, которые появились в последний год. Читать далее

Компания SpaceX под руководством Илона Маска продолжает развивать спутниковый интернет Starlink. Похоже, цель компании — покрыть связью всю планету — близка к достижению. Во всяком случае, к этому все идет. Но, кроме покрытия, есть и другие интересные задачи, о которых недавно рассказал Илон Маск. Так, на днях он заявил о том, что уже в этом году пользователи спутниковых терминалов Starlink смогут использовать их там, где захотят, а не только в своем доме. Можно, например, поставить тарелку на трейлер и путешествовать по разным странам. Если в регионе есть покрытие, у пользователя будет интернет. Когда и как это планируется реализовать? Читать дальше →

За неделю Роскомнадзор дважды составил административные протоколы на Департамент информационных технологий Москвы: за незаконную обработку ПД и наглое вранье надзорному органу. Во время пика прошлогоднего коронабесия, когда власти вводили пропуска, комендантский час, патрули с собаками чумными докторами и это все, я развлекал себя, измываясь над московской системой оформления электронного «пропуска на передвижение», который якобы требовался для обуздания пандемии. Гипотеза состояла в том, что вся эта система – сплошная профанация и нужна лишь для распила бюджета и построения «цифрового профиля» москвичей, а любой гражданин, располагая толикой изворотливости и информацией из открытых источни…

В последнее время было достаточно много обсуждений производительности в PHP. И даже несмотря на то, что у нас есть PHP8, JIT и куча других улучшений, многие по-прежнему продолжают жаловаться на то, что PHP "недостаточно производительный". Что PHP - это язык, подходящий только для модели запрос-ответ. Что PHP слишком медленный и его не нужно использовать для высоконагруженных систем. С одной стороны от части всё это правда. Если мы строим какую-то систему, для которой вопрос производительности критичен, то использовать классический блокирующий PHP явно не стОит. Большая часть функций и библиотек PHP созданы для работы в традиционном блокирующем окружении, что уже подразумевает собой не самую…

Рассказ о зарождении и становлении одного из популярнейших сегментов интернета — сетевых чатов. Предлагаем кому-то вспомнить, а кому-то узнать о том, что двигало прогрессом на этом пути, какие у разработчиков возникали разногласия, и как на почве всего этого проихсодило развитие различных сетей. Читать дальше →

Несколько месяцев назад я рассказывал, как мы делаем стоматологическую клинику и зарабатываем на том, что умеем в хардкорный научный подход. Пожалуй, именно хардкорный научный подход и заставил нас задуматься о том, что прятать данные от пациента и других врачей — как-то, знаете ли, попахивает цеховой системой Средневековья. Пациентам обычно не хватает следующих данных: Что именно с ними происходит: точный диагноз, то есть записи карточки. Плана лечения — в первую очередь списка вмешательств, их сроков и цен.

Всех материалов карточки: результатов всех анализов, всех рентгеновских и иных аппаратных снимков, фотографий внутриротового сканера и так далее. Протоколов лечения: что именно будет д…

Я много лет искал подходящую мне хранилку паролей и недавно наткнулся на Pass на HackerNews. Идея хранить пароли в git-репозитории может выглядеть странно, но в целом это неплохая идея, потому что: Я держу гит-репозиторий локально у себя на компе

Все пароли защищены GPG шифрованием, поэтому даже при получении SSH-доступа к моему компьютеру утечка не повлияет на безопасность Я использую -c чтобы копировать/вставлять пароли. Есть расширение для браузера, но копипейст лично мне удобнее. Проблемы синхронизации с телефоном и всеми linux-дейвайсами тоже не стоит (потому что это всего лишь git). Делюсь с вами переводом приветственной странички Pass. Управление паролями должно быть простым и следов…

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B — отличный одноплатник, который можно использовать для решения обширного спектра задач. Все бы хорошо, но у платы, в силу ее небольшого размера, ограниченное число портов и коннекторов. Потенциально плата поддерживает гораздо большее их количество, чем реализовали разработчики. Вот бы добавить HDMI, несколько USB, Ethernet! И это уже можно сделать, причем почти без усилий. Разработчик из Польши по имени Mirek предложил собственное решение — своеобразную док-станцию для «малинки», которая превращает ее в полноценный Linux-ПК. На этой плате есть несколько выходов для дисплеев, USB-порты, разъем для подключения PCIe NVMe и кое-что еще. Читать дальше →

Как же разработать свою сикросхему. Задался я этим вопросом, когда я захотел создать собственный процессор. Пошёл я гуглить и ничего годного не нашёл. Ответы в основном два։ "Ты не сделаешь свой процессор, потому что слишком сложно" и "Забей и собери компьютер из комлектующих".Очевидно что это меня не устаивает, поэтому я решил изучить вопрос серьезнее. Оказалось можно сделать свой процессор описав его с помощью Verilog и FPGA. Купил плату в китае, 3 года спокойным теспами написал свой процессор, оттестировал, скомпилировал и залил на FPGA. Но мне этого не достаточно. Читать далее

Многие знают правила этой головоломки (Skyscrapers):"Перед вами вид сверху на городской квартал. В каждой клетке стоит "небоскреб" высотой, равной числу в этой клетке. Числа с боков сетки означают количество "небоскребов", видимых из соответствующей строки или столбца, если смотреть от этого числа.Задача: заполнить сетку числами так, чтобы в каждой строке и в каждом столбце каждое число использовалось лишь единожды."Понятно, что алгоритмом полного перебора можно решить что угодно, но - за экспоненциальное время. Поэтому мы попробуем написать такой SQL-запрос, который решит нам такую головоломку за приемлемое время.Зачем же делать это на SQL? Потому что можем! А заодно потому что это позволи…

В первой части исследования мы оценивали эффективность включения GPU-ускорения для RemoteFX в однопользовательском режиме. Это второй этап, в котором займёмся проверкой и оценкой производительности для нескольких одновременных терминальных сеансов, чтобы понять границы масштабируемости облачного сервера с выделенной видеокартой. Читать далее

Автор материала, перевод которого мы публикуем сегодня, делится советами, которые помогают делать чище код React-компонентов и создавать проекты, которые масштабируются лучше, чем прежде. Читать дальше →

Уже долгое время я хотел обновить свой веб-сайт, но я не дизайнер, поэтому знал, что мои попытки усовершенствования уже имеющегося выльются в сумбурную мешанину. Я искал новую должность React-разработчика и сильно хотел отточить свои навыки, поэтому подумал, что лучше всего будет создать новый сайт на React. Что касается дизайна… то почему бы не отдать дань уважения одной из самых значимых операционных систем моей юности: Windows 9x. И почему бы ради забавы не сделать его таким, чтобы он умещался на дискете? Читать дальше →

Прим. перев.: эту статью написал автор Open Source-утилиты HTTP Toolkit, предназначенной для исследования и модификации HTTP(S)-трафика для нужд отладки и тестирования. В материале собраны примечательные особенности стандарта HTTP, которые долгие годы живут вместе с нами, однако не каждый догадывается об их существовании.Протокол HTTP имеет огромное значение для всей современной разработки — от фронтенда до бэкенда и мобильных систем. Но, как и у любого другого широко распространенного зрелого стандарта, у него в шкафу запрятано несколько любопытных скелетов.Часть из этих скелетов — малоизвестные, но вполне полезные функции, другие — странности, унаследованные от прошлых реализаций (на них …

Если вы когда-нибудь использовали Puppeteer, то наверняка сталкивались с неудобной отладкой скриптов на удалённых нодах headless Chrome. Часто так не хватает консоли, а лучше полноценной панели инструментов для изучения запросов и логов… хотя постойте. Puppeteer сам по себе построен поверх Chrome DevTools Protocol, значит, наверняка есть куча решений для проброса данных в локальные DevTools? А вот и нет. Есть только два более-менее рабочих инструмента: отладчик для browserless.io и pptrconsole. Второй по функционалу и стабильности уже далеко впереди, поэтому поговорим про него. Читать дальше →

Ни один ивент Apple не обходится без новых аксессуаров.

Правда, новые расцветки чехлов в сети появились за неделю до анонса и никакой интриги не случилось.

ЧехлыСиликоновый чехол для iPhone стал доступен в фисташковом, светло-абрикосовом, цвете «Капри» и «Аметист».

Цена в России не изменилась — 4990 рублей для любого iPhone:Кожаный чехол за 5990 рублей пополнился тёмно-фиолетовой версией:Кожаный чехол-бумажник MagSafe также в новой расцветке — «Аризона».

Всего 5990 рублей:РемешкиМонобраслеты для Apple Watch стали доступны в фиолетово-синем, фисташковом и светло-абрикосовом цветах.

iPhone 12Новый iPhone 12 в пурпурном цвете будет стоить аналогично другим моделям этой серии:iPhone 12 mini iPhone 12 64 ГБ 69 990 рублей 79 990 рублей 128 ГБ 74 990 рублей 84 990 рублей 256 ГБ 84 990 рублей 94 990 рублейПредзаказ откроется 23 апреля.

Apple TV 4KНовая приставка в России будет продаваться в двух версиях:32 ГБ: 16 990 рублей;64 ГБ: 18 990 рублей.

Разница между ними небольшая:«Простая» версия будет поставляться в четырёх цветах: синем, зелёном, розовом и серебристом.

У «продвинутой» будет семь цветов;«Простая» версия получит M1 с 7-ядерным графическим процессором, у «продвинутой» их будет восемь;У «продвинутой» версии будет два порта Thunderbolt, совмещённых с USB 4, а также д…

И вот на презентации Apple Event их наконец-то представили.

Метки — это хорошо, но что там с аксессуарами?

Кожаные брелоки с кольцом-карабином будут доступны в тёмно-синем, коричневом и красном цветах за 3990 рублей.

Предполагается, что вы будете носить метку на ключах:Кожаный брелок-подвеска будет доступен в коричневом и красном цветах.

Цена — 4490 рублей:Брелок-подвеска из силикона в оранжевом, жёлтом, тёмно-синем и белом цветах стоит 3290 рублей.

Новый iPad Pro получил новую систему-на-чипе.

Она стоит в новых MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13, Mac mini, а также в новом 24-дюймовом iMac.

Новый iPad Pro получил поддержку DualSence и нового геймпада Xbox.

Новый дисплей 12,9-дюймовой модели получил схожую с Pro Display XDR картинку.

Вот Apple Pencil и новая клавиатура Magic Keyboard, наконец-то получившая нормальный цвет:Клавиатура обойдётся в $299 и $349 до уплаты налогов для 11 и 12,9-дюймовых версий.

Apple представила iMac в новом дизайне и новых цветах.

Изменился провод: питание вынесено (вероятно, в такой тонкий корпус его просто не смогли впихнуть), провод с тканевой оплёткой и магнитным креплением, а в самом адаптере есть Ethernet-порт.

На клавиатуре появился сканер отпечатков пальцев Touch ID, а также дополнительные клавиши управления устройством и системой.

Базовая версия за 1299 долларов получит 256 ГБ памяти, семь графических ядер, два порта Thunderbolt и клавиатуру без Touch ID.

Версия за 1499 долларов получит уже семь цветов, восемь графических ядер, четыре порта (два Thunderbolt 3), 256 ГБ памяти (8 ГБ ОЗУ) и классную клавиатуру с Touch ID.

Компания Apple представила новое поколение своей телевизионной приставки Apple TV.

Это особенно актуально для владельцев iPhone 12 Pro, который снимает видео в Dolby Vision.

Новая приставка в паре с вашим айфоном сможет настроить цвета наилучшим образом на вашем телевизоре, делая их естественными.

Новый пульт Apple TV Remote выглядит очень круто:Сенсорная панель превратилась в кольцо, напоминающее Click Wheel со стареньких айподов: по нему можно скользить пальцем, выбирая нужные позиции в меню.

Версия на 32 ГБ будет стоить $179, а версия на 64 ГБ обойдётся покупателям из США в $199 до уплаты налогов штата.

Компания Apple наконец-то представила метки для поиска вещей AirTag.

Набор из четырёх AirTag обойдётся в 99 долларов.

Появятся ли AirTag в России — вопрос.

При поиске утерянных вещей на iPhone появится красивая анимация с направляющими стрелками, и всё это будет дополнено звуками и вибрацией.

UPD: в России метки появятся, но датчик U1 для точного поиска будет недоступен из-за ограничений в законодательстве (необходимые частоты заняты военными, увы).

Компания Apple на презентации 20 апреля представила iPhone 12 в новом цвете.

И это пурпурный:Цена не изменится, смартфон будет доступен в ближайшую пятницу.

Страны, где он появится в первую очередь, пока не названы.

Выбирать топовый смартфон на Android сложно: телефоны похожи друг на друга и внешне, и по части характеристик разброс невелик.

Сегодня тестируем vivo X60 Pro с продвинутой системой стабилизации и другими атрибутами топового смартфона.

Мы делали сравнение с iPhone 12 Pro Max, можете посмотреть в ролике:Яркий и тонкийФлагманские смартфоны всегда получаются красивыми, не стал исключением и vivo X60 Pro.

В общем, когда vivo X60 Pro постоянно используешь и не выпускаешь из рук, в сумме получается порядка 4,5-5 часов активного экрана.

ЗаключениеНовый vivo X60 Pro во многом напоминает X50 Pro, хотя нельзя не отметить доработки по части камеры и улучшенную начинку.

В социальной сети Facebook появится много новых функций, связанных с аудио.

Что появится в Facebook уже этим летом?

Сначала функция появится в группах, а позже — в мессенджере.

В аудиокомнатах можно будет задонатить ведущим, а в будущем добавят возможность взимать плату за доступ к комнате.

Никаких точных сроков запуска новых функций Facebook не называет.

Обзоры всех трёх пар вы можете прочитать на нашем сайте:Обзоры Обзор Huawei Freebuds 3i: лучшие TWS для Android?

Обзоры Обзор Huawei FreeBuds Pro: TWS-наушники, которых достаточноОбзоры Обзор Huawei FreeBuds Studio: музыкальный ренессансИ вот компания заходит на второй круг с новым поколением самых простых FreeBuds.

Всё будет так же просто, как и с FreeBuds Pro:Активный шумодавУ FreeBuds Pro вы можете выбрать степень шумоподавления.

ИтогС FreeBuds 4i компании даже и не нужно доказывать, что в музыкальном секторе она надолго — предыдущие продукты Huawei получились очень удачными.

Ценители такого воздушного звука Huawei FreeBuds 4i точно найдутся, поскольку в череде музыкальных инструментов е…

Статьи Что Apple покажет 20 апреля?

Старт в 18:00 по московскому времени:Трансляцию можно смотреть на нашем сайте.

Вот ссылки на скачивание:Наше приложение есть и на Apple TV.

Если хотите смотреть трансляцию на сайте Apple, переходите по ссылке.

Так что если хотите смотреть оригинал с субтитрами — велком ту официальный сайт Apple!

Виниловый проигрыватель в бардачке не появился, да и изменений в целом не так много.

ДизайнНайти отличия от ES, выпускаемой до сегодняшнего дня, не так уж и просто.

А вот что не изменилось, так это корма:В салоне также изменения в деталях.

ЖелезоМоторы остались прежними: ничего не добавили и не убрали.

Обновлённый Lexus ES поступит в продажу в европейских странах до конца этого года.

В Fitbit заявляют, что Luxe — это самый тонкий трекер с сенсорным экраном, что делает его невероятно комфортным как для повседневного использования, так и для отслеживания сна.

Будет и эксклюзивная версия Fitbit Luxe Gorjana за 200 долларов — в продаже летом.

Fitbit Luxe оснащён пульсоксиметром (заработает чуть позже после старта продаж) и датчиком частоты сердечных сокращений.

Модуля GPS нет, как и Fitbit Pay и элементов управления Spotify.

Fitbit Luxe доступен для предзаказа за 150 долларов (примерно 11,5 тысячи рублей).

Это полноприводный автомобиль с двумя электромоторами, суммарная мощность которых достигает 292 л. с. Автомобиль получил батарею ёмкостью 80 кВт·ч.

В будущем представят и другие версии, включая с приводом на одну ось и батареей ёмкостью 66,5 кВт·ч, а также AMG-версию.

Автомобиль поступит в продажу в Китае и в Европе уже в этом году.

Как и в случае с EQB, здесь три ряда сидений.

Суммарно они развивают эквивалент 476 л. с. и крутящий момент 800 Н·м.

Apple на презентации из штаб-квартиры в Купертино представила свои новые продукты: фиолетовый iPhone, новый iMac, Apple TV 4K, iPad PRo на процессоре M1 и AirTag – брелоки для поиска утерянных вещей.

Фиолетовый iPhoneСмартфон в новом цвете будет доступен для линейки моделей iPhone 12.

Предзаказ откроется 24 апреля, в продажу смартфоны поступят 30 апреля.

В компании отметили, что в приложениях для работы с фото и видео производительность увеличилась на 50-85%.

Новая модель доступна для покупки в стандартном серебристом цвете, а также в желтом, коралловом, красном, фиолетовом, зеленом и синем.

В рамках совместного проекта Pitch Day банк «Точка» и фонд United Investors определили пять технологичных стартапов, с которыми уходит в пилотную стадию.

По результатам пилотов будет принято решение об инвестициях в проекты», – подчеркнула руководитель направления M&A банка «Точка» Анна Цукерман.

Pitch Day – новый совместный проект банка для предпринимателей «Точка» и фонда United Investors, по результатам которого жюри отбирают несколько стартапов или действующий компаний для инвестиций.

На первый Pitch Day было подано 450 заявок, финалистами стали 12 компаний, 5 из них признаны жюри в составе основателей и представителей банка самыми перспективными проектами, которые получат финансировани…

«Поможет спасти жизни людей»: в ЕС появился первый суперкомпьютер мирового классаВ словенском Мариборе запустили первый в Европейском Союзе суперкомпьютер мирового класса Vega с вычислительной мощностью 6,9 петафлопс.

Инвестиции в проект составили €17,2 млн, а сам компьютер, по словам зампреда Европейской комиссии Маргрет Вестагер, «поможет спасти жизни людей».

Компьютер, уверены в Европейской комиссии, поможет добиться новых результатов в биоинженерии, борьбе с изменением климата и медицине.

Суперкомпьютер Vega – результат совместных инвестиций союзных фондов и государств-членов ЕС в размере €17,2 млн.

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Объем продаж в денежном выражении вырос на 37%, а число проданных товаров со словом «майнинг» в названии в первом квартале 2021 года выросло в 7 раз.

Ресурс «Чек индекс», работающий с 44 млн онлайн-касс в России, проанализировал средние чеки на покупку так называемого минимального набора для майнинга в 2020 и 2021 годах.

Далее – материнские платы – на 18%, процессоры – на 13%, жесткие диски – на 8%, блоки питания – на 5%, блоки оперативной памяти – на 2%.

Видеокарт – на 74%, материнских плат – на 67%, блоков питания – на 31%, процессоров – на 8%, жестких дисков и блоков оперативной памяти – на 4%.

Интерес к перечисленным товарам вырос весной 2020 года, когда началась пандемия COVID-19, а ро…

Coca-Cola представила линейку ЗОЖ-продуктов для России.

Это пять видов шотов и два вида капель, которые, как заявляют в компании, помогут сбалансировать рацион.

Продукт разработали в компании «Мултон» – внутреннем стартапе Coca-Cola.

В компании отметили, что в работе над рецептурой участвовали кандидаты медицинских и фармацевтических наук, а напитки имеют «доказанную эффективность компонентов» и низкий гликемический индекс.

Продукт отвечает трендам современного потребления и осознанного подхода к здоровью», – отметили в пресс-службе Coca-Cola HBC Россия.

Лид-инвестором выступил фонд Fuel Ventures, также в раунде приняли участие Ричард Лонгхерст (основатель LoveHoney.com) и Игорь Рябенький (основатель и управляющий партнер AltaIR Capital), а также другие инвесторы.

Feel позиционируется, как стартап в области биологических добавок, изготавливающий клинически одобренные пищевые добавки и предлагающий потребителю продукты по подписке.

Создатели делают упор на развитие Feel в качестве эко-бренда, в товарах которого отсутствуют ингредиенты животного происхождения, а упаковка их изготовлена без применения пластика.

Также стартап делает упор на работу на рынке D2C: это позволяет избежать розничных наценок и, соответственно, привлечь потребителей.

П…

В Лондоне открылся Amazon Salon – виртуальная парикмахерская, где каждый может примерить новую прическу с помощью технологий дополненной реальности.

Через несколько недель, отметили в Amazon, салон откроется для всех желающих по предварительной регистрации.

Здесь клиенты могут с помощью AR-технологий посмотреть, как они будут выглядеть с другой прической или цветом волос.

Мы хотим, чтобы это уникальное место приблизило нас на шаг ближе к клиентам», – отметил региональный менеджер Amazon в Великобритании Джон Бумфри.

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Посевной фонд NRG Ventures, ориентированный на русскоязычных учредителей, инвестировал $300 тысяч в стартап Анатолия Корпа Bestmap – агрегатор, позволяющий оплатить пользование любым видом транспорта без перехода на сайт владельца услуги.

«Интерес к проекту объясняется его технологической уникальностью, повышенным спросом на альтернативные виды транспорта в условиях пандемии», – отметил основатель и управляющий партнер фонда NRG Ventures Роман Тян.

У Bestmap более 300 партнеров, в том числе Uber, Skip, Lime.

Стартап оперирует данными о транспортной инфраструктуре в 15 тысячах городов в 40 странах.

«В будущем Bestmap может стать одним из основных приложений для путешественников, которые откр…

По результатам заседания был анонсирован ряд изменений в программе «Старт» — программе поддержки стартапов ранней стадии развития, сообщил в Facebook заместитель генерального директора Фонда Андрей Микитась.

Прежде всего, Микитась обратил внимание на уменьшение количества этапов программы на выполнение НИОКР: финансирование НИОКР будет проходить в 2 этапа, а не в 3.

Уменьшение количества этапов увеличит финансирование оставшихся: на «Старт-1» будет выделяться грант до 3 млн рублей, на «Старт-2» – до 7 млн рублей.

Также Микитась заявил, что сроки перехода с первого этапа на второй будут сокращены за счёт постоянно действующего конкурса на «Старт-2».

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Позже банк заявил, что продолжит сотрудничество с Моргенштерном и в будущем ролике подробнее объяснит, чем конкретно занимается рэпер в офисе «Альфы».

Интеграция Моргенштерна в бренд «Альфы» имела многомиллионные охваты, так как была поддержана не только органическим выходом новостей, но и большими медийными бюджетами.

Кирилл Пыжов, сооснователь и COO PerfluenceОднозначно история со съемками клипа и наймом Моргенштерна на работу «Альфа-Банком» сорвала овации digital-тусовки.

Все отметили гениальность этого кейса и в пиаре, и в маркетинге.

Но и в этом случае избегание официальной позиции для любого крупного бренда — бег по лезвию.

Публикуем пересказ статьи колумниста New York Magazine Макса Рида, который пытался проанализировать, как меняется финансовая система и концепция денег в условиях новой экономики.

Представьте, как в последние месяцы друзья и дальние родственники атаковали их вопросами о феноменах ковидной экономики.

Очень заманчиво обвинить в мутациях финансовой системы коронавирус и рассматривать торги на Robinhood и растущие цены на NFT как протест скучающих, запертых и лишенных радостей людей.

Корреспондент CBS Скотт Пелли спросил его, какие деньги ведомство перечисляло банкам во время мирового финансового кризиса и не были ли это деньги налогоплательщиков.

В эпоху, характеризующуюся медленным ростом и ни…

Международная платформа для инвестиций и продажи марочных вин Vindome объявляет об открытии доступа к ежегодной предпродаже вин Бордо En-Primeur для инвесторов из России.

Прибыльность инвестиций на этапе до розлива бутылки более 200% в перспективе 4-5 лет, заявляется в пресс-релизе, полученном редакцией RB.RU.

En-Primeur — крупнейшая в мире предпродажа вин Бордо.

Первоначально доступ к En-Primeur имели лишь авторизованные негоцианты, импортёры вин и рестораторы.

Минимальная сумма инвестиций на En-Primeur через приложение Vindome составит €100.

Сообщество для предпринимателей и профессионалов Mesto объявило о запуске открытого акселератора для стартапов.

В Cosmodrome предпринимателей научат превращать свой продукт в успешный бизнес, находить свою нишу, собирать команду и получать инвестиции.

Акселерацию в Cosmodrome будут курировать авторитетные эксперты в разных сферах.

Весь процесс будет максимально открытым: вступить сможет любой участник Mesto, а прохождение программ и сессий будет транслироваться на всю аудиторию сообщества.

Место — это сообщество с более чем 19 000 участников, где русскоязычные единомышленники помогают друг другу совместно создавать полезные компании и продукты.

Служба внешней разведки России открыла виртуальную приёмную в даркнете, через которую предлагает присылать информацию об угрозах безопасности стране.

Приёмная была открыта ещё в декабре 2020 года, однако известно о ней стало только сейчас — на сообщение обратил внимание телеканал «Настоящее время» (признан в России иностранным агентом).

«Если вы находитесь за пределами России и располагаете важной информацией об угрозах безопасности Российской Федерации, то можете направить её нам безопасным и анонимным способом через виртуальную приёмную Службы в сети TOR», — говорится в сообщении СВР.

«При первом посещении виртуальной приёмной Вам будет присвоен уникальный идентификатор (комбинация из 5 с…

Ранее компания пыталась развивать платформу под брендом МТС ТВ, но затем было принято решение о её перезапуске под руководством дочерней компании «МТС Медиа».

Дочерняя компания ПАО «МТС» «МТС Медиа» объявила о запуске нового онлайн-кинотеатра Kion, который стал частью продуктовой экосистемы МТС, говорится в релизе компании, поступившем в RB.ru.

В «МТС Медиа» рассчитывают привлечь зрителей собственными оригинальными картинами и новым форматом контента — киносторис.

Первый проект в жанре киносторис, комедия о самоизоляции в деревне «Афера», с 20 апреля доступен на KION, вторым проектом киносторис станет комедия «Отец Сергий».

KION всегда онлайн и всегда готов рассказывать о захватывающих собы…

Однокристальная платформа Samsung Exynos 2100 в целом гораздо лучше своих предшественниц, но по производительности графического процессора и энергоэффективности она все же уступает Snapdragon 888.

Возможно, в этом и состоит причина отказа от Exynos 2100 для Galaxy Z Fold 3: как пишет источник, этот смартфон будет основан на топовой SoC Qualcomm.

Не получит Galaxy Z Fold 3 и собственную платформу Samsung с графическим процессором AMD Radeon – та просто не будет готова к моменту выпуска смартфона.

По предварительным данным, Galaxy Z Fold 3 окажется на 13 граммов легче модели нынешнего поколения.

Также он получит полноценную защиту от пыли и воды (в соответствии с рейтингом IP, вероятно, IP67)…

На данный момент звание самого доступного смартфона Samsung с поддержкой 5G закрепил за собой Galaxy A32, однако уже скоро он уступит этот «титул» модели Galaxy A22.

Особых подробностей о характеристиках ее пока нет, но один из производителей чехлов уже опубликовал изображения смартфона.

Galaxy A22 должен быть недорогим, и выглядит смартфон соответствующе.

Основная камера выглядит интересно: модуля четыре, но вспышки нет.

Судя по всему, Galaxy A22 представят в двух версиях – как с поддержкой 5G, так и без нее.

В распоряжении источника появились подробности о новом недорогом монстре автономности Samsung серии M – это будет модель Galaxy M32.

Она получит аккумулятор емкостью 6000 мА·ч – такой элемент питания c каталожным номером EB-BM325ABN уже сертифицирован DEKRA.

По предварительным данным, Galaxy M32 будет тесно унифицирован с Galaxy A32.

Также в перечне возможного оснащения Galaxy M32 – модем LTE, адаптеры Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, порт USB-C и стандартное гнездо для наушников.

Что касается цены, то она не должна сильно отличаться от цены Galaxy A32.

Кто бы мог подумать, что одним из первых устройств сегодняшней весенней презентации новинок Apple станет новый iPhone.

Правда, это все тот же iPhone 12, но в совершенно новом цвете – фиолетовом.

Само собой, в аппаратном и программном плане новый iPhone 12 ничем не отличается от других моделей – в других цветах.

Предзаказ на новинку в США можно будет оформить уже в пятницу, реальные продажи стартуют 30 апреля, вместе с беспроводными метами AirTag.

Сейчас в США в фиолетовом предложены iPhone 12 и iPhone 12 mini.

Премьеру беспроводных меток Apple AirTag ждали в сентябре прошлого года, а потом последовательно в октябре и ноябре, но Apple решила иначе, и официальный их анонс состоялся лишь сегодня.

Apple AirTag – это такой же маячок, как и представленные в январе Samsung Galaxy SmartTag и Galaxy SmartTag+.

Время работы AirTag на одном элементе питания – более года.

Внешний вид AirTag можно разнообразить различными символами и эмодзи.

Заказать AirTag в США можно будет уже в пятницу, продажи стартуют 30 апреля.

Состоялся релиз web-браузера Firefox 88.

На стадию бета-тестирования в ближайшее время будет переведена ветка Firefox 89, релиз которой намечен на 1 июня.

При запуске Firefox в окружениях Xfce и KDE активировано использование движка композитинга WebRender.

Для принудительного включения в about:config следует активировать настройку "gfx.webrender.enabled" или запустить Firefox с выставленной переменной окружения MOZ_WEBRENDER=1.

Кроме новшеств и исправления ошибок в Firefox 88 устранено 17 уязвимостей, из которых 9 помечены как опасные.

Опубликован релиз OpenSSH 8.6, открытой реализации клиента и сервера для работы по протоколам SSH 2.0 и SFTP. В новой версии устранена уязвимость в реализации директивы LogVerbose, появившейся в прошлом выпуске и позволяющей поднять уровень сбрасываемой в лог отладочной информации, в том числе реализовать возможность фильтрации по шаблонам, функциям и файлам, связанным с кодом, выполняемым со сброшенными привилегиями в процессе sshd, изолированном в sandbox-окружении.

Завершилось общее голосование относительно возможной поддержки проектом Debian петиции с требованием отставки совета директоров FSF и отстранения Столлмана.

Судя по рассчитанным автоматически предварительным итогам голосования, победил седьмой пункт бюллетеня: проект не будет делать каких-либо публичных заявлений относительно FSF и Столлмана, участники проекта вольны поддержать любую петицию по этому поводу.

Поддержать возвращение Столлмана, в соответствии с позицией озвученной в открытом письме в поддержку Столлмана.

Решительно осудить «охоту на ведьм», проводимую в отношении Ричарда Столлмана, совета директоров FSF и всей организации в целом.

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После полугода разработки состоялся релиз пользовательского окружения LXQt 0.17 (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment), развиваемого объединённой командой разработчиков проектов LXDE и Razor-qt. Интерфейс LXQt продолжает следовать идеям классической организации рабочего стола, привнося современное оформление и приёмы, увеличивающие удобство работы. LXQt позиционируется как легковесное, модульное, быстрое и удобное продолжение развития рабочих столов Razor-qt и LXDE, вобравшее лучшие черты обеих оболочек. Код размещён на GitHub и поставляется под лицензиями GPL 2.0+ и LGPL 2.1+. Появление готовых сборок ожидается для Ubuntu (LXQt по умолчанию предлагается в Lubuntu), Arch Linux, Fedora, openSU…

Добавлена поддержка процессоров Arm Cortex-A78C (cortex-a78c), Arm Cortex-R82 (cortex-r82), Arm Neoverse V1 (neoverse-v1), Arm Neoverse N2 (neoverse-n2) и Fujitsu A64FX (a64fx).

Для архитектуры AArch64 добавлены новые флаги компилятора "-moutline-atomics" и "-mno-outline-atomics", предназначенные для включения и отключения вспомогательных функций с реализацией атомарных операций, таких как "__aarch64_cas8_relax".

Основные новшества LLVM 12.0: Прекращена поддержка написанного на языке Python сборочного инструментария llvm-build, вместо которого проект полностью перешёл на использование сборочной системы CMake.

В ассемблер добавлена поддержка префиксов {disp32} и {disp8} и суффиксов .d32 и .d…

Проект Openwall опубликовал выпуск модуля ядра LKRG 0.9.0 (Linux Kernel Runtime Guard), предназначенного для выявления и блокирования атак и нарушений целостности структур ядра. Например, модуль может защитить от несанкционированного внесения изменений в работающее ядро и попыток изменения полномочий пользовательских процессов (определение применения эксплоитов). Модуль подходит как для организации защиты от эксплоитов уже известных уязвимостей ядра Linux (например, в ситуациях когда в системе проблематично обновить ядро), так и для противостояния эксплоитам для ещё неизвестных уязвимостей. Код проекта распространяется под лицензией GPLv2.

> The GNU Project commits to providing a harassment-free experience for all contributors Каковым козырем и бьются все четыре свободы.

Компания Google представила релиз web-браузера Chrome 90.

Основные изменения в Chrome 90: Для всех пользователей включено открытие сайтов по умолчанию через HTTPS при наборе имён хостов в адресной строке.

Отдельно можно отметить, что вчера после формирования корректирующего выпуска 89.0.4389.128, но до выхода Chrome 90, был опубликован ещё один эксплоит, в котором использовалась новая 0-day уязвимость, не исправленная в Chrome 89.0.4389.128.

Пока не ясно, устранена ли данная проблема в Chrome 90.

Как и в первом случае эксплоит охватывает лишь одну уявзимость и не содержит кода для обхода sandbox-изоляции (при запуске chrome с флагом "--no-sandbox" эксплоит при открытии web-страницы на платф…

Кис Кук (Kees Cook), бывший главный сисадмин kernel.org и лидер Ubuntu Security Team, ныне работающий в компании Google над обеспечением защиты Android и ChromeOS, опубликовал набор патчей с реализацией рандомизации смещений в стэке ядра при обработке системных вызовов. Патчи повышают безопасность ядра путём изменения размещения стека, что делает атаки на стек значительно более сложным и менее успешным занятием. Начальная реализация поддерживает процессоры ARM64 и x86/x86_64.

Линус Торвальдс провёл рецензирование патчей c реализацией возможности создания драйверов на языке Rust для ядра Linux, и высказал некоторые критические замечания.

Компания System76, специализирующаяся на производстве ноутбуков, ПК и серверов, поставляемых с Linux, представила новое пользовательское окружение COSMIC (Computer Operating System Main Interface Components), которое придёт на смену модифицированному рабочему столу GNOME, поставляемому в дистрибутиве Pop!_OS. Поставка нового пользовательского окружения начнётся в выпуске Pop!_OS 21.04, намеченном на июнь. Код COSMIC развивается под лицензией GPLv3.

Спустя два с половиной года после формирования ветки 12.x представлен релиз FreeBSD 13.0, который подготовлен для архитектур amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64 и riscv64.

Добавлена реализация TLS (kTLS), работающая на уровне ядра FreeBSD, которая позволяет добиться существенного увеличения производительности шифрования для TCP-сокетов.

В драйверы VirtIO добавлена поддержка спецификации VirtIO V1, что улучшило совместимость гостевых систем с FreeBSD с различными эмуляторами и гипервизорами.

Добавлена возможность сборки базовой системы FreeBSD в окружениях на основе других операционных систем.

Порт для архитектуры powerpc64 переведён на использован…

Исследовательские группы Forescout Research Labs и JSOF Research опубликовали результаты совместного исследования безопасности различных реализаций схемы сжатия, применяемой для упаковки повторяющихся имён в сообщениях DNS, mDNS, DHCP и IPv6 RA (упаковка дублирующихся частей доменов в сообщениях, включающих несколько имён). В ходе проведённой работы было выявлено 9 уязвимостей, которые обобщены под кодовым именем NAME:WRECK.

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That may be set to change as astronomers turn to quantum physicists for help to start connecting optical telescopes that are tens, even hundreds, of kilometers away from one another.

For example, the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) is an array of six one-meter optical telescopes operating at Mount Wilson Observatory in California, and it boasts a maximum baseline of 330 meters.

The quantum states of the photons collected by each telescope—meaning the amplitude and phase of light as a function of time—are stored in quantum hard drives.

Astronomers would physically transport these QHDs—by road, rail or air—to one location, where the quantum states would be read out and ma…

A video circulating on Tuesday showed a researcher demonstrating a tool named Facebook Email Search v1.0, which he said could link Facebook accounts to as many as 5 million email addresses per day.

A Facebook representative didn't respond to a question asking if the company told the researcher it didn't consider the vulnerability important enough to warrant a fix.

The researcher, whom Ars agreed not to identify, said that Facebook Email Search exploited a front-end vulnerability that he reported to Facebook recently but that "they [Facebook] do not consider to be important enough to be patched."

On TwitterFacebook has been under fire not just for providing the means for these massive collec…

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IntroductionWelcome to the world of Git.

the index — Unlike other, similar tools you may have used, Git does not commit changes directly from the working tree into the repository.

working tree — A working tree is any directory on your filesystem which has a repository associated with it (typically indicated by the presence of a sub-directory within it named .git .).

If you checkout a specific commit, HEAD refers to that commit only.

Here’s a simple diagram that shows a typical project’s life-cycle:With this basic picture in mind, the following sections shall attempt to describe how each of these different entities is important to the operation of Git.

Google wants to kill third-party tracking cookies used for ads in Chrome with the "Chrome Privacy Sandbox."

Google's replacement plan is to have Chrome locally build an ad interest profile for you, via a system called "FLoC" (Federated Learning of Cohorts).

One of the first to come out against Google's plan was the EFF, which in March wrote a blog post called, "Google's FLoC is a Terrible Idea."

The EFF seems to be against user tracking for ads entirely, saying Google's framing of the issue "is based on a false premise that we have to choose between "old tracking" and "new tracking."

FLoC is currently rolling out as a trail in Chrome, and, as of March 30, is enabled for "0.5% of Chrome user…

You forgot to take off your Augmented Reality (AR) glasses.

This is reality now, you’re never offline.ÂMost of us know what Virtual Reality is.

I’m pumped about the Metaverse, virtual reality, the future of video games, and how technology will improve how we live, work, and play….

Free, but ad supportedIn this model, consumers get free AR tech but at the cost of seeing ads.

That’s the key problem with augmented reality, there's no disengagement.

Limited Warranty and ServiceYour Mac mini comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one-year limited warranty.

Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage every 12 months, each subject to a service fee of $99 for external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.

TETRIS-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris.

It's Tetris.

32-bit (x86)Fully custom bootloaderSoundblaster 16 driverCustom music track runnerFully hardcoded tetris themeDouble-buffered 60 FPS graphics at 320x200 pixels with custom 8-bit RGB paletteResources UsedRunningNOTE: This has only been tested in an emulator.

Mac OS$ make iso $ qemu-system-i386 -drive format=raw,file=boot.iso -d cpu_reset -monitor stdio -device sb16 -audiodev coreaudio,id=coreaudio,out.frequency=48000,out.channels=2,out.format=s32Use the same command as Mac OS, but try with pulseaudio as the audio device.

Real hardware

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Catch re-runs of Dr. Quinn on Hallmark Drama.

View and share other promo videos The Dr. Quinn Mega-Set released October 28, 2008.

The Dr. Quinn Slimline set released October 20, 2009.

The entire collection of Dr. Quinn on DVD is available in one mega-set leather-bound packaging or a convenient slimline pack.

In the tradition of "Little House on the Prairie," DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN is steeped in traditional family values and an understanding of the spirit and strength that built America.

Generally, more productive employees receive higher salaries and spend those salaries on goods such as housing and education.

While the market for software products is now global, the market for on-site software employees is still local.

The earning potential of (many of) the most productive employees is no longer capped by geography.

While members of the 10X Class can work from anywhere, they still have to live somewhere.

But the rise of the 10X Class will not only affect low-income people.

Last night I came across this question on Reddit:I am just starting to learn C# and i am confused about .NET framework & .NET Core Hello, I am just starting to learn c# and i am about to start with a course on Udemy by Mosh Hamedani called "C# Basics for Beginners: Learn C# Fundamentals by Coding".

I can see that he is using .NET Framework but i have read that .NET Core is newer and is the future?

I personally think Microsoft, the .NET team and to some extent the wider .NET community has failed in making .NET a more beginner friendly language.

Meanwhile .NET Framework is on version 4.8 and .NET Core on version 3.1.

Needless to say that ".NET Core" also completely messes with the internet hi…

Trust and distributed technologiesWithin the context of trust and distributed technologies, therefore, the question of trust can have many dimensions.

In such an approach, the question of trust becomes more akin to more traditional forms of institutional trust.

The second controversy refers to the substantive question of how blockchain technology and trust are related: does blockchain increase trust, decrease trust, make trust obsolete, or represent a shift in the nature of trust?

Addressing these questions should be an important objective for future academic research which might foster our understanding of blockchain technology and trust as well as the role of trust in distributed systems …

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Apple announces new devices, Amazon opens a hair salon and Venmo adds cryptocurrency support. This is your Daily Crunch for April 20, 2021. The big story: Apple announces a new iPad Pro and much more Apple revealed a bunch of new products at its press event today. As expected, there’s going to be a new […]

The 19th annual Shanghai Auto Show delivered a bevy of electric and tech-centric vehicles this year. Chinese, European and U.S. automakers showed off their latest offerings in every price segment, from the budget-minded ​​Wuling Hong Guang Mini via a joint venture between SAIC Motor Corp., General Motors Co. and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. to the […]

Today’s Apple event, chock-full of the company’s products that will help decide whether the company meets, exceeds or undershoots Wall Street expectations for its future growth and performance, had little to no impact on its share price. By now this is the theme: Apple announces a slew of new products, services, software or peripherals, and […]

Smartphones will be included in the scope of a planned “security by design” U.K. law aimed at beefing up the security of consumer devices, the government said today. It made the announcement in its response to a consultation on legislative plans aimed at tackling some of the most lax security practices long-associated with the Internet […]

Netflix added 4 million net new subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, bringing its total subscriber base to 207.6 million, according to its latest earnings report. Any year-over-year comparison was inevitably going to make this latest quarter seem disappointing, since Netflix grew by an unprecedented rate (15.77 million net new subscribers) during the same […]

French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). While the company is better known for its long distance carpooling marketplace, BlaBlaCar has also added a bus marketplace with the acquisition of Ouibus and an online bus ticketing platform with the acquisition of Busfor. Existing investor VNV Global is leading the […]

A month after reports that Microsoft sought to buy the hot voice chat app Discord surfaced, those talks are off, a source familiar with the deal confirmed to TechCrunch. Discord is considering plans to stay independent, possibly charting a path to its own IPO in the not-too-distant future. The Wall Street Journal first reported news […]

After visits by unnamed masked intruders and the cancellation of its lease, Imaguru — the country’s key startup hub, event and co-working space in Minsk — has effectively been shut down by the Lukashenko regime, which has led a brutal crackdown on its own people in recent months. But the company behind the space says […]

New regulations, stricter cross-border data transfer rules and increasing calls for data sovereignty have helped the privacy startup space grow thanks to an uptick in investor support.

Now that Apple’s lost item finder AirTag has officially been introduced, competitor Tile is going on record ahead of its testimony in front of Congress tomorrow about how it perceives Apple’s latest product. The company says it will be asking Congress on Wednesday to take a closer look into Apple’s business practices, and specifically its […]

It’s Apple event day! From tweaks to the Apple Card to all new iMacs and iPads, Apple crammed this one-hour event with news. Don’t have time to sit down and click through every last announcement? We’ve slimmed it down to just the key points for maximum skimmability. Enjoy! Apple Card Apple kicked things off with […]

Apple just announced the new iMac powered by Apple’s own M1 silicon. Among the numerous updates and upgrades is a new power brick that sports something special to Apple’s lineup: an Ethernet port. On the surface, this seems like a silly placement of a critical I/O port, but there’s a good chance this feature could […]

The big news from today’s Spring Loaded event is, as anticipated, a new version of Apple’s high-end tablet. The new iPad Pro is the first in the line to adopt the M1 chip introduced on the company’s Mac line. The device further blurs the line between the company’s tablet and desktop offerings, as well as […]

Apple has unveiled a new, colorful iMac today with an Apple-designed M1 chip. But that was just part of the story as the company used that opportunity to release new Mac accessories. In addition to a Magic Trackpad and a Magic Mouse with multiple color options, Apple is bringing Touch ID to desktop Macs with […]

About 88 percent of Americans support the pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the pause did not increase vaccine hesitancy, according to fresh data from the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus poll.

Impotent pauseThe poll also suggested that the Johnson & Johnson pause has not increased or decreased vaccine hesitancy.

Cliff Young, president of Ipsos US Public Affairs, told Axios that “People are unfazed” by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause.

Frank Luntz, a longtime GOP communications expert, held the focus group over Zoom on Sunday, involving 17 conservative participants.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause is not changing their thinking one way or the other, according to the focus gro…

Google wants to kill third-party tracking cookies used for ads in Chrome with the "Chrome Privacy Sandbox."

Google's replacement plan is to have Chrome locally build an ad interest profile for you, via a system called "FLoC" (Federated Learning of Cohorts).

One of the first to come out against Google's plan was the EFF, which in March wrote a blog post called, "Google's FLoC is a Terrible Idea."

The EFF seems to be against user tracking for ads entirely, saying Google's framing of the issue "is based on a false premise that we have to choose between "old tracking" and "new tracking."

FLoC is currently rolling out as a trail in Chrome, and, as of March 30, is enabled for "0.5% of Chrome user…

Today's Dealmaster is headlined by a nice discount on Anker's Soundcore Life Q30: the wireless noise-canceling headphones are currently down to $68 at Amazon.

That's $12 off the pair's usual going rate online and less than $5 above the lowest price we've tracked to date.

We highlighted a similar deal earlier in the year and continue to find the Soundcore Life Q30 to be an impressive value.

Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.

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Besides CVE-2021-22893, as the zeroday is tracked, multiple hacking groups—at least one that likely works on behalf of the Chinese government—are also exploiting several Pulse Secure vulnerabilities fixed in 2019 and 2020.

Under siege“Mandiant is currently tracking 12 malware families associated with the exploitation of Pulse Secure VPN devices,” researchers Dan Perez, Sarah Jones, Greg Wood, and Stephen Eckels wrote.

Inject webshells we currently track as RADIALPULSE and PULSECHECK into legitimate Internet-accessible Pulse Secure VPN appliance administrative web pages for the devices.

Pulse Secure on Tuesday published an advisory instructing users how to mitigate the currently unpatched se…

It has even spread from there to the wild mink population, and the virus has jumped back and forth between humans and farmed mink.

The researchers focused on mutations in the Spike protein, which the virus uses to latch on to human cells and infect them.

There were still some types of human cells it could infect—notably intestine and lung cells, two major sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The same virus seems to infect human cells somewhat less well.

In the end, we're probably more at risk of variants that evolve in humans, where they're exposed to the actual human immune response.

EU regulators have proposed strict curbs on the use of facial recognition in public spaces, limiting the controversial technology to a small number of public-interest scenarios, according to new draft legislation seen by the Financial Times.

The document comes as privacy advocates, politicians, and European citizens have become increasingly vocal about regulating the use of live facial recognition.

The introduction of tougher curbs on the use of facial recognition technology would likely reignite debate over whether the practice should be banned altogether, as experts warn that it is still fraught with risks.

In a landmark ruling last August, the UK Court of Appeal said that the use of faci…

Apple (Almost) everything about the new M1 iMac in a nutshell.

Apple The M1 iMac will be available in four colors and begins at $1,299.

Apple A spec-bumped iMac will be available in seven colors and begins at $1,499.

Apple The power cord on the M1 iMac connects via a new, magnetically coupled short barrel design.

Phone calls and text messages can also come directly to the iMac, and Universal Clipboard allows copying and pasting directly between iPhone and M1 iMac.

The PayPal-owned Venmo service will let users buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within the Venmo app, the company announced today.

Users will be able to buy or sell bitcoin, ether, litecoin, and bitcoin cash.

Crypto purchases can be made for as little as $1, but each purchase has a minimum fee of 50¢.

Each user is limited to $20,000 in cryptocurrency purchases each week and $50,000 during each 12-month period.

The PayPal and Venmo crypto systems use the Paxos crypto brokerage service.

It looks just like the old iPad Pro.

It looks just like the old iPad Pro.

Apple took the virtual stage at its "Spring Loaded" event today to announce an update to the iPad Pro.

Apple is making a play for content creators like photographers, YouTube production professionals, and others with the iPad Pro.

The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799, while the 12.9-inch version with the upgraded display tech starts at $1,099.

The Apple TV 4K set-top box will receive some needed upgrades, particularly to the remote.

The Apple TV 4K uses the chip for image processing—for example, to upscale and code 1080p, standard-dynamic-range content for 4K HDR displays.

That said, the Apple TV 4K also plays games, and it's here that the A12 Bionic can show marked improvement for the user experience.

Like its predecessor, the new Apple TV 4K supports 4K output, HDR, and Dolby Atmos.

Many users did not like the touch-pad like remote from the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K.

Apple Carolyn Wolfman-Estrada, engineering program manager at Apple, presents AirTags (with one visible in her right hand).

Apple Carolyn Wolfman-Estrada, engineering program manager at Apple, presents AirTags (with one visible in her right hand).

Apple Apple introduced AirTags alongside several different kinds of accessories to enhance its flair and attach-ability.

In a now-rare announcement of a completely new product category, Apple today introduced AirTags, a Tile-like personal location device.

Users can then find those devices, including those detected by any other Apple devices nearby.

A January Twitch Rivals tournament featured teams full of nothing but Rook-skinned Roze players.

Reddit / TheMazilla Some players have taken to spray-painting Roze players pre-match to ensure they're at least visible until their first death.

Recently, though, purchasable outfits in some high-profile shooters have ended up giving players a distinct in-game advantage, blurring the line between cosmetic and pay-to-win items.

"The Roze skin is ruining Warzone," popular streamer Jack "CouRage" Dunlop tweeted last month.

More recently, in January, an all-black variation of the Season 4 "Superhero" skin let players easily hide in the shadows.

We only have to go back as far as the early 2000s to see that the three-row family hauler of choice was an altogether more sensible—dare I say more utilitarian—body style.

Back then, more than a million minivans found homes in America each year; now, we're probably at a third of that.

Sliding doors offered much better access to the rear, and they were easier to open in tight spots.

The third row is a lot more useful than the Highlander's, and there's way more cargo room when that row is in use.

So I'm here to spread the word: minivans still exist, some of them are pretty efficient, and all of them are better at day-to-day life than a three-row SUV.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is fighting back against speculation that a deadly Tesla crash in the Houston area on Saturday might have occurred while Tesla's Autopilot driver-assistance software was active.

The vehicle was totaled, so it's not clear if crash data on the vehicle survived.

Musk also added that "standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on, which this street did not have."

One Tesla owner posted a video on Sunday showing that he was able to activate Autopilot on a small road with no obvious lane lines.

To be clear, none of this is conclusive evidence that Autopilot was active before the Texas crash.

Many TikTok users are currently unable to post to the app due to a strange issue affecting uploads to the video app.

While the app appears to be functional, many users are finding that videos are not actually uploading, despite appearing on their profiles.

Others, including Dave Jorgenson, who runs the popular TikTok account for The Washington Post, have reported that TikTok is notifying them that their videos are “under review.”TikTok confirmed that it’s aware of the issues, but didn’t immediately elaborate on the source of the problem, or how many users are affected.

It appears to be widespread, according to downdetector.com , a website that tracks outages.

“We're aware of an issue that’s…

Nestled among all the hardware announcements Apple shared today at its Spring Forward event, the company had a fun surprise for Apple TV+ subscribers waiting for something new to watch on the service.

The second season of Ted Lasso starts streaming on July 23rd.

If you’re not familiar with the show, it stars Jason Sudeikis as a perpetually positive football coach leading an English soccer team.

With season two, Lasso’s team, AFC Richmond, finds itself in a rut, with the team having come off eight straight draws but that doesn't seem to have dampened any of his enthusiasm.

Sudeikis won a number of awards for his performance as Lasso last season and the show is one of Apple’s breakout origina…

On Tuesday, Jeff Kaplan, the director of Overwatch, announced he's leaving the historic game developer.

Taking over for Kaplan is Aaron Keller, another longtime Blizzard employee.

Before Overwatch, the two previously worked together on World of Warcraft.

Blizzard also won't release Overwatch 2 in 2021.

He says Blizzard will share more frequent updates on the game "very soon."

Internally, the 24-inch iMac features Apple’s M1 chip, making it not only more powerful than its x86 predecessors but also less prone to producing heat and noise.

iPad ProAppleAfter Apple came out with the 2020 iPad Air , it left the iPad Pro in an awkward position.

AppleAfter what feels like two years worth of rumors, Apple finally announced its long-awaited AirTags .

Apple TVAppleThe Apple TV 4K got a long overdue update at Apple’s Spring Forward event.

The Apple 4K TV will start at $179 when pre-orders open on April 30th.

At this time last year, pandemic lockdowns rolling out around the world caused Netflix subscriptions to spike, as the company added 16 million subscribers in three months.

Subscriber numbers in North America only grew by 448,000, although that doesn't tell us how many people cancelled subscriptions as shows like WandaVision peaked and price hikes rolled out.

According to Netflix, one of its biggest movie debuts of the quarter was Outside the Wire with 66 million viewers by its count, while other big names like the third To All The Boys I've Loved Before movie notched 51 million.

Now it's looking forward to the rest of the year with features like Red Notice with Gal Gadot, The Rock and Ryan …

It seems Discord is no longer interested in selling itself to another company.

Discord was said to be in exclusive talks with Microsoft over a deal worth at least $10 billion, but those have ended, according to the Wall Street Journal .

The chat service was reportedly in discussions with other companies, but it appears to have ended all acquisition talks, at least for now.

WSJ reports that Discord will remain independent for the time being as it's seemingly doing well.

Many new users turned to the app to stay in touch with friends and family over text chats and voice and video calls.

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Apple hopes that can be the new iPad Pro, which comes in two sizes and now packs in the M1 chip, will be your new portable workhorse.

But it’s not the only machine out there trying to dethrone the laptop — perhaps you’d be better off with a Microsoft Surface Pro X, or a Galaxy Tab S7+.

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It hasn’t even been a year since Apple released the last model of its iconic all-in-one desktop, the iMac.

So it’s actually a good time to release a new desktop for those looking for an easy upgrade.

But exactly how much of a step forward is this colorful iMac and its M1 chip over rival all-in-one machines like the Surface Studio 2 and Dell’s latest OptiPlex?

Check out the table below for the details on relevant specs, and keep an eye out for our full review of the new-hued iMac later this spring.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is introducing a new database all voice providers will have to use to allow the agency to track the work they're doing to stop robocalls.

Starting September 28th, 2021, phone companies will be required to block any incoming traffic from providers not listed in the Robocall Mitigation Database.

"Protecting consumers from scammers that use robocall and spoofing tools is a top priority," said Acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.

Two Texas telemarketers will have to pay the FCC $225 million for making approximately 1 billion robocalls across the US.

Rosenworcel also recently formed a Robocall Response Team that will work on new policies initiatives t…

Along with word that Microsoft is seemingly working on a new store for Windows 10 comes a report regarding its rumored Cloud PC service.

With Cloud PC, you may be able to access a Windows desktop remotely and use software such as Microsoft Office.

Microsoft will reportedly sell the service as a managed Microsoft 365 experience and there'll be a flat price per user.

Previous reports suggested there will be different pricing tiers for Cloud PC, depending on processor, memory and storage needs.

We could learn more about the Cloud PC service at Build 2021.

Seven months after iOS 14 was released, Apple has today revealed that iOS 14.5 will begin rolling out the week of April 26th.

Despite being a .5 release, this is a significant software update that adds a number of features for all iOS-device users.

We know, from the various beta launches that have happened along the way, that iOS 14.5 will offer users a way of unlocking their phone while wearing a face mask.

But, despite a fairly heavy PR campaign from Facebook, the feature is now rolling out as part of iOS 14.5.

One thing that has been reported across the internet is the belief that iOS 14.5 will allow you to select a default audio platform that isn’t Apple Music.

Apple's ultra-colorful new iMacs will include wireless Touch ID capabilities.

The Touch ID button is located on the top row of compatible keyboards, represented as a simple circle to read your fingerprint.

Touch ID is already available on iPhone and iPad, and this is the debut of the feature in the company's desktop line.

Additionally, Touch ID works with Fast User Switching, so customers can change to a different user profile with just the press of a finger."

Apple is offering two versions of the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, one with a numeric keypad and one without.

Of note, the bump around back that houses the iPad Pro’s cameras and LiDAR array appears to be a little flatter than before.

The new iPad Pro models both pack the very same Apple Silicon M1 chip found in the company’s more recent MacBook Air and Pro models, along with the newly announced iMac.

With the addition of this new (and unexpected) silicon, the iPad Pro should sit comfortably atop Apple’s lineup once more.

In a nod to its most demanding users, the new iPad Pro's USB-C port doubles as a Thunderbolt port with USB 4.0 support.

The 2021 iPad Pros will also be the first Apple tablets to ship with support for 5G networks.

At its Spring Forward event, Apple announced a refreshed Apple TV 4K streaming box, its first since 2017.

One other nifty new feature will allow you to use the Apple TV in conjunction with an iPhone to color calibrate your TV.

The controller is compatible with the previous generation Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD — you can buy it separately for $59.

Speaking of pricing, the Apple TV 4K will be available in two storage configurations.

For those who don't own a 4K TV, Apple will continue to sell the Apple TV HD for $149, but it will now come with the updated Siri remote.

AdvertisementThis was something I noticed as I was working on a recent weed gadget b uyer’s g uide ahead of April 20.

When I called in a veritable truckload of weed gadgets to review, design and function were two of my topmost priorities.

Rolling papers from House of Puff; Upright Bubbler from Jane West; Nomad Pipe from Tetra; Glass Tanjun Pipe by Laundry Day.

They feel, to be honest, a little more “grown up” than some of the more traditional weed accessories of my youth.

Look no further than its Nomad Pipe ($80) or Elbow Pipe ($70) to see what I mean.

Mortal Kombat begins by seeding its biggest rivalry.

Photo : Warner Bros.From the very beginning of the new Mortal Kombat, it’s clear the filmmakers are trying something different with this particular video game adaptation.

Since there’s a a lot of violence in it (Mortal Kombat is a very hard R-rated film) you have to watch it on YouTube.

If you got a little taste of the unforgettable Mortal Kombat song “Techno Syndrome” by t he Immortals in there, you’d be right ; the film’s c omposer, Ben Wallfisch, uses bits and pieces of it throughout.

See more when Mortal Kombat is released April 23.

An IV drip Photo : Jenny Kane ( AP )Doctors and medical ethicists in the UK are calling for terminally ill patients to have the option of using general anesthesia prior to their death as a way to relieve suffering.

Even though prolonged sedation is widely used by doctors treating these patients, for instance, there are still some who caution against the practice.

General anesthesia, while safe overall, might only increase the relevance of these issues.

Yet the authors point to evidence that sedation isn’t linked to earlier death among terminally ill patients .

T hey also argue that people by and large are comfortable with sedation in palliative care and that many would consider general anes…

Well, Batman’s among those people now, for very different reasons—but putting the Dark Knight in Fortnite is already doing some very interesting things.

Intentional or otherwise, the result is much the same; Batman now finds himself in the world of one-time chug-jugs and battle busses that is Fortnite.

AdvertisementImage : Reilly Brown, Nelson Faro DeCastro, John Kalisz, and Andworld Design/DC ComicsThe answer we’ve seen play out in crossovers like the aforementioned Marvel comic is memory loss.

He’s not just been robbed of his sense of self, but even his own voice, by Fortnite’s plane of existence.

And it’s that that sets off an interesting issue of self-discovery through, well... Fortnite…

AdvertisementOn Tuesday, the ransomware gang REvil publicly claimed that it had hacked Quanta Computer, a third-party supplier in Taiwan that has partnerships with over a dozen large U.S. tech firms, including Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Blackberry, and several others.

Quanta, which is one of the largest laptop manufacturers in the world, works to assemble Apple’s products based on designs supplied by the Cupertino company, meaning there is a logical basis for the theft claims.

AdvertisementAt the moment, it’s difficult to say whether the alleged documents REvil has are actually all that important.

The designs visible on the leak site look like basic blueprints for a Macbook—and don’t app…

And then there’s the Q Continuum, a group of beings that a lot of those Starfleet officers wish would leave them alone instead.

It’s Q that would eventually go on to help Voyager shave years off their long journey home.

AdvertisementThis also meant that Q society very quickly stagnated which, alongside their amoral leanings, lead to rogue elements like our own Q.

Q and a f emale Q chose to do something no member of the Continuum had considered in their long existence: procreate, giving birth to the first actual child of the Continuum.

Image : CBSAdvertisementNow that Star Trek is returning to the Continuum next year, it remains to be seen what more we’ll learn about not just our Q, and mayb…

The 7-core GPU iMac model will ship with 8GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD, plus two Thunderbolt ports.

Image : AppleAdvertisementiPad ProAs expected, Apple also announced an 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display.

Apple also announced two new versions of its current iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini in a new purple shade.

Advertisement“The incredible iPhone 12 is the most popular smartphone in the world, and the iPhone 12 family has an over 99 percent customer satisfaction rate.

Image : AppleAdvertisementApple Card FamilyIn some exciting personal finance news, Apple introduced a new Apple Card Family plan, which will allow families and partners to build cre…

A year later, oil demand is back, and the world is headed for the second-largest surge in year-over-year carbon pollution ever seen.

The world’s energy system before the pandemic ran on fossil fuels.

And unions, including the largest coal mining union in the U.S., also appear to be lining up for a transition away from fossil fuels.

This type of coalition, one that centers fossil fuel workers, is absolutely crucial to ensuring that policies to wind down the fossil fuel industry have buy-in and muscle to battle the titans of industry themselves.

In the case of the fossil fuel industry, the government wouldn’t be stepping in to supposedly try to do something better—in this case, the extraction…

And Apple Podcasts Subscriptions comes the closest to making that Subway dream a reality.

Here are the big questions: Why is Apple adding Apple Podcasts Subscriptions feature to the Podcasts app?

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions costs creators $20 a year and subscription payments are split 70/30 with Apple getting the smaller side.

Or—and this is important—you go all in and simply create a feed for Apple Podcasts.

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions are important.

Screenshot : Cartoon Network/HBO MaxIt’s a new Adventure Time trailer, come on and grab your friends, and we’ll go to HBO Max’s Distant Lands—specifically, “Together Again,” the third special in the four-part series which brings back the stars of the original show.

AdvertisementThe trailer is short, but it’s incredibly sweet to see Finn and Jake back together.

(The finale ended with Ice King’s former penguin minion Gunther putting on the crown, which gets absorbed into his head and transforms him into Ice Thing.)

Weirdly, this was supposed to be the fourth and final Adventure Time special, with the Peppermint Butler-starring Wizard City as the third.

There’s no word on why they’ve been swit…

The FTC has declared that it is serious about racist algorithms, and it will hold businesses legally accountable for using them.

In a friendly-reminder type announcement today, it said that businesses selling and/or using racist algorithms could feel the full force of their legal might.

They write that selling and/or using racially biased algorithms could qualify as unfair or deceptive practices under the FTC Act.

Racist algorithms have been shown to disproportionately deny Black people recommendations for specialized healthcare programs.

Government use of racist algorithms makes the “selling” part especially important.

AdvertisementEarlier this month, scientists at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii took a measurement of more than 421.21 ppm of atmospheric carbon—the first time researchers have captured a reading over 420 ppm since record-keeping began.

This new record is just the latest in a startlingly steep uptick of atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past several decades.

I highly recommend Googling some animals of the Pliocene if you’re celebrating 4/20 today.

The climate system takes awhile to recalibrate to new carbon dioxide levels.

In Earth time, that hour or two could last decades or even centuries, but make no mistake that the planet is certainly going to be different once the carbon dioxide hits.

The CW’s Kung Fu establishes early in its first episode that while Nicky’s estranged from her family, her emotional connection to them runs quite deep.

Kung Fu breezes through this bit of Nicky’s backstory in order to show you how quickly she became acclimated to life at a monastery in the Yunnan Province where Pei-Ling trained a number of girls in Shaolin kung fu.

Through its dramatic use of wirework and fights that focus more on skill than spectacle, Kung Fu’s action sets itself apart from a lot of other shows that similarly feature martial arts.

It all works to illustrate what sort of hero Nicky already is at the top of Kung Fu, but it also highlights how questionably Nicky’s time manage…

Image : AppleToday, alongside refreshes to the iMac, iPad Pro, and more, Apple also announced the Apple Card Family update which is designed to make it easier to share an Apple Card with other people in your family and build credit together.

AdvertisementPreviously, every Apple Card was linked to a specific person or iPhone.

Apple says the inspiration behind Apple Card Family comes from a desire to help people build good financial habits, with Apple’s vice president for Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey claiming the company:designed Apple Card Family because we saw an opportunity to reinvent how spouses, partners, and the people you trust most share credit cards and build credit together.

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Instead of Podcast+, we’re getting what’s basically a redesign of the Apple Podcasts app—and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, a new, Patreon-like program for creators.

(See: Fitness+, which ties in with Apple Music, the Apple TV, and the Apple Watch.)

Like with other app subscriptions, you can manage them from your Apple ID account settings, as well as the Listen Now tab within the Apple Podcasts app.

As for creators, Apple is also launching a website called Apple Podcasts for Creators as a sort of Podcasting 101 resource.

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions will be available in over 170 countries and regions, and will require iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and MacOS 11.3.

Apple showed off a new iPad Pro alongside a flurry of other hardware and software announcements at its virtual event on Tuesday.

Now, the same processor that debuted inside last year's MacBook Air, Pro, and Mac Mini—the M1—is powering the iPad Pro.

Apple says to expect up to 50 percent faster CPU performance and up to 40 percent faster graphics than the previous iPad Pro.

5G, Thunderbolt, and Center StagePhotograph: AppleThere are a few other updates that make the new iPad Pro more enticing.

The new iPad Pro is available for preorder starting April 30, and it goes on sale in the second half of May.

But the company also unveiled a whole lot more: Newly redesigned iMacs, a new Apple TV 4K with a refreshed remote, and a location-broadcasting iPhone accessory called AirTags.

New iPad ProThe 2021 iPad Pro comes in a refreshed 11-inch model and a more feature-rich 12.9-inch model.

Apple TV 4KThe sweet new remote allows for some new gestures.

Photograph: AppleThe Apple TV 4K is getting some pretty compelling upgrades, most relying heavily on the added speed from the newest A12 Bionic chip that’s now inside.

The most exciting feature of the new Apple TV 4K for cinephiles?

So, you can see that the total air drag force could depend on the following:The area of the moving object.

Flying (Falling with Style)If you take that falling wingsuit and tilt it just a little bit, something cool happens.

It's actually easier to split this air drag force into two parts.

In that case, I will have the downward gravitational force and the upward drag force.

There is probably nothing worse that a bad guy can do than to look weird in front of the other bad guys.

The IKEA Place app let you put digital furniture anywhere.

Part of the reason for this was the genuine novelty of a consumer AR shopping app, but also that you could not shop using it.

If you liked something you had to close the app, then open up the IKEA app or website to buy it.

The result is IKEA Studio.

Moving on from just adding virtual chairs and lamps to a room, SPACE10 says the goal here for IKEA is to help people design entire rooms using the LiDAR sensors in an iPhone.

Cheap and widely available face recognition software means that’s no longer true in some parts of the world.

China provides an extreme example of the possibilities stemming from recent improvements in face recognition technology.

Williams is Black, and tests by the US government have shown that many commercial face recognition tools make more false matches of non-white faces.

In the US, government use of face recognition is much less expansive than in China, but no federal legislation constrains the technology.

Nearly 20 US cities, including Jackson, Mississippi, and Boston, Massachusetts, have passed laws to restrict government use of face recognition.

While we see and touch massive digital archives online, most archives are still largely undigitized collections of physical media like film, video, music, photographs, and paper documents.

Artists, gamers, entertainers, athletes, and executives now sell NFTs, tokenized digital objects whose authenticity is said to be assured by the reverse traceability of blockchain transactions.

Prevailing archival ethics generally dictate that all users are treated equally, and that archival materials aren't exposed or sold only to high bidders.

If the need to administer NFTs makes NFTs inevitable, that's a loss.

NFTs make archival authenticity, and thus history, more fragile.

After playing the hero shooter for a few years, my gameplay approach could use a little boost.

I spoke with numerous esports pros to get their thoughts on how you can play better, win more often, and have more fun.

(Even if you don’t have much of a history with Overwatch, this list of expert strategies is designed to be accessible for players of varying abilities.)

Jake carved out time to share his expert perspective on Overwatch and provide strategies for novices despite the extenuating circumstances.

When it comes to communication between players at lower skill levels, Jake gave a tip in contrast to ChrisTFer’s advice.

(Take a moment now to search Twitter for “broken McDonald’s ice cream machine” and witness thousands of voices crying out in despair.)

All these components of a Taylor ice cream machine have to be disassembled, cleaned and lubricated every two weeks.

But few of those companies’ products need to be repaired quite so often as McDonald’s ice cream machines.

On social media, meanwhile, the McDonald's ice cream meme has come to represent everything disappointing about modern technology, capitalism, and the human condition.

A decade ago, however, McDonald’s ice cream headaches hadn't yet become the subject of social media notoriety.

But even people who shell out for Full Self-Driving don’t own a self-driving car, and vehicles with Autopilot can’t automatically pilot themselves.

Tesla—and particularly Musk—have a mixed history of public statements about Full Self-Driving and Autopilot.

On Saturday, just hours before the fatal Texas crash, Musk tweeted that Teslas with Autopilot engaged are almost 10 times less likely to crash than the average vehicle, as measured by federal data.

Autopilot is only supposed to be used on highways, while the federal data captures all kinds of driving conditions.

And Teslas are heavy, luxury cars, which means they’re safer in a crash.

I took a hit from a Pax Era Pro in your living room.

The New NORMLIf you've seen a Juul (the popular e-cigarette brand that was spun off from Pax Labs in 2017), you've basically seen an Era Pro.

You can get an Era Pro in many different colors, but mine is a rather bland red.

I'd check with your local retailers and with Pax's website to ensure availability before you order an Era Pro.

If you, too, are looking forward to getting out and about with your friends as the madness dies down in the next few months, I recommend the Pax Era Pro.

But in the past decade, researchers have zeroed in on a perhaps counterintuitive source of greenhouse gas emissions: trees.

But it prevents a majority of wetland methane from reaching the sky, making soil a source and a sink.

“It's such a unique tree with amazing layers of bark,” Jeffrey says.

(Different microbes can also make their own methane within the tree, but Jeffrey has published evidence that isotope signatures of the methane in bark matches that in the soil.)

“Ideally,” she says, “it should.”“Vegetation and plant based pathways in methane emissions are actually a really under-studied component of the global methane budget,” agrees Carmichael.

“I think that’s going to be true with these live audio rooms.”For the 600 people listening in, the irony was thick.

Live audio is not exactly a “new medium.” The very platform where Newton was interviewing Facebook’s CEO has offered live audio for five years, and is reportedly worth $10 billion.

Soon, it will debut its Clubhouse competitor, called Live Audio Rooms, where people can chat in real time.

Facebook is testing live audio rooms and plans to offer creators multiple ways to earn money on the platform.

Facebook may be rolling out its audio rooms just in time for many Americans to roll out to bars again.

Unless something changes, an issue lurking in older PlayStations' internal timing systems threatens to eventually make every PS4 game and all downloaded PS3 games unplayable on current hardware.

Why does the PlayStation firmware care so much about having the correct time?

Yes, the 10- to 20-year life span on your average CMOS battery is slowly running out, especially for the earliest PS3 hardware.

After that, it's only a matter of time before failing CMOS batteries slowly reduce all PS3 and PS4 hardware to semi-functional curios.

Sony could render the problem moot relatively easily with a firmware update that limits the system functions tied to this timing check.

In the matchup between Amazon and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, round one went decisively to Amazon.

The union claims Amazon also retaliated against individual union supporters.

If the board rules in favor of the union, it could overturn the election results and compel Amazon to bargain with the union.

Oftentimes, a union election loss is less a reflection of workers’ informed will and more an indictment of labor law, says Givan, the Rutgers professor.

We have initiated a global debate about the way Amazon treats its employees,” RWDSU president Stuart Appelbaum said in a statement.

Lonely Mountains: Downhill opens not with the screech of rubber but a jangling Alpen cowbell.

Until Lonely Mountains: Downhill, extreme sports games had always seemed a brash affair, lavish in their attention to detail for the adrenaline-pumping and energy-drink-swilling culture that accompanies them.

Lonely Mountains: Downhill fosters this response in abundance but manages to feel as fresh as a cold-water stream.

In Kojima’s, it’s all about scanning the terrain for potential hazards as you trudge forward; in Lonely Mountains: Downhill, you read the environment quicker and more instinctively.

So many titles make the player the ever-conspicuous center of attention—easily locatable in whateve…

The new Mortal Kombat delivers where the other films fell short in terms of blood, guts, and gore.

Directed by newcomer Simon McQuoid, Mortal Kombat follows a mysterious, intergalactic tournament of ancient martial arts.

How can I watch Mortal Kombat?

Mortal Kombat will hit theaters and HBO Max on Friday, April 23.

Some highlights from other early reviews and reports:"Fans of the long-running Mortal Kombat video game franchise finally have cause for celebration.

Where to watch: HuluPremiere date: Season 4 hits Hulu on April 28, 2021Praise be, the much anticipated Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale is (finally) returning to the small screen.

How can I watch Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale?

The first three episodes of Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale arrive on Hulu on April 28, 2021.

What are people saying about Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale so far?

— Kristen Lopez , TV editor at IndieWireIf you're not yet signed up for Hulu, you can get a 30-day free trial and enjoy their entire streaming library in addition to The Handmaid's Tale.

My first foray into products like these came from TOCA's CBD lubes last summer and since then, my world has blossomed into a CBD lube haven.

In my experience, CBD lube is a great addition to the bedroom.

Image: bob al-greene / mashableWhat to look for in a CBD lubeNot all CBD lubes are created equal.

Sexologist Dr. Sadie Allison and CBD scientist and cannabis educator John Renko created GoLove with the goal of having a water-based CBD lube without possible irritants like parabens, glycerin, or stimulants.

CBD lube also isn't a cure-all, and while I've found it beneficial for pelvic pain, everyone's body is different.

One of those products, AirTags, is a tiny disc that allows for the easy tracking of objects — or, as Apple hints at in its AirTags press release — unwilling people.

"If AirTag is separated from its owner and out of Bluetooth range, the Find My network can help track it down," reads the press release.

Image: appleJammed in the middle of Tuesday's press release is a list of features built into AirTags.

"Since I'm an Android user, I'm gonna be scared as fuck if I ever see an Apple AirTag mysteriously end up in my backpack or jacket pocket," wrote PCMag Tech Reporter Michael Kan.

Since I'm an Android user, I'm gonna be scared as fuck if I ever see an Apple AirTag mysteriously end up in my backp…

Justice was served Tuesday, but that doesn't mean America's justice system isn't broken.

He was also found guilty of murder in the third degree, guilty manslaughter on the second degree, and guilty on all counts.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 20, 2021George Floyd should still be alive – and we must keep fighting to dismantle systemic racism and fundamentally transform our justice system.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 20, 2021This verdict is justice served—but it is not justice for George Floyd.

True justice would be a country where George Floyd would still be alive today.

Now, instead of using an external service (Patreon), podcasters can have fans "subscribe" directly in the Apple Podcasts app, where they can also release content only for patrons.

Re-designed Apple podcasts come with a new subscription feature.

Ted Lasso on Apple, aka Ted Lasso on NBCThis isn't a new one, but Apple and Tim Cook went so hard promoting Ted Lasso at its spring event that we had to mention it.

But did you know that before Ted Lasso was an Apple TV+ character, he was an NBC promo character?

Yep, in 2013 and 2014, NBC released extended commercial skits featuring Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso to promote the Premier League coming to the network.

Being a full-on California company, Apple has had a behind-the-scenes connection to cannabis since its founding in the height of the hippy-friendly 1970s.

The pre-recorded event was easily the most colorful, most trippy, most easter egg-filled the company has ever produced.

We kicked off with Tim Cook, outside for the first time in any of the COVID-era Apple events.

Dude, where's my AirTagThe most explicitly weed user-friendly part of the event, however, was the segment on AirTags, Apple's $29 Tile competitors.

Image: Screenshot: AppleThe tech spec-heavy segment of the event came next, with lots of details on Apple's speedy M1 chip.

Apple rolled out a brand new product and massively redesigned some of its standard tech at its April 20th event.

Here's everything you need to know — in just 10 minutes.

With "Sasquatch" as its title and 420 as its premiere date, Hulu's new true crime series sets certain expectations.

But that Sasquatch ultimately fulfills none of those assumptions, and is better for it, may be the biggest and best surprise of this high holiday.

Yes, that’s correct: A sasquatch, one of those mammoth mythical ape creatures, allegedly committed a triple homicide on a dope farm in California.

It's a refreshing change of pace that inverts the traditional true crime narrative and consequently, sidesteps some of the genre's crasser tendencies.

(True crime buffs familiar with Netflix's Murder Mountain, a docuseries about missing persons in Mendocino's neighboring Humboldt County, …

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter made history with its first Martian flight on April 19th, marking the first time humans have successfully flown an aircraft on an alien planet.

If there's any guarantee in Apple events, it's that the internet will always walk away with a good meme.

This year's "Spring Loaded" event is no exception, and among exciting releases like the Bluetooth-tracking AirTag, a new iPad Pro, and more importantly, iMacs in an array of new colors, Apple also served us with yet another meme.

This agent is actually Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Why is Apple CEO Tim Cook breaking into his own campus?

Twitter, on the other hand, could not get over this screenshot of Tim grinning down upon his newly souped-up iPad Pro.

But before you preorder the Mentos-esque pucks, there’s something you should be aware of: if you want to engrave your AirTags, you can’t combine a horse and poop emoji in that order.

That’s right, the emoji version of “horseshit” is a no-go when getting an engraving for Apple’s newest product.

Here’s what happens when you try to make that your engraving of choice:Curiously, poop and then horse (“shit horse”) is totally fine, though.

Despite being a horn away from being exactly the same emoji, “unicorn shit” works fine.

As do emoji representations I tried for “snake shit,” “monkey shit,” “chicken shit,” and even “shit bird.”Grid View “Snake shit” in emoji on an AirTag.

Tim Cook, the mild-mannered Apple CEO, probably didn’t have to lift more than a finger to launch a new line of iPad Pros with the company’s Arm-based M1 chip.

Tim Apple, on the other hand?

Not bad for a 60-year-old, even one who’s in charge of the most profitable company in the world.

I sure hope he’s ready for the memes!

Here’s one single GIF with everything you need.

The simmering issue of how Tesla deals with customer complaints in China came to a boil this week as police detained a woman after she protested at Tesla’s booth at the Auto Shanghai 2021 trade show.

The woman was dragged off the show floor after jumping on top of a Tesla Model 3, where she shouted about a brake issue the company has been criticized for with its China-made cars.

Tesla has since said it will conduct a self-inspection of its service and operations in China.

A female Tesla owner climbed on top of a car’s roof at the Tesla booth to protest her car’s brake malfunction at the Shanghai auto show Monday.

It also capitulated slightly on the brake issue, saying in the same statement …

Apple revealed a redesigned iMac and Magic Keyboard at its “Spring Loaded” event on Tuesday, but didn’t, for some reason, decide to change the Magic Mouse 2’s infamous charging solution.

Why didn’t Apple didn’t take the opportunity to change things up alongside the new iMac and Magic Keyboard?

Why not tweak the Magic Mouse’s design to have, say, a charging port in the front?

The first Apple Pencil had a similarly meme-worthy charging solution that required you to plug it directly into a iPad’s Lightning port, but Apple fixed that years later with the Apple Pencil 2 by letting it wirelessly charge off the side of iPads that support it.

I’m crossing my fingers Apple will update the Magic Mous…

The M1-powered Mac Mini can now be configured to included 10-gigabit networking, an option that the computer was notably missing compared to its Intel-powered counterpart (via 9to5Mac).

Adding the faster networking will add $100 to the price of the computer — the same price as if you were to add 10Gbps to the Intel version.

But when Apple introduced a faster version of the computer with its own custom chip, the ability to add networking faster than the standard Gigabit Ethernet was no longer there.

If the lack of 10Gb networking took the (as of now) least expensive M1 computer out of the running for you, it’s now an option again.

You can order the Apple Silicon Mac Mini with faster networki…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe may soon be home to two new queens.

Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Olivia Colman was negotiating a role in Marvel’s Secret Invasion Disney Plus series, and today, Variety reports that Emilia Clarke is in talks to do the same.

There are some interesting possible characters for Colman and Clarke to play, too.

You could make the same case for Clarke’s turn as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones as well.

There’s no announced release date for Secret Invasion, but with at least three Marvel films and several TV shows still slated to come out in 2021, there’s a good chance there’ll be some hints of what’s going on with the cosmic, space-based side of t…

Apple TV Plus launched on November 1st, 2019, but odds are that you (along with almost two-thirds of other Apple TV Plus customers) aren’t actually paying for it, thanks to Apple’s lengthy free trials.

It’s no secret that Apple TV Plus has a paying subscriber problem: as of January, research firm MoffettNathanson noted that approximately 62 percent of TV Plus subscribers are enjoying Apple’s free ride.

Related Apple TV Plus is still looking for its big winApple has been trying to grow TV Plus into a hit, but some of its highest-profile shows (like The Morning Show or See) failed to be the big, breakout hits that Apple was hoping for.

It’s also won Apple some of its streaming service’s most …

Apple refreshed its Apple TV 4K streaming box today with upgraded specs and, perhaps most importantly, a redesigned, simpler Siri remote.

(Sidenote: I’ve yet to meet anyone who has needed the higher storage option on any Apple TV.)

But along with the new Apple TV 4K and improved remote — you can buy it standalone — it turns out Apple is keeping the ancient 2015 Apple TV HD around.

Who wouldn’t just spend the extra $30 for the more future-proof Apple TV 4K?

Just look at how out of place it is in this price roundup:$199.99 Nvidia Shield TV Pro (4K HDR)Nvidia Shield TV Pro (4K HDR) $179 Apple TV 4K (4K HDR)Apple TV 4K (4K HDR) $149.99 Nvidia Shield TV (4K HDR)Nvidia Shield TV (4K HDR) $149 App…

Netflix is seeing a slowdown in new subscriptions as the company puts out fewer shows following a year of delayed productions.

The company believed it would hit 210 million subscribers by the end of the first quarter, but it came in 2 million short.

The root of the problem — no surprise here — is the pandemic, Netflix says.

The sluggish growth is expected to continue next quarter, with Netflix predicting only 1 million additional subscribers.

Netflix said its quarter started strong, thanks to Bridgerton, Lupin, and Cobra Kai, but it evidently didn’t have enough hits in waiting to keep up with its former growth.

After more than three years of grandiose promises and missed deadlines, Foxconn and Wisconsin have agreed to amend their contract to reflect the reality of a much-diminished project.

The Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant was supposed to build a 20 million-square-foot LCD manufacturing facility.

In exchange for the radically reduced subsidies, Foxconn gets flexibilityThe per-job subsidy under the amendment is around $41,000.

In exchange for the radically reduced subsidies, Foxconn gets flexibility.

The contract no longer specifies that Foxconn build an LCD facility.

These are all the accessories we could find that are either listed for preorder or have a page on Apple’s store.

They’re currently listed as unavailable in Apple’s online store and as “coming soon” on Belkin’s site.

NomadNomad also offers its take on a keychain, but (characteristically) its version is a leather pouch that encases the AirTag.

True to form, the Apple Store lists a leather key ring, luggage tag, and bag charm made by Hermès — costing $349, $449, and $299 respectively.

It is worth noting, though, that the accessories do include an AirTag with a custom “Hermès” engraving, so you can flex while you find.

Apple announced a 2021 refresh to its iPad Pro lineup, which now includes the same powerful and efficient M1 processor that’s in its MacBook Air, Pro, and Mac mini computers.

If you have your eye on the new iPad Pro, you’ll need to come back on Friday, April 30th, to place your order.

If you want the big 12.9-inch iPad Pro, that model starts at $1,099 and comes with 128GB of storage.

iPad Pro (2021, 11-inch, M1, Wi-Fi) $799 Prices taken at time of publishing.

Apple’s latest 11-inch iPad Pro has the M1 processor, a Thunderbolt 4, and the option to add 5G and more RAM.

Apple confirmed to us that the U1 locator chip, which uses pulses of ultra-wideband (UWB) radio to broadcast its precise location, won’t appear in the Siri remote.

We’re waiting on final bulletproof confirmation about the iPad Pros, but it also doesn’t appear in their product page, spec sheet, or press release.

Last year’s iPad Pros didn’t include a U1 chip, either.

Is Apple expecting us to stick AirTags to our iPads and TV remotes to escape the jaws of the ever-ravenous couch?

Theoretically, Apple could build an ecosystem where any Apple device can easily find any other Apple device (not to mention UWB devices from Samsung, which is also deeply invested in the tech and has its own AirTag-l…

In a press release for Apple’s new Tile-like AirTag tracker, the company has revealed that iOS 14.5 will officially arrive “starting next week” — as spotted by Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern.

AirTags go on sale April 30th and will only work with devices running iOS 14.5 or higher.

Likewise, watchOS 7.4 and macOS 11.3 will also launch next week, as they support new Apple Podcast feature updates.

Apple first launched the 14.5 beta to the public earlier this year in February alongside watchOS 7.4 beta (no word on whether that’s arriving soon, too).

iOS 14.5 also introduces some welcome inclusivity features, like the ability to change Siri’s voice and new skin tone options for some emoji.

The findings agree with other surveys showing that, despite enthusiasm around AI, companies struggle to deploy AI-powered services in production.

According to the Juniper survey, top challenges around AI remain ingesting, processing and managing data.

Talent gapA majority (73%) of Juniper survey respondents said that their organizations were struggling with expanding their workforce to integrate with AI systems.

According to a recent Boston Consulting Group survey of 1,000 enterprises, less than half that achieved AI at scale had fully mature, responsible AI implementations, according to the same report.

The lagging adoption of responsible AI belies the value that these practices can bring …

Cedars-Sinai’s main hospital uses AnyVision facial recognition to give staff a heads-up about individuals known for violence, drug fraud or using different names at the emergency room, three sources said.

Gaining additional clients may be difficult for AnyVision amid mounting opposition from civil liberties advocates to facial recognition.

Last week, 25 social justice groups including Demand Progress and Greenpeace USA called on governments to ban corporate use of facial recognition, according to their open letter.

“I am a bold advocate for regulation of facial recognition.

Government requirements for surveillance at casinos have made the gaming industry a big purchaser of facial recognitio…

Call of Duty: Warzone has crossed into new territory with 100 million downloads since its launch in March 2020.

It’s one of the games that, along with the 300 million downloads of Call of Duty: Mobile, have helped the Call of Duty franchise grow even more.

I have played Warzone on-and-off for the past year.

100 million players and counting.

But curiously, I am ranked at 1,235,483, and, based on 100 million players, that means I am in the top 1.2% of all Warzone players.

Cerebras Systems has unveiled its new Wafer Scale Engine 2 processor with a record-setting 2.6 trillion transistors and 850,000 AI-optimized cores.

Twice as good as the CS-1Image Credit: CerebrasIn 2019, Cerebras could fit 400,000 cores and 1.2 billion transistors on a wafer chip, the CS-1.

With such miniaturization, Cerebras can cram a lot more transistors in the same 12-inch wafer, Feldman said.

“We were aggressive on scaling geometry, and we made a set of microarchitecture improvements.”Now Cerebras’ WSE-2 chip has more than twice as many cores and transistors.

By comparison the largest graphics processing unit (GPU) has only 54 billion transistors — 2.55 trillion fewer transistors than …

Language models unavoidably learn to generate toxic text when trained on this data.

To address this, research has pivoted toward “detoxifying” language models without affecting the quality of text that they generate.

Natural language models are the building blocks of apps including machine translators, text summarizers, chatbots, and writing assistants.

As the researchers note, the study’s results suggest that detoxified language models deployed into production might struggle to understand aspects of minority languages and dialects.

“Language models must be both safe and equitable to be responsibly deployed in practice.

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan announced today that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment after 19 years with the company.

“It was truly the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create worlds and heroes for such a passionate audience,” Kaplan notes in a short goodbye message posted on Blizzard’s site.

Overwatch is also in something of an awkward spot as fans wait for Overwatch 2, which doesn’t have a release date.

“We’ll be sharing more frequent updates about Overwatch 2 progress and new features in the live game with you all very soon,” new Overwatch 2 director Keller notes in the Blizzard post announcing Kaplan’s departure.

Keller was a founding member of the Overwatch team.

Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to support new DirectX graphical features as they release.

This toolkit enables devs to grab new DirectX features without having to wait for a Windows update.

This means that game studios can now expect the majority of Windows machines to work with all DirectX 12 features.

It disassociates DirectX updates from Windows updates.

One concern that players might have about shifting DirectX updates from OS releases to an SDK is security and stability.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America has decided to close its office in the Northern California city of Santa Clara and relocate the employees to a new Southern California office.

Employees have until the end of May to decide whether they will relocate hundreds of miles or not by April of next year.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Bandai Namco said, “Bandai Namco Entertainment America will be moving its Santa Clara, California-based offices to Southern California.

Flexible, remote, and work-from-home options are available for those in this office until April 2022.

After that, the company expects all employees to join the new offices in Southern California — which have not been established …

A British government official added a new wrinkle to United Kingdom’s investigation of Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion Arm acquisition by directing the agency to probe the national security implications of the buyout.

On Monday, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport directed the CMA to consider the national security component.

The fortunes of hundreds of licensees, developers, and others are so inexorably enmeshed with the Arm platform that they have no choice but to accept the deal and stick with the relationship post-acquisition.

Project Grace, which is based on a new Arm datacenter platform unveiled last September, won’t hit the market before 2023.

We usually …

Microsoft even launched a new application for command line users last year called Windows Terminal.

As an open source tool, Charm tacitly acknowledges that most of the tools that contain markdown documentation are open source, and command line aficionados have a “strong desire to use open source software,” said Padilla.

“It also allows Glow to be bundled and distributed with other open source tools, like Linux distributions and package managers.

It is a little like Firebase or Parse, except “focused on the command line as a platform,” Padilla said.

Glamour, for example, offers stylesheet-based markdown rendering for CLI apps, and GitHub has already integrated this into its official command …

But the biggest incumbent DataRails is up against is arguably trusty old Excel.

cell values, formulas, formats, and macros) to develop a “logical, centralized database.”“With this technology, DataRails automates existing Excel-based processes by leveraging existing models and templates to create one unified database,” Cohen said.

And given that its interface is based on Excel, DataRails can connect with pretty much any tool capable of exporting data as a CSV file.

“DataRails has very strong analysis capabilities, thanks to the fact that cross-organizational data, from all financial and operational systems, is housed under one roof in our unified database,” Cohen said.

“We’re looking to add …

Synthesia, a startup using AI to create synthetic videos of avatars for marketing, today announced it has raised $12.5 million.

Startups creating virtual beings, or artificial people powered by AI, have collectively raised more than $320 million in venture capital to date.

“Today, video production is costly, complex, and unscalable.

After typing or pasting in a video script, Synthesia generates a video “in minutes,” making it available for translation into dozens of languages.

It’s called Personalize, and Synthesia says it can automatically translate videos featuring actors or staff members into over 40 languages.

Pragma has raised $12 million to build a backend-as-a-service for game studios so they can focus on making games.

Those are things that game developers don’t have to focus on but are crucial to making money.

“So my next step was reaching out to several game studios and asking them what their development tools looked like.

Pragma handles tasks necessary to launch an online game including accounts, player data, lobbies, matchmaking, social systems, telemetry, and store fulfillment.

The full feature set is in private beta with several game studios including One More Game, started by Pat Wyatt, one of Blizzard’s first employees and a key architect for battle.net.

CEO Ché Wijesinghe says that the proceeds will be used to support growth as Cape Privacy develops new technologies for secure machine learning.

Cape’s combination of privacy, machine learning, and cryptography enables encrypted data-sharing, helping teams in compliance, legal, and risk management work with each other and third-party vendors.

“Today many financial institutions access the same publicly available data from data providers like Nielsen and Bloomberg — but they all want a better edge,” a spokesperson told VentureBeat via email.

With Cape as the broker, data providers are only renting data instead of selling it.

“Once a data model is enriched using encrypted data on the Cape cloud…

AMD is launching a big update for its Radeon Adrenaline software suite that improves remote gaming and some accessibility settings.

This is the software that comes with Radeon video cards, and it enables gamers to get the most out of their hardware.

This is the company’s remote-gaming tool that previously enabled gamers to stream their PC games to mobile devices.

This enables you to stream games from one PC to another.

The AMD Radeon Software Adrenaline 21.4.1 update is rolling out starting today.

Image: Getty ImagesAustralian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the government's legislative reform plan, which will include allowing electronically signed documents and bringing payments into the 21st Century.

He's touted the move as an "economic plan and deregulation agenda".

It will see the government commit to modernising laws within the Treasury portfolio so they become technology neutral, he proclaimed.

"This will enable easier communication between businesses, individuals, and regulators," a statement from Frydenberg and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ben Morton said.

The government intends to finalise legislation dealing with phase one by the end of 2021.

Competition watchdogs from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany have signed a pact to clamp down on mergers, particularly those in the tech space that impact competition.

"Without strong merger control regimes, there is a risk that mergers will proceed that lessen the level of competition by weakening competitive constraints and in some cases strengthening dominant positions."

"Anticompetitive mergers in these markets can cause significant harm given the increased importance of these products and services and the aggregation of data over time across various services," they said.

"Competition can only be maintained by ensuring anticompetitive mergers do not happen.

"If we do not rigoro…

Image: Getty ImagesGoogle on Wednesday released version 90.0.4430.85 of the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The release contains seven security fixes, including one for a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild.

The zero-day, which was assigned the identifier of CVE-2021-21224, was described as a "type confusion in V8".

The good and the bad with Chrome web browser's new security defaultsStarting with Chrome 90, you'll automatically be directed to the secure version of any website.

Google releases Chrome 90 with HTTPS by default and security fixesChrome 90 has arrived with new privacy features and fixes for 37 security flaws.

"We believe paid membership growth slowed due to the big Covid-19 pull forward in 2020 and a lighter content slate in the first half of this year, due to Covid-19 production delays."

Netflix added 3.98 million global paid streaming subscribers, on a net basis, well below the company's forecast for 6 million, and Wall Street's expectation for 8.7 million.

Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 24%, year over year, to $7.16 billion, yielding EPS of $3.75.

For the current quarter, the company sees revenue of $7.3 billion, and EPS of $3.16.

The company is forecasting adding just 1 million paid subscribers this quarter, which would be down from 10 million in the year-prior Q2, and well …

Then social networks became important, and a separate "social team" was created, which in turn acquired its own social management and listening tools.

So what's the cure for the marketing Frankenstack syndrome?

And when a marketer has a stable, complete view of their customer data, she can finally say, "It's alive!"

This article was co-authored by Martin Kihn, senior vice president of Product Strategy at Salesforce and co-author of Customer Data Platforms.

Before joining Gartner, Kihn worked for ten years at digital marketing and ad agencies in NYC and Minneapolis.

Intuit on Tuesday said it plans to open two new "talent hubs," one in New York City and one in Los Angeles, to add more diversity to its engineering workforce.

New York and Los Angeles collectively open access to 27 percent of the underrepresented minority engineering talent in North America, Intuit said.

After that, Intuit plans to progress to a "partial open" with sites at greater than 40 percent capacity.

Beginning in August, Intuit plans to implement a "hybrid" model, where employees have to come in for "high-impact" in-person days or events.

After surveying 9,800 of its global employees, Intuit learned that only 6 percent wanted to go back to working full-time on site.

Head over to Apple's website to take in the specs of the new M1-powered iPad Pro and you might notice something interesting.

The 1TB and 2TB iPad Pro models come with a whopping 16GB of RAM.

The existing iPad Pro has 6GB of RAM, while the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro/Pro max have 4GB and 6GB, respectively.

What reason could a higher-capacity iPad Pro have to need twice the RAM of its lower-capacity siblings?

Why do you think the new iPad Pro needs 16GB of RAM?

Apple's long-anticipated Spring Loaded event (which had been rumored to be a March event), is over, and it was indeed a loaded event.

Not only did Apple unveil a new M1-powered iMac, but we also got an M1-powered iPad Pro.

This event also gives us some hints as to what we might see coming in the fall iPhone 2021 event.

Will Apple unify all hardware under the Apple silicon banner?

We now have an iPad Pro that could, in theory, run macOS and everything else you run on an M1-powered Mac.

Apple is transitioning to its own silicon in a hurry as the M1 system on a chip moves to the iPad Pro as well as the iMac.

After dropping the M1 into the iPad Pro it's worth pondering whether the processor lands into the iPhone at some point.

The Apple M1 processor, based on Arm, gave the MacBook a surge of demand as the laptops launched to rave reviews.

Must read:With the iMac, Apple highlighted how the M1 processor, which doesn't need fans and bulky logic boards, can lead to design breakthroughs.

With the iPad Pro update with M1, Apple played it more like it did with the initial Apple silicon MacBooks--the focus was on performance.

Credit: DiscordThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft acquisition talks with Discord have ended and no buy is imminent.

Reports surfaced last month that Microsoft was in advanced talks to acquire chat startup Discord for more than $10 billion.

Microsoft was reportedly interested in San Francisco-based Discord because it is trying to buy communities and turn their members into customers for more Microsoft products.

Microsoft also was rumored to have held talks with Pinterest about a possible acquisition.

I've asked Microsoft about the report that talks with Discord are over.

The chip, measuring he same forty-six square millimeters, holds 2.6 trillion transistors, which is more than double the count of the original WSE chip.

Cerebras SystemsThe WSE-2, like its predecessor, was designed to crunch in parallel the linear algebra computations that make up the bulk of artificial intelligence tasks in machine learning and deep learning, where Cerebras competes with Nvidia's GPUs.

The technology has also expended to high-performance computing tasks of the supercomputing variety, such as high-energy physics problems, regardless of whether they have any machine learning component.

"That's just a monstrous jump, and it just continuous our absolute domination of the high e…

Unfortunately, Docker was never designed to be embedded inside Kubernetes, and it's incompatible with Kubernetes' Container Runtime Interface (CRI).

Mirantis, which now owns the Docker program, will continue to support dockershim in Docker Engine and Mirantis Container Runtime with Kubernetes.

Read MoreFirst, though I should note you don't actually need "Docker," which is an entire stack of software, to run Docker containers in Kubernetes.

Or, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise/UCP) users can turn to the Docker-compatible Mirantis Container Runtime.

"Put simply," Ryan Barry for Mirantis says, "when Mirantis updates the Kubernetes version in Mirantis Kubernetes Engine to …

Apple on Tuesday unveiled the latest version of Apple TV 4K, which comes with a new processor, higher visual quality and a redesigned Siri Remote.

Support for high frame rate HDR will be especially beneficial for watching fast-moving action, like sports.

Apple is also improving the visual quality the Apple TV delivers with a new color balance process that leverages the iPhone.

Lastly, the Apple TV 4K comes with an updated Siri remote that includes new functionality and controls.

The next-gen Apple TV 4K is available for $179 for 32 Gb or $199 for 64 Gb.

In today's top tech stories, Apple announced several new products available to order this month, including a colorful lineup of iMacs, a 5G iPad Pro and a coin-shaped tracking device called the AirTag.

Apple announced a new purple iPhone 12, upgraded iPads and more during its 2021 Spring Loaded event.

The new software, boringly named iOS 14.5, will be released next week, Apple said Tuesday in a press release after its April product launch event.

But the most controversial change comes when people open up apps from companies like Facebook.

In an interview with the Toronto Star on April 12, Cook said iOS 14.5 was created in part because he believes people should be asked to give consent to modern advertising techniques.

While Apple's new iOS 14.5 privacy settings will push these issues front and center when it offers people an easy way to turn more invasive tracking off, it won't put an end to the practice, though Google promises it's easing up a bit.

Apple's iOS 14.5 will be available for…

At Apple's Spring Loaded event, the company finally reveals AirTags. The new device helps you find things like your keys using a tag and iPhone. The cost is $29 and available April 30.

The retail giant on Tuesday announced the launch of Amazon Salon.

The experimental salon is located in London and will offer hair care and styling services.

It'll also server as a place for Amazon to trial new technologies like "augmented reality (AR) hair consultations to point-and-learn technology," the company said in a blog post.

The salon will initially be open to Amazon employees, before opening to the general public "in the coming weeks."

For now, there are no plans to open other salon locations, Amazon said.

Screenshot by Sean Keane/CNETApple EventThe Apple Store went offline Tuesday, hours before the start time of the company's Spring Loaded event.

The Apple event begins at 10 a.m. PT(1 p.m. ET/6 p.m. GMT/3 a.m. Wednesday AEST), and is expected to focus on iPads and iMacs.

"Updates are coming to the Apple Store.

You'll be able to access it again after the event, and likely be able to preorder the newly announced devices.

Spring Loaded is Apple's first big event of 2021, and it's being streamed on the company's website as Apple continues its all-digital announcement strategy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In today's top tech stories, NASA looks ahead after a successful flight for the Ingenuity helicopter. Also, the tech world awaits new iPads at an Apple event today, and Reddit Talk is the newest Clubhouse competitor.

First we break down what you should know before picking up an air purifier. Then we give some of our recommendations, including products from Dyson and Honeywell.

I can see the appeal of this high-end studio cycle, but the price is hard to swallow.

Sarah Tew/CNETFacebook plans to launch a series of new "social audio" products in the next few months, taking on buzzy audio-chat apps such as Clubhouse that have become more popular during the pandemic.

Zuckerberg said he thinks audio is growing in popularity because it allows for longer discussions and multitasking.

Zuckerberg said the company is also working on a tool that allows people to listen to and engage with speakers through live audio chat like on Clubhouse.

Twitter has also been testing an audio chat product known as Spaces.

Reddit said Monday it was also planning to launch a new audio chat feature called Reddit Talk.

Stephen Shankland/CNETParler will be allowed back onto Apple's iOS App Store.

On March 31, @SenMikeLee and I sent a letter demanding answers about why Apple removed Parler from the App Store.

🚨Today, we received a response: Parler will be reinstated on the App Store.

After Parler "did not communicate a sufficient plan" to improve its moderation, Apple decided to remove the app from the App Store.

The iPhone-maker adds that it has been in contact with Parler since then about getting its app to comply with Apple's rules, and "as a result of those conversations, Parler has proposed updates to its app and the app's content moderation practices" allowing it to return to the App Store once Parler…

Across Facebook and Instagram, moderators are working "around the clock" to look for potential threats, Monika Bickert, vice president of content policy, said Monday in a blog post.

The company's aim is to "protect peaceful protests and limit content that could lead to civil unrest or violence," she said.

As Chauvin is a public figure, any attacks that are classed as "severe" according to Facebook's policies will also be removed.

Any calls to bring arms to Minneapolis or other areas classified as "high risk" will be identified and taken down.

Facebook will also take extra steps to limit the spread of misinformation, and graphic or sensitive content will be blurred.

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe UK government on Monday raised its objections to Nvidia's takeover of chip designer Arm, in part due to national security concerns.

UK Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the country's competition watchdog, the CMA, would look into the proposed sale of Arm, which has its headquarters in the British city of Cambridge, to explore the any national security implications for the UK.

"Following careful consideration of the proposed takeover of ARM, I have today issued an intervention notice on national security grounds," said Dowden in a statement.

"We want to support our thriving UK tech industry and welcome foreign investment, but …

The union alleges that Amazon threatened employees with mass layoffs or the shutdown of the warehouse, which pays a starting wage that's nearly double the state's minimum wage.

The objections also claim Amazon created a ballot collection box on its premises in violation of an order from the labor board.

The union claims that Amazon put a tent around the mailbox to make it look like a voting booth and posted its "central campaign message" posted near the box.

Despite its victory over the union, Amazon remains under scrutiny for its labor practices.

And Amazon didn't win—our employees made the choice to vote against joining a union."

John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty ImagesGameStop on Monday announced that CEO George Sherman will be stepping down by July 31.

The change comes as the retailer earlier this year found itself in the center of a social media-fueled Wall Street battle over GameStop's share value.

More to come.

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The entrepreneurial mindset also prioritizes autonomy and independence.

With an entrepreneurial mindset, your team of employees will be much more likely to experiment with different approaches and adapt to new scenarios.

The Value of an Entrepreneurial TeamSo what’s the real value of an entrepreneurial team?

An entrepreneurial mindset also leads to a diversity of thought.

How to Build a Startup Team With an Entrepreneurial MindsetNow for the big question – how can you build an entire startup team with a baked-in entrepreneurial mindset?

It was already enough of a challenge to lead a rapidly growing company with all my team working from home.

It became a gargantuan task when I found that I was COVID-19 positive.

How I Managed My Growing Company While Being COVID-19 PositiveHere, I want to share the attitudes that helped me stay sane while juggling health issues and a rapidly growing company from my home.

My company didn’t come to a standstill due to my illness because we’ve all been working and communicating remotely for almost a year now.

COVID-19 – a catalyst for changeSince I only felt very ill for three days, my team didn’t feel my absence.

How Do We Innovate in a World of Slowing Growth?

Others suggest that this is the inevitable effect of technological innovation, which we would see in any society of intelligent beings.

Scientists and researchers are spending all their efforts making our existing technology better – not necessarily coming up with something new.

Existing technology is highly advanced, but not all people of the world can access it equally.

Existing technology is highly advanced, but not all people of the world can access it equally.

A Big QuestionWith progressive developments and advanced modifications in technology, Artificial Intelligence needs no introduction.

From Artificial intelligence to machine learning, IoT, big data, virtual and augmented reality, Blockchain, and 5G; everything seems to take over the world way too soon.

For the year 2021, Artificial Intelligence is expected to level up to a great extent and is going to deliver phenomenal AI implementation.

Trends in Artificial Intelligence for 2021Will AI dominate in 2021?

Explainable AI:Explainable AI is going to be in the trend of 2021 and is going to dominate for sure.

B2B Growth in the Light of Digital and 5G EraNotably, most operators have invested in mainly the fiber and mobile markets (4G and 5G).

The MENA Market Trends and ForecastingBy 2025’s end, the MENA region will mark its stellar achievements in the telecom sector.

Growth in digital servicesGrowth in B2B (Business to Business) services such as IoT, cloud, cybersecurity, and megaprojects (E.g., smart cities).

Growth in B2C (Business to Consumer) services such as digital across entertainment, digital lifestyle, and emerging services.

ConclusionThis article concludes that introducing the 5G network with digital reforms will create many opportunities for the MENA Region.

The Link Between Diversity, Inclusion and the Use of TechnologyOur lives revolve around technology in many ways, which raises the question of why the UK is falling behind in adopting newer technology such as AI and deep learning in the workplace?

What if diversity in the technology industry is a related factor in whether or not your business will fall behind.

A criticism often given to technology is that its level of diversity and inclusivity fall behind many other industries.

One of the many ways technology can improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace is through dedicated diversity and inclusion technologies.

Technology has its part to playCompared to many industries, technology as…

Is AI Our Friend or Our Foe in Tackling the Novel Coronavirus?

The Current Role of AI During the COVID-19 PandemicAs it stands, AI is all but shaping the way we approach our attack on the coronavirus pandemic.

That’s not the only way AI has been able to identify sick people in a pool of otherwise healthy ones, either.

Containing the novel coronavirus isn’t just about singling out those who have it, either.

Just like the basic flu virus changes and mutates from season to season, so does the COVID-19 virus.

In many ways, every new company in the modern world is a tech company.

The Need for Core TechEvery company is a tech company, even if it doesn’t directly innovate new technologies itself.

The term “tech company” may be outdated, given that every modern company relies heavily on technology and must innovate, in some way, to survive.

Describing a company as a “tech company” is no longer meaningful.

In some ways, this discussion is largely subjective; whether or not a company is described as a “tech company” is somewhat arbitrary, since it doesn’t directly change what the company does or who its target audience is.

We’re here to help and have created this brief guide with remote working tips to help you be as productive as possible during this new remote working era.

‍The Remote Working EraRemote work has been growing in popularity for some time.

‍5 Remote Working Tips for the Modern WorkplaceRemote workers have the potential to be more productive than their in-office counterparts.

Here are five remote working tips you can implement right now to become super productive during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.‍1.

Remove DistractionsDistraction is an ever-present concern, whether you’re working remotely or in-office.

Here’s how to A/B test email subject lines or what variables in the subject line to test.

Plus, share the benefits of testing subject lines and what to consider before you do an A/B test on your email subject lines and drive results.

Email subject line A/B testing or split testing your email subject line involves creating and comparing two or more versions of your subject line and separating one that performs better or sparks your audience interest.

LengthFor subject lines, there is a consensus that shorter subject lines work best.

Wrapping UpIf you want to remove assumptions or uncertainty in your email subject lines or want to find how you fare at your prospect inboxes, A/B test your emai…

BERT and the Pandemic – A New Wave for the AlgorithmToday, it’s the business end of Google that we’ll be looking at and, in particular, its all-star algorithm.

This groundbreaking algorithm represented a giant leap in network-based natural language processing pre-training.

The objective of Google’s search service is to provide customers with the most relevant responses to their queries.

Bi-directional – Until BERT, Google’s search engine struggled to understand sentences as a whole which led to some response errors.

By using technology known as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Google’s algorithm is able to put phrases and words into context, as well as learn semantics as it goes.

But to be successful in the modern marketing environment, it’s not enough to practice a single, generic “marketing strategy.” Instead, you need to rely on a number of different marketing tactics simultaneously – and ensure they have synergy together.

Notably, content is also a useful ingredient in other marketing strategies – and other marketing strategies can lead people to your content, in turn – resulting in synergy.

The synergies between social media and content marketing are so tight that you can almost think of social media marketing as a mere extension of your content marketing strategy ; after all, you’ll be developing unique social content in the form of posts and comments on a reg…

Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) is the Future of Remote WorkYes, you heard it right – we are talking about VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure).

How to deal with the problem of enhanced remote work?

Improved ProductivityWith 77% increase in productivity, enhanced productivity has been another reason many firms embrace remote work setup.

You don’t need to maintain an in-house server as all the requirements can be fulfilled if you employ a DaaS provider.

It is the complete remote solution package with limitless potential for the firms looking to establish their remote work empire.

Apple’s item tracker works based on the ultra-wideband U1 chip and relies on the Find My network to work even offline.

However, an interesting detail that wasn’t mentioned during the keynote is that even Android users can identify an AirTag in Lost Mode.

Since AirTag is deeply integrated into Apple’s ecosystem, it requires an iOS device to work.

According to a new support article posted on Apple’s official website today, AirTags will be readable by any other NFC-enabled iPhone or even Android devices when in Lost Mode.

You can view a Lost Mode message on any NFC-capable smartphone, such as an iPhone or Android phone.

Apple today officially held its first event of the year with the tagline “Spring Loaded.” During the event, the company unveiled updates for the iPad Pro, iMac, its AirTag item trackers, and much more.

First, for Apple Card, Apple announced a new “Apple Card Family” feature that lets users share the same Apple Card with other family members.

Purple iPhoneIn terms of hardware, Apple announced a new color for the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12.

The new purple iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 will be available for pre-orders on Friday, April 23, with the first orders shipping on April 30.

iPad ProLast but certainly not least, we also got a new iPad Pro lineup during today’s Apple event.

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The group behind the REvil ransomware claims to have confidential information about the engineering of Apple’s products, threatening the company for money in order to not release these files.

As reported by The Record, the team obtained such information after a data leak from Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company that operates as one of Apple’s main factories.

Now, they’re threatening Apple for money, asking the Cupertino-based company to acquire the projects before they get published on the dark web.

According to the report’s sources, the REvil gang asked Quanta for $50 million, but the amount requested directly to Apple is still unknown.

To prove that they have the internal files obtained …

In addition to updates to the MagSafe iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands, the company has also released two new colors for the iPad Smart Folio and Smart Covers.

As we noted earlier today, Apple also introduced a new white variant of the Magic Keyboard cover for iPad Air and iPad Pro.

That cover isn’t available for purchase yet and likely won’t be available until Apple starts taking orders for the new iPad Pro, but the new colored Smart Folios and Smart Covers are available now and can deliver by the end of this week.

Apple’s Smart Covers for iPad mini and the 8th-generation iPad are priced at $39, while the iPad Air and 11″ iPad Pro Smart Folios are priced at $79.

The 12.9″ iPad Pro Smart …

Apple events and product introduction videos are well known for using excellent music.

Instead of having to Shazam each song from today’s special event or going over to Apple’s YouTube channel, you can find all of the music that Apple used today directly below!

Each of today’s major product introductions featured some great music.

I particularly loved the iMac reveal done to Lizzo’s “Better in Color.” You can find that video and others from the event embedded below.

In the meantime, you can enjoy the rest of the songs used in the presentation and add them to your Apple Music library.

One of the major design changes with the new iMac is just how thin it is on the side.

Apple says the new iMac measures in at 11.5mm thick, and as first spotted by Marques Brownlee, this means the iMac is too thin to accommodate a headphone jack on the back.

As MKBHD explains, the typical headphone jack is 14mm deep, so there is physically just not enough room to accommodate a headphone jack.

For this reason, Apple was likely forced to move the headphone jack to the side of the iMac with this redesign.

There are numerous practical benefits to moving the headphone jack as well.

When watchOS 7.4 is released, the ECG app will come to users in Vietnam and Australia.

With watchOS 7.4, Apple adds an ECG feature and irregular rhythm notifications to Australia and Vietnam.

How to use the ECG appWhen watchOS 7.4 launches, users in Australia and Vietnam must use an Apple Watch Series 4, Series 5, or Series 6 to take an ECG.

Make sure that your Apple Watch is snug and on the wrist that you selected in the Apple Watch app.

To check, open the Apple Watch app, tap the My Watch tab, then go to General > Watch Orientation.

Along with the huge iMac redesign, Apple unveiled an all-new Magic Keyboard with Touch ID.

We noticed earlier that Apple hasn’t listed the new Touch ID keyboards for sale on their own.

That’s not surprising as it did the same when the Mac Pro and iMac Pro launched.

But now we’ve got more detail on compatibility as Rene Ritchie has shared that the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID will work with any M1 Mac.

on other M1 Macs, or just as BT keyboards (no Touch ID) on Intel Macs/other devices.

Apple finally introduced a redesigned iMac at today’s event, which now features an all-new design with reduced bezels and the Apple M1 chip.

Apple’s all-in-one computer now comes in seven new colors, and each one has a unique new wallpaper — which you can download right here.

The new generation iMac is available in blue, green, silver, orange, purple, red, and yellow.

For those who want to get the new wallpapers without having to buy a new iMac, we’re making the images available for download here.

Don’t forget to check other wallpapers we shared recently here on 9to5Mac:FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

Apple revealed the 2021 iPad Pro during its Spring Loaded event, and we’ve learned a few more details about it since then…Center Stage for third-party appsOne of the things Apple introduced during the Spring Loaded event about the 2021 iPad Pro was a new function called Center Stage.

With the 12MP Ultra wide TrueDepth camera, the new iPad Pro is able to center the user’s image every time it’s on a video call.

Center Stage, the new iPad Pro feature that uses the front-facing camera to automatically follow the user during video calls, is *not* exclusive to FaceTime.

#AppleEvent — Federico Viticci (@viticci) April 20, 2021Accessory compatibilityWhile a new Apple Pencil was rumored to be introd…

The iPhone 12 mini and regular iPhone 12 will now be available in a new purple color, and they come with a new wallpaper that matches the color.

Aside from the new color, there is nothing really new about this purple iPhone 12.

Internally, they are the same iPhone 12 models that were introduced last year with A14 chip, dual-lens camera system, OLED display, and 5G.

Here’s how Apple describes the new color:Apple today unveiled an all-new stunning purple finish for iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini.

Even if you’re not planning to buy a purple iPhone 12, you can get the new purple wallpaper to use with your current iPhone, or any other device.

Today, Apple unveiled its new Apple TV 4K.

9to5Mac first discovered on tvOS 14.5 beta 6 that Apple mentions 120Hz refresh rate support in the code, but at the time, Apple didn’t have Apple TV that could work with this higher refresh rate since the fifth-generation Apple TV supported only HDMI 2.0.

…These references strongly suggest that Apple is at least internally testing a 120Hz mode for Apple TV.

It’s important to point out, however, that the current Apple TV 4K doesn’t support 120Hz — even with a software update.

With the new Apple TV 4K using HDMI 2.1, it’s unclear why Apple hasn’t yet implemented the 120Hz refresh rate support.

Here’s what you need to know about trading in your iPad to maximize how much you’ll get to put toward a new 2021 model…How much is your iPad Pro worth?

How to check your iPad Pro’s trade in valueSince the iPad Pro is already several years old, its trade in value obviously isn’t going to be quite retail.

Latest iPad Pro trade in values for April 2021We go through some of the top trade in sites every single month to find some of the best deals.

Here are some of the top trade in values for various iPad Pros for April 2021:How much is your iPad Pro worth?

Learn moreYou can read about your various options for trading in and selling your iPad Pro in our full ultimate guide.

iOS 14.5 is arriving to the public next week with a host of new features and changes and a major one is the new App Tracking Transparency.

Today Apple has shared a reminder with developers to have ATT requirements met for apps by April 26.

Unless you receive permission from the user to enable tracking, the device’s advertising identifier value will be all zeros and you may not track them.

You’ll also need to include a purpose string in the system prompt to explain why you’d like to track the user, per App Store Review Guideline 5.1.2(i).

Apple also gave a reminder that all iPhone and iPad apps submitted for App Store review will need to built with Xcode 12 + the iOS 14 SDK or later.

Помните, я удивлялся что непонятно зачем Discord будет продаваться Майкрософту, они вполне могут пойти на IPO? Так вот, угадал - сделка с Майкрософт расторгнута, компания пойдет на IPO 🙂https://www.wsj.com/articles/discord-ends-deal-talks-with-microsoft-11618938806

Из всей сегодняшней презентации стоит отметить AirTag - ту самую метку,которую мы так ждали. Кладешь ее в чемодан и всегда знаешь где он. Прицепляешь к ключам и больше не ишешь их как дурак по всей квартире.Да, внутри обычная батарейка CR2032, заменять ее разрешено самому пользователю, батарейки хватает примерно на год. Цена $29 тоже ниже основного конкурента - Tile. Короче надо брать https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/apple-introduces-airtag/

Сессия вопросов и ответов с Пегги Джонсон, гендиром Magic Leap: про пивот в бизнес-версию Magic Leap 2, который выйдет уже в конце года через программу для бета-тестеров.А я думал что все, сдулась компания - нет, еще стараются https://www.protocol.com/magic-leap-peggy-johnson

Углубленный взгляд на довольно масштабные хакерские операции Северной Кореи, почти всегда ориентированные на получение дохода, а не на какие-то там шпионские действия. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army

YouTube анонсировал временную демонетизацию канал Джеймса Чарльза, у которого 25,5 млн подписчиков, после 15 обвинений в сексуальных домогательствах со стороны мужчин и подростков. Не знаю как вам, а мне кажется странным, что ютуб спокойно демонетизирует кого захочет еще до решения суда. А если оказывается что суд Чарльза оправдает - вернут ли они недополученную им прибыль за это время?https://www.businessinsider.com/james-charles-demonetized-youtube-tempoporary-sexting-minors-scandal-2021-4

Аналитика Sensor Tower: Clubhouse был скачан 2.7 миллиона раз в марте, это на 72% меньше, чем в феврале, когда было 9.5 миллиона. Кажется хайп спал, посмотрим на апрель.https://www.thewrap.com/clubhouse-monthly-downloads-plunge-72-percent/

Ну так и есть, Фейсбук запускает сервис коротких аудио-записей Soundbites, каталог подкастов, и разные другие штуки вокруг звука. Параллельно вместе с тем идет речь об интеграции Спотифая в некий проект, называемый Project Boombox, и я думаю это колонка, да? https://www.axios.com/facebook-unveils-suite-new-audio-products-fae45cc4-397f-4f30-9120-2e59a5e55b90.html

В гонку за Клабхаусом вступил Reddit, самый большой в мире онлайн-форум. По сути это прямо комнаты клабхауса в рамках каждого сабреддита. Правда попробовать пока нельзя, можно записаться в вэйтлист, если вы модератор какого-то большого сабреддита https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/19/22391875/reddit-talk-clubhouse-social-audio

Сервис облачного гейминга Microsoft xCloud завтра запустится для iOS и PC, но пока только по инвайтам и для тех, кто оплатил Game Pass Ultimate.Я бы с удовольствием воспользовался, пойду срочно оплачу подписку https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/19/22391561/microsoft-xcloud-ios-pc-xbox-game-streaming-beta-features

На theblockcrypto большая статья о том, как продавали акции совладельцы компании Coinbase в момент размещения. Не так уж и много продали оказывается, самые важные ребята продавали менее 2 процентов от своей доли. https://t.me/BitLenta/6328

Пока я не оживил еще один свой канал, смотрите какой восторг: первые настоящие кастомные кроссовки от Adidas - подошва печатается на 3d-принтере, верхняя часть из специальных нитей вьется с учетом анатомии ноги прямо вшиваясь в каркас подошвы. Вес будет явно невероятно маленьким, а удобство космическое.И главное - это уже практически продакшн, а не только инженерный прототип https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/industrial-robots/adidas-futurecraft-3d-printed-robot-woven-sneaker

По слухам, Фейсбук собирается анонсировать набор аудио продуктов, включая прямого конкурента Clubhouse, каталог подкастов (вместе со спотифаем) и разное другое. Кажется я дождался, и возвращается эра аудио! https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/4/18/22390742/facebook-podcasts-clubhouse-audio-launch-spotify-zuckerberg-apple

Что ждать от завтрашнего мероприятия Эппл: скорее всего новые айпады, включая обновление Про, новые айМаки на процессорах Эппл и долгожданный AirTag. Мероприятие скорее всего проходное, но все равно придется смотреть - последние 3 были очень хороши и по картинке и по режиссуре https://www.macrumors.com/guide/what-to-expect-apple-event-april-20/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

Судебный комитет Палаты представителей США официально утвердил отчет, в котором крупные технологические компании обвиняются в покупке и последующем уничтожении более мелких фирм-конкурентов.После одобрения этот отчет на 400 страниц станет по сути планом для обуздания рыночной власти FAANG https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-committee-approves-blueprint-big-tech-crackdown-2021-04-15/

Идеальная ссылка для пятницы: GANcraft - нейронка, которая строит реалистичные видео из воксельной картинки от Майнкрафта. Статья интересна и сама по себе, но если вы далеки от математики нейронных сетей - просто посмотрет видео, это великолепно! Теперь я хочу такую графику в самом майнкрафте, в реальном режиме времени 🙂 https://nvlabs.github.io/GANcraft/

Главные анонсы апрельской презентации Apple в одном материале.От фиолетового iPhone и AirTag с ремешками за 40 тысяч рублей до цветных iMac и прокачанного iPad Pro с экраном 120 Гц.А на видео — пародия на фильм «Миссия невыполнима» в исполнении Тима Кука.rozetked.me/articles/16437

Российские цены на новые продукты Apple, представленные на сегодняшней презентации.В списке — iPad Pro, iMac, AirTag и Apple TV 4K, а также фиолетовые версии iPhone 12 и iPhone 12 mini.rozetked.me/news/16435

Пока мы готовим большой пост о презентации Apple, подытожим:• Фиолетовый iPhone 12: rozetked.me/news/16433• Метки AirTag: rozetked.me/news/16430• Apple TV 4K: rozetked.me/news/16431• Новый iMac 24": rozetked.me/news/16432• iPad Pro с miniLED: rozetked.me/news/16434P.S. Да, AirPods не показали. Ждём в следующий раз🤷

Apple Smart Keyboard для iPad теперь доступна в белом цвете. Об этой клавиатуре у нас есть отдельное видео: youtu.be/zKMa9cxEW54

Что дальше? Конечно же, iPad Pro.С 2 ТБ памяти, 5G, экраном miniLED, Thunderbolt и чипом M1!rozetked.me/news/16434

На презентации также показали тизер второго сезона «Теда Лассо».Премьера на Apple TV+ 23 июля.

Главный анонс — новый iMac в семи цветах! С чипом Apple M1.24 дюйма, магнитная зарядка, четыре порта USB-C и клавиатура под цвет со встроенный Touch ID.rozetked.me/news/16432

Анонс три — Apple TV 4K.Процессор A12, Dolby Vision и, главное, новый удобный пульт! Продажи в мае.rozetked.me/news/16431

Анонс два — долгожданная метка AirTag.Стоимость всего 29 долларов. Продажи стартуют также 30 апреля.rozetked.me/news/16430

Первый анонс Apple, внезапно, iPhone 12 в фиолетовом цвете. Продажи стартуют 30 апреля.rozetked.me/news/16433

Онлайн-магазин Apple ушёл на обновление ассортимента, а значит до презентации остались считанные часы.Напоминаем, старт в 20:00 по МСК: youtu.be/JdBYVNuky1MЧто покажут и где ещё можно посмотреть: rozetked.me/articles/16390

Sony представила специальную версию флагманских наушников WH-1000XM4 в цвете Silent White с перламутровой отделкой.Выпуск приурочен к 75-летию бренда. В России новинка появится летом.rozetked.me/news/16427

Продолжение «Очень странных дел» не выйдет в 2021-ом.Об этом сообщил актёр Финн Вулфард. Съёмки до сих пор не завершились, финал планируется лишь к августу.rozetked.me/news/16424

Новые технологии стремительно меняют мир, открывая дорогу талантам и смелым творческим решениям.Как создавать инновационные продукты и быть уверенным в том, что результаты вашего труда правильно оцениваются и достойно монетизируются, расскажут на международном форуме IPQuorum 2021: Tech for Content!Мероприятие пройдёт 26-27 апреля в «Сколково».Деловая программа события охватит свыше 20 креативных отраслей: от кино и музыки до медиа и моды. Более 150 спикеров из «Газпром-Медиа», Okko, Rambler Group, МТС и других игроков креативного рынка расскажут, как создавать, монетизировать и защищать контент с помощью технологий искусственного интеллекта, нейросетей, 3D-моделирования и Deepfake.Всех гос…

Милый вертолётик на Марсе только что приподнялся над поверхностью планеты, чуть повисел в тамошней дико разреженной атмосфере и опустился обратно. Да, первый полёт самостоятельного летательного аппарата на чужой планете. Не столько зрелищный, сколько эмоционально заряженный.А ещё мне в трансляции было очень интересно наблюдать за командой. С одной стороны, прямо сейчас происходило то, во что они вложили годы. С другой — они прекрасно осознавали, что наблюдают прошлое, а не «сейчас», потому что сигнал добирается от Марса до Земли минуты, да ещё через тамошнюю систему ретрансляции. И эти ребята лучше всех ощущали, как конечность скорости света искажает наше чувство сиюминутности, к которому и…

Новость специально для тех конспирологов, кто считает историю с ковидом прелюдией и поводом к чипированию людей :)В лабораториях американского МинОбороны таки действительно разработан чип для вживления — с целью оперативной диагностики заболевания ковидом.Понятно, насколько для армии, где типичны скопления людей в ограниченных пространствах, важно скорейшее выявление любого заразного военнослужащего, но массово используемые тесты для этого и неудобны, и слишком медленны — американцы в этом убедились, когда вспышка произошла на авианосце. И вот теперь можно мониторить в реальном времени маркеры в крови, которые предшествуют появлению симптомов ковида. Людей с подозрением на ковид можно опера…

Отношение к удалёнке очень ярко демонстрирует, насколько люди разные. Факторов, влияющих на это отношение, масса; многие из них внешние — от жилищных условий и качества связи до типа деятельности и отношений в распределенной команде.Но в основе, скорее всего, психологические свойства каждого, и этот аспект сейчас серьезно исследуется. Уже прижился термин Zoom fatigue, например, и психологи взялись за изучение этой «зум-усталости». И выяснилось, в частности, что не только люди разнятся по подверженности этой неприятности, но и есть сильный гендерный сдвиг: очень тяжелую зум-усталость отмечают почти 14% женщин, но всего лишь 5,5% мужчин. Авторы работы выдвигают гипотезу, что сам эффект может …

Два стартапа, специализирующиеся на машинном обучении для генерации того, что принято называть deep fake, объединили усилия. UneeQ умеет делать видео лица любого человека с реалистичной мимикой и артикуляцией в процессе речи. Aflorithmic умеет генерить вполне реалистичный голос опять же любого человека, произносящий произвольный текст. Объединив обе технологии, удалось создать то, что стартапы называют «цифровым Эйнштейном”: на экране очень реалистичная голова великого физика говорит с вами его голосом. Утверждается, что таким образом можно создавать очень эффективные образовательные чат-ботыhttps://www.aflorithmic.ai/post/creating-einsteins-voiceВпрочем, TechCrunch в длинной и немного ворч…

Китайцы исторически любили украшать праздники огнями в небе — фейерверки родом оттуда. Сейчас технологии подарили им новый инструментарий для ярких картин в ночном небе: рои дронов.И художники вместе с инженерами и программистами круто научились им пользоваться; вот пример, в котором 600 дронов установили новый рекорд для книги Гиннесса. Больше 26 минут они рисовали в небе, можно сказать, мультик; по правилам необходимо было иметь частоту кадров не ниже 12 кадров/сек. Вот видео этого впечатляющего посвящения Ван-Гогу https://youtu.be/xj1T2AWcI6o. Для анимации красиво сочетается управление движением дронов и их светимостью. А в статье есть немного пояснений и технических подробностей:https:/…

Один из уволившихся модераторов Facebook — на самом деле, это сотрудник Accenture, которая занимается этой работой для Facebook, — написал довольно обстоятельное внутреннее письмо о проблемах модерации, точнее, модераторов, и это письмо выложили в Twitter. В тексте много пишется о том, что работа модераторов приводит к серьезным психическим проблемам, постоянный контакт с темными сторонами человеческих проявлений — от проявлений ненависти до насилия в отношении детей, — не проходит бесследно, а предпринимаемые меры в виде консультаций психологов для сотрудников недостаточны для настоящего решения этих проблем.В общем, ничего удивительного — ну вот такое у нас человечество и по мере увеличен…

Boston Dynamics не только собакоподобных киногеничных роботов умеет создавать. Stretch вряд ли будет миллионами просмотров вирусить по интернету, но если присмотреться к его работе на складе, то становится понятнее, как будут выглядеть логистические центры будущего. А ещё видно, что умение создавать и программировать способных к хореографии роботов в итоге обеспечивает изящество и точность движений их куда более утилитарных собратьев.https://dornob.com/new-stretch-robot-by-boston-dynamics-accelerates-warehouse-automation/

Французская команда Obviuos, прославившаяся в 2018 тем, что они впервые продали на престижном аукционе Christie’s картину, созданную генеративной нейронной сеткой, продолжают составлять коктейли из технологий и традиционных институций мира искусства. На этот раз они снова сгенерировали портреты, но уже в режиме видео, и, ожидаемо, токенизировали их. А партнером по продаже NFT выступил на сей раз не аукционный дом, а вполне традиционная и известная парижская галерея Kamel Mennour. Надо отметить, что было бы неправильно упрекнуть Obvious в том, что они погнались за модой: они-то как раз экспериментировали с NFT с 2017, продавая некоторые свои работы за пару эфиров — так что сейчас они просто …

Завораживающие таймлапсы разных мест Земли за примерно 35 лет прямо внутри Google Earth наглядно и впечатляюще демонстрируют изменения ландшафтов — и это не 3D анимация в исполнении художников, а совершенно документальное кино, собранное из колоссального архива спутниковых фотографий с 1984 по 2020 годы. Отступающие ледники, конечно, впечатляют сильно. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22383964/google-earth-3d-timelapse-climate-change

Много лет наблюдаю за тем, как происходит глобальный передел медиапространства. Социальные сети, блогеры, новая журналистика, онлайн-знаменитости, UGC-контент в самых разных формах — хоть тушкой, хоть чучелком. Идёт глобальная трансформация инфополей. Смешались в кучу кони, люди...Практический вывод, который я сделал из наблюдений и размышлений вокруг происходящего, вы видите перед собой прямо сейчас. Это моя активность в публичном поле и соцсетях. Я начал ее года три назад и намерен усиливать.Я убеждён, что внимание — валюта будущего. «Майнить» её сегодня дешевле, чем завтра. И баснословно дешевле, чем послезавтра.К чему это я? Посмотрите крутое видео от Джека Конте. Парень — СЕО нового ти…

Машинное обучение продолжает творить чудеса со старыми фотографиями. Снимки, сделанные лет сто назад или раньше, использовали фотоэмульсию, которая имела пониженную чувствительность к красной части видимого спектра: в современных терминах — словно снимок сделан в режиме ЧБ, но через голубой фильтр. Кожа на таких снимках выглядит старческой и неживой, поэтому фотопортреты тех давних лет неадекватно показывают нам тогдашние лица. Но алгоритмы можно научить и таким трюкам — и древние фотографии, да еще и плохого качества, начинают выглядеть так, словно сделаны современным фотоаппаратом с хорошей матрицей и дорогим портретным объективом. И люди на них реально оживают и молодеют ;)https://gizmod…

Внезапно я снова сходил к Мезенцеву в подкаст. На этот раз поговорили про NFT. Что такое, зачем и кому нужно. По этому поводу мы решили токенизировать Нейронную Оборону, но не просто так, а с подвохом.RECAP: в 2016 году мы с Лёшей Тихоновым запилили проект, в котором искусственная нейронная сеть нагенерировала текстов в стиле Егора Летова. Мы к этим текстам добавили музыки, получился мини-альбом. Альбом из шести треков и семи стихотворений довольно широко разошёлся и до сих пор есть, к примеру, на Яндекс.Музыке.Сразу после релиза альбом, естественно, утащили и на файлобменники. Что прекрасно, потому что означает, что людям нравится. Сейчас мы решили все треки в альбоме токенизироовать, но т…

Интересный прецедент в Штатах: ФБР получило от тамошнего Минюста официальное разрешение начать удаленно ликвидировать на компьютерах по всей стране установленный хакерами софт, дающий им доступ к Microsoft Exchange Server в корпоративных сетях.The news shows some of the more proactive steps law enforcement may take when faced with large scale hacking operations, and victims who are not willing or able to swiftly patch their systems. Хороший стимул резко поднять уровень защиты от любых внешних вторжений — а то корпоративный сервер может совершенно официально стать полем битвы госструктур с хакерами.https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dmjg/fbi-removes-web-shells-microsoft-exchange