Meta won't hold its F8 developer conference in 2022, instead holding Conversations, a “business messaging event” on May 19, and an AR/VR event “later this year”
Similar to years past, we are taking a brief break in programming … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Cancels F8 Developer Conference This Year to “build the metaverse” Oliver Haslam / iMore : There wi...
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire
In my first newsletter issue “From Corporation to Self-Actualization” … Michael Spencer / Web3 Digest : Bored Ape Yacht Club creator raises $450 million to build an NFT metaverse Nancy Dahlberg / refr...
Google says it will invest AU$1B over five years into a new Australian Digital Future Initiative to create jobs and build its first research hub in the country
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Biden signs the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, denying FCC licenses to national security threats, effectively banning Huawei and ZTE network equipment in the US
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A joint probe by Australia and UK's Information Commissioners finds Clearview AI collected data on 3B+ people by indiscriminately scraping info from the web
Campbell Kwan / ZDNet : Source: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner .
Epic has filed an appeal to Friday's ruling in its lawsuit against Apple with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
but it's not done fighting yet Alex Tsiaoussidis / dexerto.com : Epic Games appeals after Apple wins Fortnite lawsuit Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Epic Games files to appeal ruling in Apple lawsuit J...
Qualcomm and Asus partner to launch the “Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders”, a $1,499 handset with Snapdragon 888, a glowing Snapdragon logo, and more
Here's why Ivan Mehta / TNW : Qualcomm just announced its own $1,500 phone — but who's it for? Paul Lilly / HotHardware.com News : Here's Qualcomm's Fully-Loaded Snapdragon For Insiders Phone Built By...
White House issues another executive order aiming to guide federal development of AI, focusing on nine principles to build public trust in the technology
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Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021, imposing a 15GB cap, but photos and documents uploaded before then will not count against cap
but Pixel owners get an exemption Babu Mohan / Android Central : Google's future Pixel phones won't offer unlimited Google Photos backups Mehreen Kasana / Input : Google Photos won't be free and unlim...
Informatica appoints Amit Walia, its products and marketing president, as its first new CEO since going private in 2015, replacing Anil Chakravarthy
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