Sources: Microsoft ditched a dual-screen design for the Surface Duo 3, opting for an internal foldable screen, an external cover display, and a 180-degree hinge
Microsoft's next foldable phone will have an internal foldable display. — What you need to know
India's Enforcement Directorate says it has seized $725M from Xiaomi's local bank accounts over allegedly illegal royalty payments to its foreign subsidiaries
India said on Saturday it had seized $725 million from the local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) …
Explaining its content moderation policy, Substack says it will “resist public pressure to suppress voices that loud objectors deem unacceptable”
Building a system that puts readers and writers in charge — As Substack grows, there is increasing interest in the stance we take on content moderation.
How drone deliveries may impact the design of homes, apartment complexes, and neighborhoods, with possibilities like drone landing pads on mailboxes or rooftops
Beth DeCarbo / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @chupchap , @wsakaren , @producercities , and @chrismattmann Tweets: NTB / @chupchap : Reality: People do not want to modify their hom...
AMD unveils new GPUs: $999 Radeon RX 6900 XT, coming 12/8 for $500 less than RTX 3090, $649 Radeon RX 6800 XT, coming 11/18 for $50 less than RTX 3080, and more
Facebook launches free-to-play cloud gaming on desktop and Android but says it is unable to bring games to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies
and another feud with Apple Emma Roth / MakeUseOf : Facebook Introduces Free Cloud Gaming Service | MakeUseOf David Pierce / Protocol : Apple fights the future of gaming Andrew Web...
An overview of tech issues on the ballot in November: the status of gig workers, warrantless phone searches, privacy rights, publicly-funded broadband, and more
Voters in states and cities across the country will decide some of technology's biggestquestions
Right to repair gains ground with proposed regulations in US and EU that would force companies to share parts, tools, and info with consumers and repair shops
Paola Rosa-Aquino / New York Times :
Despite its limitations, GPT-3, OpenAI's text-generating AI, excels at producing follow-on thoughts to input text, and could thus succeed as a “writing buddy”
OpenAI, an AI research foundation started by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and a few other leaders in ML …
Shares of nCino, which develops a cloud-based operating system for financial institutions, surged 195%+ on first day of trading after raising ~$249M in IPO
Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online :
Sources: Amazon is in early-stage talks to buy a ~5% stake in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel, worth at least $2B
NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) …
The coronavirus is accelerating the shift to automation, chatbots, and AI in the call center industry and threatening jobs
Financial Times : Tweets: @chupchap , @ron_miller , and @johnreedwrites Tweets: NTB / @chupchap : Most of the companies are working on low hanging fruits even now. 1. Categorisati...
Microsoft acquires Edmonton-based Mover to bolster its cloud migration solutions, just weeks after acquiring Movere, another cloud migration company
@JeffTeper (Microsoft CVP). Read more about today's news https://aka.ms/... https://twitter.com/... NTB / @chupchap : Somewhere in MS hq. “What? We acquired Movere? We were suppose...
A closer look at software architecture lock-in, which many developers consider their archenemy, in its many forms like vendor lock-in, product lock-in, and more
A significant share of architectural energy is spent on reducing or avoiding lock-in. That's a rather noble objective …
Google consolidates its payment offerings, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, under a single brand: Google Pay
If you've ever paid for groceries with Android Pay, used Chrome to automatically fill in your payment info, or purchased an app on Google Play, then you've already experienced …