Microsoft may have ‘killed’ Windows’ answer to Chromebooks

Sometime in 2019, Microsoft had spoken about Windows 10X, a lighter version of Windows which could take on ChromeOS. The idea may have been been shelved for good. https://ift.tt/3exUbXY

Elon Musk admits some of his tweets land him in 'trouble'

Tesla and SpaceX CEO was at his hilarious best as he hosted the popular American TV show Saturday Night Live for the first time, acknowledging that his public comments on Twitter do get him in trouble at times. https://ift.tt/3o3zTsP

Oxygen concentrator: When is it useful and what you should know before buying online

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Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at storage company Spectra Logic, on the resurgence of tape for archival storage, DNA storage, more (Desire Athow/TechRadar)

Desire Athow / TechRadar:
Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at storage company Spectra Logic, on the resurgence of tape for archival storage, DNA storage, more  —  A Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at Spectra Logic  —  In the world of archival storage, tape is the undisputed king.

Amazon app quiz May 10, 2021: Get answers to these five questions and win Rs 15,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Results of today’s quiz will be announced on May 11. https://ift.tt/3ttjiQd

Flipkart daily trivia quiz May 10, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts and discount vouchers

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize. https://ift.tt/3eD0nhL

How a security researcher ‘hacked’ Apple AirTag

According to a German security researcher "Stack Smashing" tweeted about how he managed to “break into the microcontroller of the AirTag.” This enabled him to re-flash the microcontroller that enabled them to modify elements of the item tracker software. https://ift.tt/3tzsLFm

DeepMind researchers are working with the UK's Premier League team Liverpool to explore the application of AI to help teams improve their soccer tactics (Amit Katwala/wired.co.uk)

Amit Katwala / wired.co.uk:
DeepMind researchers are working with the UK's Premier League team Liverpool to explore the application of AI to help teams improve their soccer tactics  —  The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to apply AI smarts to the high-stakes world of football tactics

A German security researcher claims he was able to break into the microcontroller of Apple's AirTag, allowing him to modify its NFC URL (José Adorno/9to5Mac)

José Adorno / 9to5Mac:
A German security researcher claims he was able to break into the microcontroller of Apple's AirTag, allowing him to modify its NFC URL  —  The Apple AirTag has been released almost ten days ago.  Since then, we have seen a user rebuilding an AirTag as a thinner card that fits into wallets …

How ByteDance is competing with Alibaba in social commerce, including roping in influencers like Xiaomi's Lei Jun to livestream on TikTok's Chinese twin Douyin (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
How ByteDance is competing with Alibaba in social commerce, including roping in influencers like Xiaomi's Lei Jun to livestream on TikTok's Chinese twin Douyin  —  - TikTok owner aims to challenge Alibaba in e-commerce arena  — Zhang eyes global opportunity after ‘major breakthrough’

Memo: California DMV says Tesla is at Level 2 currently after Tesla's head of Autopilot admits that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about "full self-driving" (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Memo: California DMV says Tesla is at Level 2 currently after Tesla's head of Autopilot admits that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about “full self-driving”  —  'Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality'  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been overstating the capabilities …

Clubhouse launches in beta on Android in the US, after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, but will remain invite-only (The Verge)

The Verge:
Clubhouse launches in beta on Android in the US, after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, but will remain invite-only  —  It's now available in the US and will roll out to other countries soon  —  After more than a year of iOS exclusivity, social audio platform Clubhouse is releasing its Android app.

Dogecoin dropped by about a third during Elon Musk's SNL appearance, as he conceded in a skit that Dogecoin was merely a "hustle" (David Pierce/Protocol)

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Dogecoin dropped by about a third during Elon Musk's SNL appearance, as he conceded in a skit that Dogecoin was merely a “hustle”  —  Saturday night was the moment it became absolutely undeniable: tech is culture now.  As Elon Musk took the stage on Saturday Night Live …

How publishers are using tech, including AI-generated voices for audiobooks, Google Lens AR, and Amazon's novella app Kindle Vella, to entice young readers (Jennifer Alsever/Fortune)

Jennifer Alsever / Fortune:
How publishers are using tech, including AI-generated voices for audiobooks, Google Lens AR, and Amazon's novella app Kindle Vella, to entice young readers  —  Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you.  To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.

US firm Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M (Shoshanna Solomon/The Times of Israel)

Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel:
US firm Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M  —  Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investors