Friday, June 11, 2021

Google abandons experiment to hide parts of site URLs in the Chrome address bar, which ran from June 2020 to June 2021 (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
Google abandons experiment to hide parts of site URLs in the Chrome address bar, which ran from June 2020 to June 2021  —  Google's experiment to hide parts of a site's URL in the Chrome address bar (the Omnibox) has failed and has been removed from the browser earlier this week.



Syska Bolt SW200 Smartwatch With SpO2 Monitoring Launched in India

Syska Bolt SW200 smartwatch with SpO2, heart rate monitoring, and hand sanitsation reminder has been launched in India. The watch is exclusively available via Flipkart for Rs. 2,499. The watch... https://ift.tt/3cvVKEn

OnePlus Nord CE vs OnePlus Nord vs OnePlus 9R: What's the Difference?

OnePlus Nord CE 5G is the latest addition to the company's smartphone portfolio. The CE stands for Core Edition and the company says it retains all the core elements of the popular OnePlus Nord. It... https://ift.tt/3pKyhVK

Apple Subpoenaed by Trump Administration for Lawmakers' Data: Report

The US Justice Department under former President Donald Trump subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in an attempt... https://ift.tt/2RMhx3K

Facebook, Telegram Fined by Russia Over Failing to Remove Banned Content

Russian authorities ordered Facebook and Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content, a move that could be part of growing government efforts to tighten control over social media... https://ift.tt/3wiw6Le

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs (Nick Statt/Protocol)

Nick Statt / Protocol:
Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs  —  Microsoft wants to bring its gaming subscription service to way more screens using the cloud.



Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge:
Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules  —  The ISOCELL JN1 has 50 million 0.64μm pixels, the smallest size in the industry  —  Samsung has announced a new image sensor …



Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B  —  Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million …



Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names (New York Times)

New York Times:
Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names  —  In response to Times articles, the search giant is changing its algorithm, part of a major shift in how Google polices harmful content.



French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital  —  French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6 million Series A funding round (€30 million).  Lead Edge Capital is leading the round …



OnePlus Nord CE 5G launch event updates

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Paytm, MakeMyTrip, Infosys Offer to Help With COVID-19 Vaccine Bookings

Paytm, Infosys, and MakeMyTrip are among companies seeking approval in India to provide online COVID-19 vaccine bookings, the head of the government's tech platform said, as the country tries to make... https://ift.tt/2TMO6iu

Asus Launches ROG Zephyrus, TUF Gaming Laptops in India

Asus on Thursday launched ROG Zephyrus S17, Zephyrus M16, TUF Gaming F15, and TUF Gaming F17 gaming laptops in India. The new laptops come with 11th-generation Intel Core H-series processors. https://ift.tt/2U073P7

Bitcoin Should Face 'Conservative' Capital Rule From Banks, Regulators Propose

Banks must set aside enough capital to cover losses on any Bitcoin holdings in full, global banking regulators proposed, in a "conservative" step that could prevent widescale use of the cryptocurrency... https://ift.tt/2Snkat3

EU says there were 304 malicious attacks against "critical sectors" in 2020, more then double the 146 recorded in 2019, with a 47% rise in attacks on hospitals (Nick Paton Walsh/CNN)

Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
EU says there were 304 malicious attacks against “critical sectors” in 2020, more then double the 146 recorded in 2019, with a 47% rise in attacks on hospitals  —  Study: Cyberattacks on critical sectors doubled in Europe in pandemic  —  (CNN)Significant cyberattacks attacks …



Hong Kong-listed AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine and Eli Lilly sign a drug co-development deal worth up to $2.75B, with $115M in upfront payments (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

Evelyn Cheng / CNBC : Hong Kong-listed AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine and Eli Lilly sign a drug co-development deal worth up...