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2 | These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Monday, May 24, 2021. I'm Rich Stroffolino. | |||||
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6 | The smartphone maker Honor confirmed that its new Honor 50 series will come preinstalled with Google services, running Honor's MagicUI on top of Android with a Snapdragon 778G chipset. Honor was spun off from Huawei last year, and is seemingly no longer impacted by US sanctions that caused Google to revoke Huawei's Android license. | https://www.xda-developers.com/honor-50-google-apps/ | ||||
7 | Japan's most popular dating app, Omiai, reported it found unauthorized server access from April, potentially exposing photos of ID cards, drivers licenses, and passports on 1.7 million users. Credit card data was not exposed in the breach, and its not clear if the data was actually exfiltrated when accessed. | |||||
8 | The Information and Reuters' sources say Nefflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee a video game division. Netflix has tried interactive programming in the past with "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" and "You vs. Wild", where users could decide the characters' moves, and created games based on shows "Stranger Things" and "La casa de Papel (Money Heist)". The Information noted that Netflix could offer a bundle of games similar to Apple Arcade as an option to subscribers. | https://www.reuters.com/technology/netflix-looking-hire-executive-gaming-expansion-information-2021-05-21/ | ||||
9 | Taiwan's director general of Taipei’s cultural and economic office in New York warned that a sudden rise in community tranmission of COVID-19 in Taiwan may further exaserbate the ongoing chip shortage. The country previously had zero reported cases by community transmission for the last eight months, now with over 700 reported since May 9th. Currently only about 1% of Taiwan's population is vaccinated. | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/world-s-supply-of-chips-is-in-danger-unless-taiwan-gets-vaccines | ||||
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11 | App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi reports that Instagram is working on a system to use WhatsApp to send two-factor authentication codes as an alternative to SMS. Based on screenshots, users would have to verify their WhatsApp account through SMS, with WhatsApp not storing any user Instagram data. | |||||
12 | The analysts at SensorTower noted that the ByteDance video editing app CapCut topped the US iOS App Store since May 21st, reaching #9 on the Google Play Store, with the analysts estimating 250 million global installs. The app includes stickers, royalty free music, and video effects, and is popular with TikTok users to polish videos. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bytedances-video-editor-capcut-latest-132148152.html | ||||
13 | The Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou reported a net loss of 57.8 billion yuan (about 8.98 billion USD) in Q1, increasing 89% on the year, even as revenue increased 37% on the year to 17 billion yuan. A rival to ByteDance owned Douyin, Kuaishou saw slowing monthly active users growth, up 5% on the year to 520 million, with advertising surpassing tips and virtual gifts as its top source of revenue. | |||||
14 | Apple published a new support page confirming that HomePod and HomePod Mini will receive native support for lossless audio in a future software update. The company also clarified that broadcast radio, live radio, on-demand content from Apple Music 1 won't support lossless audio, and that previous iTunes purchases cannot be downloaded in a lossless format. | https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/22/homepod-apple-music-lossless-support/ | ||||
15 | Twitch created a new category for “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” category, after Twitch pulled ads from increasingly popular hot tub streams at advertiser requests. Twitch said it isn't changing what is and isn't allowed on its platform, sexually suggestive content is still banned, but context-appropriate clothing, like a bathing suit in a pool or hot tub, is allowed. | |||||
16 | Instagram launched insight analytics for Reels and Live videos. For Reels this will show plays, likes, comments, saves, shares, and numbers of accounts reached, while Live videos will show comments, shares, reach, and peak concurrent users. The Accounts Insight page also now divides users interacting with content between followers and non-followers, as well as ranking content on reach and account type interaction. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/instagram-insights-reels-live-video-130003756.html | ||||
17 | Stock researchers at the University of Flordia found that of 44 tech startups that went public through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC, deal since the start of 2020, share prices on average have fallen 12.6%, with more than half down over 20%. SPAC deals involve a company going public with no assets and then merge with a private company to effectively take itpublic. Of 77 tech startups that went through a traditional IPO during the same period, stocks were down 10.7% since the end of the first day of trading. | |||||
18 | Samsung expanded its Tizen-powered Smart Monitor line to now include a 43-inch 4K M7 model and a 24--inch 1080p M5, although no pricing or availability. These join Samsung's existing 32 and 27-inch Smart Monitors introduced last year. | |||||
19 | New preview builds of Windows 10 include a new folder called “touchkeyboard” inside the wallpapers folder of the OS, indicating Microsoft will open up further customization options on its built-in touch keyboard. Currently the folder contains images for light and dark version of the keyboard, with Windows Latest reporting its test showed the keyboard support customized key colors, labels, scales, and opacity. | https://www.windowslatest.com/2021/05/23/windows-10-touch-keyboard-is-getting-themes-new-customization-options/ | ||||
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