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Google’s new Wear OS looks like it will copy health tracking straight from Fitbit watches

May 19, 2021
As it turns out, the acquisition of Fitbit by Google really was about improving Wear OS for the better. Today at I/O, Google announced a revamp to Wear OS that hinges on Fitbit’s health expertise, and it includes essentially copying the step tracking and motivational badges that watches like Sense and Versa use today. Fitbit CEO James Park spoke out during I/O today to say that Fitbit will be…
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Google Drive will soon let you block users that share spam

May 19, 2021
Over the past few years, some malicious actors have leveraged Google Drive sharing to target people with spam-filled documents. Google now has a solution to that form of spam with user blocking in Drive. Drive’s sharing capabilities fuel productivity and collaboration…
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Watch Ford F150 Lightning electric pickup’s rocket acceleration with President Biden behind the wheel

May 19, 2021
We now have a first look at the Ford F150 Lightning leaks ahead of the unveiling this week, thanks to US President Joe Biden, who test drove the electric pickup truck. Last week, Ford announced that the new F150 electric, which is now called Lightning, will be unveiled tomorrow, May 19. Electrek already got a preview of the vehicle, but we can’t talk about it until the embargo lifts…
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Adobe releases Photoshop for Windows ARM64 devices

May 19, 2021
Adobe has released a new version of Photoshop to run natively on Windows 10 ARM devices. The release requires a Windows 10 ARM device running Windows 10 64-bit v190141.488.0 (Win10 20H1) and a minimum of 8GB of RAM, although 16GB is recommended. It is important to note that…
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EA will crowdfund the prize pool for Apex Legends Global Series Championship to as much as $3M

May 18, 2021
Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Electronic Arts said it will tap players to crowdfund the prize pool for the Apex Legends Global Series Championship to as much as $3 million. The prize pool will rise from $1 million based on fan purchases of special bundles in the free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends, which has been downloaded more than 100 million…
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Data and AI operations startup Coiled nabs $21M

May 18, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Coiled, a DataOps and AIOps platform that seeks to increase access to scalable computing, today announced that it raised $21 million in series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Alongside the…
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SAS flexes AI ambitions with Viya platform expansion

May 18, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. During its Virtual SAS Global Forum 2021 event, SAS today announced an expansion for its SAS Viya platform, which is used for analyzing data and building AI models. The platform will now be available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud, along with existing support for Microsoft Azure. In addition, SAS pledged to…
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