A new Nintendo Switch is reportedly scheduled for a fall release, HBO Max to launch in Latin America on June 29th, and Bird announces the Bird Three scooter.
Amazon buys MGM. Is Amazon becoming a 21st century conglomerate and what is the company’s end game? Plus the US District of Columbia sued Amazon Tuesday for violating antitrust laws.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos
The USB Implementers Forum announces power delivery support for 240W in the USB-C 2.1 specification, WhatsApp sues the Indian government over new IT laws, and Tesla stops putting front-facing radar sensors in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.
Arm introduced its first designs to the new Armv9 architecture, including the flagship Cortex-A710 CPUs and Mali-G710 GPU. Huawwei shifts gears to focusing on software development. The Epic Apple trial closed Monday and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will now take what is likely months to review the 4500 pages of testimony and make her bench decision.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Peter Wells, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe
Florida signs bill regulating how social media companies moderate speech online, India’s IT Ministry wants social media companies to take down any references to “Indian variant” of Covid-19, and the Epic v. Apple trial concludes.
Amazon is eyeing faltering studio MGM. HBO Max will be ad-supported for $10/mo. First reaction to the teaser for The Eternals! All this and more on Cordkillers!
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A group of over 500 researchers have signed onto the BigScience project, an effort led by the startup Huggingface to build an open-soruce large language model to better understand natural-language processing. Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg wrote an op-ed for CNBC calling for US lawmakers to create a new digital regulator. Ford reveals more information on the F-150 Lightning Pro’s extended-range version, capable of about 300 miles on a single charge and with a 240 V, 80 A charger (called the Charge Station Pro) that can fill the battery to 100% in eight hours. Price? Just under $50,000.
Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe