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Everyone you know is a Disney princess, which means AR is queen Jun 16, 2021

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This weekend, all of your friends morphed one by one into animated, Pixar-inspired characters. This isn’t a fever dream, and you’re not alone. On Thursday, Snapchat released a Cartoon 3D Style Lens, which uses AR to make you look like a background character from “Frozen.”

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Intel announces two new 11th-gen chips and a 5G M.2 laptop module at Computex Jun 16, 2021

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Jaguar Land Rover to develop a Defender-like hydrogen fuel cell EV Jun 15, 2021

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Jaguar Land Rover is developing a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle based on the new Defender SUV and plans to begin testing the prototype next year. The prototype program, known as Project Zeus, is part of JLR’s larger aim to only produce zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 20236.

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Supreme Court revives LinkedIn case to protect user data from web scrapers Jun 15, 2021

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The Supreme Court has given LinkedIn another chance to stop a rival company from scraping personal information from users’ public profiles, a practice LinkedIn says should be illegal but one that could have broad ramifications for internet researchers and archivists.

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Niantic is working with Hasbro on a Pokémon GO-style Transformers game Jun 14, 2021

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Niantic has encouraged the world to roam the streets as Pokémon trainers and wizards… next up? Time to transform and roll out. 80’s mega toy Transformers is the latest IP to partner with Niantic to build a map-heavy, geolocation-centric game.

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NASA seeking proposals for two new private astronaut missions to ISS Jun 14, 2021

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NASA said Friday it was seeking proposals from commercial companies for two new private crewed missions to the International Space Station. The first mission would likely take place between fall of 2022 and mid-2023. The second one would follow sometime between mid-2023 and the end of 2023.

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U.S. PC shipments soar 73% in the first quarter as Apple falls from top spot Jun 11, 2021

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With pent up demand from the pandemic, Canalys reports that U.S. PC shipments were up 73% over the same period last year. That added up to a total of 34 million units sold.

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Dark Sky iOS app and website are likely shutting down at the end of 2022 Jun 11, 2021

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After Apple acquired Dark Sky in March of 2020, we all knew the super-granular weather app was probably headed for shutdown. But while the company announced that the Android app would go dark in July of the same year, things were left a bit more open-ended for the iOS app. There would be “no changes” […]

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Apple is bringing Shortcuts to the Mac and starts transition from Automator Jun 10, 2021

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Apple has announced the next major version of macOS at WWDC 2021 —Â macOS Monterey. Among other features, Apple is going to release Shortcuts on macOS. It’s going to look and work a lot like Shortcuts on iOS and iPadOS.

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Paytm, India’s most valuable startup, confirms plan for an IPO Jun 10, 2021

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Paytm, India’s most valuable startup, confirmed to its shareholders and employees on Monday that it plans to file for an IPO. In a letter to shareholders and employees, Paytm said that it plans to raise money by issuing fresh equity in the IPO, and also sell existing shareholders’ shares at the event. The startup has […]

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