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Jack Dorsey-Backed Twitter Alternative Bluesky Hits the App Store As An Invite-Only App
Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing. TechCrunch reports: We haven’t Read more…
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Meta’s AR/VR Hardware Roadmap For the Next Four Years
Meta plans to release its first pair of smart glasses with a display in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch designed to control them, The Verge has learned. Meanwhile, its first pair of full-fledged AR glasses, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has predicted will eventually be as widely used as mobile Read more…
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Visa, Mastercard Pause Crypto Push in Wake of Industry Meltdown
U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Both Visa and Mastercard have decided to push back the launch Read more…
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Intel Releases Software Platform for Quantum Computing Developers
Intel on Tuesday released a software platform for developers to build quantum algorithms that can eventually run on a quantum computer that the chip giant is trying to build. The platform, called Intel Quantum SDK, would for now allow those algorithms to run on a simulated quantum computing system, said Read more…
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Some States Consider Legislation Making 4-Day Workweeks More Common
A CBS News review found that at least half a dozen states, to varying degrees, are considering legislation to make four-day workweeks more common. From the report: Among those states is Maryland, where lawmakers recently introduced a bill proposing a pilot program “for the purpose of promoting, incentivizing, and supporting Read more…