Google announced Tuesday that it’s expanded its grammar suggestions feature in Google Docs to support Spanish. Google touts its assistive writing features such as Smart Compose and grammar suggestions as helping to remove the roadblocks to getting your ideas out faster and more accurately while writing in Google Docs. Previously available only in English, the …
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Ben & Jerry’s joins Facebook ad boycott organized by civil rights groups
Ben & Jerry’s has become the latest company to join an advertising boycott against Facebook, saying it stands with groups and other companies calling on the social network to do more to remove abusive content from the social-networking giant’s platform The boycott, which also applies to ads placed on Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram, begins on July 1, the ice cream …
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Apple is expected to announce its first Arm-based Mac at the Worldwide Developers Conference this week, according to a research note by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The first five models using the processors are expected to include a 13-inch MacBook Pro and an iMac with an “all-new form factor,” according to Kuo’s note, which was seen by Apple Insider. Apple …
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President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday didn’t produce the huge crowds he’d promised — and TikTok users and K-Pop fans say they helped reduce attendance by reserving thousands of tickets online with the intention of not attending. Trump’s re-election campaign had received more than one million requests for tickets to the rally, according to a tweet Monday …
Read More »Apple’s Tim Cook reflects on tech’s impact on social change
Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s “humbled” by the role his company’s iPhone has played in spurring societal changes, such as those occurring as a result of cellphone video showing the moments leading up to the death of George Floyd. “We are humbled by it,” Cook told CBS’ 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson. “If you look back in time, some …
Read More »Apple diversity chief Christie Smith reportedly leaving company
Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion is reportedly leaving the company as tech giants ramp up efforts to fight racial injustice and inequality in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. Christie Smith, who took on the role in 2017, left the company on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Smith’s departure comes …
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The Internet Archive is shutting down a temporary program earlier than expected that offered free access to e-books through the National Emergency Library. The program was created in March as libraries and schools around the country closed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, but it will shut down two weeks early in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this …
Read More »YouTube reschedules virtual graduation with Obamas, Lady Gaga
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube rescheduled its virtual commencement ceremony for June 7 instead of June 6 in honor of George Floyd’s memorial service. “Dear Class of 2020” will feature Barack and Michelle Obama, BTS and Lady Gaga, along with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and activist Malala Yousafzai. …
Read More »Samsung heir target of arrest warrant request for alleged accounting fraud
Prosecutors in South Korea on Thursday requested a warrant for the arrest of Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee. Their investigation focuses on a controversial 2015 merger and an alleged accounting fraud tied to his suspected succession bid at the electronics giant, Reuters reported late Wednesday. Lee, who had acted as de facto Samsung head since his father, Lee Kun-Hee, suffered a …
Read More »Amazon reportedly plans summer sale for June 22 to lift sales hurt by coronavirus
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon is reportedly planning to hold a “summer sale” event later this month to provide a boost to sellers whose sales are suffering under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic and the delay of the e-tail giant’s annual Prime Day sale. To help …
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