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Mark Zuckerberg Says NFTs Are Coming to Instagram

NFTs could be coming to Instagram in the next several months, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a talk at SXSW. “I’m not ready to announce exactly what that’s going to be today, but over the next several months, [you’ll get] the ability to bring some of your NFTs in, and hopefully over time be …

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WWDC 2020 date set: Apple’s (online

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC 2020, one of its biggest events of the year, is shifting online and will be held on June 22, amid concerns about the novel coronavirus and social distancing measures that continue to be extended throughout Silicon Valley. Apple also said that WWDC will …

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Apple extends closure of US stores indefinitely on coronavirus worries

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is keeping all its US stores shuttered until further notice as the company, and the country, deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Apple previously said its stores around the globe would close until March 27, but on Tuesday it amended its plans to make …

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Verizon closing some retail stores to slow spread of coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Verizon will close some of its retail stores across the country, following increased concerns about the spread of the pandemic coronavirus throughout the country. The company said retail employees will begin to work from home, helping customers online and through the phone. Verizon …

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Microsoft moves Build developer conference online as coronavirus spreads

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. One of Microsoft’s biggest events of the year will be held online, following concerns about the novel coronavirus outbreak that’s been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Microsoft said it made the choice to move the event online following health and safety recommendations …

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Huawei P40 Pro Paris launch scrapped, replaced with online event

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus​ have now officially been launched. Read our first take here​. The upcoming Paris launch of Huawei’s flagship P40 Pro, which was due to take place in Paris later this month, has been …

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CES Asia is now postponed over coronavirus fears

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. After the cancelation of major tech conferences around the world, including Mobile World Congress and SXSW, CES Asia organizers said Monday the trade show scheduled for mid-June in Shanghai would be postponed. It comes on the very same day that the cancelation of …

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Facebook gives WHO free ads to cut down coronavirus misinformation

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook is letting the World Health Organization advertise for free to try to combat misinformation on the coronavirus outbreak. The social network wants people to feel confident that information is “credible and accurate,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post late Tuesday. “If you search …

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Robots have jumped, raced and rolled a long way in the last 10 years

This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It’s 2019 and we still don’t have adorable robot butlers in our homes to deliver ice cream while we lounge on the sofa or tidy up our floor-drobe after an especially busy …

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Starz reportedly apologizes for going after tweets about TV piracy

Cable television network Starz has reportedly issued a mea culpa for going after several tweets related to news articles about TV show piracy. Starz told Variety that a third-party company it uses to handle copyright enforcement had overstepped when it asked Twitter to remove several tweets that contained links to a story about pirated TV shows. The story, by TorrentFreak, …

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