Jacob Kastrenakes
I’m getting real Windows XP vibes from the new MacOS wallpaper.
And it’s probably intentional: the XP wallpaper photo was taken in Sonoma, California. The new MacOS name? MacOS Sonoma.
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is here, and rumors suggest a brand-new virtual reality headset will get top billing.
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That’s not what I’d call a denial.
The New York Times reports that TikTok’s internal Slack-like tool, Lark, has made data on American users visible to teams in China — very much the kind of thing US regulators have been worried about.
In response, TikTok’s spokesperson seems to say something along the lines of we’re getting better. But it’s very much not a this isn’t happening.
Alex Haurek, a TikTok spokesman, called the documents seen by The Times “dated.” He said they did not accurately depict “how we handle protected U.S. user data, nor the progress we’ve made under Project Texas.”
Driver’s Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data
[The New York Times]
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Hank Green shared that he’s been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
The longtime YouTuber, science educator, and author said he’ll take a break from creating videos while being treated and asked fans to send him recommendations for movies to watch and games to play that are “really dumb things that will not make you cry.” True to form, Green still manages to go off on an educational science tangent while sharing the news.
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I’m gonna need one of these in every Five Guys before the end of summer.
Heinz has taken inspiration from Coke and made a mix-and-match touchscreen dispenser for sauces. The touchscreen soda machines are already one of the greatest inventions of our time. Will this be next?
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Twitter bought a job recruiting site.
It’s the company’s first known purchase under Elon Musk, who is said to have spent “tens of millions” worth of cash and stock on the deal.
The service, Laskie, was founded by Chris Bakke, who previously sold another recruiting startup to Indeed. There’s no word on what Twitter plans to do with Laskie (though seven employees have reportedly come on board), but there’s plenty of speculation around Musk’s desire to make Twitter into an “everything app.”
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Google says over 800 million people now have access to RCS.
And exactly zero of them are my parents. But Google sure got some applause from this line: “We hope every mobile operating system gets the message and adopts RCS.” I agree! But I don’t have a ton of hope.
This year, Google has a lot to prove — and at least one product to unfold.
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