Mortgage refinance rates on May 13, 2021: Rates ease – CNET
Several benchmark refinance rates ticked downward today.
Open for a surprise: The endearing results of Twitter’s new image crop
Twitter Twitter users rarely agree on anything. When they do, it’s an opportunity for community building. Twitter recently made a small but striking change to its interface: It changed the…
Google I/O 2021: Android 12, Pixel Buds and what to expect – CNET
Google’s annual developer conference could be jam-packed with hardware and software updates.
Major hacks drive push for new U.S. government software standards
President Joe Biden ordered the creation of a new cyber review board and the imposition of new software standards for government agencies.Read More
Animoca Brands raises $88 million at $1 billion valuation to capitalize on game NFTs
Animoca Brands has raised $88 million at a $1 billion valuation to capitalize on its plan to combine games and rare digital items via NFTs.Read More
AI-powered identity access management platform Authomize raises $16M
Authomize, an identity access management startup, raised $16 million in a venture capital financing round.Read More
Starburst Galaxy brings fully managed Trino deployment to AWS
Starburst, a company that commercializes the open source SQL query engine Trino, has launched a fully-managed service for AWS.Read More
China’s Tianwen-1 set to attempt Mars rover landing on Friday – CNET
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since February and is finally ready to attempt a touchdown on the red planet.
Dogecoin’s rise and fall has spawned billion-dollar imitators – CNET
Commentary: Dogecoin is out, Shiba Inu coin is in.
Apple reportedly cuts ties with employee amid uproar over misogynistic writing – CNET
Antonio Garcia Martinez, a recent hire, is apparently no longer working at Apple, after uproar over his past writings slamming women as “soft and weak” and “generally full of shit.”