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- A Judge Just Gave Facebook a Big Antitrust Win — With an Asterisk
Judge Boasberg dismissed the FTC's and 46 states' antitrust suits against Facebook, though the FTC gets another shot at an amended complaint.
- Windows 365 Wants to Turn Your Desktop Into a Browser Tab
Microsoft's new Cloud PC service streams a full Windows desktop to any device, and it's the clearest sign yet the OS is going remote.
- Python 3.10 Beta 4 Closes the Book on New Features
Python 3.10.0 beta 4 arrived July 10, marking the last beta before feature freeze and the road to October's final release.
- Bezos Hands Amazon to Jassy, Right on the Anniversary
Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as Amazon CEO today, handing the reins to longtime AWS chief Andy Jassy on the company's 27th anniversary.
- REvil's Kaseya Attack Is the Supply-Chain Ransomware Nightmare We Kept Warning About
REvil exploited a zero-day in Kaseya VSA to hit ~60 MSPs and over 1,000 downstream businesses, demanding $70M for a decryptor.
- Windows 11 Is Here, and Microsoft Is Betting on a Fresh Coat of Paint
Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 today, with a redesigned interface, Android app support, and stricter hardware requirements slated for Holiday 2021.
- The App Store's Fate Is Now in a Judge's Hands
Closing arguments in Epic v. Apple wrapped last month, and developers are stuck in limbo waiting on a ruling that could reshape app-store economics.
- FireEye Splits Itself in Two, Sells the Products Business to Private Equity
FireEye is selling its products division to Symphony Technology Group while keeping Mandiant, a deal that lands right as ransomware attacks dominate headlines.
- Internet Explorer's 25-Year Run Finally Ends
Microsoft retired IE 11 support across most Microsoft 365 apps today, closing out a 25-year chapter and pushing stragglers toward Edge.
- El Salvador Just Made Bitcoin Legal Tender. Now What?
El Salvador's Legislative Assembly voted to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, a world first that raises real questions about volatility and infrastructure.
- WWDC 2021: iOS 15, macOS Monterey, and the Quiet Return of Focus
Apple's WWDC keynote unveiled iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15, with Live Text and Focus mode standing out.
- Stack Overflow Just Sold for $1.8 Billion — and It Says a Lot About Who Runs Software Now
Prosus is acquiring Stack Overflow for $1.8 billion, a striking sign of how much value the industry now places on developer-first platforms.
- Ransomware Just Took Down a Big Chunk of North America's Meat Supply
A ransomware attack on meat giant JBS shut plants across the US, Canada, and Australia, days after Colonial Pipeline showed critical infrastructure is fair game.
- Visual Studio 2019's Quiet Build 2021 Win: Git and GitHub Actions Baked In
A look at the Visual Studio 2019 productivity update from Microsoft Build 2021 and why its Git and container tooling matters more than the AI headlines.
- Material You Wants to Paint Your Whole Phone the Color of Your Wallpaper
Google I/O's keynote introduced Android 12 and Material You, a design system that builds your phone's color palette from your wallpaper.
- Windows 10X Is Officially Dead
Microsoft confirms it has cancelled Windows 10X after 18 months, folding its ideas into other Windows and Microsoft 365 products.
- Tesla Drops Bitcoin, and Crypto Gets a Reality Check
Elon Musk's announcement that Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin over its carbon footprint sent crypto markets tumbling today.
- Yahoo Changes Hands Again, and Yahoo Answers Finally Closes the Book
Verizon completed its $5 billion sale of Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management, and Yahoo Answers is shutting down after 16 years.
- Epic v. Apple Goes to Trial, and Python 3.10 Quietly Hits Beta
The Epic Games v. Apple antitrust trial opened in Oakland today, the same week Python 3.10.0b1 shipped and froze the language's next feature set.
- Dev Conference Season Is Back: What to Watch at I/O and Build
A preview of Google I/O and Microsoft Build, both landing this month with a heavy focus on AI-assisted and low-code developer tools.
- Epic v. Apple Goes to Trial Next Week, and the App Store's Rules Are on the Stand
As Epic Games v. Apple heads to a bench trial starting May 3, both sides are locked in a fight over the App Store's 30% cut and payment lock-in.
- Async-First Beats More Meetings
A year into remote work, teams are trading video-call fatigue for Notion docs, Slack huddles, and Loom clips instead of piling on more Zoom.
- Windows 10 Is Quietly Force-Upgrading You to Chromium Edge
Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday update is auto-replacing legacy EdgeHTML Edge with the Chromium-based browser on Windows 10 machines.
- China Just Sent Big Tech a $2.78 Billion Message
China's antitrust regulator hit Alibaba with a record CN¥18.2 billion fine over its "choose one of two" merchant policy.
- Google I/O Is Back — Virtually — May 18-20
Google confirmed I/O 2021 will run May 18-20 as a free, fully virtual event, a year after the pandemic scrapped the show entirely.
- Python Ships 3.9.4 and 3.8.9: Boring Releases Are a Feature
The Python core team quietly shipped 3.9.4 and 3.8.9 maintenance releases, bundling security and bug fixes while 3.10 alpha work continues.
- 533 Million Facebook Accounts Just Leaked, and 'It's Old Data' Isn't the Comfort Facebook Thinks It Is
A scraped database of 533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal details surfaced free on a hacking forum, and Facebook is downplaying it.
- Jack Dorsey's First Tweet Just Sold for $2.9 Million
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey auctioned his first-ever tweet as an NFT, closing at $2.9 million via the Valuables platform.
- Clubhouse Says Android Is Coming -- Eventually
Clubhouse co-founder Paul Davison says Android is still 'a couple of months' out, leaving the exploding app iOS-only for now.
- The No-Code Boom: Who's Actually Using Airtable and Bubble
A look at why no-code tools spread through pandemic-strained teams in 2020-2021, and where they genuinely replace custom software versus where they hit limits.