Facebook Unfollows 'Nearby Friends,' Other Background Location Features

From PC Mag: Facebook will no longer be able to give you a heads-up about friends near you or impending weather changes, because after May 31 its mobile apps won’t be able to check your location in the background. Facebook will then wipe its records of users’ location histories after Aug. 1.

As...

Spotify CEO Buys $50M in Stock as Its Share Price Plumbs Record Lows

From CNET: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said Friday that he bought $50 million worth of Spotify shares, framing his purchase as a vote of confidence in the company he founded as its share price hits record lows.

Spotify shares have been closing lately at some of their lowest prices since the company went...

Meet Nvidia's Huge H100 Chip That's Powering Tomorrow's AI

From CNET: Nvidia will begin selling a new AI acceleration chip later this year, part of the company's efforts to secure its leadership in a computing revolution that's powering everything from email auto-dictation to self-driving cars.

The H100 "Hopper" processor, which Nvidia Chief Executive...

G.SKILL Announces New Extreme Low-Latency DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory Kit

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is excited to announce an extremely low-latency DDR5 memory kit specification at DDR5-5600 CL28 in 64GB (32GBx2) and 32GB (16GBx2) kit capacities, under the Trident Z5 RGB, Trident Z5, and Ripjaws S5 series and designed for the...

Amazon-owned PillPack settles DOJ insulin lawsuit for $6 million

From The Verge: Amazon-owned online pharmacy company PillPack agreed to pay nearly $6 million after admitting to giving patients more insulin at a time than Medicare and Medicaid allow, according to a settlement announced by the Department of Justice on Monday.

Government healthcare programs like...

Twitter Tests Tweet 'Circle' Feature for Your Closest 150 Followers

From PC Mag: Twitter is testing Circle, a feature that lets users publish content with up to 150 of their nearest and dearest.

Rather than sharing with everyone, Circle looks like an experiment to see if we want to limit the exposure of what we tweet, when, for example, sharing a personal moment...

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