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Sidewalk Labs caused an uproar when it proposed getting a share of property taxes and development fees linked to the rising value of Toronto city land to finance the project. It dropped the suggestion when it submitted the master plan in June 2019 to Waterfront.

At Xbox Series X gameplay event, Microsoft showcased a total of 13 games, with reveal trailers for Dirt 5, Madden NFL 21, and several indie titles, alongside gameplay trailers for Assassin’s Creed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Zoom said it was preparing a draft design of its encryption policy to be released May 22, when it plans to host discussions with cryptographic experts and customers, and integrate feedback into a final design before rolling the feature out to users.

Halving is when cryptocurrency-mining companies and individuals find out the reduced payment that they will receive in return for their contribution to the system's smooth operation.

Google considered buying the widely popular Zoom video conferencing app in 2018 before the service’s surge in popularity in the last few months, according to a report. Zoom was so popular among Google employees at that time that thousands of them were using the app for communication instead of Google’s own Hangouts Meet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFsLaTKiaa8&feature=youtu.be

Fortnite's developer Epic Games has announced that the game has over 350 million registered players, adding that in April, players spent over 3.2 billion hours in-game. https://youtu.be/UWiel8frhaU https://youtu.be/08WBviHRTcI https://youtu.be/UWiel8frhaU

Microsoft shut down Wunderlist on Wednesday while adding some new features to its To Do app on the same day. It appears that the changes to To Do have been brought to encourage users to switch to the app and make their transition smoother. Microsoft had acquired Wunderlist in 2015 and in December 2019, it was announced that Wunderlist will shut dow...

Unacademy, a popular online learning platform in India, suffered a data breach in January that has put the details of around 2.2 crore users at risk. https://youtu.be/CjpkX4kGkAQ https://youtu.be/UWiel8frhaU

It is open to individuals in the United States who are over 22 years of age over and own Fitbit devices that can track heart rates, such as the Ionic (review) and Versa (review) models. Fitbit aims to enrll hundreds of thousands of people for the study.

The initiative aims to serve an estimated 1.7 billion people who lack access to digital financial services, according to a statement by the organisation, which is also backed by Omidyar Network and the Rockefeller Foundation.