Tue. 06/09 – Apple Could Announce Arm Chips For Macs at WWDC In A Matter Of Days

The shift to Arm-based chips for Macs might be announced in a matter of days. IBM says it is straight out exiting the facial recognition business. Google Maps will help you avoid Covid-crowding. A deep dive into Nextdoor’s “Karen” problem. And the issue of non-competes in tech rears its head once again. Sponsors: Wipers123.com promocode "ride" at checkout Harrys.com/techmeme Links: Apple Plans to Announce Move to Its Own Mac Chips at WWDC (Bloomberg) IBM is exiting the face recognition business (Axios) New York-Based Wahed Raises $25M For Islamic Investment Platform (Crunchbase News) Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels (Reuters) Get around safely with these new Google Maps features (The Keyword) INSIDE NEXTDOOR’S ‘KAREN PROBLEM’ (The Verge) Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job (GeekWire)