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In today’s top stories, Disney+ honors Star Wars day with special profile pictures, big tech companies like Google and Amazon report consistent revenue and Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers an unconventional commencement address.

Cook draws comparison between what the graduates can achieve under these trying times, to the accomplishments of those who lived through the 1918 flu epidemic.

COVID-19 fears have let big tech work its way deeper into everything we do, even if the companies’ financial prospects remain up in the air.

How the quantum computing race will change our lives, why it’s hard to find election info you can trust, and is the digital divide really narrowing?

This week’s major tech headlines include Pixel Buds 2 reviews, Apple and Google reworking their tracing tech to address privacy concerns and a quick check on just how many people are using Zoom.

Not even a global pandemic is enough to stop SpaceX’s historic first crewed flight with NASA to the International Space Station.

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