Facebook invests $5.7B in Jio for a 9.99% stake, making it the largest minority shareholder in the subsidiary of India's most valued firm, Reliance Industries
Facebook has enjoyed unparalleled reach in India for more than a decade. But as China's fast-growing ByteDance emerges …
iPhone SE 2020 review: good battery life but has a tired design and while the camera is good in bright light and great at video, it is noisy in low-light
A strong case against $1,000 phones — What do you look for in a new iPhone? The top of the list likely includes battery life and camera quality.
Researchers say they found two iPhone 0-days, exploited in the wild, including a remote zero-click vulnerability; Apple says both will be patched in an update
In the summer of 2016, researchers at a digital rights organization and a cybersecurity firm announced they had caught …
Facebook's deal with Jio is unlikely to make a dent in India's mobile payments market, where Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm have emerged as the big players
So it's confirmed: Facebook has bought 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms Limited, the parent company of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, for $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore).
Netflix announces plans to offer $1B in junk bonds to fund operations and potential acquisitions; as of the end of March, Netflix reported $14.17B in debt
Netflix is going back to the debt markets yet again, announcing plans to offer $1 billion in junk bonds to fund operations and potential acquisitions.
Facebook rolls out Messenger Kids to 70+ new countries, adding features to make it easier for parents to connect kids with their friends
With schools closed and people physically distancing, parents are turning to technology more than ever to help their kids connect with friends and family.
US Small Business Administration notifies ~8,000 business owners seeking federal relief loans that their personal data may have been exposed to other applicants
- Some small business owners seeking help via the Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program …
Zoom rolls out its 5.0 update, focused exclusively on security and privacy features, including easier call management and upgrading encryption
Zoom is moving quickly to address complaints — Zoom promised a 90-day feature freeze to fix privacy and security issues, and the company is delivering on some of those promises.
Vivaldi browser gets built-in options to block ads and tracking, with a blocklist powered by DuckDuckGo's Tracker Radar, and comes out of beta on Android
Vivaldi, the browser launched by former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner, has long positioned itself as a highly customizable alternative to Chrome and Firefox for power users.
US intelligence officials say Chinese operatives are amplifying COVID-19 disinformation in America using text messages and social media posts
American officials were alarmed by fake text messages and social media posts that said President Trump was locking down the country.
Netflix reports Q1 revenue of $5.77B, up 27.6% YoY, vs $5.76B est., global paid net subscriber additions of 15.77M, now totaling 182.86M accounts, up 22.8% YoY
look at Q1 2020 compared to “full-year” 2012-2019 🔥👀👇 $NFLX @netflix https://twitter.com/... L U K E / @lukeoneil47 : I'm now a truther that Netflix unleashed the virus https://twitter.com/... Lance U...
While gaming sales are breaking records, the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the gaming industry with delays, scope cuts, and serious production challenges
The coronavirus pandemic is offering mixed news and new challenges for gaming companies, both independent and corporate.
Epic Games launches Fortnite on the Play Store, after over a year of offering it only outside the store, noting Google puts sideloaded apps at a disadvantage
Epic Games is finally settling its feud — kind of — with Google and putting Fornite onto the Google Play Store, but the studio sounds pretty pissed about it.
Sources: Vietnamese state-telcos took Facebook's local servers offline, slowing traffic, until the company agreed to increase censorship of “anti-state” posts
HANOI (Reuters) - Facebook's local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic …
Facebook's Jio investment may pave the way for WhatsApp to connect with Indian businesses via JioMart, Jio's small-business marketplace, for mobile shopping
It was the largest bet by the social network on the developing market, where millions of people have gone online in recent years.
Leaked screenshots of a Ring survey show Amazon is gauging interest in adding facial recognition and license plate detection tools
Amazon wouldn't be the first consumer company to do it, but it would be the biggest. — Amazon subsidiary Ring, which has partnerships … Tweets: @bradmccarty and @angelsdiaz_ Tweets: Brad McCarty / @...
Zoom fatigue is now setting in, as it moves from being a social lifeline to a chore, used for all interactions while aggravating anxieties in an exhausting time
The rapid trajectory of videoconferencing service Zoom has entered a new phase: What started as a social lifeline during the pandemic …
Sources say Palantir's data suites are a primary contributor to HHS Protect Now, a US government tool to track the spread of coronavirus in use since April 10
Palantir, a longtime partner of intelligence agencies, co-founded by major Trump backer Peter Thiel, is helping build “the single source for [coronavirus] testing data.”
Profile of Martin Pichinson, whose firm helps wind down financially troubled tech companies, as his work ramps up amid 21K lost startup jobs since early March
Toggle more options — Monikers have followed Martin Pichinson for his whole career, given his line of work. Tweets: @npr and @wolfejosh Tweets: @npr : With cash reserves drying up and investors scar...
Sources: Magic Leap is laying off about half its employees, or around 1,000 people, as it winds down its consumer business; Magic Leap has raised over $2B
- About 1,000 employees are said to be affected by cuts — Magic Leap to wind down consumer business in retreat
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says that its open source tool for microservices management, Istio, will be donated to a foundation in the near future
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has ended years of confusion by telling Protocol that Google will eventually donate its open-source project Istio … Tweets: @techjournalist , @chipchilders , @christianp...
MIT has terminated its five-year research collaboration with Chinese AI firm iFlytek, which is accused of supplying tech for surveilling Uighurs in China
Reports accuse iFlytek of selling technology to the government that's used to oppress ethnic Uighurs in China's northwest. Tweets: @kenroth , @wired , and @tsimonite Tweets: Kenneth Roth / @kenroth : ...
Patreon says it laid off 30 employees, 13% of its workforce, partly due to current economic uncertainty, despite seeing a surge in new creators last month
Creative platform Patreon has laid off 30 employees, which is 13% of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned.
Kuo: Apple postpones iPhone SE Plus release from H1 to H2 2021, seeing a dip in demand for iPhones and production delays across the upcoming iPhone 12 models
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Google will let merchants list their products for free in Shopping search results, as part of an effort to better compete against Amazon in product search
Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land :
Sources: Epic Games, owner of Fortnite and Houseparty, has discussed raising between $500M and $1B, at a valuation above $15B
Bloomberg :
Snap reports in Q1 DAUs increased 20% YoY to 229M, revenue increased 44% YoY to $462M, time spent watching Discover content rose 35%+; stock up 20%+
Google says it is gradually rolling out a “Hey Google” feature that lets users adjust the listening sensitivity of Assistant devices in detecting the command
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New York's AG says it's investigating Charter Communications' handling of COVID-19, requiring thousands to work in offices; source: 230+ workers tested positive
Why are we still in the office?” https://www.nytimes.com/... Borzou Daragahi / @borzou : Firm helmed by Trump pal forces employees to come to work despite coronavirus. Hundreds have gotten sick. At le...
Bodhala, which uses AI to help companies optimize their legal spend, raises $10M led by Edison Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
UK-based Blue Prism, a robotic process automation company that helps businesses automate HR, personnel, and more, raises €100M at a valuation of ~€1B
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
General Motors is shutting down Maven, the car-sharing service it launched in 2016, amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Sean O'Kane / The Verge :
H1 Insights, which is building a service to connect companies with healthcare professionals, raises $12.9M Series A led by Menlo Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Remote, which lets companies manage global workforces by handling hiring, payroll, taxes, compliance, and benefits, raises $11M seed led by Two Sigma Ventures
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu :
Analysis shows that Huawei landed $4B worth of network contracts from China Mobile in 2020, over half of the operator's 5G contracts, as US sanctions persist
Bloomberg : Tweets: @arjunkharpal , @stevenconlon , @colum_m , and @huawei Tweets: Arjun Kharpal / @arjunkharpal : As I mentioned yesterday on air, #Huawei likely to up efforts in China given the fac...
Some of UK's biggest publishers criticize Google for failing to adequately explain its approach to blocking and filtering ads alongside COVID-19-related content
Financial Times : Tweets: @markdistef and @jason_kint Tweets: Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef : Google is being criticised for dragging feet when it comes to explaining how ad-blocking and filtering is...
Sources: Expedia is in advanced talks to sell a stake to Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management in a deal likely to total about $1B
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal :
Vercel, formerly known as ZEIT, raises $21M Series A led by Accel and CRV for its front-end developer suite built on open source Next.js
Matt Asay / TechRepublic :
Indian startups are deferring IPO plans, cutting investment round sizes, and accepting unfavorable bridge rounds with compressed valuations amid the pandemic
Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times :
Profitero, which provides e-commerce software and services for companies, raises $20M Series B led by Scaleworks and says it has 4,000+ clients including Adidas
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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