Google is partnering with USGS and creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered opt-in earthquake alert system using phone accelerometers
Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today.
Sources: an internal Facebook probe into QAnon shows the size of the conspiracy theory's community: millions of members and followers across thousands of Groups
An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers …
In a lawsuit by CA's AG, judge issues a preliminary injunction ordering Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees, paused for 10 days for appeals
- Ride-hailing companies ordered to comply with state law — San Francisco judge pauses preliminary injunction for appeal
Google rolls out virtual business cards in Google Search in India with links to user's website and social media profiles and optionally, phone number and email
If you search for famous people on Google, it's easy to find information about well-known personalities: search their names …
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off
Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan
The changes come as the Mozilla Corporation looks to invest in more revenue-generating projects like its recently announced VPN. — Joseph Cox
Clearview AI has hired pre-eminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who plans to assert a free-speech right to disseminate publicly available photos
Clearview AI has hired Floyd Abrams, a top lawyer, to help fight claims that selling its data to law enforcement agencies violates privacy laws.
Google announces new features in its computer vision Lookout app, like document scanning, an Android Auto refresh, and Bedtime mode is no longer Pixel-exclusive
Ahead of the upcoming official release of Android 11, Google is pushing out a few updates to all Android phones …
Parallels Desktop 16 adds support for Big Sur, 3D in Metal, and zoom and rotate gestures on multitouch trackpads, and claims 20% faster DirectX performance
Windows on Apple Silicon is still a question mark, though. — Parallels Desktop 16 launched on the Mac today.
According to an email sent to podcast producers, Amazon says it will add free podcasts in Amazon Music, for both free and paid tiers, and on Audible
Amazon will incorporate free podcasts into its Amazon Music and Audible products, according to a confidential email distributed to podcast producers on Monday.
SoftBank reports quarterly net profit of ~$12B, up 12% YoY, and a $2.8B gain in Vision Fund; by July, Vision Fund's $75.2B in investments was worth $71.5B
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp broke with tradition on Tuesday and declined to disclose operating profit in its quarterly results …
MicroStrategy buys ~$250M in bitcoin, becoming the first publicly traded company to buy the currency as part of its capital allocation strategy
MicroStrategy, the Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company, has become the first publicly-traded company to buy bitcoin as part of its capital allocation strategy.
Report: since January, a group has been hijacking Tor exit relay nodes to perform SSL stripping attacks, peaking in May when the group ran 23.95% of all nodes
namely multiple bitcoin mixer services. They replaced bitcoin addresses in HTTP traffic to redirect transactions to their wallets instead of the user provided bitcoin address.” https://twitter.com/......
HMD Global, maker of Nokia-branded phones, raises $230M Series A2 from strategic investors including Google, Nokia, and Qualcomm
Its latest cash injection is notable both for its size (HMD claims it as the third largest funding round in Europe this year); and the profile …
Source: AmEx is in advanced talks to buy SoftBank-backed online lender Kabbage for as much as $850M in an all-cash deal as soon as this month
American Express Co. is in advanced talks to buy the online small-business lender Kabbage Inc., which is backed by investors including Japan's SoftBank Group Corp …
Frances Allen, who conducted groundbreaking work on software compilers in the 1960s and won the Turing Award in 2006, has died at 88
Cade Metz / New York Times :
Atomwise, which develops a machine learning-based drug discovery service, raises $123M Series B led by B Capital and Sanabil Investments
With a slew of partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies under its belt and the successful spin out of at least one new company …
US announces it will reallocate the 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz spectrum reserved for military use for consumer 5G instead, slated to be up for auction in December 2021
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat :
Nreal, which fought off IP theft suit from Magic Leap, will start shipping AR glasses in S. Korea this month for ~$586 or $295 when bundled with Galaxy Note 20
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
In the wake of a widely protested presidential election in Belarus, nonprofits and companies including Twitter are reporting parts of the internet being blocked
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE :
Google announces that Google Maps now has CarPlay Dashboard support and a simple version of the app will be rolling out to Apple Watch in the coming weeks
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Collaborative document editor Coda raises $80M led by Kleiner Perkins, valuing the company at $636M
While Slack and Microsoft Teams spar over users in the new world of work-from-home, a much-hyped startup is taking on a different tech titan, Google and its productivity G-suite …
Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming; the service will still give Prime subscribers perks, including free games, on the live streaming platform
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Russian competition watchdog FAS says Apple abused its dominance of the mobile apps market and must resolve issues with iOS App Store; Apple says it will appeal
Facebook says it has created a new group to run all of its payments projects with David Marcus at the helm; hires former Upwork CEO as VP of Facebook Payments
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg :
Amazon says that 1M+ Prime subscribers in India shopped from SMB partners in the 14 days leading up to Prime Day
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
K2View, whose “micro-database” tech helps automate enterprise data unification, raises $28M led by Forestay Capital
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Walmart partners with Instacart to test offering same-day delivery, starting in four markets across California and Oklahoma
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC :
Incomlend, which operates a trading platform to connect exporters and importers with investors, raises $20M Series A led by Sequoia Capital India
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Mux, an API-based video streaming and analytics service, raises $37M Series C led by a16z, following its $20M Series B in 2019
In 2019, consumers spent almost 83 minutes per day consuming digital video … Tweets: Y Combinator / @ycombinator : YC W16's @MuxHQ raises $37M Series C as its API-based video streaming service scales:...
Gogo says it's trying to sell its commercial in-flight internet business amid COVID-19, CEO says company has had “extensive discussions with multiple parties”
Sean O'Kane / The Verge : Tweets: @caseynewton , @mslopatto , and @ecachette Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Hopefully Gogo spends a lot of money on these negotiations up front and then they fa...
In an all-hands meeting last week, Reddit's CEO defended allowing Trump election ads including homepage takeovers, and said Reddit won't allow auctions
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
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