Spotify calls on authorities to restrict Apple's “anti-competitive behavior”; Apple says alternatives to its services exist, bundling can save customers money
Spotify released a public statement after Apple's Time Flies event to protest the newly announced Apple One bundle …
Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month
The hardware giant leans into its software offerings — The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music, Apple TV Plus …
Developers are frustrated at Apple for launching iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 with just one day's notice
Apple fans who were waiting for an iPhone 12 unveiling at the Apple Event today may be a little disappointed. But, Apple gave them a treat to hold them over instead: an announcement that iOS 14 is be...
Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, and others join a 24-hour freeze of Facebook and Instagram accounts for #StopHateForProfit
Kim Kardashian West announced that she will freeze her Instagram and Facebook accounts on Wednesday because the platforms …
A safety driver who was riding in an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, AZ, during its fatal 2018 crash has been charged with negligent homicide
Investigators said the woman had been watching a video on her phone when the vehicle killed a pedestrian in Arizona.
Apple updates entry-level 10.2-inch iPad with A12 chip, bringing “Neural Engine” capabilities, similar design to last model, for the same price of $329
Apple today announced the 8th-generation iPad, featuring an A12 chip compared to the previous-generation's A10 processor.
In a new filing, Apple says “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it”, arguing that the game developer's injuries are “entirely self-inflicted”
Apple lays out its case for keeping Fortnite off the App Store — Apple has responded to Epic's demands …
Apple debuts Apple Watch Series 6 for $399 in new colors, including red and graphite, with a similar design, a chip that's up to 20% faster, blood oxygen sensor
Including a Product (RED) model for the first time — Apple has announced the Apple Watch Series 6, the latest in its line of popular smartwatches.
Apple unveils Apple Watch SE with a Series 4-type design, S5 chip for up to 2x faster performance than Series 3, and GPS support, for $279 or $12/month
Review of GoPro's new $449 Hero9: 5K video is crisp and a welcome addition, front-facing screen is useful, and it's rugged, but it's pricier than Hero8
If only I was as cool as this camera — GoPro has been the industry standard for action cameras for over 15 years.
Cloud data warehousing company Snowflake raised $3.4B in its IPO, making it the largest software IPO ever, valuing the company at over $44B
Snowflake, a Silicon Valley cloud data warehousing company, on Tuesday night raised $3.4 billion in what is the largest software IPO ever.
AT&T says it is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, Chief Executive John Stankey said in an interview on Tuesday.
Sources: the FTC is preparing a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook by year-end, but no final decision has been made on whether to sue Facebook
No final decision has been made on the outcome of a yearlong probe as discussions with the social-media giant continue
Sources: teens are being paid by conservative youth org Turning Point Action to promote pro-Trump posts on Twitter and Facebook; Twitter suspended ~20 accounts
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.” Tweets: @isaacstanbecker , @kevinroose , @hsha...
Amazon Music adds podcasts for free across its subscription and ad-supported tiers, with 70K+ titles to start, much smaller than Apple's 1M+ or Spotify's 1.5M
Company looks to draw new listeners with 70,000 titles, including originals from DJ Khaled — Now playing on Amazon Music: podcasts.
A look at Gen Z Mafia, a Discord server where young people in tech who are seeking to break into the industry can discuss ideas and collaborate
A group of young tech enthusiasts are carving their own path on Discord. — For young people, breaking into the cutthroat tech industry … Tweets: @shereeny , @geofflife , @taylorlorenz , @alexsteed ,...
Microsoft open sources Project OneFuzz, a testing framework for Azure used to discover vulnerabilities in software projects
Microsoft's open-source Project OneFuzz automates the detection of software bugs that could be security issues. — Microsoft has released a new open-source …
Apple says it will no longer include USB power adapters with Apple Watch, citing environmental concerns; Titanium and Hermes models appear to include adapter
Sources: Amazon plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs across the US, with a goal of about 1,500 hubs, to speed up deliveries
Amazon.com Inc. plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs all over the U.S., according to people familiar with the plans.
Apple updates iPad Air with 10.9" edge-to-edge display, iPad Pro-like design, Touch ID in power button, USB-C, and A14 chip, shipping next month from $599
Many AI ethics advisory boards consist mostly of people based in Europe or the US, which may lead to standards that are biased and insensitive to local cultures
Too many councils and advisory boards still consist mostly of people based in Europe or the United States. Tweets: @dorotheabaur , @swisscognitive , @hypervisible , and @hkanji Tweets: Dorothea Baur /...
Apple says iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14 will be officially released on September 16
EU's top court says that net neutrality rules ban zero rating, confirming that ISPs can't bundle services whose use is exempted from customers' data caps
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Zwift, an indoor training app for cyclists and runners, raises $450M Series C led by KKR at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $620M
Zwift, a 350-person, Long Beach, Calif.-based online fitness platform that immerses cyclists and runners in 3D generated worlds …
Nvidia's purchase of Arm makes financial sense, but Arm's neutrality is a mismatch for Nvidia's business model, unless Nvidia's data center ambitions pan out
Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Back in 2010, Kyle Conroy wrote a blogpost entitled, What if I had bought Apple stock instead?:
Internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist says large amounts of inauthentic bot activity has boosted many countries' leaders, with Facebook slow to act
Pure Storage acquires Portworx, which provides a cloud-native storage and data-management service based on Kubernetes, for $370M
Pure Storage, the public enterprise data storage company, today announced that it has acquired Portworx, a well-funded startup that provides a cloud-native storage …
Report: conspiracy theories about the origins of Oregon's wildfires are still spreading through private Facebook Groups, despite the company cracking down
Conspiracy theories about the origin of fires in Oregon are still spreading through private Facebook groups days …
Uber to sell its European freight business in an all-stock transaction to Berlin-based logistics startup Sennder, source says for less than $1.1B
- Uber to take minority stake in Sennder as part of deal — Deal said to value unit at less than 900 million euros
DOJ charges five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting 100 companies and institutions in the US and elsewhere; two Malaysian businessmen were arrested
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions …
Sources: ByteDance plans to place TikTok's global business in a standalone US-based company, likely with Oracle, Walmart, and others as minority shareholders
so what's the point? PYMNTS.com : Decision Expected Soon On TikTok-Oracle Deal Daily Mail : Microsoft may have unintentionally sabotaged its TikTok deal by upsetting Chinese owner when it called the a...
Apple Watch Series 6 will be the first Apple Watch with the U1 locator chip; Apple did not discuss how the chip will be used in the device
A look at Facebook ad strategies used in Trump's 2016 campaign, as taught by ex-Facebook staffer James Barnes, now campaigning for Biden with non-profit Acronym
The platform was key to the president's upset victory in 2016. Can a group of former employees use it to boost Joe Biden?
EU says it will propose its own digital tax in 2021 if no global agreement is reached and commits to spending €150B of its COVID-19 fund on digital initiatives
Europe will propose its own digital tax early next year if there's no agreement at a global level on how to update taxation rules …
Sources: India-based Flipkart is preparing for an IPO as early as 2021, aiming for a valuation between $45B and $50B, potentially in Singapore or the US
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Walmart Inc-controlled WMT.N Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart is preparing for an initial public offering overseas …
Veem, a global payments network for businesses, raises $31M Series C led by Truist Ventures, bringing its total raised to $100M+
Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger :
SEC settles with Seattle-based esports and gambling startup Unikrn for $6M, over its $31M ICO held in 2017, and says it must stop using the UGK token
Robert Stevens / Decrypt :
AppDirect, which offers a Shopify-like platform for businesses with recurring digital services, raises $185M led by CDPQ, bringing its total raised to ~$465M
Businesses looking for digital services ranging from telecommunications to SaaS, whether to offer them or even resell them, can use AppDirect's subscription commerce platform.
Home buying startup Opendoor announces it's going public by merging with Chamath Palihapitiya's SPAC
Researcher finds a database from a Chinese company with details on 2.4M influential people around the world, their kids, and how to exert influence over them
Simon Sharwood / The Register :
Interviews with sources and a review of talent management contracts for game streamers show rampant exploitation in the streaming management industry
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired : Tweets: @sesmith , @tigerstylegg , @kendricswissh , @knibbs , @wiredscience , @wired , @cecianasta , @iamasarch , @ggtalentgroup , and @pymms_ Tweets: S.E. Smith / @sesm...
As a Nigerian man was sentenced to death on Zoom, a look at how virtual court hearings are becoming the new normal in legal proceedings around the world
Kechi Nomu / Rest of World : Tweets: @cengizyar , @namlyd , @kemnomu , @chengela , @pribellini , and @raju Tweets: Cengiz / @cengizyar : This year has seen a lot of firsts on Zoom, but a death senten...
IBM publishes a roadmap for quantum computing research, estimating it will make a processor with 1,000+ qubits by 2023 and debut a 127-qubit processor next year
nTopology, which makes software used in design and manufacturing of 3D-printed parts and products, raises $40M Series C led by Insight Partners
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News :
Aidoc, which uses AI to help radiologists analyze medical scans, extends its Series B by $20M to $47M, bringing its total raised to $60M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Waze is rolling out new features including trip suggestions for frequent destinations, traffic notifications, lane guidance support, and tweaks to Carpool
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
As Evernote rolls out a redesigned iOS app, CEO Ian Small discusses the challenges facing the company, which rebuilt all of its apps over 18 months
David Pierce / Protocol :
Uber partners with TurboVote to launch an in-app feature designed to help users register to vote and will again offer discounted rides to polling places
Adobe reports Q3 revenue of $3.23B, up 14% YoY, subscription revenue increased to $3B, from $2.55B YoY, with remote work offsetting a typical Q3 slump
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
The Semiconductor Industry Association says the US government needs to deploy $20B to $50B to make the US an attractive location for chip manufacturing plants
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Q&A with Facebook India head Ajit Mohan on the company's recent political controversy in India, its monetization opportunities, and startup investments
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Devo raises $60M Series D for its cloud-based security information and event management service that is used by organizations such as Accenture and US Air Force
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Twitter launches a dedicated US Elections tab in the Explore menu, serving as a central hub for curated news, livestreams, resources, and information
Sources: Microsoft plans to build a WeChat-like experience across its 365 services in the form of a “MetaOS”
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Internal documents: Amazon is testing a new ML service codenamed “AWS Thor” for industrial facilities, using vibration, sound, more to predict maintenance needs
Source: Stripe plans to make one-time payments of $20K to staff who opt to move out of San Francisco, NYC, or Seattle but will cut their base salaries up to 10%
Anders Melin / Bloomberg : Tweets: @karljtaylor , @lazaruslng , @dimartinobooth , @chicagosean , and @haileylennonbtc Tweets: @karljtaylor : @Techmeme @MelinAnders this is an expensive mistake I gues...
Cloud-based data catalog startup Data.World raises $26M led by Tech Pioneers Fund, bringing its total raised to $71.3M
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.