PS5 will launch on Nov. 12 in North America, Japan, Mexico, AU, and NZ for $500 for Blu-Ray version and $400 for Digital Edition and then elsewhere on Nov. 19
Sony provided more details about the upcoming PlayStation 5. During a video event today, the company explained what you can expect in terms of a PS5 release date and price.
Sources: Oracle's bid for TikTok falls short of addressing Trump administration's national security concerns; a final decision has not yet been reached
Oracle Corp.'s bid for TikTok falls short of resolving concerns of Trump administration officials that the Chinese-owned video-sharing app poses …
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the impact of the pandemic on making VR mainstream, AR glasses, and why he doesn't want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”
How Facebook's CEO is thinking about the future of augmented reality, virtual reality, and more — Social networks contain multitudes.
Facebook announces Oculus Quest 2, starting at $299, with a lighter design, 50% better resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, up to 256GB storage, coming October 13
for $100 less than the original. This unlocks VR for many more people and I'm proud of our team's hard work to make this happen https://twitter.com/... Oculus Gaming / @oculusgaming : Survive a plague...
Oculus Quest 2 review: sharp screen, great price, and strong ecosystem, but requires a Facebook sign-in, Link cable and better strap cost extra, and it's bulky
Cyan has announced a “completely reimagined” version of the classic game, Myst. Andy Robinson / VGC : Ubisoft has announced a new Splinter Cell and it's exclusive to Oculus VR Will Greenwald / PCMag :...
Snowflake opened at $245, after pricing its shares at $120, far above the original range of $75-$85 from last week, and closed at over $250
- Snowflake began trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. — Stock began trading at $245 per share. — Snowflake begins trading in the biggest software IPO ever
Sources: as part of its proposal to the Trump admin, Oracle would get full access to TikTok's source code and updates to search for back doors from ByteDance
Bloomberg :
Facebook details Infinite Office, a virtual space for working from home, coming to Quest 2 later this year
Nicole Lee / Engadget :
Sources: Trump is expected to make a decision in the next 24-36 hours on a TikTok deal; Walmart is expected to partner with Oracle, which will take a 20% stake
- President Donald Trump is expected to make a decision on TikTok's fate in the U.S. in the next 24-36 hours, sources told CNBC's David Faber.
Apple Watch Series 6 hands-on: an iterative update, always-on screen is very bright and is the best feature, but blood oxygen monitor gave a few failed readings
Also a very red smartwatch — I've had just under 24 hours with the new Apple Watch Series 6, which is just enough time to gather a handful of impressions.
Facebook says it has partnered with Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to develop consumer “smart glasses”, coming next year, but shared few details
The company partnered with Ray-Ban maker Luxottica — Facebook says its first pair of consumer “smart glasses” will be releasing next year …
Sources: Chinese online video startup Kuaishou, ByteDance's biggest rival, is aiming for a $50B valuation in a Hong Kong IPO as early as this year
The Information :
Facebook says it will stop selling the Rift S next spring after announcing the standalone $299 Quest 2, which can also connect to a PC via Oculus Link
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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 …
Apple releases Safari 14 as a standalone update for macOS Catalina and macOS Mojave, with customizable start page, new tab bar design, and more
macOS Big Sur didn't launch alongside iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7 today, with the update coming later this fall …
Interview with Facebook's Andrew Bosworth on Project Aria, its AR glasses project that is using ~100 testers in Seattle and SF to refine the experience
a new research effort that will help us understand how to build software & hardware necessary for AR glasses. Our vision of AR requires a foundational shift in computing technology—Project Aria is a s...
Apple Watch SE hands-on: a mixed bag of the best parts and features from the last few years of Watches but lacks ECG support that debuted with Series 4
Chris Velazco / Engadget :
Facebook says it will bring Oculus Link out of beta this fall, letting users add extra power to their Quest headsets
Kris Holt / Engadget :
Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, and others join a 24-hour freeze of Facebook and Instagram accounts for #StopHateForProfit
Ben Geman / Axios :
A critique of The Social Dilemma documentary, which seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage while promoting a distorted view of how social platforms work
The world is more complicated than filmmakers want to believe — I. A dilemma — On Sunday night, after being encouraged … Tweets: @beccalew , @charliebeckett , @tomcoates , @benedictevans , @antoni...
DOJ indicts two Iranians accused of stealing hundreds of terabytes of sensitive data from US and foreign universities and other organizations since 2013
Matthew Choi / Politico :
Mozilla's new browser extension RegretsReporter aims to crowdsource research into harmful YouTube recommendations
RegretsReporter will let users send in reports about recommended harmful videos — YouTube's recommendations algorithm can lead you down some very weird rabbit holes …
Sources: Uber is seeking to sell part of its $6.3B stake in Didi Chuxing, as it begins to monetize stakes in other companies in an effort to boost its own stock
- The U.S. ride-hailing giant got the stock as it exited China — SoftBank is involved in discussions for Uber to sell its stock
Developers are frustrated at Apple for launching iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 with just one day's notice
stuff they don't deal with — and it caught them *completely* by surprise.
Tonal, which develops a workout system that uses AI to personalize training, raises $110M from L Catterton and others, bringing its total raised to $200M
Connected home fitness startup Tonal announced today that it has raised an additional $110 million.
Facebook launches Facebook Business Suite, which lets SMBs manage their pages and profiles across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger from a single interface
Facebook on Thursday launched a new app named Facebook Business Suite that lets small businesses manage their pages and profiles across Facebook …
Cloud data warehousing company Snowflake raised $3.4B in its IPO, making it the largest software IPO ever, valuing the company at over $44B
Facebook says it will limit the spread of private groups focused on health advice and those with ties to violence, and will archive groups without admins
- Facebook announced new policies that will limit the spread of private groups on its social network that focus on giving users health advice …
Bunch, which helps users video chat with each other in multiplayer mobile games, raises $20M Series A from General Catalyst and major game studios
What's everyone been up to in quarantine? Playing a lot of games on their phones, apparently. — And that has meant boom times for Bunch …
A look at the alliance of convenience between Facebook and Trump admin as sources say Zuckerberg told employees that Facebook is likely to fare better under GOP
In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg's many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress … Tweets: @jasonschreier , @kurtwagner8 , @dannydougherty , @kurtwagner8 , @sarahfrier , ...
The Trump administration confirmed Tuesday that it plans to nominate senior NTIA advisor Nathan Simington as the next FCC commissioner
NYT and Facebook announce a multi-year partnership to co-develop AR filters and effects on Instagram that help users access and contextualize NYT stories
FB providing financial, technical support for the project — NYT has full editorial control, provides feedback on developer experience, features Full story on @axios: https://www.axios.com/... @allmyda...
US says it will sanction two Russians for a phishing campaign that netted nearly $17M in cryptocurrency theft
Ari Natter / Bloomberg :
Researchers unveil a Bluetooth LE attack impacting billions of devices, leaving them vulnerable to spoofing; most vendors do not have patches but Apple does
There's a new unpatched Bluetooth vulnerability: Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Vulnerability in the Bluetooth software stack opens the door to hackers
Belarus was once a magnet for tech startups, thanks to cheap labor, but protests against Lukashenko and brutal crackdowns could change that
Georgi Kantchev / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tggrove , @yarotrof , @georgikantchev , @stegersaurus , @agfilipiak , and @paulhannon29 Tweets: Thomas Grove / @tggrove : As Lukashenko looks for fore...
Sources: at an all-hands, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended keeping Joe Rogan's transphobic podcasts available; Spotify passed on some other old Rogan episodes
Joseph Cox / VICE :
Helsinki-based mobile game company Metacore, formerly called Everywear Games, raises $17.7M from Tencent's Supercell
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
The US says in a filing that a WeChat ban would let users convey personal or business info without criminal or civil penalties, but prohibit some transactions
Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg :
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
DevOps company JFrog's stock closed above $64 per share, up 47% from its opening of $44, raising $509M from its IPO and valuing the company at about $4B
Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily :
RapidAI, which analyzes medical scans with AI, raises $25M Series B led by Lennertz & Co.
Kyle Wiggers / 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
Money launderers are using Chinese online shopping sites to funnel billions of dollars to offshore gambling accounts using fake transactions
Financial Times : Tweets: @briefnorris and @rshorsey Tweets: Michael Norris / @briefnorris : Sketchy $PDD: “Several gamblers said they had used $PDD to transfer money. Zhao Yongdong, who became addic...
JupiterOne, which helps companies manage cybersecurity assets in a single hub, has raised $19M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
As TypeScript turns 10 in December, its co-creator talks about getting Microsoft to embrace open source and how it became a go-to language for building web apps
Facebook says Messenger and Portal will support third-party AR effects from next year; over 600M people use AR across Facebook apps and devices every month
Berlin-based Delivery Hero says it will buy Glovo's Latin American operations across eight countries for ~$272M, in its latest food delivery consolidation move
Internal documents show Google is expanding moderation of internal forums, as the company has seen a recent rise in forum posts flagged for racism or abuse
Jennifer Elias / CNBC :
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.