As Twitter announced sweeping action against tweets wishing for Trump's death, many users noted years of light enforcement of its “abusive behavior” policy
Wishing someone else ill will or death is a disgusting act that makes the world worse.
Google Nest Audio review: much improved audio quality, Assistant performs a lot of tasks, and attractive price, but bass and volume are limited
Google's latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price — Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world …
UK government blames a “technical issue” for underreporting COVID-19 cases by 15,000+; reports suggest an Excel sheet with lab results reached its max. size
A day after the UK government announced its highest number of new coronavirus cases in England, the reason behind the drastic rise has reportedly been revealed.
Ola fails to get London ride-hailing license renewed over public safety concerns, says it will appeal and keep operating; Uber recently won its appeal in London
Just six days after Uber won its appeal against London transportation regulators to continue operating in London for another 18 months …
After pushback from Indian developers, Google says it will delay the enforcement of its 30% cut on IAPs from Play Store in India from Sept. 2021 to April 2022
Bengaluru: Google deferred the enforcement of 30% commission on in-app purchases of digital goods from its Play Store in India …
Nvidia announces Maxine, a set of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing tools that improve video quality, with early access available from next week
Nvidia today launched Nvidia Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software to enhance video quality.
Nvidia says it will spend £40M to build a supercomputer in Cambridge, UK for AI research in health care, following its $40B bid for Arm
- Nvidia has announced plans to build a £40 million ($52 million) supercomputer in Cambridge, England. — The supercomputer — named …
Facebook says it is rolling out shopping tools for IGTV globally and will add them to Reels later this year
Instagram is pushing its in-app shopping into even more parts of its app. The company is adding shopping tools to two new features: IGTV and Reels.
Ten US states, including NY and NJ, that account for ~21% of the US population have released a COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple and Google's API
- New York and New Jersey both released Covid-19 apps this week, bringing the total to 10 states which have published alert apps using technology …
Chicago-based Cooler Screens, which replaces glass doors of store coolers with interactive displays, raises $80M Series C from Verizon, Microsoft, and others
Cooler Screens, which replaces the glass doors in store cooler aisles with interactive digital displays, is announcing that it has raised …
PayPal's Venmo announces a Visa credit card, managed through its app and with a QR code on the physical card, for making online and in-store payments
- The cash-back Visa card will be issued by Synchrony Financial — PayPal-owned Venmo to compete with Goldman's Apple Card
A document from Facebook's law firm shows how the company might fight an antitrust lawsuit and any attempts to force a divestiture of WhatsApp or Instagram
Good morning! Greetings from Alexandria, Virginia … David Challis / Android Headlines : Facebook To Argue It Is Too Integrated For Breakup JC Torres / SlashGear : Facebook prepares to challenge plans...
Sources: TikTok's content policy was run until last year by a former Chinese government official who worked in China's Tehran embassy before joining in 2018
Cai Zheng was diplomat in China's embassy in Tehran before joining TikTok's owner ByteDance — A former Chinese government official …
Researcher finds a flaw in Grindr's password reset process that allowed anyone with knowledge of a user's email address to claim the account; issue is now fixed
Japanese electronics company NEC says it has agreed to buy Swiss banking software developer Avaloq for $2.2B
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DappRadar: Ethereum's transaction volume skyrocketed to $119.5B in Q3 2020, growing nearly 1,200% from Q2, while DeFi apps accounted for 99% of that volume
Ransomware attacks on ERT, IQVIA, and others involved in hundreds of clinical trials and work on a COVID-19 vaccine, has slowed some trials according to clients
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times :
Italy's biggest payments company Nexi announces a merger with rival SIA to create a group with ~€1.8B in annual revenue and a market value of €15B+
Elisa Anzolin / Reuters :
Study: even after Twitter's QAnon crackdown in July, 93K+ active accounts have QAnon references in their profiles and the overall rate of posting has increased
Craig Timberg / Washington Post :
US no longer sets the agenda for the internet, as 80%+ of users are now outside the US, and China has more smartphone users than US and western Europe combined
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Experts says there is no basis to Republican claims of Facebook's bias or censorship, but a lack of transparency lets the allegations persist
Sen. Roger Wicker hit a familiar note when he announced on Thursday that the Commerce Committee was issuing subpoenas to force the testimony … Tweets: @npr , @scottnover , and @tonyromm Tweets: @npr :...
Experts say Trump's suspension of H-1B visas could spur US companies to shift even more work abroad, benefiting Indian outsourcing firms
New York Times : Tweets: @gregorynyc , @karan_singhs , @karan_singhs , and @whenisz Tweets: Gregory Schmidt / @gregorynyc : Indian outsourcing companies see President Trump's restrictions on immigran...
Q&A with Daniel Ek on his pledge to invest €1B in European moonshots, shadowing CEOs like Zuckerberg and Hastings, Spotify's impact on the world, and more
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How Taiwan's biggest chip maker TSMC is caught in a tough spot, forced to heed the dictates of Trump's tech policy, while trying to keep many customers in China
Library checkouts of ebooks are up 52% YoY since March as libraries pay an average of $40 per copy due to publisher restrictions limiting library lending
Profile of Singapore-based Sea Limited, an operator of online gaming, commerce, and financial services, whose market cap has quadrupled in 2020 to over $70B
and fiercer competition with local “superapps.” https://asia.nikkei.com/... Ruri Imahashi / @imaruritokyo : Sea's CEO Li suggested Sea's high valuation is due to its mix of gaming, commerce and financ...
GrubMarket, an online store that delivers farm produce to consumers and other stores, raises $60M Series D, sources say at a ~$500M valuation
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A look at Alibaba's Tmall Haofang, a new sales channel on Tmall for buying homes online; Tmall Haofang says it'll use 3D tech and live streaming to help buyers
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.