Facebook launches free-to-play cloud gaming on desktop and Android but says it is unable to bring games to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies
- Facebook announced the launch of cloud gaming on its desktop website and Android app but not to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies.
Sources: Apple is working on third-generation entry-level AirPods without noise cancellation and a smaller second version of the AirPods Pro
- New AirPods earbuds planned to be announced as early as 2021 — Hit accessory sees new competition from Amazon, Google, others
Ant Group will raise $34.5B in its dual Shanghai and Hong Kong IPOs, valuing it at $313.37B, making it the biggest listing of all time
- Ant Group will raise $34.5 billion in its dual initial public offering (IPO) after setting the price for its shares on Monday, making it the biggest listing of all time.
Oculus owners will lose all store purchases and account information if they delete their Facebook accounts
If you've linked your Oculus account to Facebook and decide you want to delete your Facebook account, your purchases on Oculus will be lost as well.
SAP shares drop as much as 21%, the biggest intraday fall since 1999, as profit and sales declined and it cut revenue forecast for the full year
- Previous outlook incorrectly ‘assumed economies would reopen’ — German software maker also delays longer-term financial goals
Lee Kun-hee, who was chairman and chief executive of Samsung Electronics from 1998 to 2008 and its chairman since 2010, has died at age 78
more than a 10-fold rise from 1997, making it among the world's most valuable technology companies https://www.wsj.com/... David Josef Volodzko / @davidvolodzko : Lee Kun-hee, who headed Samsung from ...
PayPal terminates account of web hosting service Epik, home to right-wing sites like the Proud Boys domain and Gab; source says over Epik's digital currency
PayPal, Hunter Biden, Bloomberg News, and several Avengers were targeted in a series of unhinged open letters from Epik after PayPal terminated its account.
Seesaw, a remote learning startup with just 60 employees in February, saw rapid growth during the pandemic and is now used in over 75% of American schools
It wasn't simple to become a do-it-all education tool almost overnight. — The first requests that upended Seesaw, a popular classroom app … Tweets: @nytimestech , @kmi_edu , @ryanstrutin , and @aaro...
Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google's Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes. — EVEN WITH A knee injury, Maddie Stone is formidable. Tweets: @how...
Sources: Apple TV+, Netflix, and others explored buying the rights for “No Time to Die”, but balked at MGM's $600M price tag
Apple, Netflix and other streaming services explored the possibility of acquiring “No Time to Die,” the upcoming James Bond movie that was originally slated to debut last April.
As part of its plans to deprecate Internet Explorer, Microsoft will force certain URLs to open in Edge instead of IE, starting next month for most users
Here's the list of 1,156 sites you won't be able to open in Internet Explorer anymore. — Big changes are coming to Internet Explorer.
An overview of tech issues on the ballot in November: the status of gig workers, warrantless phone searches, privacy rights, publicly-funded broadband, and more
Voters in states and cities across the country will decide some of technology's biggestquestions
Right to repair gains ground with proposed regulations in US and EU that would force companies to share parts, tools, and info with consumers and repair shops
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Melbourne-based Linktree, a social media platform with lightweight, link-centric user profiles, raises $10.7M Series A and says it has 8M+ users
Simple, link-centric user profiles might seem might not seem like a particularly ambitious idea, but it's been big enough for Linktree.
Ketos, a hybrid device- and cloud-based service for monitoring drinking water quality, raises $18M Series B led by Motley Fool Ventures
Water analytics startup Ketos today announced it raised $18 million in funding. The capital will be put toward further advancing the company's cloud …
Sources: Facebook preps responses to possible post-election unrest, like slowing the spread of viral content, with tools it has used in countries like Myanmar
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China-based esports platform Versus Programming Network (VSPN) raises $100M Series B led by Tencent
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Users working from home are running into internet usage limits as ISPs reinstate data caps they suspended at the beginning of the pandemic
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Video games are helping veterans struggling with PTSD, anxiety, and depression and those adjusting to civilian life after deployment in combat zones
London-based PrimaryBid, which develops software connecting retail investors with public companies, raises €42.3M Series B
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Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump
Q&A with Vint Cerf, who has been working on building an internet for space, using disruption/delay-tolerant networking (DTN) protocol, an alternative to TCP/IP
Sources: Airbnb's valuation rose 10.4% from the end of Q2 to Sept. 30, and its board has approved splitting its privately held shares ahead of its planned IPO
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Sources: Google and Singapore's state investment firm Temasek have agreed to invest $350M in Indonesia's largest e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Tweets: @restyworo Tweets: Resty Woro Yuniar / @restyworo : The financing falls short of the initial goal of between $500 million to $1 billion that Bloomberg News reported i...
Zoom deleted events planned for Oct. 23 on alleged censorship by the company after Zoom canceled an SFSU talk in Sept.; Zoom says the events violated its TOS
Group representing Facebook, TikTok, Google, and others calls on EU to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and illegal content
Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg : Tweets: @nat_droz Tweets: Natalia Drozdiak / @nat_droz : Tech lobby @EDiMA_EU asks for EU liability cover to tackle bad content ahead of #DSA https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Weibo users describe how political discussions on the platform have become even more muted amid pervasive censorship, as some resort to using burner accounts
A look at signature verification software deployed to expedite mail-in ballot verification in US, as signature discrepancies are the main reason for rejections
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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.