Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021, imposing a 15GB cap, but photos and documents uploaded before then will not count against cap
but Pixel owners get an exemption Babu Mohan / Android Central : Google's future Pixel phones won't offer unlimited Google Photos backups Mehreen Kasana / Input : Google Photos won't be free and unlim...
Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week
A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …
Claiming they're censored by Twitter and Facebook, some conservatives say they're moving to alternatives like Parler, which has 8M users, up from 4.5M last week
Since the election, millions have migrated to alternative social media and media sites like Parler, Rumble and Newsmax.
Apple HomePod mini review: has a compact design, is priced accessibly, and Siri is fast, but doesn't sound as good as similarly priced competitors
Apple's newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google — Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod.
Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market
A new policy perfectly illustrates a core issue across the industry — After five years of Google Photos offering unlimited …
Facebook redesigns Instagram's layout to add dedicated tabs for shopping and Reels in the navigation bar, after testing the change in September
Instagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels. The company introduced a new design that gives shopping …
Sources: Trump has told friends he wants to start an online media channel, which would be cheaper than cable, to undermine Fox News
President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.
Samsung unveils Exynos 1080, a 5nm SoC with a 5G modem capable of both sub-6GHz frequencies and mmWave
Today Samsung LSI announced the new Exynos 1080 SoC, a successor to last year's Exynos 980. This year's 1080 is seemingly positioned a little above the 980 in terms of performance …
YouTube, YouTube TV, and Google TV are back online after suffering video playback issues worldwide on Wednesday evening
There were issues loading videos during the outage — YouTube has recovered from a seemingly worldwide outage that prevented videos from loading for roughly an hour.
Sonos launches Sonos Radio HD, an ad-free lossless-quality tier of its radio service for $7.99 per month, available today in the US and UK
Sonos Radio is already the fourth-most-listened-to service on the platform — After spending years as a platform for showcasing other music and audio services …
Amazon unveils Alexa Care Hub, which helps people care for aging relatives, offering an activity feed caregivers can review, and an emergency contact feature
- More seniors than ever are choosing to remain at home and live independently. — Amazon wants to make it easier for caregivers to check in on their aging relatives.
Menlo Security, which offers a cloud-based isolation service that separates enterprise networks from the public web, raises $100M Series E at a $800M valuation
'Despite the challenges of COVID, we're having a great year. We have a solution that's of high relevance in the COVID era …
Twitch apologizes to streamers for its mishandling of music copyright, saying it was unprepared for a surge of copyright takedown notices that started in May
Bijan Stephen / The Verge :
From 2020's Singles' Day sale, which was extended to 12 days from 24 hours previously, Alibaba and JD.com report around $115B in sales across their platforms
except for this one surprising sector Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC : Alibaba-owned Lazada saw ‘record’ sales on Singles Day, its Singapore CEO says Benjamin Godfrey / coinspeaker.com : Alibaba, JD.com ...
Singapore unveils Tech.Pass, a new visa program launching in January that initially aims to attract 500 highly accomplished tech entrepreneurs and experts
- Government seeks “flywheel effect” to create regional tech hub — New program will open in January to select 500 top talent
Apple updates TestFlight, its tool for testing beta apps on iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with support for automatic updates
Beta testing made simple — Screenshots — TestFlight makes it easy … Alex Guyot / MacStories : Apple Add Automatic Updates in TestFlight 3.0 Zach / Apple Terminal : TestFlight beta app receives an ...
Google patches two Chrome zero-days that were exploited in the wild, after tips from anonymous sources; Google has patched five Chrome zero-days in three weeks
what to do now Elizabeth Montalbano / Threatpost : 2 More Google Chrome Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News : Two New Chrome 0-Days Under Active Attacks - Update You...
According to a CPSC notice, Ring is recalling around 350K Ring doorbells sold between June 2020 and October 2020 after receiving reports of them catching fire
it's the use of improper screws.” https://arstechnica.com/... #tech #feedly Alison Macrina / @flexlibris : what with everything we know about Amazon and their relationship to police, if you bought one...
Venezuela, in the depths of a financial crisis, has seen usage of P2P payments app Zelle, owned by seven US banks, surge as people turn to USD for transactions
When Federico Suárez made an overnight trip to Valencia last month to visit his boyfriend, the 24-year-old Caracas-based lawyer was in the mood to splurge. Tweets: @bw , @gilmanhill , @tr401 , @bw , @...
Railsbank, which aims to be a “utility” on which other companies can build financial services, raises $37M led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital
Railsbank, the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding.
Facebook and Google have extended their planned one-week bans on political ads, as Trump and GOP continue their claims of voter fraud
which they're now letting run wild during a critical moment for our democracy. https://twitter.com/... @rmac18 : One internal Facebook saying is, “Nothing at Facebook is someone else's problem.” The c...
With Ajit Pai likely out as chairman when FCC reverts to Democratic control, experts say Pai's likely to leave and his controversial decisions will be reversed
You can expect most of his more controversial decisions, like the repeal of net neutrality, to be reversed. — His trademark grin. Tweets: @realdonaldtrump , @libertarianblue , @mattbellamy , @theabr...
Tencent reports Q3 revenue of $18.4B, up 29% YoY, profit of $5.71B, up 85% YoY, and online game revenue was $6.2B, up 45% YoY; WeChat MAUs were up 5% to 1.21B
But third quarter financial data from social media and entertainment titan Tencent instead showed that the company continues to be a profit generating machine.
Sources detail how Elliott Management helped Masayoshi Son save SoftBank from financial ruin in the spring; sources say Elliott now owns $5B+ in SoftBank shares
Interview with Xbox boss Phil Spencer on volunteering to take over the division, launching a console during a pandemic, and Microsoft's gaming ambitions
David Craddock / Shacknews :
Amazon says Alexa for US English-language users will infer goals implicit in requests, like asking to set a timer after being asked “How long to steep tea?”
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, suggesting M1 will be a formidable rival to x86 incumbents
Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech :
SoftBank reveals details for SB Northstar, a new unit focused on Nasdaq tech stock trading: $17B portfolio, $3.4B in equity derivatives, and a $3.7B loss so far
Financial Times :
Joe Biden's transition team of advisers includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Sources: Snap is acquiring Voca.ai, a startup that builds AI-based voice assistants for customer support services, for $70M in cash plus $50M in stock
AI voice driven customer service acquisition appears to fit perfectly with the now more visible Snap map and launch of business/store profiles $SNAP https://techcrunch.com/... Turner Novak / @turnerno...
Researchers say YouTube's policy loopholes for election videos have led to an onslaught of videos aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the election
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg :
Kentucky-based Venminder, which builds tools to help businesses analyze vendor risks, raises $33M Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners
Pipedrive, a sales CRM startup that was founded in Estonia and is now based in NYC, takes a majority investment from Vista Equity Partners at a $1.5B valuation
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu :
Philadelphia-based Fishtown Analytics, which develops the dbt open-source data engineering tool, raises $29.5M Series B led by Sequoia Capital
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire attack surface manager Expanse in an $800M deal; Expanse raised $136M
Non-consensual porn images and videos, filmed by groups now facing legal action, can live on forever in machine learning datasets used to create deepfake porn
Hong Kong-based Coherent, which helps insurance providers digitalize their backend, raises $14M Series A led by Cathay Innovation
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay doctors to use AI systems that diagnose eye disease in diabetics and detect strokes through brain scans
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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