Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15% for any developer that earns less than $1M in revenue per year from their apps, starting January 1
Any developer that earns less than $1 million in revenue per year is eligible — On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App …
Trump says he has fired CISA Director Christopher Krebs, baselessly calling Krebs' previous statement on the security of the 2020 election “highly inaccurate”
- President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter that he has “terminated” top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs.
Deep dive on the fan-cooled M1 chip in the Mac mini: performance is “outstandingly good”, besting Intel's chips and on par with AMD's new Zen 3 line
Better necessarily implies different. — That's one of my favorite axioms. Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Mac Mini Teardown Provides Real-World Look at M1 Chip on Smaller Logic Board Ina Fried / Axios :...
Sensor Tower: Apple's move will affect ~98% of developers that pay the company a commission, but they accounted for less than 5% of App Store revenue last year
App makers bridled at the 30 percent commission, which has drawn scrutiny from regulators looking into antitrust claims.
Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: incredibly fast performance with no fan noise, decent gaming performance, and a great keyboard and trackpad
and quad-thread—consumer-available processor on the planet, it certainly isn't missing it by much.” ... and this is the first gen non-pro level hardware.... 😳 Really not making it easy to hold off! ht...
Zuckerberg says Facebook won't moderate Trump differently once he leaves office but spokesman says he'll be fact-checked; Twitter will end special treatment
Many world leaders generally have wider latitude on Twitter and Facebook because their comments and posts are regarded as political speech …
Fortnite now offers Houseparty video calls on PC, PS4, and PS5; users need the Houseparty app installed on an iOS or Android device, which functions as a webcam
Houseparty wants to change the way that people communicate while playing video games. The company, which offers …
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki should have been at Tuesday's Senate hearing alongside Dorsey and Zuckerberg, given YouTube is also a major vector for disinformation
a major vector for disinfo — avoiding scrutiny by being opaque & keeping quiet. https://www.wired.com/... Taylor Hatmaker / @tayhatmaker : i mentioned this in my pre-hearing post too and i'm also very...
Twitter rolls out Fleets, its ephemeral Stories feature, globally, and says it plans to test an audio-based social networking feature similar to Clubhouse
Twitter this morning is launching its own version of Stories — aka “Fleets” — to its global user base.
The latest congressional hearing was another parade of bad-faith arguments about Section 230, best illustrated by Senate Republicans mischaracterizing the law
@GiladEdelman https://www.wired.com/... John Kennedy / @senjohnkennedy : If Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg don't employ staff to block them from reading certain material, why don't they let their use...
Google Maps updates with pandemic-oriented features like takeout tracking, public transport crowd info, and additions to COVID-19 overlay like local case counts
Updates to COVID overlay, takeout tracking, and public transport crowds — Google has announced a handful of improvements coming …
Marissa Mayer's Lumi Labs, now called Sunshine, unveils Sunshine Contacts, an AI-powered contact organizer app for iOS
Marissa Mayer shoves her iPhone toward her MacBook's webcam until it overwhelms the screen on the Google Meet video call we are sharing. — “I admire Apple,” she declares.
M1 completes Steve Jobs' vision of Apple making “the whole widget” for all the devices in the company's product line
Even as Apple's final event of 2020 gradually becomes a speck in the rearview mirror, I can't help continually thinking about the new M1 chip that debuted there.
Microsoft announces Pluton, its new project with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, to create x86 and ARM CPUs that integrate a dedicated security component
Microsoft teamed up with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm to create a T2-like co-processor — The next Windows PC you buy could come …
When asked whether social media platforms are addictive, Jack Dorsey said they can be, whereas Mark Zuckerberg said the research is “inconclusive”
Avery Hartmans / Business Insider : Tweets: @pemalevy , @rachblevins , @ghoshd7 , @drdenagrayson , @cbsnews , @willoremus , @juliacarriew , @jason_kint , and @karissabe Tweets: Pema Levy / @pemalevy ...
Detailed look at M1-based 13" MacBook Pro's performance shows huge gains over Intel chips as well as battery life that far exceeds previous Macs
Research suggests Sony PS5 and Xbox Series X and S first week sales in Japan were lower than their predecessors, hinting at persistent supply bottlenecks
- Sony and Microsoft both sold out limited inventory in Japan — Companies have acknowledged supply constraints that may endure
VMware says its blockchain platform for enterprises is commercially available, after teasing the project in 2018
The distributed ledger technology, which aims to provide enterprises with an open-sourced, scalable trust infrastructure for decentralized apps, officially launched Wednesday.
One month after its discovery, researchers say a Telegram bot that makes fake nudes of women continues to operate and the service has done little to stop it
A bot automated deepfake abuse online. Researchers say their warnings have been ignored and Telegram has failed to remove it
Inside the collapse of Ant Group's $37B IPO as Jack Ma underestimated the extent to which he was regarded as a threat by the CCP
the date of Singles' Day, the Alibaba-led shopping extravaganza — Jack Ma released a short film. A slick, 22-minute production titled “Gong Shou Dao” …
French social app Yubo, with 40M+ users, raises $47.5M Series C led by existing and new investors including Iris Capital and Gaia Capital Partners
French startup Yubo is the biggest social media app you've never heard of — unless you're a teen. With a focus on young people under 25 …
Google can help remove a strong incentive for criminals to steal and leak emails by rotating and publishing DKIM keys, which provide proof of an email's origin
The Internet is a dangerous place in the best of times. Sometimes Internet engineers find ways to mitigate the worst of these threats, and sometimes they fail. Tweets: @matthew_d_green , @erincandesc...
The Los Angeles Police Department issues a moratorium on using commercial facial recognition software following inquiries about its use of Clearview AI software
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Language learning app Duolingo raises $35M from Durable Capital and General Atlantic at a $2.4B valuation, up from $1.65B earlier this year
Last week, we reported that popular language learning app Duolingo, with 500 million total app downloads, was raising $35 million on a valuation …
Firefox 83 arrives with HTTPS-Only Mode, pinch-to-zoom support, up to 15% better page load performance, and memory usage reduced by up to 8%
Release Notes tell you what's new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Firefox 83 for Mac Brings HTTPS-Only Mode, Pinch to Zoom, and Performance Improvements Bo...
Abnormal Security, which uses behavioral profiling to identify fraudulent emails, raises $50M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, source says at a $500M valuation
Evan Reiser and Sanjay Jeyakumar do not come from cybersecurity backgrounds. The pair linked up at TellApart …
SoundCloud says it's rolling out verified badges for users who are “well-known and/or highly searched-for artist, collective, DJ, label, curator or podcaster”
SoundCloud Blog :
Bitcoin's market cap hits $329.91B, a new all-time high, breaking December 2017's record, after the price crossed $17K for the first time since January 2018
Headway, which helps people search for and engage therapists who accept insurance, raises $26M Series A co-led by Thrive and GV
Mental health has taken a nosedive for many people this year — spurred by economic and political uncertainty, a Covid-19-fueled public health crisis, and being cooped up.
Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy, letting customers in the US order prescription medications for home delivery, including free delivery for Prime members
Startups creating new markets play on “hard mode”, unlike Facebook, which played on “easy”, as its core product was digitizing preexisting offline relationships
Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Tweets: @carnage4life , @carnage4life , and @benthompson Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Good hook for an AirBnB IPO story but fundamentally disagree that buildin...
Sources: Robinhood is asking banks to pitch for roles in an IPO, aiming to go public as soon as the first quarter of 2021
Bloomberg :
Bandcamp launches its own ticketed livestreaming service, Bandcamp Live, where artists choose ticket prices starting at $1; fees are waived until April 2021
Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard :
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says the company has $80B cash on hand, after announcing extensive stock buyback plans earlier this year
Giles Turner / Bloomberg :
Sources: rental startup Domio, which had raised $50M in debt and a $50M Series B in 2019, plans to shut down after failing to raise more funds
Paris Martineau / The Information :
TikTok expands Family Pairing parental controls for kids age 13 or older to include commenting, account privacy, and the ability to access the search bar
OXIO, which lets big brands offer telco-type services by turning mobile data into a tradeable digital asset using tokens on blockchains, raises $12M Series A
Ian Allison / CoinDesk :
YouTube is introducing audio-only ads for users who listen to music or podcasts in the background and letting advertisers buy ads targeted by mood
Todd Spangler / Variety :
ActivTrak, which provides cloud based productivity monitoring software, raises $50M Series B from Sapphire Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Instagram formally debuts Guides, a feature letting creators share long-form content in a dedicated tab on their profile, and now lets you search with keywords
Interviews with bug bounty hackers on a growing industry that has become lucrative for some researchers earning $1M+ and is changing the nature of cybersecurity
Steve Ranger / ZDNet : Thanks: @steveranger
Trust & Will, a digitally native will and estate planning startup, raises $15M Series B, led by Jackson Square Ventures
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch :
DataRobot, which helps companies train and deploy ML models, raises $270M led by Altimeter Capital at a $2.7B valuation, following $206M Series E in Sept. 2019
Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News : Tweets: @davidcohen Tweets: David Cohen / @davidcohen : 🦄 Congrats to DataRobot (@Techstars 2013) on their amazing progress. https://news.crunchbase.com/ ...
Sources: Talkspace is working with an adviser on a possible sale; a deal would value the company at about $1B according to a source
Bloomberg : Tweets: @msnabilaahmed Tweets: Nabila Ahmed / @msnabilaahmed : Talkspace, the online therapy app promoted by celebrities including Michael Phelps and Demi Lovato, is working with an advis...
Beijing-based PingCAP, which develops the open-source NewSQL database TiDB, raises $270M Series D, bringing its total raised to $341.6M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
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.