Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits
Defendants include Sheriff Laurie Smith's second-in-command — Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office …
Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation and says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29%
The company already displays a warning when you try to retweet a labeled tweet — Ahead of the 2020 election …
Apple's M1 Macs are impressive but some may want to pass on them for now due to incompatibility or stability issues with apps like Matlab, Parallels, and Docker
I've read the first batch of Apple MacBook Pro 13" M1 reviews from the Apple-chosen first reviewers and you'd be hard to find anything negative about the new laptop.
Internal reports detail how Amazon tracks labor, environmental movements in EU; Amazon confirms hiring union-busting Pinkerton agency to spy on warehouse staff
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon's Global Security Operations Center reveal the company's reliance on Pinkerton operatives …
Behind the rise of TikTok's teen stars, content houses, and the D'Amelios, who this year have focused on establishing themselves as the first family of TikTok
Collab day at Clubhouse Beverly Hills was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but that time came and went and the mansion was still as sleepy as a college dorm on Saturday morning.
Australian Government agency IGIS says one or more of the country's intelligence and security agencies collected data related to COVIDSafe contact tracing app
But not decrypted, access or used, IGIS says. — One or more of Australia's key intelligence and security agencies “incidentally” …
Sources: after the election, Zuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like CNN and NYT appear more prominently
Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company's bottom line.
Cars24, which operates a used-car marketplace in India, raises $200M Series E led by DST Global at a $1B+ valuation
- Cars24 has raised $200 million in a Series E round led by DST Global, which also saw participation from its existing investors Exor Seeds, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Unbound.
Mobile banking app Current raises $131M Series C led by Tiger Global Management, giving it a valuation of $750M, and touts over 2M members
U.S. challenger bank Current, which has doubled its member base in less than six months, announced this morning it raised $131 million in Series C funding, led by Tiger Global Management.
Bangalore-based Cashfree, which offers a range of online payments services to businesses, raises $35.3M Series B led by Apis Partners with participation from YC
Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million …
Snap announces Spotlight, a vertically scrollable TikTok-like feed inside Snapchat, and will pay $1M every day to users who create the top Snaps through 2020
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AppsFlyer, which helps businesses evaluate ad campaign performance, extends its Series D from $210M to $225M+ from Salesforce and others at a $2B valuation
The company, which says it is now valued at $2 billion, sells mobile analytics software that weighs the effectiveness of ad campaigns
Percepto, which builds drones for applications in industrial purposes, raises $45M Series B and integrates its Sparrow drones with Boston Dynamics' Spot
Consumer drones have over the years struggled with an image of being no more than expensive and delicate toys.
Full Truck Alliance, a Chinese startup which provides an Uber-like service for the trucking industry, raises $1.7B, source says at a ~$12B valuation
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Researchers find actively-exploited backdoors in low-cost Jetstream and Wavlink routers sold at Walmart, Amazon, and eBay
what you need to know Anthony Spadafora / TechRadar : These routers might give hackers a back door into your home network Tweets: @curtisschin : Underscoring that cheap can be costly when it comes to ...
Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M
The New York Times and The Washington Post have very different strategies for building the subscription news company of the future. — The big picture … Tweets: @axios , @walegates , @ylichterman , @...
Amazon says it is rolling out fitness-tracking features to its Echo Buds, letting users track the duration of a workout, estimated calories burned, and more
Todd Haselton / CNBC :
Uber and Lyft awarded a federal contract by the GSA, estimated to be worth up to $810M over five years, to offer ride-sharing services to public agency workers
thus charging us twice for their shit. we love it don't we folks? https://thehill.com/... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : So GSA can't spend the time to fund the Biden transition but has enough bandw...
Many of Parler's biggest cheerleaders, who repeatedly denounce the incumbent social networks, are more active on Twitter and Facebook than Parler
all your friends are still are on the old platform. Despite all the talk about mass exodus from censorship, Parler is still “microscopic” compared to Twitter and Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.c...
Google Pay will no longer support send/receive money functionality from web app, starting January 2021, also adds 1.5% fee on instant transfers via debit card
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Documents and sources shed light on widespread mismanagement and misconduct at Oomba, which before closing, built software for organizing esports tournaments
Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge : Tweets: @rishialwani , @mslopatto , @tabletopminions , and @msamandalewis Tweets: Rishi Alwani / @rishialwani : “Everyone thinks capitalism is so great, but then yo...
Trump's clear election loss has splintered the right-wing online info ecosystem, forcing outlets, platforms, and commentators to choose reality or Trump
Renée DiResta / The Atlantic : Tweets: @gelles , @nathanallebach , @jeffreygoldberg , @normative , @davejorgenson , and @marklittlenews See also Mediagazer Tweets: David P Gelles / @gelles : “Democra...
Q&A: CEO Jensen Huang on the antitrust environment as Nvidia attempts to acquire Arm, PC vs. next-gen consoles, and Nvidia's gaming and datacenter businesses
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Paris-based GrAI Matter Labs, which is working to bring fastest AI per watt for edge computing with its GrAI One accelerator chip, raises $14M led by iBionext
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Boulevard, a spa management and payment platform, raises $27M Series B led by Index Ventures and Toba Capital
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
Last month Intel quietly shut down Intel Studios, its 10,000-square-foot AR/VR volumetric capture stage in LA that opened in 2018
Janko Roettgers / Protocol : Tweets: @xrandrew , @scobleizer , and @hugocguerra Tweets: Andrew Woodberry / @xrandrew : Tough news for Volumetric fans like myself. This space was colossal... more suit...
Kea, which is building an automated voice assistant for restaurants to process routine orders, raises $10M Series A led by Marbruck
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Thanks: @vscpr
Switzerland-based Kandou, a fabless semiconductor company developing USB-C hardware that supports USB4, Thunderbolt 3, and more, raises $92.3M Series C
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