Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal
Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. — Eve...
Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data
A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
President Trump in a late night tweet threatened to veto the annual defense bill authorizing ~$1T in military spending unless Congress repeals Section 230
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens …
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included
Don't forget the power brick — Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year's iPhone launch.
Amazon unveils Monitron, a service that uses ML and low-cost sensors to monitor industrial machinery, as it looks to push into the industrial sector
Sensor and computer vision hardware come as tech giant looks to push into industrial sector — Amazon is rolling out cheap new tools …
Slack reports Q3 revenue of $234.5M, up 39% YoY, added 12K net new paid customers, up 140% YoY, has over 520K connected endpoints on Slack Connect, up 240% YoY
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Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow
Google is introducing a new community feed to Maps that the company says will help keep you informed of all the latest developments in your city …
Apple announces Best of 2020 apps and most downloaded apps: home workout app Wakeout! won App of the Year for iPhone, Zoom for iPad, Disney+ for Apple TV
Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020. As in previous years …
AWS unveils new compute instances like the compute heavy C6gn powered by Arm-based Graviton2 that it says performs 40% better on price vs comparable x86 options
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Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to release two new MacBook Pros with an all-new design in 2021 and a more affordable MacBook Air in 2022, all with mini LED panels
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that as part of Apple's mini LED push, the company will release a pair of new MacBook Pro models …
AWS announces Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL, which aims to make it easier and cheaper for Microsoft SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud
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AWS unveils an appliance called AWS Panorama, which can transform existing on-premises cameras into computer vision-enabled surveillance devices
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Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the US Dollar Coin, a stable coin created by Circle Internet Financial on ethereum's blockchain
Credit card giant Visa today announced it is connecting its global payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin …
Spotify says Anchor powered 80% of its new podcasts, or 1M+ shows, in 2020; overall, Anchor powers 70% of Spotify's total podcast catalog of over 1.9M shows
Anchor powered more than 1 million show launches in 2020 — Spotify's $100 million-plus Anchor acquisition is seemingly paying off.
Sources: Discovery to launch its streaming service, Discovery+, in Jan. 2021, with a $4.99 per month ad-supported tier and a $6.99 per month ad-free tier
- Discovery will launch its streaming service, Discovery+, in Jan. 2021. — The service will include a $4.99 per month ad-supported tier and a $6.99 per month ad-free tier.
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level
Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with 37% of sales made on smartphones
Cyber Monday, traditionally the biggest shopping day online in the year, followed in the footsteps of Thanksgiving and Black Friday this year …
Libra Association changes its name to the Diem Association, distancing itself from Facebook, plans to launch the “Diem dollar” when the new entity is licensed
the goal from day 1!—and I can't wait to show you what we're building @Novi. https://twitter.com/... Kari Paul / @kari_paul : Remember Facebook's bitcoin project? It is now called Diem, not Libra, in ...
Facebook's Oversight Board details its first six cases, from 20K submitted, opens them to public comment, and announces the appointment of five more trustees
He just wants to sell the ads, man! https://www.oversightboard.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : Definitely not a press release re-write here > “A Facebook-funded body ...
Varjo unveils new VR/XR headsets promising 115° field of view; VR-3 costs $3,195 with $795/year subscription and XR-3 costs $5,495 with $1,495/year subscription
The VR-3 and XR-3 will ship in early 2021 — Virtual reality company Varjo, known for its unusual dual-resolution displays …
Salesforce reports Q3 revenue of $5.42B, up 20% YoY, vs. $5.23B est., net income of $1.08B vs. a $109M loss YoY, ups FY21 revenue guidance to $21.1B, up 23% YoY
Qualcomm unveils its upcoming flagship chipset Snapdragon 888, including a 5G modem with both mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G support and an AI engine capable of 26 TOPS
dramatically faster than Apple's latest iPhone/iPad/Mac chips, and power phones with true pro-quality cameras. #snapdragonsummit https://twitter.com/... Sascha Segan / @saschasegan : Qualcomm is talki...
Step, a mobile banking service aimed at teens, raises $50M in Series B led by Coatue after growing to 500,000+ users only two months after its official launch
Step, a mobile banking service aimed at teens, announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing …
Google says News Showcase will soon add free access to select paywalled articles, and it has doubled publisher partners to ~400 since its launch in October
Google News Showcase visitors will soon be able to read select paywalled articles at no extra charge.
Rival Peak, a new Facebook cloud game which incorporates adventure and reality TV, will debut on Wednesday, and let users decide what “contestants” will do
and it's a perfect fit for Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Dean Takahashi / @deantak : Very cool concept from Jacob Navok and crew. Rival Peak aims to be a massive game-like reality sho...
AWS unveils its new custom ML training chip Trainium with support for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, coming 2021; AWS claims it outperforms rival cloud chips
Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses
Did These 25 Countries Buy It? Tweets: Stphane Duguin / @duguinstephane : Reports after reports, the work of @citizenlab is not only revealing the reality of state sponsored intrusions at scale. It bu...
HPE announces it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, CA, to Houston, TX, that it's constructing a new campus there, and no layoffs come with the move
the last time I visited—were preserved just as they'd left them, and were wonderful.) https://www.cnbc.com/... Thanks: @mattrosoff
YouTube upgrades Premieres, which gives scheduled videos a landing page, with trailers, themes, and live stream pre-shows that later redirect to the main event
YouTube today is launching three new features designed to improve its “Premieres” experience, including trailers, themes …
AWS debuts Lambda functions with access to up to 10GB of memory and 6 virtual CPUs, ability to deploy Lambda functions as container images, millisecond billing
Israel-based Bizzabo, which helps organizers plan and run both virtual and in-person events, raises $138M Series E led by Insight Partners
Conferences have — for better or worse (and if you've ever been trapped in a cavernous CES exhibition hall, you might say worse) …
Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering an “end-to-end lending API” to provide customers with financing options
Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital, its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level. Tweets: @patrickc , @stripe , @stripe , @jess , @itsjoeco , @jeremiahdillon , @roh...
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060 Ti, the cheapest member of the RTX 30 family, available Dec. 2 for $399, claims it is faster than the $699 RTX 2080 SUPER
coming December 2nd. Faster than RTX 2080 SUPER. Delivers blistering 1080p + 1440p gameplay. All the same features as its big brothers: ⚫ #RTXOn ⚫ NVIDIA DLSS ⚫ NVIDIA Reflex ⚫ NVIDIA Broadcast Learn ...
AWS launches preview of its Proton container management service for infrastructure provisioning and code deployment for serverless and container-based apps
Amazon unveils DevOps Guru, which spots and recommends fixes for issues that might cause outages, such as missing or misconfigured alarms and code changes
Google announces it is acquiring Actifio, a data management and continuity company that was valued at over $1B in 2014 and has raised over $460M
In the same week that Amazon is holding its big AWS confab, Google is also announcing a move to raise its own enterprise game with Google Cloud.
ShipMonk, which provides fulfillment services and inventory management software to small and midsized ecommerce businesses, raises $290M led by Summit Partners
Jan Bednar started ShipMonk with $70,000 in winnings from a string of student business plan competitions and launched the business …
Virta Health, a telehealth startup that helps people manage diabetes with frequent monitoring and dietary counseling, raises $65M, valuing the company at ~$1.1B
- Telehealth firm uses monitoring, counseling to optimize care — Series D round of $65 million brings equity to $231 million Thanks: @laurenwolk
Wyze unveils a $20 smartwatch with nine-day battery life and heart rate and blood oxygen tracking but no GPS support, slated to ship in February 2021
Advocacy group Euroconsumers sues Apple in Belgium and Spain over the iPhone throttling, with additional lawsuits in Italy and Portugal planned
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Roku hires Brian Pinkerton, who was Apple's chief architect of Siri until November and was previously the CTO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Microsoft is testing smaller feature updates with Windows Insiders, giving Microsoft a new way to update parts of Windows 10 not directly controlled by the OS
what you need to know Liam Tung / ZDNet : Windows 10's open-source PowerToys: Video meeting mute tool hit by pandemic, says Microsoft Gavin Phillips / MakeUseOf : Microsoft Begins Testing Windows Feat...
Amount, which helps banks modernize and provide mobile experiences, raises $81M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Growth, after being spun off from Avant this year
Chicago-based startup's clients include financial institutions collectively managing nearly $2 trillion in US assets Thanks: @bayareawriter
Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and public agencies
predictably — have lobbied hard against the bill. Baker is in a tough spot.
AWS launches a range of new services for contact and call centers, including Amazon Connect real-time analytics, customer profiles, and machine learning tools
Microsoft Teams adds support for answering calls via Apple CarPlay, transferring calls between mobile and desktop, and adding call recordings to OneDrive
Tanium, a cybersecurity company valued at $9B+, is moving its HQ from just outside Oakland, CA to Kirkland, WA near Seattle, after going remote first in June
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Payments software company Lightspeed POS says it has acquired restaurant software company Upserve for $430M, in a mixed stock and cash deal
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $5.4B in Q3, up 29% YoY; Meituan's stock has nearly tripled in 2020, bringing its market value to ~$220B
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times :
IT security company Ivanti has acquired enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron for $872M in stock and corporate VPN provider Pulse Secure for an unknown sum
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle R&D facilities, one in Menlo Park, and one in East Liberty, Ohio in partnership with Transportation Research Center
Chris Davies / SlashGear :
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.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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