Amazon says it wants to help the Biden administration's vaccination efforts, says non-WFH Amazon staff should be vaccinated “at the earliest appropriate time”
Amazon says it is ready to turn its facilities into COVID-19 vaccination sites and is offering other resources to the U.S. government.
Sources: Apple's first VR headset, planned for 2022 with a focus on gaming, video, and communication but with limited AR features, faces development hurdles
Apple Inc.'s first crack at a headset is designed to be a pricey, niche precursor to a more ambitious augmented reality product …
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: beautiful screen with high refresh rate and a great camera system but let down by software with ads and subpar Bixby
Samsung's “Ultra” phones are meant to be the absolute pinnacle of the company's (non-folding) mobile technology.
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $6.64B vs. $6.63B est., up 21.5% YoY, and global streaming paid memberships of 203.7M, up 8.5M vs. 6.5M est.; stock up 16%+
The Biden administration updates WhiteHouse.gov with several new accessibility features, including dark mode, a large text mode, and more
From dark times to dark mode — The official website of the White House, WhiteHouse.gov, has been completely replaced with a new version …
Pebble founder launches Beeper, a $10/month universal chat app, promising to bring 15 chat service into a single UI, including iMessage on Android and Windows
Beeper brings 15 chat apps together into one interface — Beeper is a new universal chat app that's an attempt …
Google signs an agreement with French media to create a framework for payment for publisher content and has reached agreements with three major newspapers
Google has reached an agreement with an association of French publishers over how it will be pay for reuse of snippets of their content.
Hackers and hobbyists have deployed facial recognition on Parler videos taken at the Capitol on Jan. 6, showing the democratization of facial recognition tech
It demonstrates the democratization of facial recognition, but comes littered with ethical issues. — Joseph Cox
Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's accounts to the Oversight Board and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime
Today, Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former US President Donald Trump's access to his Facebook …
Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski; Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey were among those supporting a pardon for Levandowski
Richard Lawler / Engadget :
Interview with Ajit Pai, who outlasted many senior officials in the Trump administration, on 5G, internet access, and FCC's independence over his tenure
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal :
Netflix says its “Shuffle Play” feature, which lets Netflix's algorithm choose what you watch next, will roll out globally to all users in H1 2021
and it's coming this year Jon Porter / The Verge : Netflix confirms Shuffle Play feature will officially launch this year Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Netflix Is Bringing Its Shuffle Play Feature To ...
Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.8M for restricting cross-border game sales in EU's Digital Single Market
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Jack Ma has resurfaced after months out of public view, addressing teachers on an online conference, quashing intense speculation about his fate
carefully orchestrated in Chinese state media. $BABA Beijing showing he is fine after rumors he had fled China (embarrassing for China) or been disappeared (would spook other entrepreneurs including f...
A large number of laptop flagships in H1 2021 will ship with 16:10 or 3:2 displays, signalling an industry-wide shift toward laptops with taller aspect ratios
For lovers of tall screens, it's a great time to be alive — One of the biggest trends coming out of this year's CES …
TripActions, a booking and management service with insights into business travel and expenses, raises $155M Series E co-led by a16z
TripActions, a booking and management platform that offers enterprises real-time data, automated reporting, and insights into business travel and expenses …
Chainalysis releases initial estimates showing that ~$10B worth of crypto transfers in 2020 were related to criminal activity, compared to ~$21.4B in 2019
Chainalysis Blog :
Google is investigating why Margaret Mitchell, who helps lead its ethical AI team, downloaded and shared a large number of files with people outside the company
Ina Fried / Axios :
USAGM CEO Michael Pack, who oversaw the Open Technology Fund, has resigned at the request of the Biden administration
Dan De Luce / NBC News :
Analysts suggest the recent surge in GameStop's stock price, up 1,500% in nine months, is mostly the result of a short squeeze bubble that will pop eventually
New board members and a massive short squeeze cause stratospheric short-term growth. — Nine months ago, GameStop stock bottomed … Tweets: @kyleorl Tweets: Kyle Orland / @kyleorl : Are you confused a...
OpenDrives, which provides network-attached storage for enterprise clients, raises almost $20M in Series B led funding by IAG Capital Partners
OpenDrives, which provides network-attached storage solutions for enterprise clients, has raised a series B funding round.
Malwarebytes says it was hacked by group that breached SolarWinds, via Azure and Office 365 exploits, but attackers only accessed a subset of internal emails
Valtix, which helps companies secure application environments in AWS, Azure, and GCP, raises $12.5M from Cisco Investments, Northgate Capital, and others
Valtix has closed a $12.5 million strategic funding round from Cisco Investments, Northgate Capital and The Syndicate Group (TSG) …
Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10M and launches Opera Gaming division to monetize its gaming efforts; Opera GX gaming browser had 7M MAUs in Dec., up 350% YoY
Browser developer Opera announce the acquisition of YoYo Games as part … Tweets: @opera : Welcome @YoYoGames to the Opera family! Along with GameMaker and Opera GX, we're forming Opera Gaming, a new d...
An in-depth look at the PDF file format, a staple since the 1990s, as Adobe says 303B PDFs were opened using its services in FY2020, a 17% rise YoY
Sources: Patreon is considering an IPO as soon as this year and has recently passed $100M in annualized revenue
Patreon, the online service that allows podcasters, musicians and other artists to receive direct financial support from fans, is considering a public listing as soon as this year … Tweets: @apollozac...
Simulated racing, which rose to prominence during the pandemic as NASCAR and F1 postponed races, appears to be paying off for fans, race teams, and even tracks
Roy Furchgott / New York Times : Tweets: @royfurchgott , @ppistone , @beaualbert06 , and @nytimesbusiness Tweets: Roy Furchgott / @royfurchgott : When NASCAR and F1 replaced races with simulations, n...
Trump signs an executive order that seeks to thwart foreign use of cloud computing products or services for malicious cyber operations against the US
Netflix content ‘turning point’, Jack's back, Samsung robots Joel Khalili / TechRadar : Trump looks to block foreign actors from US cloud computing services Tweets: Annie Apple / @survivinamerica : On...
Tom Blomfield, founder and president of UK digital bank Monzo, is leaving the company at the end of Jan., says he's been unhappy since it scaled beyond startup
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
People's Bank of China outlines draft rules to curb monopolistic practices in online payments, saying firms with >50% of the market could face anti-trust probes
Wintermute, a crypto market maker focused on DeFi and providing liquidity to decentralized exchanges, raises $20M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Curtsy, which makes an app allowing women to list their clothes, shoes, and accessories for resale, raises $11M Series A led by Index Ventures
Curtsy, a clothing resale app and competitor to recently IPO'd Poshmark, announced today it has raised $11 million in Series A funding for its startup focused on the Gen Z market.
Georges, which develops software to automate accounting tasks for freelancers and small businesses, raises €35M and rebrands to Indy
French startup Georges — or Georges.tech — is raising a new round of funding of $42.4 million (€35 million). The company is also getting a new name and will be called Indy going forward.
Analysis: Australian tech company IPOs accounted for 24%, or ~$1B, of the country's total IPO raises in 2020, the highest share in over a decade
Harry Brumpton / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bloombergasia Tweets: Bloomberg Asia / @bloombergasia : Tech companies are set to make up a bigger share of IPOs in Australia in 2021 as investor thirst for the ...
YouTube says it will extend its suspension of Trump's channel for another week over “ongoing potential for violence”
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors
Zoë Bernard / The Information :
EU regulators are scrutinizing how employers monitor workers, including via video surveillance or key logger tech, and whether such actions violate GDPR
Catherine Stupp / Wall Street Journal :
Oregon-based virtual healthcare startup Conversa has added $8M to its Series B after raising $12M last June, bringing its total raised to $34M
Mallory Hackett / MobiHealthNews :
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.