Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, which pushed GameStop stock to record levels, is now turning its attention to AMC stock, up 200%, Nokia, BlackBerry, and others
An online tug of war continues — Reddit traders who have successfully profited off GameStop (GME) stock are now turning their attention to struggling movie theater chain AMC.
Microsoft reports Q2 net income of $15.5B, up 33% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $14.6B, up 23% YoY, More Personal Computing revenue of $15.1B, up 14% YoY
Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2021 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
In today's iOS 14.4 update, Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild
Fixes come after Apple patched another set of three zero-days last November. — Apple has released today security updates …
Iran blocks Signal after Iranians flocked to the messaging service due to privacy concerns about WhatsApp
With Signal shut down, WhatsApp and Instagram remain the only two unblocked major social media platforms. — Tehran, Iran - Iran's government has moved to block Signal …
Firefox 85 launches with network partitioning, a new feature to block supercookies by partitioning Firefox's browser cache on a per-website basis
Firefox now joins Chrome and Edge, both of which removed support for Flash earlier this month. — Mozilla has released today Firefox 85 …
New docs from Epic vs. Apple lawsuit reveal internal Apple discussions on fees to charge paid TV and streaming channels and how that may affect the App Store
In Apple and Epic's ongoing court battle over App Store fees, one of the key sticking points has been Apple's insistence on maintaining …
Sony announces Xperia Pro 5G, which has an HDMI input that lets content creators turn the smartphone into an external monitor, shipping now for $2,500
Sony announced today its newest 5G smartphone with an HDMI input, the first of its kind to include that feature.
Counterpoint and CyberMedia say that Apple has shipped 1.5M iPhone units in India last quarter, doubling its market share in the country to 4%
When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call. — Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units …
Twitter announces it is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free and ups the monthly tweet volume cap for approved applicants to 10M
To help researchers better study online discourse and platform trends — Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift …
Amazon's Ring announces $60 Video Doorbell Wired, its cheapest and smallest doorbell, arriving on February 24
Available on February 24th, with preorders starting today — Amazon's Ring has debuted its latest video doorbell, the (blandly named) Ring Video Doorbell Wired which, at $59.99 …
As r/WallStreetBets causes GameStop, BlackBerry, and others to surge, online trading platforms like Robinhood and WeBull have rapidly climbed US app store ranks
- The flurry of Redditors taking on Wall Street appears to have resulted in a usage boom for share trading apps.
Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library
As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space.
After saying on Jan. 5 that it would add Apple's privacy labels to its apps “this week or the next week”, Google's flagship apps still do not have the labels
Juli Clover, writing a week ago at MacRumors: … One week later and still, none of Google's flagship apps have privacy nutrition info.
Intel launches its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards targeting SMBs and mainstream PCs, after debuting its Iris Xe Max laptop cards in October
Intel's first desktop GPUs in 20 years aren't designed for gaming just yet — Intel is launching its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards today.
Sources: ByteDance has decided to wrap up its India operations and is laying off 90%, or over 1,800 employees, following India's permanent ban on TikTok
Bytedance has decided to wrap up its India operations and is cutting a large chunk of its employee base citing an absence of a clear direction …
Google details the impact of Apple's upcoming IDFA ad privacy changes, including reducing visibility into app install metrics and affecting bidding on some ads
Apple has prioritized user privacy over targeted advertising, and Google is spelling out today what that means for itself as well as game and app developers.
A wide range of online brokerage services, including Robinhood, E*Trade, and Fidelity, experienced service outages on Wednesday during GameStop trading frenzy
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jmountfordfp , @slasher , @cesveez , @spiritnght , and @defiwhale1 Tweets: Jason Mountford / @jmountfordfp : So GME seems to have literally broken retail investors access to the ...
Microsoft reports Xbox content and service revenue increased to $3.5B, up 40% YoY, as Xbox Game Pass subscribers hit 18M, up from 15M in September
Sources: Signal's rapid growth following WhatsApp privacy changes has raised concerns from Signal staff who worry the service's new features will be misused
Microsoft reports Q2 revenue of $43B, up 17% YoY, vs. $40.18B est., and Azure revenue growth of 50% YoY, vs. 42% est.; stock up 4%+ after hours
Sources reveal that sidelining of Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, from management responsibilities in 2019 was because he bullied staff
Google's parent, Alphabet, has waded through one controversy after another involving its top researchers and executives in the field
Profile of Tracy Chou, diversity activist and founder of Block Party, which lets users filter out trolling and harassing Tweets so they can be reviewed later
When Tracy Chou decided to host a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” about online harassment over the summer, she knew it probably …
DriveNets, which provides software-based routing tools to service providers, raises $208M Series B at a $1B+ valuation
People and businesses are relying on the internet to get things done more than ever before, an opportunity but also an infrastructure headache for service providers …
Booksy, a salon appointment app that also runs a marketplace for beauty products, raises $70M Series C led by Cat Rock, bringing its total raised to $119M
Beauty and wellness appointment booking apps have proliferated of the last few years, but it appears the race is still on as today one of the leaders …
Albert, which helps people automate their finances and connect subscribers to financial advisers, raises $100M Series C led by General Atlantic
Financial services startup Albert has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by General Atlantic, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26).
Profile of PE firm Francisco Partners, whose portfolio includes companies like Sandvine and NSO Group, which have both pursued deals with authoritarian regimes
Don Bowman, co-founder of Sandvine Inc., was always aware of the risks his company's products posed. Tweets: @jshilad , @gwbstr , @techwontsaveus , @bradstone , @aaschapiro , @elinor_carmi , @bw , @na...
Polish postal locker service InPost raised €2.8B in its IPO, Europe's biggest since 2018, selling shares at €16 and valuing the company at over €8B
- IPO prices at 16 euros a share, top end of the initial range — Sale of 35% stake values Polish company at 8 billion euros
Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false
AMD reports Q4 revenue of $3.24B, up 53% YoY, with its Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom segment revenue up 176% YoY to $1.28B
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet :
In letter to creators, CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube has paid more than $30B to creators, artists, and media organizations over the last three years
Julia Alexander / The Verge :
Check, a startup building software tools for digitizing business payrolls, raises $35M led by Stripe, bringing its total raised to $44M
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Pinecone, which is developing a vector database to help build machine learning apps faster, raises $10M seed led by Wing Venture Capital
Pinecone, a new startup from the folks who helped launch Amazon SageMaker, has built a vector database that generates data in a specialized format …
Plex is launching game subscription service Plex Arcade, starting at $3 per month, which features classic Atari games and requires users run a Plex media server
Mitchell Clark / The Verge :
Chris DeRusha, an ex-Obama staffer and Biden campaign's CISO, announces he has been appointed as the US CISO, responsible for coordinating cybersecurity policy
A look at content moderation on Clubhouse, where discussions have included homophobia, anti-Semitism, harassment, and the like, as media increases its scrutiny
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Tel Aviv-based Classiq, which is building tools to develop quantum algorithms and apps, raises $10.5M Series A led by Team8 Capital and Wing Capital
Classiq, a Tel Aviv-based startup that aims to make it easier for computer scientists and developers to create quantum algorithms and applications …
TCV closes a $4B fund, its largest to date, with a focus on e-commerce, education, and cloud tools; over its 25-year history, TCV has invested $14B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Calendly, a popular meeting scheduling service, raises $350M from OpenView Venture Partners and Iconiq at a $3B+ valuation
Survey of 852 US college students shows 51% say the government should do more to regulate major tech companies and 77% think social media has “too much” power
The next generation of college-educated Americans thinks social media companies have too much power and influence …
Pilot, an automated accounting service for SMBs and startups, raises $60M Series C led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $120M
House Energy and Commerce Committee head details the GOP Big Tech Accountability Platform to address issues like Section 230, deplatforming, app stores, more
YouTube says it is extending its suspension of Trump from posting videos to his channel, but did not say how long the extension would last
Algorithmic audits alone won't provide the accountability needed for AI systems because they lack the necessary market incentives and real government oversight
Alex C. Engler / Fast Company : Tweets: @thyacinth , @greene_dm , @johndavisson , @mona_sloane , @jeffbigham , @ndiakopoulos , @peterkwells , @alexcengler , @mark_riedl , @mathbabedotorg , @alexcengl...
Maryland-based SparkPost, an email delivery, optimization, and analytics service, raises $180M from LLR Partners and others
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Sources: Ant Group plans to sell its Missouri-based biometric security firm EyeVerify ahead of potential fines and restructuring costs following its aborted IPO
Financial Times :
Telegram, which helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus, faces scrutiny as far-right extremists flock to it amid crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter
and strangely ignores the other less savory parts involving terrorist recruitment, illicit financing, narcotics sales, rampant fraud activity, etc. https://www.nytimes.com/... Tim Marchman / @timmarch...
Sitetracker, a multi-site project management suite designed to manage critical infrastructure projects, raises $42M Series C
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At the World Economic Forum, 13 tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, join coalition to improve racial and ethnic justice in the workplace
Splashtop, a remote access and support service for businesses, raises $50M led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1B valuation
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Profile of XD Inc., which runs a Steam-like service for games that bypasses dominant app stores in China, and whose stock is up 480% since listing in HK in 2019
a free Steam for mobile game devs https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lynk, which uses AI to connect clients, like governments, with 840K+ experts in a variety of fields, raises $24M, bringing its total raised to $30M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
ClassDojo, a school communications app for teachers, students and families, raises $30M, says it became profitable in 2019, and tripled its revenue in 2020
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch : Tweets: @nmasc_ , @nmasc_ , @toddg777 , @akumar , and @joshbuckley . Thanks: @joshconstine Tweets: Natasha / @nmasc_ : New: @ClassDojo's first eight years didn't in...
Playvox, which makes software to monitor quality of customer service, raises $25M Series A from Five Elms, and acquires Agyle Time, a workforce monitoring tool
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Oracle and SAP target startups with cloud offerings and favorable contract terms; Oracle's startup business grew 400% YoY while SAP added 773 startups in 2020
Joe Williams / Protocol :
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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