Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill
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Spotify says it will launch a subscription later this year called HiFi that will offer “CD-quality, lossless audio”; Spotify currently tops out at 320kbps audio
Microsoft aids Europe's media, Apple tops smartphone sales, Spotify HiFi Simon Cohen / Digital Trends : Spotify will add a lossless hi-fi option later this year Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today ...
Kuo: Apple plans to release two new MacBook Pro models with an HDMI port and an SD card reader in the second half of 2021
Apple plans to release two new MacBook Pro models equipped with an HDMI port and SD card reader in the second half of 2021, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo …
Microsoft partners with EU publishing lobbyists to push for payment for news content amid Australia's effort to force Facebook and Google to share their revenue
Seattle-based company aligns with press industry and exploits rivals' difficulties — Microsoft has joined forces …
Epic will give Fortnite and Rocket League players who have bought loot boxes ~$8 worth of credits and set aside $26M+ for claims to settle a class action suit
The class action settlement also provides an additional $26 million in benefits — Epic Games will give Fortnite players 1,000 V-Bucks …
Bitfinex and Tether agree to an $18.5M settlement with the New York AG and will stop operating in the state following a two-year probe
Bitfinex and Tether have agreed to stop all trading activity in the state of New York as part of a settlement announced today by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Sony says it's developing a VR headset for the PlayStation 5 that will be much less cumbersome than its current PS VR setup, but the device won't launch in 2021
The PlayStation 5 will have its own virtual reality headset, however, consumers may face ongoing difficulties obtaining a PS5 console given a supply chain shortfall.
Spotify will launch an audio advertising marketplace, the Spotify Audience Network, and plans to offer podcasts on its self-serve ad platform Spotify Ad Studio
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Researchers say China used NSA's EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices for years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency's zero-day toolkit online
The hackers used the agency's EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency's zero-day arsenal online.
Profile of Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, who has made millions of dollars by selling and auctioning his digital art on marketplaces for non-fungible tokens
He's a dad from Wisconsin who drives a “piece of shit” Corolla. And his brilliantly absurd artwork has made him the face of a crypto market you didn't know existed.
Q&A with Spotify's Daniel Ek on growing the number of creators on the service and engaging with them, podcast success metrics, Clubhouse, and more
Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play …
A look at the state of 5G in the US, which despite being fairly widespread is only offering 4G-like speeds; true high-speed 5G is still a work in progress
After an introduction from Consumer Technology Association president Gary Shapiro, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg takes the stage.
Spotify says it will launch in 80+ new markets in the coming days, expanding from 93 markets, making the service available to 1B potential new users
and Tidal just peed its pants Tweets: Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed : Watching #StreamOn @spotify @eldsjal $SPOT really only “one” takeaway that matters Spotify innovating at incredible pace (reach...
TikTok's networks effects, largely driven by remixability of content and features that interconnect, cannot be easily cloned by rivals to recreate the ecosystem
I promised one final piece on TikTok, focused primarily on the network effects of creativity. And this is that, in part. Tweets: @eugenewei , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , @johnbattelle , @patrick_oshag ...
FCC proposes using $3.2B in emergency funds to subsidize broadband services for low-income families with $50/month discounts and $75/month on tribal lands
A proposal released by the acting chairwoman of the commission is an attempt to close the digital divide.
Spotify debuts features for creators like polls and Q&A tools to make podcasts interactive, partners with WordPress to turn text into podcasts using Anchor
Apple says it has revoked certificates for dev accounts used by the creator of the “Silver Sparrow” malware, effectively preventing new Macs from being infected
what to do now Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple acts to prevent further spread of Silver Sparrow Mac malware Tweets: Sean Kerner / @techjournalist : unless of course...the user clicks ‘ok’ and bypasses...
Huawei unveils the foldable Mate X2 with an exterior 6.5" screen and interior 8" screen, both with 90Hz refresh rates, available in China from $2,785
Researchers say a change in iOS 14.5 beta, which improves how iOS handles pointers, makes sandbox escapes and “0-click” attacks much harder to pull off
Electric, which lets one admin manage devices, software subscriptions, permissions, and more via the cloud, raises $40M Series C led by Greenspring Associates
It would be an understatement to say that enterprise-focused startups have fared well during the pandemic.
ScienceLogic, a startup developing IT infrastructure monitoring software and AI for IT operations, raises $105M Series E led by Silver Lake Waterman
ScienceLogic, a startup developing an AIOps and IT infrastructure monitoring platform, today announced that it raised $105 million.
Clubhouse says it has added security safeguards and banned a user after some Clubhouse audio and metadata was found on a third-party website
privacy breach on invite-only app raises concerns Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE : This Website Made Clubhouse Conversations Public Becky Bracken / Threatpost : Assume Clubhouse Conversations Ar...
Gartner: in Q4 2020, Apple sold 80M new iPhones globally, overtaking Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor, increasing its market share by ~15%
there's really no other platform this stable, interconnected, private and updated. https://twitter.com/... Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : Boom! Apple is now the largest smart vendor. Market share i...
Bottlepay, which lets users send bitcoin via messages on Twitter, Reddit, and Discord, raises £11M at a post-money valuation of £51M
The payments platform is built with the Lightning Network scaling solution, which enables cheaper and faster bitcoin transactions.
Whistleblowers: Arizona's inmate management software has been unable to interpret sentencing laws since 2019, leaving hundreds eligible for release incarcerated
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Samsung expands EKG support for Galaxy Watch 2 and Watch 3 to 31 markets via the Samsung Health Monitor app
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Saltmine, which has developed a web-based workplace design service, raises $20M Series A after seeing 80% ARR growth and 350% YoY MAU growth in 2020
What is working in the office going to look like in a post-COVID-19 world? — That's something one startup hopes to help companies figure out.
Swedish payments startup Klarna says it is considering a direct listing; sources say the company is raising over $500M, after securing $650M in September
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish payments firm Klarna may list on the stock market without raising money by selling new shares …
After Airbnb changed its policy to allow cancellation with full refunds, some aggrieved hosts are trying to cut it out of bookings or are planning legal action
Erin Griffith / New York Times : Tweets: @gregorynyc , @eringriffith , @nytimestravel , and @edercampuzano Tweets: Gregory Schmidt / @gregorynyc : For some rental operators, their relationship with A...
As autonomous war tech advances, the US military must confront complex ethical issues, like how much control to give machines to kill on the battlefield
Zachary Fryer-Biggs / Washington Post : Tweets: @martoiu , @jdflynn , @henrybendon , @washingtonpost , @marywareham , and @kevincarey1 Tweets: Mihai Martoiu Ticu / @martoiu : The Pentagon is investin...
Spotify announces many new development tools for artists, including an expansion of Marquee promotions and opening up the Canvas visual looping tool to all
SoundCommerce raises $15M Series A for its service that analyzes retailers' data from across sources like GCP, Snowflake, AWS, Tableau, Azure, Looker, Power BI
SoundCommerce, a platform that unifies retailers' data from across multiple systems, has raised $15 million in a series A round of funding led by Emergence Capital.
Plume, which develops an AI-powered adaptive home Wi-Fi mesh network system, raises $270M Series E at a $1.35B valuation, bringing its total raised to $397M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
FundGuard, an AI-powered investment management SaaS startup, raises $12M Series A, bringing its total raised to $16M+
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
VidMob, which provides tools to create and improve digital ads, raises $50M Series C with Shutterstock, Adobe among investors; source: VidMob is valued at $290M
Investors in funding round include ad industry veterans, Adobe, Shutterstock and Prefix Capital See also Mediagazer
Katana, which builds manufacturing-specific ERP software for SMBs, raises $11M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total raised to $16M
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Shippo, a shipping software and services startup, raises $45M led by D1 Capital at $495M valuation, says it doubled its gross postage volume last year
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Filings: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook made up the biggest sources of Biden campaign contributions among corporate employees, who gave $15.1M+
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @repjimbanks Tweets: Jim Banks / @repjimbanks : More than ever before, Democrats represent the corporatist interests of Wall Street, Big Tech & Silicon Valley. Republica...
Codecademy raises $40M Series D led by Owl Ventures and says it has $50M ARR; the startup plans to expand its business offerings, grow internationally, and more
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NBA Top Shot, a marketplace for NBA video highlights, says it has 50K+ users and sales of $60M+ since Oct.; its owner Dapper Labs reportedly just raised $250M
Sean Highkin / Bleacher Report :
SEC delists shares of Long Blockchain Corp, a former iced tea company and poster child of crypto-investment excesses, after years of missed financial filings
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Zomato raises $250M and is now valued at $5.4B, two months after closing a $660M Series J; analysts: Zomato has 50% marketshare in India's food delivery market
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
EquityBee, a marketplace that aims to help startup employees exercise stock options, raises $20M Series A led by Group 11
Australian online design service Canva says it has 50M MAUs and has acquired Austrian visual AI startup Kaleido.ai and e-commerce startup Smartmockups
Source: Aviatrix, a provider of multi-cloud native networking software, raises $75M Series D led by General Catalyst, valuing the startup at $700M+
Chinese startup Black Lake, which helps digitalize factory operations with collaboration tools, raises $77M Series C, bringing total raised to $100M+
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.
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