Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL
- ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
The WikiLeaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.
Kuo: high-end 2022 iPhones and maybe the entire lineup, if production permits, will lose the notch in favor of a hole-punch design; iPhone SE 5G coming in 2022
Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities has published a new report for Apple supply chain investors in which the reliable analyst predicts …
Kuo: iPhone 13 to have smaller notch, larger batteries; Pro models to use 120Hz displays; iPhone mini to return; he has “no visibility” of power button Touch ID
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note today focused on what to expect …
Instagram launches Live Rooms for live broadcasts with up to four creators, up from two, and says it will roll out new audio features in coming months
Instagram today announced it's adding a much-requested feature to its app with the launch of “Live Rooms,” which allow up to four people to broadcast live together at the same time.
Swedish payments startup Klarna raises $1B at a valuation of $31B, triple its valuation in its last funding round in September
- Swedish firm raised $1 billion in new funding from investors — Klarna to donate 1% of new funds to climate change initiatives
Lime says it will it will spend $50M to expand its network, doubling the number of cities in which it operates, and roll out a new e-bike
The scooter company is also rolling out a new model of e-bike — Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike …
Online reviews site Trustpilot unveils plans for London IPO with plans to raise $50M and hopes for a market value of ~£1B
Online review site looks to take advantage of booming demand from investors — Trustpilot has unveiled plans to list in London, handing the UK …
Verizon support advised its users in a now-deleted tweet to “turn on LTE”, which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life
it's problematic across the board. https://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/ ... @mashable : Big “the cover-up is worse than the crime” energy here. https://mashable.com/... Tony Sutton / @tony_sutton : @verge...
Escort sex workers, from countries where their profession is legal, say they are being banned from sites like OnlyFans that are bound by the US FOSTA-SESTA law
Editors' note: This story contains sexually explicit language and descriptions not suited for younger readers. Tweets: @njnp_dc Tweets: No Justice No Pride / @njnp_dc : “In 2021 escorts aren't just fi...
Dream Games, which develops mobile puzzle games, raises $50M Series A led by Index Ventures, the largest Series A raised by a Turkish startup to date
On the back of Zynga acquiring Turkey's Peak Games for $1.8 billion last year and then following it up with another gaming acquisition in the country …
Axonius, a security startup developing an end-to-end device management platform, raises $100M Series D led by Stripes, at a $1.2B post-money valuation
Remote work has become the norm for many businesses in the last year, and today a startup that has built a cybersecurity platform …
China's electronic yuan or eCNY is now being tested in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing; no major country is as far along with a homegrown digital currency
The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a homegrown digital currency. Tweets: @mazmhussain , @edmun...
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more
Transgender creators say they originally found TikTok to be a positive experience, but the app's design has created a culture of transphobia and harassment
- TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity, especially among LGBTQ communities. — But trans creators say they've experienced transphobia ranging … Tweets: @carnage4life Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4l...
Grab is setting up a drive-through vaccination service across Indonesia with the government, plans to vaccinate 2,500 drivers and 5K people/week in Bali center
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Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% since 2017, after APTs and cybercrime groups adopted the language
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC
a “choke point technology”—to China. Beijing has plenty of ways to retaliate. https://www.wsj.com/... @baldingsworld : At the risk of pointing out that journalists again don't know what they are talki...
Q&A with Lambda School's Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don't have one
Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request : Tweets: @antoniogm , @benharnett , @angebassa , @kaylahroxout , @koehrsen_will , @sarthakgh , @elidourado , @tommycollison , @pkafka , @celinehalioua , @r...
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume
its only sports/news now https://twitter.com/... Nisha Chittal / @nishachittal : Feeling very vindicated for my decision to watch 100+ hours of 90DF in the past year while Renan was judging me https:/...
Big tech is aiding India's govt-led crackdown on climate activists, from banned social media accounts, to sharing data and allowing state officials' hate speech
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US
the first American drone maker to become a unicorn Led by @a16z Signals broader confidence for the US in the second act of drone wars Skydio valuation raises American hopes in drone war with China htt...
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages
Tom Krazit / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @lisaphillips , @ejgreenberg , @timgrieve , @fastly , @tomkrazit , @rseroter , and @protocol Tweets: @protocol : The people who keep the internet alive for...
Bessemer Venture Partners closes on $3.3B across two funds to back early-stage startups as well as growth rounds for more mature companies
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Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in Ireland's High Court on behalf of traumatized content moderators
innocent or guilty — could be mangled by systems beyond their control. And she learned how to beat billion$ opponents with a fraction of the financial firepower. She describes her work as “asymmetric ...
Sydney-based HR software developer Employment Hero raises $45M AUD Series D at a $250M+ AUD valuation led by SEEK
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Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users
even though I've never created one or even spoken — I find myself instinctively wanting to see who else entered the room because some “tech reporter” may tattle if it's a Prohibited Person. That's the...
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.