Apple says it is discontinuing the original HomePod to focus on HomePod mini, will provide HomePod owners software updates and support via Apple Care
After 4 years on the market, Apple has discontinued its original HomePod. It says that it will continue to produce and focus on the HomePod mini, introduced last year.
MetaKovan, an anonymous digital asset investor and founder of NFT focused crypto-based investment fund Metapurse, is the buyer of the $69M Beeple NFT
A digital asset investor who goes by the handle Metakovan and refuses to give his full name, announced that he is the buyer …
Microsoft will adjust its release cycle for Edge to match the four-week release cadence of Chrome, starting with Edge 94, which is set for release in September
The change will go into effect in September — Microsoft is going to adjust its release cycles for Microsoft Edge to match …
In House hearing, Brad Smith says monetizing referral traffic has become increasingly difficult for news pubs because Google squeezes out most of the profit
$MSFT's @BradSmi today https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... @kerrymflynn : Microsoft's @BradSmi's quotes a Florida resident who lives in a place without a local newspaper: “After years without a strong lo...
Google says Microsoft's support of a bill for greater bargaining power for news pubs is “self-serving” and intended to distract from the SolarWinds hack
Google has always been committed to providing high-quality and relevant information, and to supporting the news publishers who help create it.
NTSB sent a letter to the NHTSA asking for stricter standards on automated vehicle tech, citing Tesla's Level 2 Autopilot system tests as needing more oversight
- The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on its sister agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
An internal doc at Facebook, co-written by Chris Cox, aims to equip employees with rebuttals to the perception that the company's products fuel polarization
In a Thursday presentation, Facebook executives told employees the company isn't to blame for social division in the country. Tweets: @rmac18 , @jtemple , @rmac18 , @buzzfeednews , @rmac18 , @johnpacz...
Sources: tools used in the Feb. 28 Exchange hack are similar to proof-of-concept attack code that Microsoft distributed to security partners a week earlier
Investigators seeking to unravel how attack spread in week before software fix — Microsoft Corp. is investigating whether …
Sources: the Biden administration has informed some Huawei suppliers it is imposing more explicit prohibitions on the export of 5G components to the company
Eric Martin / Bloomberg :
FCC designates five Chinese tech firms, Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, and Dahua, as a threat to US security; Huawei challenged its prior FCC designation in Feb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat …
Sources: Qualcomm is struggling to meet higher than expected demand due to the global chip shortage and US sanctions against Huawei
SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc is struggling to keep up with demand for its processor chips used in smartphones and gadgets …
ESET: at least ten, mostly state-backed hacking groups are exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities on thousands of servers in over 115 countries
and how to respond to China.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill : “Microsoft is now investigating the possibility of a leak that may have triggered these mas...
In a letter to GOP Senators, Amazon says it removed a book because of its policy not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness
Apple sues its former materials lead Simon Lancaster for allegedly stealing trade secrets and leaking them to the media
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Researcher publishes a proof of concept on GitHub that uses vulnerabilities exploited by hackers to breach Microsoft Exchange servers; GitHub deleted the code
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE :
An oral history of Amazon's cloud storage service S3, which debuted 15 years ago to store 20B objects and has scaled to store 100T objects by 2020
In late 2005, Don Alvarez was just another software entrepreneur struggling to get a new business off the ground when a friend working … Tweets: @joepwilliams31 , @tomkrazit , and @owenthomas Tweets: ...
Facebook announces a project to train its AI to understand what is happening in videos, using data from videos publicly available on Facebook
starting with Reels' recommendations: https://ai.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/... Yann LeCun / @ylecun : Another Self-Supervised Learning project at Facebook AI. This time from video and joint...
Substack co-founder on how Substack Pro works: year one, writers get upfront pay, Substack keeps 85% of revenue; later, writers keep 90% revenue, no minimum pay
The thinking behind Substack Pro — When we started Substack in mid-2017, the future for writers was frightening.
A Washington, DC federal judge has blocked the DOD from restricting US investments in Xiaomi; restrictions were scheduled to go into effect next week
A federal judge in Washington blocked the Defense Department from restricting U.S. investment in the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi Corp.
US DOJ indicts CEO of encrypted phone company Sky for selling devices to drug traffickers, the second such company to face charges after Phantom Secure
“The indictment alleges that Sky Global generated hundreds of millions of dollars providing a service that allowed criminal networks around … Source: U.S. Department of Justice . Tweets: @josephfcox a...
Sports cards marketplace Alt raises $31M Series A led by Seven Seven Six, with First Round, SV Angel, Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures, others participating
👋 Good morning! Welcome to a special edition of Axios Sports covering … Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Sports trading card platform Alt launches with $31 million in funding and plenty of market hype Twe...
Source: decentralized social network BitClout was selling “Creator Coins” of top 15,000 Twitter influencers without their permission, before it went offline
Over the past few months, music stars have been scrambling to cash in on the latest craze in collectibles by selling art … Tweets: @micahsingleton , @micahsingleton , and @reckless Tweets: Micah Singl...
LinearB, which develops software engineering management tools for DevOps teams, raises $16M Series A led by Battery Ventures, bringing total raised to $20.6M
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns
For Amex's fraud risk team, the year leading up to the new model's rollout was full of upended expectations—and wishing they had a stress ball handy Tweets: @jaycodon , @clay1016 , @haydenfield , @dan...
Epidemic Sound, a marketplace for online creators looking for background music, raises $450M from Blackstone and EQT Growth, at a valuation of $1.4B
Brazil says Huawei won't be a supplier on its upcoming 5G and private federal network bid, but is not barred from operating elsewhere in the country
Angelica Mari / ZDNet :
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.