Sources: faster iPad Pros may come as early as April with better cameras; Apple aims to use MiniLED on at least the 12.9" model and has tested using Thunderbolt
- Company plans updated iPad Pro line with faster processor — Apple's iPad sales have jumped in work-from-home environment
Sony unveils PS5 VR controllers with haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and finger touch detection
Sony has begun to share more details on its vision for next-gen virtual reality, today announcing and showing off the new controllers that will come with PSVR 2.0 for PS5.
Kuo: MiniLED displays will be used in the MacBook Air by 2022 and the 2022 iPad Air will feature an OLED display
Rumors have been suggesting that Apple will soon release a new iPad Pro with a Mini-LED display, but the company also plans to bring this technology to other devices in the future.
Google says it will invest $7B+ in offices and data centers across the US and create at least 10K new full-time Google jobs in the US this year
One of the best parts of my job is getting the opportunity to visit the communities that Google is a part of across the U.S. Whether it's meeting …
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation
Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.
Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans
a publisher, not a platform—but claims not to be one, which is a pretty shady dodge. https://thehypothesis.substack.com/ ... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : It'd be nice to see all those who are paid in...
AT&T says it will no longer exempt HBO Max from mobile data caps starting March 25, after a US court upheld CA's net neutrality law; change will apply beyond CA
- AT&T will no longer exempt viewing of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld California's …
Facebook is working on a neural wristband that reads signals from brain to hands, to go along with its AR glasses; Bosworth insists it can't “read your brain”
“I cannot emphasize this enough: This cannot read your brain,” said a Facebook exec.
Developer of Watch app FlickType, who previously called out Apple for allowing scam and copycat apps, sues Apple claiming fraud and unfair competition
The developer behind FlickType, an Apple Watch keyboard, alleges the company used its power over the App Store to stymie its progress
Nvidia is doubling the price of GeForce Now cloud gaming memberships to $10 a month for new users; its almost 10M “Founder” members will keep the same price
Nvidia will keep the price the same for Founders subscribers — Nvidia is effectively doubling the price of GeForce Now, its cloud streaming service.
YouTube rolls out Checks, a creator tool that scans videos ahead of uploading for copyrighted material; the system relies on YouTube's Content ID
This content is likely not relevant anymore. Try searching or browse recent questions. Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : YouTube Rolls Out Upload Filters as a Feature, Not an EU Requirement Matthew Humph...
Facebook, which supported security keys on desktop since 2017, expands support to iOS and Android users
Facebook has supported security keys on desktop since 2017 and will now enable iOS and Android users to log in to their account via the physical key.
YouTube is rolling out its TikTok rival YouTube Shorts in the US, but the beta is missing features and feels half-baked
Rolling out to everyone in the US ‘over the next several weeks’ — YouTube Shorts, the company's short-form answer to TikTok, is launching in beta in the United States starting today.
Google Chrome adds Live Caption as an accessibility feature in Chrome 89, to transcribe speech in videos
Google first showcased its amazing Live Caption accessibility feature at Google I/0 2019. The feature was first rolled out to the Pixel phones with Android 10 update and subsequently arrived …
Substack's decision to pay certain writers to write on the platform is an editorial one as leaders decide what kind of writing they want to support
They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletter authorship seem lucrative — I think of myself as having decent critical faculties … Tweets: @annaleen , @jason , @jefferson1simon , @digifiend ...
Intel hires Justin Long, who played the “I'm a Mac” role in Apple's Mac vs PC ads, to pitch Intel-based PCs and tout touchscreens and convertible form factors
they did do at least two* ads that talked about Macs running Windows Vista, an indirect acknowledgement of the processor. I remember because they involved PC World *("The Suit" ran only for a day befo...
Ghost Data report exposes a multi-million dollar business of wholesalers using Instagram to sell fake Apple accessories such as counterfeit AirPods worldwide
- Report finds Chinese counterfeit Apple goods flood social site — Apple says it urges removal of 1 million online listings
Sources: DOJ investigators are asking ad executives whether Google's plan to ban third-party cookies will hobble its smaller rivals
(Reuters) - Google's plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators …
Fireblocks, which lets users store, transfer, and issue digital assets, raises $133M Series C, bringing its total raised to $179M
Fireblocks has raised a $133 million Series C funding round led by Coatue, Ribbit, and Stripes. The company provides several products that let you store, transfer and issue digital assets.
Samsung updates its mid-range Galaxy lineup: 6.5" A52 and A52 5G, from ~$415, and 6.7" A72, from ~$535, with 90Hz or 120Hz displays, better cameras, and more
Spotify launches a site to show how much it pays artists: $5B in 2020, up from $3.3B in 2017, and 13K artists made $50K+ in royalties, up 80% from 2017
The company's making an effort to be more transparent — Musicians aren't thrilled with Spotify — they say the streaming platform undervalues …
AI will drive a new tech revolution, applying Moore's law to everything; to rebalance the newly created wealth, society should favor taxing capital over labor
My work at OpenAI reminds me every day about the magnitude of the socioeconomic change that is coming sooner than most people believe. Tweets: @sama , @sama , @sama , @pt , @stephenpunwasi , @waldojaq...
Google's Area 120 in-house incubator launches ThreadIt, a short video app for team collaborations, in beta, as a website and a Chrome plug-in
The team at Google's Area 120 in-house incubator says the idea for ThreadIt came well before COVID-19 made remote work a necessity for large swaths of the globe.
Amazon says it will expand Amazon Care, a telehealth service piloted on its employees in Seattle, to other companies and the rest of its US employees this year
24 hours a day, 365 days a year Stephanie Mlot / PCMag : Amazon Care Health Service Expands Across the US This Summer Mehreen Kasana / Input : Amazon wants to be your healthcare provider Mayank Sharma...
Viz.ai, whose AI software can help doctors diagnose strokes, raises $71M Series C, and says it will use the new funds to expand into other areas like cardiology
The different Viz.ai stroke detection platforms on various smartphones. Courtesy. — Israeli medical imaging startup Viz.ai …
Shelf Engine, which helps grocers manage and streamline their food orders, raises $41M Series B led by General Catalyst, bringing its total raised to $58M
New funding: Shelf Engine raised $41 million to support rapid growth of its tech platform used by grocers such as Kroger and Walmart …
Sources: China told LinkedIn that it found objectionable posts on the service, asking it to perform a self-evaluation and suspend new sign-ups for 30 days
Officials said the social network had failed to block objectionable political content, a sign of the sacrifices it must make to remain in the vast but difficult market. Tweets: @pkedrosky Tweets: Paul...
Yotpo, which develops e-commerce marketing tools, raises $230M Series F led by by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tiger Global, at a $1.4B post-money valuation
Barely more than seven months after its most recent funding announcement, Yotpo is revealing that it has raised another $230 million …
A new version of the PACT Act, a bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, remains convoluted and bloated with destructive ideas that will spawn entirely new problems
which would kill off our community. The only thing the rules would do is (a) cost me a ton of money and (b) allow trolls to complain to me. Why?
Apple says it has generated 1.2 GW of clean energy and removed an average of 921K metric tons of carbon emissions annually, as part of its $4.7B Green Bond
Sami Fathi / MacRumors :
OpenSea, a marketplace for NFTs, raises $23M Series A led by a16z crypto, says $95M in digital merchandise was sold on the service in Feb., up from $8M in Jan.
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Germany's data protection watchdog complains to EU Parliament that Germany had “sent 50+ complaints about WhatsApp” to the Irish DPC and none had been closed
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times :
UK's 5G spectrum auction raised only £1.36B, just above the £1.1B reserve price and a fraction of the £22.5B 3G auction in 2000
FBI says victims reported $4.2B in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud to its Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2020, up about 20% YoY
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop :
Olo, a provider of food-ordering software for restaurants, closed up 39% in its trading debut, after raising $450M in an IPO, valuing the company at $4.93B
its Shopify for restaurants Rob Lenihan / TheStreet : Olo Shares Skyrocket in Stock Market Debut Amelia Lucas / CNBC : Restaurant tech firm Olo shares soar 39% in IPO as online ordering surges Levi Su...
SecurityScorecard, a provider of security ratings, raises $180M Series E, bringing its total raised to more than $290M
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Paris-based Cubyn, which lets e-merchants outsource fulfillment and delivery logistics, raises €35M Series C led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance Large Venture
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Researcher shares method for hiding ~3MB of data, like ZIP archives, in Twitter images and says Twitter ruled out a security bug bounty for an earlier method
Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer :
FCC fines two Texas-based telemarketers a record $225M for making around 1B automated robocalls in 2019
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
Republic, which lets non-accredited investors invest as little as $10 in startups, raises $36M Series A led by Galaxy Digital; Republic has over 1M users
Matthew Leising / Bloomberg :
A profile of Clubhouse co-founder Paul Davison, who previously had built social apps like Highlight and Shorts that nudged people to share more by default
Stack Overflow says it will add a free tier to its Teams service, limited to 50 users, and it added 1,500 Teams customers in 2020, including Microsoft and Box
Sources: ByteDance is considering launching a group messaging feature on TikTok this year; ByteDance's Douyin has had group messaging since 2019
Document: surveillance contractor Ulysses Group marketed a tool that tracks 15B car locations using data from automakers and third parties to the US military
China-based Tuya, which provides a service for businesses to deploy and manage IoT devices, raised $915M in a US IPO
Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg :
Mozilla's AI ethics advocacy group proposes algorithmic bias detection program modeled on bug bounty programs
Snap says it acquired Berlin-based Fit Analytics, which helps shoppers find the right-sized apparel and footwear online and works with 18K retailers
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Disabled internet users say accessibility service AccessiBe, used by 120K+ sites, and others make sites less usable and use the fear of lawsuits to drive sales
CB Insights: education tech startups raised $12.58B globally in 2020, up from $4.81B in 2019; as in-person teaching returns, remote services may see usage drop
How Stripe became Silicon Valley's most valuable private company by being capital efficient at scale and having a self-sustaining core payments business
Invstr, an 8-year-old startup with 1M+ app installs that's focused on financial education, raises $20M Series A and adds trading and banking services in the US
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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