Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids under 13; source: the work will be led by Pavni Diwanji, a VP who joined Facebook in December
Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of 13 …
Mark Zuckerberg on Clubhouse says Facebook may be in a “stronger position” after Apple's IDFA changes and that Facebook Shops has 1M+ monthly active businesses
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said he is confident the social media company “will be able to manage through” Apple's upcoming privacy changes.
Kuo: Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset will feature an advanced eye tracking system and potentially an iris recognition feature
Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset will be equipped with an advanced eye tracking system, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said this evening in a note to investors that was seen by MacRumors.
A Russian who flew to the US to try to bribe a Tesla employee to plant malware on the carmaker's network takes plea deal, could face 4-10 month prison sentence
A Russian national who traveled to the US in order to recruit a Tesla employee for a scheme to plant malware …
Verkada security camera hacker has been charged in the US for hacking into 100+ of the world's biggest companies since 2019 and leaking proprietary data online
The US Department of Justice has charged today a Swiss national for hacking into more than 100 companies and leaking proprietary data online on their personal website.
Researchers detail XcodeSpy, a custom version of open source backdoor EggShell that aims to spy on the Macs of iOS and other Apple OS developers
XcodeSpy uses malicious Xcode project to install the EggShell backdoor. — Researchers said they've found a trojanized code library in the wild …
A look at the origins of Clearview AI, which far-right activist Charles Johnson says he co-founded, as it is besieged by lawsuits and investigations
In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove of unsettling images. Found by Yahoo in a Syrian user's account …
In letter to FCC, Mozilla calls for a return to net neutrality, joined by Dropbox, Eventbrite, Reddit, Vimeo, and Wikimedia
- Firefox-maker Mozilla is leading a push for the Federal Communications Commission to swiftly reinstate net neutrality rules stripped away under the Trump administration.
Project Zero: the same hackers that used 4 Windows and Android zero-days in Feb. 2020 have since used 7 more zero-days to target iOS, Windows, and Android
The breadth and abundance of exploits for unknown vulnerabilities sets group apart. — A team of advanced hackers exploited no fewer …
Sources: Apple sends cease and desist emails to Chinese apps testing CAID, which is designed to track users in spite of Apple's upcoming IDFA privacy changes
Chinese apps test multiple workarounds to keep tracking iPhones without prompting for consent — A cat-and-mouse game …
Twitter says it is testing a way for its iOS users to watch YouTube videos in their timelines, in the US, Japan, Canada, and Saudi Arabia
Shortly after Twitter announced it would begin testing a better way to display images on its app, it's now doing the same for YouTube videos.
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.
When CryptoKitties roared onto the scene in 2017, most people regarded the collectible digital cats, which were tied to and encapsulated …
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.
NFL finalizes an 11-year media rights deal, with Amazon Prime Video as exclusive partner for Thursday Night Football; sources: Amazon is paying about $1B/year
Amazon will get exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times : NFL nearly doubles fees for TV rights; Amazon to get exclusive games for streaming Charlotte Walsh /...
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”
how we communicate with this new device will be critical. Building this interface demands advances from numerous technological areas and I'm proud of our research teams and the progress we've made: ht...
Transcript of a Clubhouse chat with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke about creator economy, Apple, and more
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Telegram expands Voice Chats to channels, with no limits on number of listeners, and now allows admins to record audio and celebrities to switch accounts
Voice Chats first appeared in December, adding a new dimension of live talk to Telegram groups. Starting today, they become available …
India asks a Delhi court to stop WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy, alleging that the controversial policy violates India's technology laws
- Modi government urges a high court to restrain WhatsApp — India says WhatsApp's policy violates technology laws
Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta raises $500M from SAIC Motor, Toyota Motor, Bosch, and others
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta said on Friday it has received $500 million from SAIC Motor, Toyota Motor and auto parts supplier Bosch, as the global auto industry purs...
Kuo: MiniLED displays will be used in the MacBook Air by 2022 and the 2022 iPad Air will feature an OLED display
What we know so far (report) Michael Simon / Macworld : Head into spring with a new M1 MacBook Air and save big Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : Kuo: Mini LED iPad Pro enters production in April, OLED ...
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
however, growth rates illustrate that could be exceeded in the not too distant future WOULD never have happened without the industry leadership and vision of @spotify's @eldsjal $SPOT https://twitter....
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
and do this instead Tweets: @annaleen : Here's why Substack's scam worked so well. They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletters seem lucrative. In my newsletter this week, I talk about how ...
Kuda, which offers mobile-first banking services in Nigeria, raises $25M Series A led by Valar Ventures, following a $10M seed round four months ago
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Real estate tech startup Offerpad, a Zillow rival, says it is going public via SPAC, valuing the company at $3B and raising $650M
MPAA: global video subscriptions grew to 1.1B, up 26% YoY; global spending on home entertainment grew 23% YoY to $68.8B with digital entertainment making up 76%
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times :
Developer of Watch app FlickType, who previously called out Apple for allowing scam and copycat apps, sues Apple claiming fraud and unfair competition
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post :
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
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Google Chrome adds Live Caption as an accessibility feature in Chrome 89, to transcribe speech in videos
and you can try it right now Sarah Katz / Tech Xplore : Google Chrome's new Live Caption feature will transcribe speech in videos Sean Riley / Laptop Mag : Chrome just introduced a powerful new access...
Sources: DOJ investigators are asking ad executives whether Google's plan to ban third-party cookies will hobble its smaller rivals
Pushback in China against facial recognition may be emerging, as a state TV special on invasive practices used by two retail chains sparks backlash
Zeyi Yang / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @zeyiyang , and @dwertime Tweets: @protocol : Hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras throughout China have been accumulating facial recognition data ...
EU calls on countries to change laws on stock options and immigration so that startups can attract the best talent; 25 countries across Europe have signed up
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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
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
Chinese semiconductor maker SMIC says it will build a $2.35B plant in Shenzhen, with funding from the government, and plans to begin production of chips in 2022
China-based Tuya, which helps deploy and manage IoT devices, raises $915M in its US IPO and closes its first day of trading up 19% for a market value of $14B
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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
SecurityScorecard, a provider of security ratings, raises $180M Series E, bringing its total raised to more than $290M
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Apple's concession to Russia to prompt users to install state-approved apps sets a precedent that other authoritarian countries may seek to follow
Lily Hay Newman / Wired :
OpenReel, which is building tools to simplifying remote video production, raises $19M Series A and says Dell, ViacomCBS, and Verizon Media are clients
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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