A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Apple for selling MacBooks with defective display cables can proceed
A potential class-action lawsuit will go forward — When Apple introduced its controversial MacBook Pro redesign in 2016, the company probably …
Microsoft says a DNS outage causing issues with services like Teams, Azure, and Office 365 is mostly over, cites spike in DNS traffic as preliminary root cause
If a Bing goes down and no one is around, did it even happen? — What you need to know — Several Microsoft services …
Amazon says it expects some employees to start coming back to the office as early as this summer and most of its staff to be back at the office this fall
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Developers say the App Store has started rejecting updates for apps using third-party SDKs that collect data which can be used for device fingerprinting
Apple is rejecting updates to apps that conflict with its new privacy policies in iOS 14, signaling that it is now getting serious about privacy enforcement.
Sensor Tower: US iPhone users spent an average of $138 on apps in 2020, up 38% YoY, the greatest annual growth since 2016, with spending on games growing 43%
U.S. consumers spent an average of $138 on iPhone apps last year, an increase of 38% year over year, largely driven by the pandemic impacts …
Coinbase says it expects its shares will start trading on April 14 and plans to release Q1 results on April 6
Cryptocurrency giant Coinbase announced on Thursday that its highly anticipated direct listing will happen on April 14. The company also disclosed it will share its Q1 financial results eight days be...
Memo: Google tells employees that it expects some US-based workers to return to the office in April, but won't require employees to come in until at least Sept.
Google told workers in an email Wednesday that it expects some U.S. employees to be able to return to the office in the coming month.
Snap confirms it was testing probabilistic matching to track iOS users for a few months, but will discontinue the program after Apple rolls out tracking changes
Owner of Snapchat has explored how to track users with data from third party companies — Snap has explored how it can circumvent …
Apple expands its Arcade subscription gaming service, which previously focused on exclusive titles, with a back catalog of classic App Store games
Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases …
App Annie: users spent $32B on apps across iOS and Play Store globally in Q1 2021, up 40% YoY and the largest quarter on record; iOS beat Android $21B to $11B
the Biggest Quarter Since Records Began Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Record spend on apps during pandemic continues into this year Joe Wituschek / iMore : Consumers spent $32 billion on apps in the first q...
Massachusetts court supports a request from the IRS to obtain the records of all Circle customers who had $20K+ in crypto transactions between 2016 and 2020
A Massachusetts court is supporting a request from the IRS to obtain the records Circle customers, the Department of Justice said.
The Pentagon says Microsoft will build 120K custom HoloLens headsets for the US Army; Microsoft says the contract could be worth up to $21.88B over 10 years
AR makes a spectacle Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News : Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops Kris Graft / Gamasutra : Controversial Hololens milit...
Biden lets a ban imposed last June on H1-B and other foreign work visas expire; Trump said the ban was to protect public health and safeguard job market
President Biden has allowed a ban on H1-B and other kinds of foreign work visas to expire, bringing to a close a dramatic clampdown …
Sources: Myanmar's military has ordered ISPs to shut down mobile internet services until further notice
SCOTUS sides with Facebook, ruling that its text alerts on suspicious logins do not qualify as robocalls, in what experts say is a major win for telemarketers
TSMC says it plans to spend $100B over the next three years to expand its chip fabrication capacity
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A look at the challenges in building workable vaccine passport apps, including dealing with forged records, protecting privacy, and interoperability
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Sources: Facebook staff are raising concerns internally over allowing Chinese propaganda ads about Xinjiang, as Facebook awaits UN's response to the situation
Workers express concerns internally about advertisements and content by Beijing promoting message that mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in the region are thriving
Sources: Tencent's gaming studio TiMi Studios, which makes Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile, generated $10B revenue in 2020
(Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent's Timi Studios, maker of popular video games Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile, generated revenue of $10 billion last year …
Internal documents show that Google is working on two Pixel phones powered by its own “Whitechapel” SoC, which is being developed in partnership with Samsung
9to5Google can report today that Google's upcoming phones for this fall, including the presumed Pixel 6 …
Casio launches its first G-Shock smartwatch with Wear OS, available in May for $700
it's not going to be cheap Derrek Lee / Android Central : Casio's first Wear OS G-Shock smartwatch is extra tough and extra expensive Erin Carson / CNET : Casio to release new G-Shock smartwatch power...
Dish complains to FCC that T-Mobile, its partner for wireless services, plans to shut down the CDMA network used by millions of Dish's Boost Mobile users
Ina Fried / Axios :
Google will limit most apps on the Play Store from seeing which apps are installed on devices running Android 11 and newer beginning May 5, 2021
Abner Li / 9to5Google : Source: Play Console Help .
Instagram announces Remix, a way to record Reels alongside other users, similar to TikTok's Duets
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Compass, which runs an online marketplace for buying, selling, and renting real estate, closes up ~12% in its trading debut, after raising $450M in an IPO
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Discord debuts Stage Channels, a Clubhouse-like way of broadcasting audio to a room, available on all platforms; only Community servers can make Stage Channels
Sources: before the pandemic, Amazon explored opening discount stores selling home goods and electronics to clear unsold inventory sitting in its warehouses
Fetch Rewards, which offers a consumer loyalty and retail rewards app, raises $210M Series D led by Vision Fund 2, at a valuation over $1B
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Sightline Payments, which offers cashless payment solutions for casinos and the hospitality industry, raises $100M; its Play+ system has over 1.5M users
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Hotmart, which offers cloud-based services for creators to build, run, and manage their online businesses, raises $130M Series C led by TCV
Uruguay-based dLocal, which offers payments processing services in 29 countries, raises $150M at a $5B valuation, quadrupling its valuation from September 2020
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Q&A with “Real Facebook Oversight Board” members Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat on tech criticism, the role of Facebook's Oversight Board, and more
Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : Tweets: @janiswong_ Tweets: Janis Wong / @janiswong_ : Great interview by @Kantrowitz with @carolecadwalla and @YaelEisenstat on the role of @FBoversight, why everyone sho...
Holler, which makes branded stickers and GIFs and uses AI to suggest such content to users, raises $36M Series B, bringing its total raised to $51M
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.