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 …
Activision warns PC players of Call of Duty: Warzone that a popular “cheat” is actually malware and installing it allows hackers to take over a user's machine
Security researchers at the gaming company published a report that details a hacking campaign that used malware hidden inside a cheat for the popular online game.
Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population
Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response … Source: About Amazon .
Sources: Pinterest is currently in ongoing talks to acquire VSCO
The discussions between the digital pin board company and the app that inspired the “VSCO girls” trend are ongoing. — SAN FRANCISCO — Pinterest has held talks to buy VSCO, a photography app that spa...
Code in Spotify's latest app release reveals new details of its Car Thing project, including a color screen and various mounts for attaching to a car dashboard
The new renders match previous photos submitted to the FCC — Spotify's much-anticipated in-car gadget …
Analysis: average smartphone NAND flash capacity crossed 100GB for the first time in 2020; avg. capacity in iPhones was 140.9GB in Q4 '20 vs. 95.7GB for Android
NAND flash capacity has emerged as one of the most important considerations for consumers while purchasing a new smartphone.
Waymo CEO John Krafcik says he is leaving the company; COO Dmitri Dolgov and CTO Tekedra Mawakana will become Waymo's co-CEOs
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
and it's a very big change Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Pixel 6 Could Feature Google's First Mobile Processor Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : Pixel 6 Will Reportedly Be the First Phone With Google-Made Chip M...
Data of 533M Facebook users, including phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and in some cases email addresses, posted online
- The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.
Biden's $2T infrastructure proposal allocates $50B for creating a technology directorate at the NSF and $50B for funding semiconductor manufacturing and R&D
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol :
US lawmakers ask 8 digital-ad auctioneers, including Google and AT&T, to name foreign clients who had access to user data through auctions over the past 3 years
In letter to companies including Google and AT&T, lawmakers request information about how user data is shared in auctions
How Facebook's stance that it won't ban posts unless they “cause imminent harm”, reversed in Feb. 2021, has led people to believe dangerous lies about COVID-19
Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make his social network a reliable source about the pandemic. Tweets: @bw , @chafkin , @karenkornbluh , @ryanmarino , @dcodedemocracy , @bw , @center4inquiry , @basuashis , @...
New York's MTA, LA's Metro, London's TfL, and other transit agencies are using digital navigation and live service apps to boost ridership
Price and speed are no longer the only battlegrounds for public and private transit, as organizations like New York's MTA and L.A. Metro compete on user experience Tweets: @workandco and @j6ordon Twee...
Arbitrator orders Uber to pay $1.1M to blind woman denied rides due to her guide dog, rejecting Uber's defense that it isn't liable for gig drivers' conduct
A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Apple for selling MacBooks with defective display cables can proceed
Sean Hollister / The Verge :
A look at Xiaomi's investments in chip-related companies, as it bought or increased its stake in 34 companies since 2019
Smartphone maker's investments reflect China's push to reduce foreign dependence — TAIPEI — Leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is ramping up its investment …
Coinbase says it expects its shares will start trading on April 14 and plans to release Q1 results on April 6
Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt :
Sources: Biden is struggling to fill DOJ's antitrust chief role, due to a White House ethics pledge that may affect candidates who represented Big Tech critics
Leah Nylen / Politico :
Microsoft says its online-only Build 2021 will take place from May 25 to May 27
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Gumroad's CEO on the company's first 10 years, competitors like Patreon and Substack, the rise of the creator economy, and how app store “taxes” stifle growth
When you visit Gumroad's website, one of the first things you see is a simple promise. — “Gumroad makes it possible for you to: Escape your 9-5 desk job. Tweets: @efeng , @griffingranberg , @benedic...
Developers say the App Store has started rejecting updates for apps using third-party SDKs that collect data that can be used for device fingerprinting
here's why Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Snap has tested workaround to App Tracking Transparency; 95% effective Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Snap explored ways to bypass Apple's App Tracking Transparency ...
Pornhub releases its first transparency report, detailing its AI and human moderation efforts, and says it removed 653,465 pieces of content in 2020
the first in the platform's 14 year history https://www.vice.com/...
Federal docs detailing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack show FBI used controversial surveillance tech like license plate readers and facial recognition to ID rioters
Washington Post : Tweets: @drewharwell , @drewharwell , @emilyzfeng , @evan_greer , and @kimzetter Tweets: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : One alleged rioter, a day after the Capitol siege, said on Fac...
Officials say SolarWinds hackers succeeded in part because NSA is barred from monitoring domestic networks, leading to calls for new spying powers for the NSA
Kim Zetter / Zero Day : Tweets: @kimzetter , @kimzetter , and @chicagocyber Tweets: Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : I never submit my stories to Techmeme so this is a nice surprise to see my Substack story...
UK's Strategic Command relaxes hiring rules to let cyber specialists from the private sector go directly into senior military roles
Helen Warrell / Financial Times : Tweets: @shashj , @thepagey , @hoanssolo , @helenwarrell , @shashj , and @esthernaylor Tweets: Shashank Joshi / @shashj : “From this summer, all existing members of ...
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
Israel's cybersecurity sector, comprised of ~500 companies and 13% of all cybersecurity firms worldwide, saw its exports rise 20% YoY to $10B in 2020
Sophie Shulman / CTech :
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.