Clubhouse partners with Stripe to let its users send payments to other users without taking a cut; only selected users will be able to receive payments for now
From the earliest days of Clubhouse, a guiding principle has been to build a platform that puts the creator first.
Yahoo Answers, one of the internet's most storied Q&A sites, will be shut down on May 4 and the company says a comprehensive archive will not be provided
The end of a long and storied internet era (of bad questions and even worse answers) — Yahoo Answers, one of the longest-running …
China is pitching the digital yuan as a way to soften the power of US sanctions, which are increasingly being used against Chinese companies and individuals
A cyber yuan stands to give Beijing power to track spending in real time, plus money that isn't linked to the dollar-dominated global financial system
Supreme Court rules 6-2 in Google's favor in copyright dispute with Oracle over Java APIs, overturning Oracle's win
- The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over the software used in Android. — The court's decision was 6-2.
TikTok says creators will soon be able to add automatic captions to videos in US English and Japanese with support for other languages “in the coming months”
Launching in American English and Japanese first — TikTok creators will soon be able to add automatically-generated captions …
New software update for the Google Pixel lineup reportedly dramatically boosts Pixel 5's GPU performance, which had been poor for a Snapdragon 765G-based phone
The latest software update for the Google Pixel lineup recently started rolling out to users.
E3 will take place as a free virtual conference on June 12-15 and organizers say an in-person event will happen in LA in 2022
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced plans for a “reimagined” all-virtual E3 2021, set to take place June 12-15, 2021, featuring news and game reveals.
Review of Intel's Ice Lake Xeon Scalable CPUs, its first server chip design using a 10nm process, which sees large increases in performance for many workloads
The launch of Intel's Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processors has been in the wings for a number of years.
Companies that make $1 display driver chips can't keep up with surging demand, causing serious production problems for products with LCD displays like laptops
- Without a display driver chip, you can't build your product — CEO says he can't “see the light at the end of tunnel yet.”
WhatsApp is testing the ability to easily migrate chat history between iOS and Android devices
here's how it works Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : WhatsApp Testing Chat Migration Between iOS and Android Vanshika Malhotra / BGR India : WhatsApp might soon allow for easy chat transfer bet...
Source shares data on 1,803 US taxpayer-funded orgs using Clearview AI; many cops used its facial recognition without higher-ups knowing or after a local ban
A controversial facial recognition tool designed for policing has been quietly deployed across the country with little to no public oversight.
tvOS 14.5 beta code suggests 120Hz refresh rate support could be available on the next gen Apple TV, rumored to have an HDMI 2.1 port for 4K 120Hz streaming
what you need to know Dan Grabham / Pocket-lint : New Apple TV could feature 120Hz support Matthew Bolton / t3.com : Apple TV code hints at 4K 120Hz support in new model, matching PS5 and Xbox Rajesh ...
India's CRED, which rewards customers for paying their credit card bills on time, raises $215M Series D at a $2.2B post-money valuation, up from $800M in Jan.
Two-year-old CRED has become the youngest Indian startup to be valued at $2 billion or higher.
A look at the rise and fall of India's missed call industry, which was transformed by Twitter-owned ZipDial that serviced 5M missed calls a day at its peak
In the age of expensive data, missed calls became more than just a cheap way to communicate. But in India, technology moves faster than you'd think. Tweets: @chengela , @anupkaphle , @restofworld , @...
NonFungible.com data shows the average price of an NFT has dropped from over $4,000 in late February to ~$1,256 on April 5
New York (CNN Business)Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are all the rage. But their popularity may have already peaked. Prices of NFTs, the digital certificates …
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019
how to check if your phone number was leaked Christianna Silva / Mashable : Mark Zuckerberg is using Signal, according to phone number leaked in Facebook hack Ankita Chakravarti / India Today : Signal...
Foxconn Q1 revenue jumps 44% YoY to $47B based on robust demand for Apple's new 5G devices and other gadgets
- Consumers continue to buy devices to stay connected at home — Company warns component shortage will affect 10% of shipments — IPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s …
On a podcast, Tim Cook says he's “not focused on Facebook”, Apple is confident in its case against Epic Games, AR is critically important for Apple, and more
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Empathy, an AI-based digital assistant that helps families organize affairs after a death, emerges from stealth with $13M
Death, despite being one of the most inevitable of life's events, can also be one of the most complicated and problematic. Fraught with emotional and religious complexities …
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas argues social media platforms are “sufficiently akin” to common carriers and can be regulated “in much the same way”
ThreatQuotient, a threat-focused security operations provider, raises $22.5M in a mix of debt and $13M equity, bringing its total raised to $60M+
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — ThreatQuotient, a security operations platform provider …
Sendbird, which helps developers integrate chat, video, and other features in their apps, raises $100M at a $1.05B valuation led by Steadfast Financial
Messaging is the medium these days, and today a startup that has built an API to help others build text and video interactivity …
A Facebook recruiter, Rhett Lindsey, who left after 11 months, and others say Facebook's hiring processes are problematic and will hinder diversity goals
The recruiter quit after 11 months, adding fuel to claims that it discriminates against Black applicants
As the pandemic drags on, new shows are harder to come by for streaming services; report: the number of originals Netflix released so far in '21 is down 12% YoY
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg : Tweets: @patrickvons , @raju , and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Tweets: @patrickvons : The major streaming services are starting to run out of shows. There is only so much...
A recent filing shows that Google acquired 3D audio startup Dysonics, whose employees now work on audio hardware at Google, in Dec.; terms of deal are not known
Janko Roettgers / Protocol :
OneStream Software, which offers tools to enterprises to help them run financial operations, raises $200M led by D1 Capital Partners, at a $6B valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Records show Facebook donated $50K to a GOP group in Feb. via direct corporate contribution; FB said in Jan. it would suspend donations from its PAC for Q1
Judd Legum / Popular Information :
A look at The News Alerts of Beaver County, a 43,000-member Facebook Group in PA that fills the local news void but often hosts exaggerations and falsehoods
KKR closes $15B Fund IV, its Asia-focused private equity fund, nearly four years after its $9.3B Asian Fund III; KKR will put ~$1.3B into Fund IV
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
Discord says it took down 2,212 extremist and violent communities from July to December 2020, of which about 1,500 were first detected by the company
Bobby Allyn / NPR : Tweets: @evelyndouek , @bostonjoan , @cindyotis_ , @rothschildmd , @brianfishman , @jr_foust , and @bobbyallyn Tweets: Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek : We're all distracted by Clubho...
Cora, which offers a digital checking account and other financial services to SMBs, raises $26.7M Series A led by Ribbit Capital
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
SoftBank announces it is spending $2.8B to buy a 40% stake in warehouse robotics company AutoStore
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet :
Uber says driver price-naming and destination previewing policies it introduced last year in California have hurt its business, and is considering ending both
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle : Tweets: @csaid , @gigworkersrise , @sarah_stierch , @kateconger , @sfchronicle , @davidzipper , @reinh , @gigwc , @ssmith_calabor , @daveleeft , and @mattroso...
Profile of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are building on their successes with crypto investments and the Gemini exchange with Nifty Gateway, Block-Fi, more
Cameron and Tyler, the same ones who got Zucked, and are now Bitcoin (and NFT) billionaires. https://www.forbes.com/... (h/t @bytesofnews) @forbes : The Winklevii share prediction for Facebook's futur...
Sources: Enjoy Technology, which runs mobile retail stores and is led by ex-Apple exec Ron Johnson, is in talks to go public via SPAC at a $1.6B valuation
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Co-founder leaves Knotel after its bankruptcy and reported $70M sale; Knotel, which used blockchain to track property listings, was once valued at $1B+
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Tweets: @bayareawriter and @yoda Tweets: Mary Ann Azevedo / @bayareawriter : In this piece, I cover how the co-founder of flexible workspace operator @Knotel left his ...
Internal memo: Swiggy raised ~$800M, bringing its total raised to ~$2.2B; source says Swiggy is now valued at $4.8B
Facebook, Alphabet, and Microsoft shares hit all-time highs Monday amid broader market increases following strong US job growth last month
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.