Google denies reports Pixel 5a 5G is canceled, says it'll be available this year in the US and Japan and announced in line with last year's a-series phone
Despite rumors this morning to the contrary, Google has just issued an on the record statement that the “Pixel 5a” does indeed exist and will not be canceled.
China says it is imposing a record $2.8B fine on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely”
The penalty is Beijing's toughest action to date in its campaign to tighten supervision of the country's internet Goliaths.
Database containing 1.3M Clubhouse profiles was posted to a hacker forum; Clubhouse says it hasn't been breached, and the data is public info from its app
So far, it seems like it's been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining the fray.
Sources: Sony's PlayStation organization has shifted its development focus to prioritize AAA games at the expense of projects from its niche teams and studios
Sony Corp.'s Visual Arts Service Group has long been the unsung hero of many hit PlayStation video games.
Adding crypto to IndiaStack, a set of national APIs for payments and identity, could allow India to build an OSS stack for domestic and foreign transactions
Use the digital rupee to facilitate domestic commerce and crypto protocols to attract international investment.
Erroneously unredacted court docs reveal Google ran a secret program called “Project Bernanke” that used past bid data to boost its win rate in ad auctions
Program used past bid data to boost tech giant's win rate in advertising auctions, according to court filing
Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation
Labor leaders & progressive activists say they intend to escalate both the ground war & air war against Amazon after the failed union election More than 1,000 Amazon workers across the country have co...
Some SMB owners who advertise heavily online say Facebook is speaking the truth about how iOS privacy changes might disproportionately affect such businesses
With big changes coming to iPhones, small online merchants are bracing for lost sales. ‘Why is Apple now the decider?’
Game streaming services like Xbox Game Pass allow disabled gamers to try new games without wasting money on potentially inaccessible games
Services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now allow users to easily see if a new title is accessible without having to buy it first.
In a letter to Tim Cook, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee “strongly urge” Apple to reconsider refusal to provide a witness for upcoming hearing on app stores
the company that cares ™️ — daring Congress to hold it accountable. Let's see what happens. https://t.co/7DJl62u4Rq Andrew Escobar / @andrewe : Senate hearings are largely performative. Skipping one i...
Current and ex-employees say inattention to data protection at Verkada is emblematic of a “bro culture” that tolerated sexual harassment, misleading customers
Verkada Inc.'s security camera customers were livid. Hackers had breached footage from thousands of surveillance devices trained …
Sources: ISPs in the US are seeing delays as long as 60 weeks, more than double previous waits, when ordering internet routers, due to the global chip shortage
- Router-makers including Zyxel report much longer lead times — Chip shortage effects cascade into multiple product markets
Austin has been a top destination for tech workers leaving CA during Covid, and residents are concerned about how the new wave is affecting city's culture
Matthew Congrove got the first offer on his house one month into the pandemic. Now, says Congrove, who lives in an eclectic neighborhood … Tweets: @martinsfp , @alistairmbarr , @urbanizedokie , @lize...
1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge : Source: Medium .
Researchers say Facebook has known for years about exploits similar to the one that used its “contact importer”, enabling the scraping of 533M users' data
A look at Tattle Life, a gossip forum where users dox celebrities and influencers, dissect their personal lives, and target them with vicious comments
Sarah Manavis / New Statesman : Tweets: @carnage4life , @linzasaur , @_helen__w , @niamh_mcintyre , @kirstiejbrewer , @ruqaiya_h , @hxneybun , @ruthselina , @muzzer_daftbat , @iamnotlucymoon , @theda...
Ernst & Young: venture funding in the US hit $64B in Q1, the highest amount ever for a single quarter and equal to 43% of all the venture money raised in 2020
Ari Levy / CNBC :
Research: non-bank lenders have issued asset-backed bonds to help finance about $2B of loans to fast-growing but unprofitable software companies since November
Investors funnel money to unprofitable software companies through new type of debt deal — No earnings? No problem. Tweets: @lt3000lyall Tweets: Lyall Taylor / @lt3000lyall : Great article on a trou...
Sources: Byju's is raising about $1B from B Capital and others at a valuation of about $15B, with plans to raise a further $200M to $300M in the coming weeks
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Tweets: @ranjodhd , @seyitaylor , and @mohitsatyanand Tweets: Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal / @ranjodhd : they are going to make a glorified online aakash institute too-big-to-fail...
Profile of Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, who tweets relentlessly about Miami's merits as a hub for the tech industry, but has a relatively powerless job
Bloomberg : Tweets: @apompliano , @charlesarthur , @jstrauss , and @claire Tweets: Pomp / @apompliano : Miami is the city of the future. Entrepreneurs - move here. It will be a competitive advantage ...
Platforms like Douyin in China have become live online labs where grassroots nationalists and state media collaborate to harass critics at home and abroad
Zeyi Yang / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @protocol , and @xu_xiuzhong Tweets: @protocol : The account that launched an online harassment campaign against a journalist and researcher was found to be...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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