Venmo adds support for buying, holding, and selling four types of cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash
Venmo is adding support for cryptocurrency, starting today. The company says it will begin to roll out the ability for Venmo's more than 70 million users to buy …
Sources: Microsoft is revamping its Store app on Windows 10 and will let devs submit unpackaged Win32 apps, use third-party commerce platforms in apps, and more
Microsoft wants to bring life back to the Store app on Windows 10. — What you need to know — Microsoft is working on a new Store app for Windows 10.
Amazon is opening a hair salon in London, where customers can try on virtual hair colors using an AR color bar and shop beauty products using QR codes
Amazon reinvented supermarket shopping with its — checkout-less Go stores, now the e-commerce giant is applying its tech prowess to hairdressing.
Binance hires Brian Brooks as CEO, starting May 1; he was previously acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the Trump administration
Brian Brooks, an acting head of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under Trump, will become CEO of Binance.US
Nextdoor is introducing an anti-racism notification, which asks users to reconsider posting content if the app thinks it may be offensive
It calls the feature the anti-racism notification — Nextdoor is introducing a new anti-racism notification, which asks users to reconsider posting content …
Source: Facebook-backed Diem is aiming to launch a pilot with a single stablecoin pegged to the US dollar later this year
- The Diem Association is aiming to launch a pilot with a single stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar in 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Strategy Analytics: global smartphone shipments rose to 340M units in Q1 2021, up 24% YoY, representing the highest growth since 2015
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments were 340 million units in Q1 2021, up +24% YoY representing the highest growth since 2015.
Taiwan's leading DRAM maker Nanya Technology announces plans to build a $10B chip plant to alleviate global chip shortage and capture demand for 5G components
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Biden launches a 100-day plan to boost electric utilities' cybersecurity; officials say more cyber initiatives for other key infrastructure sectors will follow
The Biden administration announced today a 100-day plan aimed at enhancing the security of electric utilities' industrial control systems …
Governments around the world are moving to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced before
Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry. Tweets: @satariano , @davidakaye , @nytimes , @ron_fournier , @kat...
Daily Mail owner files antitrust suit against Google alleging it punishes publishers in search if they don't sell enough ad space through Google's marketplace
Publisher says its U.K. royals coverage was played down in search results; claims it was punished for not steering sufficient ad space to Google
Chargebee, which helps enterprises with billing, subscriptions, revenue operations, and compliance, raises $125M at a $1.4B valuation
A startup that enables businesses to set up and manage their billing, subscription, revenue operations and compliance has become the newest firm to earn the much coveted unicorn status.
Internal Facebook emails, accidentally sent to a journalist, show its “long-term strategy” for data scraping incidents, framing it as a “broad industry issue”
More scraping incidents are “expected” in the future. — An internal email accidentally leaked by Facebook …
Dogecoin rose ~10% in the past 24 hours driven by the #DogeDay hashtag for 4/20; it jumped 400%+ in the past week and now has a market cap of $53B+
- DogeDay trends on social media, pushing prices near 42 cents — ‘Dogecoin is symptomatic of the zeitgeist,’ says Trenchev
As a disproportionate number of people who purchased homes in Tahoe in 2020 were tech employees from the Bay Area, locals worry about “Aspenification of Tahoe”
Rachel Levin is a San Francisco-based journalist who has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker … Tweets: @rachellevinsf , @chrisasolomon , @sesmith , @skiingrogge , @outsidemagazine , @talkpo...
An in-depth look at North Korea's extensive and expanding hacking operations, almost always focused on generating revenue for the closed-off country
The country's cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts.
In a letter to Congress, Apple says it has approved Parler's return to the App Store, following moderation improvements by Parler
Facebook says it will start testing Live Audio Rooms in Groups and expects to roll out the feature to everyone on the Facebook app by the summer
Clubhouse, Fleets, whatever Facebook just announced, etc. etc. But not everything works best as audio, IMO. Some things are better consumed and stored as text. But then, I am an old Sara Fischer / @sa...
Zuckerberg says Facebook is working with Spotify on a music integration project codenamed Project Boombox
An in-depth look at the reasons behind the chip shortage, including focus on higher-margin, cutting-edge chips, and stockpiling due to US China trade tensions
Semiconductor producers are trying to increase output, but the small gains are unlikely to fix the shortfalls hampering production … Tweets: @wsj , @chinarealtime , @dimartinobooth , @pstasiatech , an...
Q&A with Magic Leap CEO on its enterprise pivot and Magic Leap 2, 50% smaller and 20% lighter than its last AR headset, coming Q4 via an early adopter program
Magic Leap is getting ready to release the next version of its augmented reality headset through an early adopter program during …
Research: 56% of fact-checked COVID-19 misinformation content in major non-English European languages is not acted upon by Facebook
As Europe enters a third COVID-19 wave, our research finds that Facebook is failing to protect Europeans from dangerous misinformation.
Microsoft to establish its first data center region in Malaysia as part of its Bersama Malaysia initiative, which aims to skill 1M Malaysians by the end of 2023
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Microsoft Corporation will invest $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part …
Clearbanc, which provides capital to e-commerce companies for a share of their revenue, rebrands as Clearco, and raises $100M Series C at a $2B valuation
The fintech company raises a $100 million Series C — After five years of providing non-dilutive financing for founders, Clearbanc is tired of being only a bank.
As NYC selects Bird, Lime, and Veo for its e-scooter pilot program, a look at why NYC is seen as an invaluable proving ground for the scooter-sharing concept
Fleets of electric scooters have taken over city streets worldwide. With New York finally climbing aboard, do they represent a tech hustle or a transit revolution? Tweets: @newyorker , @micromobility...
Sony backtracks on removing PS3 and Vita digital stores, saying it was “the wrong decision”; PSP store will still shut down on July 2
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (15-inch) review: big performance gains, excellent battery life, and very light, but not many ports and no Thunderbolt support
Microsoft's newest Surface Laptop brings better battery life and a better chip — In look and feel, very little has changed from the last generation. Tweets: @scaryifliteral , @dcseifert , and @tomwa...
Reddit shares a preview of Reddit Talk, a Clubhouse-like social audio feature for subreddits coming to iOS and Android; moderators can join a waitlist to try it
UK says it will intervene in SoftBank's sale of ARM to Nvidia on national security grounds
YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys
the misconduct is a result of the click culture and the unhealthy, unregulated nature of young online fame Molly / @molls : @kattenbarge IDK what the solution is, but they started this with Logan or P...
Fitbit unveils Luxe, a $150 fashion-focused fitness tracker coming this spring with a wide range of bands, up to 5 days of battery life, and an OLED touchscreen
Boost your mind, body and health with Fitbit Luxe, a fashion-forward fitness & wellness wristband … Amit Dua / Gizchina : Fitbit Luxe fitness tracker goes official with $149.95 price tag! Fitbit, Inc....
Facebook expands a tool to let users export posts and notes to Blogger, Google Docs, and WordPress and calls for new guidelines on data flows between services
#DataLiberation comes to Facebook posts and notes! https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Data portability is good and important. Now do more... https://twitter.com/... Lance Ulanoff / @la...
Classy, which builds fundraising software for non-profit institutions, raises $118M led by Norwest Venture Partners
Classy, a technology company which builds fundraising software for non-profit institutions, has raised $118 million in fresh capital from venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners …
PayPal to launch a local wallet in China focused on cross-border payments; PayPal is the first foreign firm with 100% ownership of a payments platform in China
- PayPal plans to set up a local wallet in China focused on cross-border payments. — In January, the U.S. fintech became …
Octopus Deploy, which develops a deployment automation tool, raises $172.5M from Insight Partners
Founded almost a decade ago, Octopus Deploy has grown to serve 25,000 organizations, including Microsoft, NASA, Xero, Disney and Stack Overflow, through bootstrapping.
Sensor Tower: Clubhouse was downloaded 2.7M times in March, a 72% decline from February's 9.5M+
Sean Burch / The Wrap :
Facebook details moderation steps around the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, including designating Minneapolis a “high-risk location”
FireEye and networking company Pulse Secure say two China-linked hacking groups used a flaw in its VPN devices to target customers in the US defense industry
At least two groups of China-linked hackers have spent months using a previously undisclosed vulnerability in American networking devices …
Geico, the 2nd-largest US auto insurer, says hackers could steal customer driver's license numbers from its site from Jan. 21 through March 1; bug now patched
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe, whose account Twitter blocked last week, sues Twitter in NY accusing the company of “false and defamatory” statements
Bucharest-based FintechOS, which helps digitize legacy banks and insurers, raises €51M Series B led by Draper Esprit
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Era Software, which created EraDB to help enterprises manage hyperscale, cloud-native workloads, raises $15.25M led by Playground Global
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Mastercard says it will buy digital identity verification company Ekata for $850M
IBM reports Q1 revenue of $17.73B, up 1% YoY, vs. $17.35B est., after four quarters of declines; total cloud revenue was $6.5B, up 21% YoY, Red Hat was up 17%
Mantl, which helps customers open accounts digitally at community banks and credit unions, raises $40M Series B led by CapitalG
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Researchers find a malvertising operation nicknamed Tag Barnakle has breached 120+ ad servers in the past year, potentially pushing malicious ads to 100M+ users
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
Boston-based HqO, which offers a SaaS platform to connect office buildings' tenant-facing tech and amenities, raises $60M Series C
E.B. Solomont / The Real Deal New York :
European on-demand scooter service Dott raises $85M Series B in a mix of equity and debt financing, led by Belgium-based investment company Sofina
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Payhawk, a SaaS startup helping businesses issue corporate cards, manage invoices, and track payments, raises a $20M round led by QED Investors
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
President Biden's decision to punish Russia for the SolarWinds hack broke with years of US foreign policy that tolerated cyber espionage
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @campuscodi and @dnvolz Tweets: Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : This is going to haunt the US in some years. There was nothing wrong with what Russia did. ...
Cape Privacy, which helps companies share sensitive data in a secure and encrypted way, raises $20M Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
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.