Interview with Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on why the company has no plans to merge iPad and Mac product lines
Andrew Griffin / The Independent :
Click Studios, maker of the enterprise password manager Passwordstate, notified its 29K customers about a supply chain attack deployed via an update of the app
A mysterious threat actor has compromised the update mechanism of enterprise password manager application Passwordstate …
Latest Google app beta on Android suggests that Google is working on Assistant features like answering calls and stopping alarms without a “Hey Google” prompt
Unlike most other developers, unfinished features constantly appear in Google's updates, hinting at plenty of new content in the works.
Sources: the new 12.9" iPad Pro, which is 0.5mm thicker than its predecessor, is incompatible with the original $349 Magic Keyboard folio case for older models
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Twitter complies with an emergency order from India and hides 50+ tweets, some of which were critical of Modi's handling of COVID-19, from users in the country
You're reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised India's handling …
Apple's M1 chip, used in computers ranging from $699 to $1699, and tablets, upends decades of x86 OEM marketing and segmentation centered around CPU performance
On Tuesday, Apple updated the iMac with new SKUs, display panels, and various color options.
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have used extensive acquisitions to expand into new areas, creating new revenue streams and outflanking competitors
You're probably reading this on a browser built by Apple or Google. If you're on a smartphone, it's almost certain those two companies built the operating system.
Study finds that Twitter's algorithmic timeline greatly reduces exposure to external links when compared to the chronological timeline
New research on Twitter's timeline curation algorithm sheds light on how it shapes what we're exposed to. — How does Twitter's algorithm change what users see in their timelines?
US Marshals Service signs a $4.5M contract with BitGo to manage seized cryptocurrencies; USMS occasionally auctions off seven-figure troves of seized crypto
The custodian will manage potentially tens of millions of dollars in seized cryptocurrencies, according to documents published Wednesday.
After decades of legal battles, 39 former UK postmasters who were convicted of fraud due to faulty accounting software from Fujitsu have their names cleared
As COVID surges in India, online crowdsourcing and social media have become essential for sharing critical public health information, like ICU bed availability
With little state resources, citizen-led online initiatives are helping people find everything from oxygen to ICU beds. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @restofworld , @nilchristopher , @_meher , @restofworld , @...
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex halts operations amid local media reports that its CEO has fled the country and its losses may be as high as ~$2B
Bloomberg :
A digital coins sell-off, including bitcoin's plunge below $50K, wipes $200B+ in value from crypto markets, on reports Biden will seek a capital gains tax hike
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
A researcher tricked ransomware operators into revealing their ransom payout structure, cash out schemes, and target acquisition strategies
During an undercover interview, a CyberNews researcher tricked ransomware operators affiliated with Ragnar Locker into revealing their ransom payout structure …
Current Health, whose tech helps healthcare organizations provide and manage patient care remotely, raises $43M Series B following a 3,000% YoY rise in revenue
At-home healthcare was a growing trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the current health crisis has only accelerated the shift …
TikTok has earned loyalty from the musicians on its platform by paying college tuition, providing tech support, connecting them with brands, and more
When Megan Thee Stallion took off her bright orange mask and walked onstage to accept her Grammy on March 14, she fought back tears and thanked God …
Federal judge rejects motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Apple that alleges the “Buy” option in iTunes is deceptive as Apple can still terminate access
the shift from sale to license for digital goods is kind of the OG issue. This fight may be your fight. https://twitter.com/... @dhh : “You know all those times you ‘bought’ movies on iTunes? Well, be...
Trump's last post on Facebook, which now has 700K+ comments, has become a weird internet memorial where his fans and critics still converge to argue and troll
most of his preceding posts received between 20,000 and 200,000 — and new replies come in every few minutes. “We need to know you hear us,” one supporter wrote last week. https://www.latimes.com/... @...
As its trial with Apple approaches, a look at Epic's antitrust arguments in court docs, and its previous, successful fights with gaming giants like Sony
Tim Sweeney is responsible for one of the world's most successful videogames. Does he have what it takes to defeat the world's biggest company? Tweets: @braddolman , @timkhiggins , and @saraheneedlem...
China's move to rein in its tech behemoths is part of its national refocusing on data as an economic driver, as evidenced partly by new data usage laws
- China forecast to hold about a third of world's data by 2025 — ‘A complete national refocusing on data as an economic driver’
An internal Facebook report found it failed to take appropriate action against Stop the Steal groups before Capitol riot, saying it should “do better next time”
SmartRent, which provides smart home automation to building owners and developers, to go public through a merger with a SPAC that values the startup at $2.2B
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal :
Snap Q1: revenue of $770M, up 66% YoY, DAUs up 22% YoY to 280M, and free cash flow hit $126M, its first quarter of free positive cash flow as a public company
SEC filing: online jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter plans to go public via a direct listing; in 2020, ZipRecruiter had a net income of $86M on revenue of $418.1M
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23 … Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios : ZipRecruiter files to go public Reuters : Job portal ZipRecruiter files to go public via direct listing Tw...
Filing: Snap paid a total of $124.4M for Fit Analytics; sources say Snap is readying deeper commerce features for Snapchat at its Partner Summit in May
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google is rolling out an “App install optimization” Play Store feature, enabled by default, which makes apps faster to install and run using crowdsourced data
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Sources: Mapbox is in talks to go public through merger with a SPAC backed by SoftBank, in a deal that could value the mapping company at between $1.5B and $2B
Mark Kleinman / Sky News :
Chris Poole, founder of 4chan, has left Google; he joined the company in 2016 and jumped between several different roles during his five years
Jennifer Elias / CNBC :
Unsupervised, which offers an analytics service that automates tasks like data aggregation, feature engineering, and insight discovery, raises $35M Series B
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
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.