Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension, but asks Facebook to review the decision within six months to determine a penalty consistent with its rules
The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.
On Day Two of the Apple vs Epic trial, Sweeney said he would have taken an exclusive App Store deal, Apple recounted Epic's praise of Apple's Metal API, more
Simon says Apple refused to let it prominently mention COVID-19 in an update that appeared in its app, because it worried the topic —including just mentioning lockdowns — would be “potentially trigger...
Signal says Facebook shut down its ad account over an Instagram ad campaign that showed the user data Facebook collects to sell ads
A series of Instagram ads run by the privacy-positive platform Signal got the messaging app booted from the former's ad platform, according to a blog post Signal published on Tuesday.
After teasing a new social media platform, Trump debuts a new section on his website that's effectively a blog
A true poster never logs off for long — After months of promising his own social media network for banned posters, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a new section …
At trial, Tim Sweeney contends that the App Store taking “30% off of the top” is an existential threat to Fortnite becoming a metaverse or platform for creators
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney finished his time on the stand Tuesday afternoon, during day two of the Epic v. Apple trial.
Dogecoin's price surged roughly 40% on Tuesday, reaching a market cap of $69B, up 11,000% YTD, and making Dogecoin the fourth-largest cryptocurrency
The latest cryptocurrency star is a coin named after a meme of a Shiba Inu dog that was started as a joke.
Court docs: Epic's total gross revenue was $5.6B in 2018 and $4.2B in 2019, with the vast majority of revenue coming from Fortnite
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Facebook is rolling out Neighborhoods, which helps people get to know their neighbors and local community, in four US cities and Canada
Facebook is testing a new tool aimed at helping people get to know their neighbors and local communities, taking on social media app Nextdoor.
Crypto-focused financial services company Galaxy Digital acquires BitGo, which makes multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets, for $1.2B in cash and stock
Purchase coincides with a nearly yearlong rally in the sector, whose market value has surged to $2 trillion
Study: 60% of 73 K-12 apps from 38 schools in 14 states across the US send student data to a variety of third parties, roughly 50% to Google and 14% to Facebook
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed schools around the country to adopt and rely heavily on new technology.
Facebook says that Workplace has 7M paid subscribers, up 40% YoY, as it announces new features, like Microsoft 365 and G-Suite calendar integrations
- Facebook's Workplace enterprise communications software has now reached 7 million paid subscribers. — The milestone is up 40% from 5 million last May.
Apple awards $410M from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to II-VI, which manufactures lasers used in Face ID and lidar scanner
Apple and II-VI's collaboration will support more than 700 manufacturing jobs across the US — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a new $410 million award …
Profile of MrBeast, the most subscribed YouTuber in the US, who took a bumpy road to fame through stunt philanthropy, as he branches out into other businesses
Jimmy Donaldson, 22, is out to become the Elon Musk of online creators. — Jimmy Donaldson, 22, a YouTube megastar better known as Mr. Beast …
Court docs: in a 2011 email Phil Schiller floated cutting Apple's 30% fee, provided it could still generate $1B in annual App Store profits when the fee was cut
US appeals court rules that Snap could be sued for a fatal car crash, involving its “speed filter”, saying Sec. 230 doesn't apply to the design of the app
Three young men got into a car in Walworth County, Wis., in May 2017. They were set on driving at rapid speeds down a long …
Berkshire Hathaway's stock is growing past $421K+, a problem for stock exchanges like Nasdaq that use compact digital format with a limit of $429,496.7295
Warren Buffett won't split shares, which are fast approaching Nasdaq's limit — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is trading … Tweets: @jasonzweigwsj and @alphavulture Tweets: Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : Fo...
Basecamp CEO apologizes to staff without announcing any further policy changes and says Basecamp would be “rooting for” employees who recently left the company
The software company has been under fire for how it handled employees' concerns about culture
Dell patches a recently discovered 12-year-old driver vulnerability impacting hundreds of millions of Dell systems, which gives local attackers full PC control
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Researcher details a Peloton API bug that let anyone access private account info, which initially went unpatched until a reporter contacted Peloton
But the company won't say if it has evidence of malicious exploitation. — Halfway through my Monday afternoon workout last week …
Apple announces “Search tab campaigns” for App Store, a new ad unit that lets developers promote apps alongside the Suggested list of results
At the same time as it's cracking down on the advertising businesses run by rivals, Apple is introducing a new way for developers to advertise on the App Store.
Twitter buys Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6
Manage your Stratechery subscription. Scroll Blog : Scroll is joining Twitter! Casey Newton / Platformer : Twitter subscribes to Scroll Dave Winer / Scripting News : Having written so much about paywa...
Timescale, which develops the open source TimescaleDB time series database, raises $40M Series B led by Redpoint Ventures, bringing its total raised to ~$70M
Timescale, makers of the open source TimescaleDB time series database, announced a $40 million Series B financing round today.
Chinese chip companies are auditing their supply chains to replace US imports with domestic suppliers, in a quest for self-sufficiency following US sanctions
How Washington's sanctions boosted China's semiconductor sector — TAIPEI — Once a month, senior executives …
Google revealed the Pixel Buds A-Series in a now-deleted tweet, which mentioned a new Fast Pair feature
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Twitter says it received a record 49,000 responses globally to a survey on handling world leaders who break Twitter's rules
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) has received a record number of responses to a survey on how it should handle world leaders on its site, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday …
Crypto custody firm NYDIG says it has partnered with Fidelity National Information Services to let some US bank customers buy, hold, and sell bitcoin
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Basecamp employees detail an all-hands that led to resignations, including the head of strategy, who questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company
Casey Newton / The Verge :
An ongoing DDoS attack has crippled the Belgian government's IT network, affecting 200+ government orgs, a COVID-19 reservation app, tax filing services, more
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
Instagram unveils a “captions sticker”, which automatically captions videos to make them more accessible without sound, coming first to Stories and then Reels
Microsoft open sources Counterfit, an AI security risk assessment tool that comes preloaded with algorithms that can be used to evade and steal AI models
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Activision Blizzard reports Q1 revenue of $2.28B, up 27% YoY; Activision had 150M+ MAUs, with Call of Duty MAUs growing 40% YoY
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Sources: TSMC is planning to build up to five more chipmaking facilities in Arizona, beyond the one currently planned
Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, raises $250M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Coatue, at a $2.2B valuation
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Lyft reports Q1 revenue of $609M, up 7% QoQ and down 36% YoY, vs $558.7M est., active riders of 13.49M vs 12.8M est., and net loss of $427M, up from $398M YoY
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Nearby, which lets users buy from multiple local businesses and checkout through one cart, raises $21M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures
Last March, as the physical world went offline, April Underwood watched her neighborhood businesses struggle to survive as foot traffic evaporated … Tweets: @alexrkonrad Tweets: Alex Konrad / @alexrko...
StarTree, which is building a platform-as-service version of the Apache Pinot analytics platform, raises $24M Series A led by Bain Capital and GGV Capital
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Report: 51% of orgs have experienced a data breach caused by a third party, with 74% saying it was the result of giving third parties too much privileged access
VentureBeat : Tweets: @searchsecurity and @mikeellsworth Tweets: @searchsecurity : A new report from @securelink and the Ponemon Institute highlights the risks of outsourcing key business processes w...
Pecan.ai, which offers a no-code platform to create AI-based predictive algorithms, raises $35M Series B led by GGV Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M+
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Collective Health, which offers employers a health benefits management platform, raises $280M in funding at a $1.5B post-money valuation
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Sources: Tiger Global is seeking to raise a new $10B fund, weeks after announcing a $6.7B fund; PitchBook says Tiger made 100 investments so far in 2021
Sleep and health tracking ring startup Oura raises $100M Series C, valuing the company at $800M, and says its ~$30M in 2019 sales doubled in 2020
An in-depth look at the fallout from a ransomware attack on Finnish private mental health provider Vastaamo, which exposed therapists' notes about patients
William Ralston / Wired : Tweets: @duguinstephane and @sonicwall Tweets: Stphane Duguin / @duguinstephane : To the ones who still wonder wether cyberattacks are a direct threat to human life, an exce...
LoanSnap, whose AI system analyzes users' finances and recommends a loan to improve their financial health, raises $30M Series B led by True Ventures
Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes : Tweets: @adamnash and @richardbranson Tweets: Adam Nash / @adamnash : Congrats to @karl & the @LoanSnap team on their new $30M Series B led by @TrueVentures. Proud to be an...
A look at Atlanta's emergence as a tech startup hub, bolstered by the diverse entrepreneurial talent coming from regional colleges like Georgia Tech
Match beats with Q1 revenue of $668M, up from $545M YoY, vs $651M estimated, and Tinder revenue up 18% YoY, with engagement “well above pre-COVID levels”
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Kajabi, which helps people monetize expertise through websites, online classes, newsletters, and podcasts, raises $550M led by Tiger Global at a $2B+ valuation
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.