Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5
An early look at an ongoing analysis of Apple's App Tracking Transparency suggests that the vast majority of iPhone users …
Court docs detail Apple's app review process: 500+ people review ~100K apps/week, app rejection rate is less than 40%, less than 1% of rejections are appealed
As the Epic Games v. Apple court case goes forward, we have been learning more details about internal discussions within each company about their business models and more.
Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips
here's how to use it Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer : Twitter Tip Jar may expose PayPal address, sparks privacy concerns Prasham Parikh / Android Police : Twitter's new Tip Jar makes it super easy to su...
Using PayPal for Twitter's Tip Jar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
Court docs show Apple offered Hulu and some other “whitelisted developers” special access to App Store APIs, like the cancel/refund API
This Week in Apple Stephen Warwick / iMore : Internal docs reveal Apple's huge 2015 push to improve App Review Usman Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Apple's App Store VP tells judge that it features compe...
Google adds YouTube TV to the main YouTube app on Roku devices and says it is securing “free streaming devices” for customers in case talks with Roku fail
It's also securing ‘free streaming devices’ for customers in case talks with Roku completely fall apart
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of fuel consumed on the US East Coast, says it halted operations due to a cyberattack that sources says involves ransomware
Operator of the Colonial Pipeline, the leading fuel conduit to the East Coast, said it had temporarily halted operations after discovering the threat Friday
Apple emails disclosed in Epic trial show that 128M iPhone users, of which 18M were in the US and 55% in China, downloaded apps with XCodeGhost malware in 2015
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US endorses Christchurch Call, an effort to stop the spread of extremist content online, which Big Tech signed on to in 2019 and Trump's White House rejected
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Herald — The United States has joined the Christchurch Call to Action …
Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10
what you need to know Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Report: Microsoft likely to scrap Windows 10X operating system project Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Microsoft Reportedly Cancels Window 10X Launc...
Sennheiser sells its consumer electronics division to Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants
From blasting your eardrums to assisting them in later life — Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products …
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices
but what is Sidewalk? Ry Crist / CNET : Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers Surur / MSPoweruser : Tile tracker to get big boost by joining Amazon's Sidewalk mesh network Chr...
Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, raises $190M from JE Dunn and Eldridge, bringing its total raised to around $295M
Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, said Monday it has raised $190 million from investors … Source: Business Wire .
Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019
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Apple will probably win the Epic lawsuit, but the trial may motivate Apple to appease developers over the long term and avoid even more embarrassing lawsuits
Semiconductor firms received more than $12B from equity investors in 2020, up 8x since 2016, as the industry sees a spike in new startups and ideas
While a variety of industries struggle with supplies, semiconductor experts say there are plenty of new ideas and, most surprising, start-ups. Tweets: @ryanaraine , @skydeck_cal , @dealbook , @donal88...
WhatsApp says it won't deactivate accounts of users who don't accept new privacy policy rolling out on May 15, but will keep reminding them to accept new terms
A look at the rise of “renderporn”, the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp
“Renderporn” domesticates the aspiration and surreality of the digital age. — Last spring, several months into the pandemic … Tweets: @newyorker , @heathermallick , @annawiener , @katiemoffat , and ...
Square beats in Q1 with revenue of $5.06B, up 266% YoY, with $3.5B in bitcoin revenue, up 11x YoY, gross profit of $964M, up 79% YoY, with $495M from Cash App
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Researchers used an ML algorithm based on neural networks to upgrade a cosmological simulation from low to super resolution, helping to accelerate their studies
- Associate Dean for Communications, MCS — A universe evolves over billions upon billions of years, but researchers …
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more
Global chip shortage is forcing automakers to leave out some high-end features like navigation systems and “intelligent” rearview mirrors from their vehicles
- Automakers cut back on functions to keep production going — Navigation systems, large displays get nixed as crisis worsens Tweets: @tracyalloway and @crtrud Tweets: Tracy Alloway / @tracyalloway ...
Sources: India has held up approvals for import of WiFi modules from China for months, causing companies like Dell and Xiaomi to delay product launches in India
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters :
Bain & Co: social commerce accounted for ~44% of Southeast Asia's $109B e-commerce market in 2020; Vietnam leads with 65% adoption while Thailand is at ~50%
Prim Chuwiruch / Bloomberg :
Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last week, the first time AI managed to outscore human solvers at the national event
Ben Zimmer / Wired : Tweets: @alexia Tweets: Alexia Bonatsos / @alexia : AI might solve crosswords better than humans, but it will never name a crossword solver ‘Dr. Fill.’ https://twitter.com/...
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