Android 12 offers new privacy protections including a Privacy Dashboard, mic and camera access toggles in Quick Settings, but stops short of Apple's ATT
On Tuesday, Google unveiled the highlights of Android 12, which will land on the Pixel and other Android phones this fall.
Google details Android 12's new design, based on the flexible Material You system, with better widgets and buttons, more animation, privacy features, and more
There are new features, but it's the biggest design update in years — Google is announcing the latest beta for Android 12 today …
iPad Pro (2021) review: amazing mini-LED screen on 12.9", fast M1 CPU, Center Stage works well for video calls, but camera still misplaced and no multi-user
Mini LED, major improvement — How much do you care about having a great screen? — That, really, is the only question that matters with the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro.
Bitcoin fell 20%+ over the last 24 hours to below $35K, the lowest level since Feb., and is down 30%+ in the last week; Ether, Dogecoin, and others also plunged
Galaxy Digital's Novogratz on bitcoin's plunge: These are setbacks for investor base — Bitcoin plunged to near $30,000 …
Amazon says it is extending its ban on selling facial recognition tech to police indefinitely
The firm said in June its freeze would last a year to ‘give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules.’ No federal laws have been passed since. — Amazon is extending its global ban …
Google says it's working on a new digital car key feature for Android 12 to unlock or start your car, announces Fast Pair for faster Bluetooth pairing, and more
Phones are at the center of our digital lives. When purchasing a phone these days, we're buying not only a phone …
Microsoft confirms that Windows 10X won't launch in 2021 as planned, instead being integrated into parts of Windows and other products
Microsoft officials have admitted what leaked a week-plus ago: Its Chrome-OS competitor, Windows 10X, isn't coming. Instead, some of the 10X technologies …
Coinbase was down for some users as cryptocurrencies plunge; Coinbase stock is down ~7%
- Crypto-exchange company Coinbase appeared to be down Wednesday morning, as digital coins plunged. — The company's stock fell 10% just after trading began Wednesday.
AT&T and Verizon conflated controlling distribution with controlling demand and hence wasted billions by buying media businesses like Time Warner and Yahoo
Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Felix Salmon asked a question on Twitter: — While Salmon's question was driven …
Google says Duplex will help Chrome users more easily fix compromised passwords, rolling out slowly to Chrome users with limited site compatibility at first
Google announced a new feature for its Chrome browser today that alerts you when one of your passwords has been compromised …
Google unveils Wear OS 3.0, with a revamped design and 30% performance boost, and partners with Samsung, which will use Wear OS, not Tizen, for its next watches
Were you considering buying a smartwatch for your Android phone? Hold off until the fall. Google and Samsung have announced …
After its WarnerMedia spinoff, AT&T is back to primarily being a wireless company, facing myriad issues, including ~$170B debt and an expensive 5G build-out
Following its spinoff of WarnerMedia, AT&T is back to primarily being a wireless company, with all of the challenges that entails.
Google announces plans to build a commercial-grade quantum computer by 2029 and unveiled its new quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara, California
Google developers are confident they can build a commercial-grade quantum computer by 2029. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the plan during
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 778G chipset, aimed at premium midrange handsets, and X65 5G modem, which is more efficient and offers wider mmWave support
Plus a new M.2 reference design to help put 5G in more of your stuff — Qualcomm has announced a new 700-series chipset for mobile devices: the Snapdragon 778G 5G.
Miami-based Pipe, a trading service that helps companies with recurring revenue streams access capital, raises $250M at a $2B valuation
At the end of March, TechCrunch reported that buzzy startup Pipe — which aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — had raised $150 million in a round of funding that values the fintech at $2 billion.
Semiconductor lead times increased to 17 weeks in April, marking the fourth consecutive month of “sizable” expansion, according to research from trading group
- Lead times have climbed to the highest level since 2017 — Automakers are expected to lose out on $110 billion in sales
Indian government asks WhatsApp to withdraw its new policy terms, giving the messaging service seven days to offers a “satisfactory” response
The Indian government is not pleased with WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The nation's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology …
Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount says the company paid a $4.4M ransom because executives were unsure how bad the attack was
Joseph Blount says he needed to quickly restore service after cyberattack threatened East Coast supply — The operator of the Colonial Pipeline learned …
Early look at Google's Project Starline, a video booth with a 65" display and several sensors and cameras allowing for 3D representations of video call subjects
Our reporter tests out a “video booth” to glimpse of the future of telepresence. — OVER THE PAST several years … Tweets: @claybavor , @laurengoode , @mgsiegler , @delk , @paulm , @simulacracid , @dr...
Mental health experts, disagreeing with Mark Zuckerberg, increasingly see a correlation between poor mental health and social media use, call for more research
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' biggest fear as a parent isn't gun violence, or drunk driving, or anything related to the pandemic. Tweets: @jesselehrich , @jason_kint , @quinnypig , @teamcmr , @nprpolit...
Analysis: after violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalated last week, 100+ WhatsApp groups were created to coordinate attacks on Palestinians
Jewish extremists have formed more than 100 new groups on the Facebook-owned encrypted messaging app in recent days to target attacks.
Google debuts Material You design language, letting users personalize the look of apps and the OS, coming to Pixels this fall, then to Chrome OS, the web, more
NYSE sets Squarespace's reference price at $50 per share for its direct listing on Wednesday, which would give the company a market value of about $6.8B
- Web-hosting service going public via direct listing Wednesday — Squarespace was valued at $10 billion in March funding round
Google says Android TV OS, which includes Google TV, now reaches over 80M monthly active devices, with 80% YoY growth in the US
Google offered an update on its TV platform, Android OS, at its Google I/O developer event on Tuesday. The company said its Android TV OS now reaches …
A bill is quickly advancing in the Senate with bipartisan support to spend $120B on countering China's influence by boosting chip manufacturing, R&D, and more
The legislation has drawn bipartisan support amid the coronavirus pandemic as Democrats and Republicans have become increasingly concerned …
Profile of OnlyFans, a site synonymous with porn, where sex workers resent the absence of search and tags, which they say helps it minimize legal liability
Despite all assertions that the site isn't powered by its sexual content, the platform is synonymous with porn. What is it really? Tweets: @charoshane , @melissagira , @charoshane , @charoshane , @me...
Nvidia extends its crypto mining limits to newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, which will be labeled “Lite Hash Rate”
here's how Sam Grant / Coin Journal : Nvidia Stripping Crypto Mining Capacity from its RTX Cards Katharine Castle / Rock, Paper, Shotgun : The rest of Nvidia's RTX 30 GPUs are getting an anti-cryptomi...
Google says Android now powers over 3B active devices worldwide, up from 2.5B in 2019 and 2B in 2017
Ethereum Foundation says “in the upcoming months” Ethereum will fully transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, which requires far less power consumption
Carl Beekhuizen / Ethereum Blog :
Google unveils new features for Workspace, part of an initiative called “smart canvas”, including smart objects in Docs and deeper integration of Meet
Goldbelly, an online marketplace enabling restaurants and chefs to sell and ship their dishes across the US, raises $100M Series C, says it now has 850 partners
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times :
Google announces LaMDA, a language model for dialogue applications that it says represents a “breakthrough” for having natural conversations with AI
Google's slow pace in improving Docs, one of its most-used products, helped upstarts offer better features and the new, welcome improvements might not be enough
Why the biggest improvements in years might not be enough — Today let's talk about some big changes announced today …
TikTok's algorithms reward mediocrity, the lowest common denominator of what people want to look at, driven by biases toward thinness, whiteness, and wealth
Or, how algorithms reward mediocrity. — This story is part of a group of stories called — When TikTok first launched … Tweets: @thelincoln , @mlothianmclean , and @ceilidhann Tweets: Lincoln Miche...
Spotify announces a virtual concert series, offering “prerecorded livestreams” of 40-75 minutes from The Black Keys and others for $15 each, starting May 27
Billy Steele / Engadget :
Google is rolling out Maps updates in the coming months with new routing optimizations, enhancements for Live View, detailed street maps in 50 more cities, more
Oren Naim / The Keyword :
Spotify will auto-transcribe certain original shows in the coming weeks as part of a beta rollout of the feature that it aims to eventually enable for all shows
Google unveils a tool that uses AI to help spot skin, hair, and nail conditions, based on images from patients, says it plans to launch it later this year
Zoe Kleinman / BBC :
DailyPay, which provides software that lets workers control when they get paid, raises $175M Series D and $325M in debt funding, source says at a $1B+ valuation
Google teams with Shopify to let Shopify's 1.7M+ merchants easily sign up to have their products appear across YouTube, Search, Maps, Images, and Lens
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Study finds that tech companies that made #BlackLivesMatter pledges after George Floyd's murder had 20% fewer Black employees on average than those that didn't
After the murder of George Floyd last year prompted widespread protests, dozens of companies released public pledges to promote racial justice. Tweets: @johnamaechi Tweets: John Amaechi Obe / @johnama...
Interview with Mark Hoyles, aka LadBaby, an influencer who is more popular on Facebook than any other platform, on the rise of “Facebook Famous” creators
Amelia Tait / Wired UK : Tweets: @willardfoxton , @wireduk , @brookeerinduffy , @contagious , @wired , @amitkatwala , @ameliargh , @angstromhoot , and @tara_mulholland Tweets: Willard Foxton Todd / @...
Salto, which helps businesses manage their SaaS apps, raises $42M Series B, bringing its total raised to $69M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Zoom announces Zoom Events, building on paid event marketplace OnZoom, letting companies host live events, sell tickets, track stats, and more
Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge :
Q&A with Google SVP Prabhakar Raghavan, who runs Search, Assistant, Ads, Commerce, and Payments, on cookie tracking, Google's culture shift, AI ethics, and more
In his first interview since taking a top job, Raghavan gets into the future of search, misinformation, employee ferment, and robots making phone calls. Tweets: @stevenlevy Tweets: Steven Levy / @stev...
Google to improve image processing for darker skin tones by tweaking its auto-white balance and exposure algorithms, starting with Pixel cameras this fall
Allison Johnson / The Verge :
Google updates Photos with AI-powered Memories, a Locked Folder, Cinematic moments to animate static photos, and more
Super, a subscription service for home repairs that uses AI-based tech for pricing, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $80M
The real estate sales market has been in an upswing this year, and today a startup that's addressing one of homeowners' biggest needs …
Google adds two new APIs to ARCore, providing more detailed raw depth maps, as well as new recording and playback features for developers
Vise, which offers an AI-powered investment management service for independent financial advisors, raises $65M Series C at a $1B+ post-money valuation
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Tweets: @samir_vasavada and @disruptepreneur Tweets: Samir Vasavada / @samir_vasavada : ⅓ Exciting news from @viseinc - we closed a $65M Series C at a $1B+ Valuation. This...
Investigation shows how dubious Twitter accounts with cultish followings can cause sudden surges in trading for penny stocks after endorsing them
followed by lulls — often encouraged by social media accounts with cultish followings https://www.ft.com/... Ingrid / @ingridlunden : Big can of worms here. ‘Dubious Twitter accounts with cultish foll...
Facebook debuts “Live Shopping Fridays” event series, featuring brands live streaming beauty, skincare, and fashion content on a weekly basis starting May 22
Asapp, which develops AI-based software for call centers, raises $120M Series C, doubling its valuation to $1.6B in one year, bringing its total raised to $400M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Sources: Robinhood plans to reveal its IPO filing as soon as next week, targeting a late June market debut
Baidu reports Q1 revenue of $4.38B, up 25% YoY, driven partly by a 70% YoY growth of its non-ad revenue, and says its flagship app had 558M MAUs as of March
London-based Forecast, which uses AI to help companies with project management and resource planning, raises $19M Series A led by Balderton Capital
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google Cloud launches Vertex AI, a managed machine learning platform for developers to deploy and maintain AI models
Google unveils version 2.2 of its open source UI development kit Flutter, with a payment plugin for IAPs, says 200K apps in Play Store were built using Flutter
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.