In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable
Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case.
Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up
The announcement comes a few days after a similar feature was announced for Wear devices — Spotify is adding the ability …
Leaked emails show that Citizen app is testing an on-demand private security service that will respond to “incidents” as requested by app users
Citizen would deploy private security forces at the request of app users, according to documents and sources. — Joseph Cox
Apple says HomePod and HomePod mini will receive a software update in the future to natively support Apple Music Lossless
After a week of controversies, Apple released a support page with everything users need to know about Apple Music Lossless. For example, we've now discovered …
Apple implies that Epic may be serving as a stalking horse for Microsoft, seeks an adverse credibility finding related to Xbox exec Lori Wright's testimony
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RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape
In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide.
Air India, a member of Star Alliance, says data of 4.5M passengers, including names, passport info, and credit card data, was stolen in a February breach
Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following …
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company is happy to pay Apple's 30% IAP commission as “Snapchat wouldn't exist without the iPhone”
the lawyer is trying to bring up an article that was published while Tim Cook was on the stand, but the judge won't allow it. Not sure what it was. Kosta Eleftheriou / @keleftheriou : Uhm, Snap is a $...
A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining
The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash Tweets: @brianspegele , @the_moviebob , @bcappelbaum , @ayanaeliza , @nkingofdc , @dav...
Sources: Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games, as it considers options including an Apple Arcade-like games bundle
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Biden administration says it will partner with popular dating apps including Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, BLK, and Chispa to promote vaccinations against COVID-19
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Facebook's wav2vec Unsupervised, a way to build speech recognition systems that require no transcribed data, may bring automatic translations to more countries
Wav2vec Unsupervised (wav2vec-U) … Tiernan Ray / ZDNet : Facebook AI cuts by more than half the error rate of unsupervised speech recognition Donald Conway / Insider Voice : Facebook Wav2vec-U learns ...
Twitter will soon let US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three Spaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut
How DSP Concepts helped design Spotify's Car Thing, leveraging DSP's experience with GoPro to filter wind noise, isolating voice commands from music, more
The technology behind Spotify's Car Thing — Making hardware is hard, especially for companies with no prior expertise in consumer electronics.
Long-term linking on a volatile web is falling victim to link rot, as a new study shows 25% of deep links on NYT.com articles from 1996-2019 are inaccessible
Hyperlinks are a powerful tool for journalists and their readers. Diving deep into the context of an article is just a click away.
Snap unveils its first AR glasses, with four built-in microphones, two stereo speakers, and a touchpad, and says it will test them with some AR effects creators
A look at the characters behind the speculative shitcoin crypto scene, including promoters who can earn anywhere from $5K-$10K to hype a coin
The Bud Light Mango Mai Tais were beginning to take hold when Eric Hackney — 38, unemployed and ticked off by watching other people get rich … Tweets: @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu ...
Hong Kong's FSTB says all crypto exchanges operating in HK should be licensed and can only serve professional investors, and promises to propose new regulations
Amazon is shutting down its standalone Prime Now app and website by the end of the year and moving the fast delivery service to the Amazon app and website
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PathAI, which develops AI-powered technology for disease diagnosis and treatment, raises $165M Series C led by D1 Capital Partners and Kaiser Permanente
If its hundreds of millions in venture funding and wide-ranging cadre of big-named partners are any indication, PathAI's (ahem) path forward appears to be paved in gold.
Informed.IQ raises $20M Series A for its AI tech that helps financial institutions verify income, assets, residence, and other loan origination data and docs
Informed.IQ, a San Francisco, CA-based technology company used by financial institutions to verify income, assets, residence …
Esper, which builds tools to enable developers and engineers to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $30M Series B
Sources: CNA Financial, one of the largest insurance companies in the US, paid $40M in late March to regain control of its network after a ransomware attack
Indonesia-based TaniHub Group, which operates direct-to-consumer e-commerce, delivery, and financing services for farmers, raises $65.5M Series B
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China calls out 105 apps, including TikTok, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn, for illegal collection and use of personal user data, and gives them 15 days to fix issues
South China Morning Post :
Found, which wants to create a one-stop shop for business banking, bookkeeping, and taxes for self-employed, raises $12.75M led by Sequoia
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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.