California launches a digital vaccine verification system built using the open-source SMART Health Card Framework, with QR codes to show COVID-19 vaccine status
Vaccinated Californians now have a new way to show they are inoculated against the coronavirus without carrying around a flimsy paper card. Source: State of California and State of California .
YouTube says it is rolling out picture-in-picture support for YouTube Premium users on iOS and plans to launch the feature for all iOS users in the US
After a long wait, YouTube for iOS is officially gaining picture-in-picture support, allowing all users, non-premium and premium subscribers …
Interview with Rep. Cicilline on his bipartisan package taking on Big Tech, Apple's DOJ subpoena, Facebook's platform lock-in, and acquisition and merger reform
Representative David Cicilline's bipartisan package takes aim at tech companies and would be the biggest antitrust reform in decades.
How Roku beat larger companies by focusing on distribution, as it pivots to focus on original programming with plans to spend $1B on content next year
- Roku has out-executed larger companies and leaned on an unusual corporate culture to gain a $45 billion valuation.
Roku says from May 20 to June 3, more Roku viewers streamed a Roku Original than Quibi users who streamed Quibi shows during the nine months of Quibi's lifetime
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PayPal will increase US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction on its payment products starting Aug. 2, up from 2.9% plus $0.30 on most transactions
NEW YORK (Reuters) -PayPal Holdings Inc will lift merchant costs for its branded payment products while cutting those for behind … Source: PayPal Newsroom .
South Korea has become a global center for digital sex crimes as cases of illegal filming and distribution of images rose to 7,000 in 2020, up 70% from 2019
South Korea's cutting edge technology has abetted a wave of digital sex crimes targeting young women and girls.
The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, which ends Big Tech acquisitions, could backfire in several ways, like discouraging startups' productive behavior
Congress wants to stop most Big Tech acquisitions. But that won't neccesarily increase competition. — 5 hr ago
Booz Allen Hamilton acquires Liberty IT Solutions for $725M; Liberty IT's work includes IT modernization projects for govt. agencies and the healthcare industry
McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton, already the largest government IT contractor in the D.C. region … Source: Business Wire .
Facebook says it will update its community standards to clarify how it treats satirical content as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board
will update its community standards to clarify how it treats satirical content as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board.
Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments
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WH unveils new US broadband map that uses data from FCC, Ookla, Microsoft, and more, showing a greater gap in internet access, as it pushes for more spending
the Biden Administration's new broadband usage map! For the first time, this puts multiple sources of information on the same map; red areas are below FCC definition of broadband. https://www.axios.co...
Goldman Sachs has begun trading bitcoin futures in partnership with Mike Novogratz's merchant bank Galaxy Digital
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Microsoft and at least a dozen startups are testing nonconducting liquids to cool servers in data centers, where almost half of the power is used for cooling
All those videos, emails, bank statements, photos, shopping carts, airline reservations, and so, so, so much more sluicing around … Tweets: @bitfurygeorge , @timsteno , @mathiswilliam , and @ivanlevin...
As China ramps up scrutiny of its tech companies, experts say its antitrust regulator SAMR lacks resources; SAMR only had a staff of about 50 people as of March
The country's previously dormant antitrust regulators are fighting for power to discipline the sector Tweets: @martijnrasser , @angelazhanghk , @financialtimes , and @yuanfenyang Tweets: Martijn Rasse...
Fiddler AI, which makes tools to help engineers monitor machine learning systems, raises $32M Series B led by Insight Partners
Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to Twitter in India, is taking a similar approach in Nigeria
Rest of World : Tweets: @anirvan , @architmeta , @peterguest , @cengizyar , @nilchristopher , @iatalkspace , @yinkawrites , and @evelyndouek Tweets: Anirvan Chatterjee / @anirvan : “Just under a week...
Some US unemployment applicants say facial recognition models used by ID verification service ID.me are failing to identify them, locking them out of benefits
ID.me's CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say. Tweets: @jason_koebler , @vectorpoem , @timma...
Dealroom and Tech Nation: UK becomes the third country, after the US and China, to have 100 or more tech unicorns; 34% of UK unicorns are fintech companies
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US appeals court rules Huawei can't subsidize the sale of its 5G tech with federal funds earmarked for US broadband development, upholding a 2019 FCC order
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Dealroom: European startups have raised €43.8B in the first six months of 2021, surpassing the record €38.5B raised in 2020
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PitchBook: $17B have been invested in crypto startups this year, including $10B of digital assets from Block.one to capitalize crypto exchange Bullish Global
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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.