Google updates its “About This Result” panel with more context about the specific search result, including matching keywords, related terms, and local relevance
Google now list several of the factors it used to rank a result in the about this result section.
Google is rolling out a fix for a bug in Chrome OS 91, apparently caused by a single typo, which locked Chromebook owners out of devices upon restarting
Google can't seem to catch a break when it comes to Chrome OS 91. First we saw many users reporting their devices using an egregious amount …
Two Democratic senators introduce a bill to strip away social media platforms' Section 230 liability shield if they amplify harmful public health misinformation
A new bill would make Facebook liable for misinformation — As coronavirus cases rise in unvaccinated populations …
Apple MagSafe Battery Pack review: well integrated with iOS and can charge Qi devices, like AirPods, but doesn't provide full iPhone 12 charge and is expensive
Apple's new MagSafe Battery Pack is a white rectangle you can stick to the back of an iPhone 12 to charge it.
Twitter beats with Q2 revenue of $1.19B, up 74% YoY, vs $1.07B est., ad revenue of $1.05B, up 87% YoY, and mDAUs of 206M, up 11% YoY
- Twitter's revenue growth accelerated and surpassed analysts' expectations. — The social-media company introduced its first subscription service in the quarter.
Twitter is testing a way to downvote replies on iOS to understand the types of replies users find relevant to a conversation; downvotes won't be public
Last year, Twitter's chief product officer Kayvon Beykpour confirmed that the social network was “exploring” the idea of adding a dislike button to the app.
Old stories on news sites including WaPo are displaying embedded porn videos after the domain for the defunct video service Vidme was bought by a porn company
Stories on major news sites like ‘The Washington Post,’ and ‘New York Magazine’ currently have porn embedded in them.
Researchers: Apple and Google should provide more access to iOS and Android system internals to help catch more attacks by Pegasus-like spyware in real time
Amnesty International sheds alarming light on an NSO Group surveillance tool—and the gaps in Apple and Google's defenses.
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $982M, up 116% YoY, DAUs up 23% YoY to 293M, as its net loss shrinks 53% YoY to $152M; stock is up 22%+
- Snap on Thursday reported its second-quarter earnings, beating expectations across the board for earnings, revenue and user growth.
Alphabet announces Intrinsic, a new company to build software for industrial robots, as part of its “other bets” that includes Waymo, Wing, and Verily
Intrinsic is one of Alphabet's other bets, like Waymo and Wing — Google's parent-company Alphabet has a birth to announce …
Kaseya says it obtained a universal decryptor for the REvil ransomware and is helping customers recover their data; it is unclear if Kaseya paid the ransom
Remote management software vendor Kaseya said today it obtained a universal decryptor for the REvil ransomware and is now in the process …
Several major websites and services, including Amazon, Steam, and Airbnb, were down for about an hour on Thursday due to issues with Akamai's Edge DNS service
Update 12:48 p.m. ET: Akamai says it has implemented a fix for the issue. “We have implemented a fix for this issue …
Amazon says it has opened an investigation into AWS' culture after a popular internal petition criticized it for discrimination against women and others
The probe comes as more than 550 workers in a cloud-computing unit supported a petition, citing “an underlying culture of systemic discrimination, harassment, bullying and bias.”
Intel reports Q2 revenue of $18.5B, up 2% YoY, vs. $17.8B est., Data Center Group revenue of $6.5B, down 9% YoY, while PC unit sales were up 33% YoY
- Intel reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday in CEO Pat Gelsinger's second earnings report at the helm of the American chip giant.
Apple updates Apple Music for Android with Spatial Audio and lossless quality streaming
The latest update to the Apple Music app on Android officially introduces support for Apple's lossless and spatial audio features. — Version 3.6 of the Apple Music for Android app …
Facebook brings its cloud gaming service to iPhones and iPads through a progressive web app, with games using Facebook Pay to accept in-game purchases
But will people know how to find it? — Starting Friday, Facebook is bringing its nascent cloud gaming service to iPhones and iPads through …
Taboola says it is buying retail- and e-commerce-focused ad network Connexity for $800M in cash and stock
Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further …
Sources: China is considering turning online tutoring companies into non-profits, unable to raise capital or go public, clamping down on the $100B industry
- Edtech firms to be banned from going public, foreign capital — Vacation, weekend tutoring for school subjects will be banned Tweets: @pingroma , @haidilun , and @mbrookerhk Tweets: Zheping Huang ...
Instacart says it is partnering with Fabric to build robot-equipped warehouses for supermarkets, with space for 10K-50K items, over the next 12 months
The grocery delivery company says it plans to build and operate fulfillment centers for supermarkets — Instacart Inc. is entering …
After initially taking down posts with the chant “Death to Khamenei”, Facebook now says it will allow the chant for a two-week period, amid protests in Iran
After the company took down several posts on Instagram that included the popular protest chant against Iran's ruler …
DeepMind says it used AI to create a “transformative” map of human proteins; some compare the potential impact of the work to that of the Human Genome Project
more or less all proteins known to science.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Brian Heligman / @briantheligman : I feel like this is both a huge accomplishment but also likely hard to utilize. My...
Paystand, which is building an Ethereum blockchain-based service to enable B2B payments with zero fees, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $85M
It's pretty easy for individuals to send money back and forth, and there are lots of cash apps from which to choose.
Sophos researchers say Discord's own CDN is becoming an increasingly popular malware distribution channel, with much of the malware focused on data theft
Biz insists it's trying as hard as possible to scrub clean its IRC-for-the-2020s — Sophos on Thursday warned that internet instant … Source: Sophos News . Tweets: @thepacketrat Source: Sophos News :...
Q&A with Zuckerberg about his vision for the metaverse and its potential to further splinter our sense of shared reality, Biden's comments about Facebook, more
Profile of Dan Purcell, founder of Ceartas, a company that helps adult content creators stop piracy when their content gets stolen from sites like OnlyFans
Dan Purcell's transformation into a content protection vigilante began several years ago, with a moment of personal reckoning.
Sources: EU antitrust regulators are likely to launch an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Kustomer after an initial review ends next month
EU antitrust regulators are likely to kick off a full-scale investigation into Facebook's (FB.O) acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer …
Shares of Zomato jumped as much as 83% in its trading debut in Mumbai, after it raised $1.3B in its IPO, at a valuation of about $8.7B
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Digital mapping startup Matterport will begin trading after a SPAC merger that raised $640M and valued the company at $2.9B; Matterport had $86M in 2020 revenue
Matterport Inc. is set to begin trading Friday on the Nasdaq under the symbol MTTR, after seeing a surge in demand for its 3D mapping products during the pandemic.
Arm details PlasticARM, a 32-bit processor built on a flexible substrate, that it says can lead to embedding of low-cost, ultrathin chips into everyday objects
Instagram is testing Limits, which lets users facing a flood of harassment temporarily limit comments and messages from specific groups of followers
A look at Facebook's prayers feature and its outreach with faith groups, which Facebook says was given new urgency during the pandemic
including its new feature for praying on FB https://www.reuters.com/... (1/ Eric Johansson / @ericjohanssonlj : Is it just me or is there something really unsettling with a #bigtech mega-corporate lik...
Motorola's flagship Moto G100 phone, launched in March, is now available in the US for $599, with triple camera setup, Snapdragon 870 chipset, 128 GB of storage
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Source: London-based buy now, pay later service Zilch adds $110M to its Series B, bringing the round to over $200M, from Goldman Sachs and Daily Mail's owner
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Numerade, which sells subscriptions to short-form STEM videos, raises $26M Series A at a $100M valuation, as it develops an algorithm to offer custom content
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch :
Loop Returns, whose software enables stores on Shopify to handle online returns, raises $65M Series B led by CRV at a post-money valuation of $340M
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Source: Loop Returns .
Vestwell raises $70M Series C for its API-based technology that helps employers, particularly small businesses, manage staff retirement plans
FinSMEs : Source: Vestwell .
Amazon ends use of arbitration for customer disputes, which critics said put consumers at a huge disadvantage; disputes can now be pursued in federal court
Michael Corkery / New York Times : Tweets: @ddayen , @gregbensinger , @seattletimes , @shatter242 , @tdlenk , @bettermarkets , and @shiraovide Tweets: David Dayen / @ddayen : The arbitration storm st...
NoSQL cloud database Couchbase's shares jumped 23% in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a market valuation of $1.2B, after it raised $200M in its IPO
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OpenSesame, a marketplace for corporate learning programs, raises $50M led by JMI Equity, bringing its total raised to ~$100M
Mike Rogoway / Oregonian :
After a delay, Facebook says it is starting a brand safety audit by industry body MRC, set to complete by the end of 2021; Twitter has started the audit process
Kate Kaye / Digiday : Tweets: @katekayereports See also Mediagazer Tweets: Kate Kaye / @katekayereports : So, Facebook's brand safety audit with MRC finally started after a delay. Meanwhile Twitter's...
Analysis: 740 organizations faced ransomware attacks and had their data posted to leak sites in Q2 2021, up 47% QoQ; attacks on retail sector grew 183% QoQ
Interos, whose ML-based platform helps clients like NASA and DOD monitor and flag supply chain issues in real time, raises $100M Series C at a $1B valuation
Report: AI startups scored a record $20B in funding in Q2 2021, with 24 companies reaching $1B valuations for the first time, and had 11 IPOs, an all-time high
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Source: CB Insights Research Source: CB Insights Research : AI In Numbers Q2'21: Funding Trends, Exits, And Corporate Activity
Neuralink competitor Paradromics raises $20M in seed funding led by Prime Movers Lab; so far in 2021 brain-machine interface startups have raised $132.8M
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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.
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