Blizzard president calls sexual harassment lawsuit “extremely troubling” in internal memo while a VP says it presents a “distorted and untrue” view of company
Blizzard president J. Allen Brack called the allegations ‘extremely troubling.’
Experts working with companies affected by the Kaseya ransomware attack say Kaseya is requiring companies to sign NDAs before providing access to decryption key
Washington (CNN)On Thursday, the software company Kaseya announced that it could help unlock any of its customers' systems …
Uncertainty about the nature of the list of 50K potential Pegasus targets created confusion and controversy, but doesn't negate the investigation's key findings
A series of blockbuster stories published this week around a leaked list of 50,000 phone numbers have created confusion …
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
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Sources: Apple is testing a new external display with a dedicated Apple-made SoC that includes a Neural Engine
Apple's Pro Display XDR has been available for quite some time now, but there are still no rumors about an updated version of its high-priced display in the near term.
Facebook announces the Passthrough API, which allows Oculus Quest 2 developers to use real-world images collected via sensors to create mixed reality apps
Developers will get the experimental feature with Oculus' next SDK — Facebook announced a new API that will let developers incorporate video …
Cloudflare accuses AWS of massive markups on egress bandwidth fees per region, estimating North American and European customers pay 80x the operational costs
Loading... When web hosting services first emerged in the mid-1990s, you paid for everything on a separate meter: bandwidth, storage, CPU, and memory.
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 …
Google Drive is rolling out the ability for users to block other accounts from sharing files with them, to prevent potential harassment and spam on the service
The new feature is rolling out over the next couple of weeks — Google Drive is adding the ability for users to block …
China's antitrust authorities order Tencent Music to end its exclusive music licensing deals with global record labels within 30 days and impose a fine of ~$77K
- The State Administration for Market Regulation on Saturday ordered Tencent to give up its exclusive music licensing rights …
Event management software company Cvent is going public by merging with a SPAC at a valuation of $5.3B; Cvent was taken private in 2016 by Vista Equity Partners
(Reuters) -Event management software company Cvent will merge with a blank-check firm in a deal that gives it an enterprise value … Source: Business Wire .
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
Google updates its “About This Result” panel with more context about the specific search result, including matching keywords, related terms, and local relevance
When you search for information on Google … Tweets: Jamey Barlow / @jameybrew : Wait, so keywords, images, backlinks, language, and geolocation matter for SEO? Sounds like Google is working on their o...
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
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Sendlane, which helps e-commerce companies automate email and SMS marketing, raises $20M Series A; CEO says Sendlane, which is seeing $7M+ in ARR, is profitable
Sendlane, a San Diego-based multichannel marketing automation platform, announced Thursday it raised $20 million in Series A funding. Source: Sendlane .
PropertyGuru, which runs real estate rental and sale listing sites in Southeast Asia, is going public on the NYSE via a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$1.8B
PropertyGuru is Southeast Asia's biggest property technology company Singapore company is the first acquisition … Source: Business Wire .
YouTube has avoided criticism by Biden and others for vaccine misinformation, after Biden criticized Facebook, possibly because its content is harder to track
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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
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Apple updates Apple Music for Android with Spatial Audio and lossless quality streaming
Mike Peterson / AppleInsider :
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
A look at Amazon's Key For Business program, launched in 2018 to let drivers unlock apartment buildings via an app, which it is encouraging landlords to adopt
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells. — The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country … Tweets: @ap and @loganclarkhall Tweets: @ap : Getting a handle on it: Amaz...
Twitter transparency report: only 2.3% of active accounts have enabled 2FA between July and December 2020; 79.6% of those who did used SMS-based 2FA
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After initially taking down posts with the phrase “Death to Khamenei”, Facebook now says it will allow the chant for a two-week period, amid protests in Iran
Sweetch, which has developed an AI-powered app that aims to increase patient compliance and boost health outcomes, raises $20M Series A led by Entreé Capital
Emma Betuel / TechCrunch :
Taboola says it is buying retail- and e-commerce-focused ad network Connexity for $800M in cash and stock
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Researchers say they embedded malware in up to half of the neurons in the benchmark AlexNet AI model and still kept the model's accuracy rate above 93.1%
Radhamely De Leon / VICE :
Sources: China is considering turning online tutoring companies into non-profits, which can't raise capital or go public, clamping down on the $100B industry
Bloomberg :
Outbrain closes flat on its first day of trading, after raising $160M in its IPO at a valuation of $1.25B
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Google publishes a detailed timeline for the Privacy Sandbox rollout in Chrome, reiterating plans it announced earlier to delay cookie phaseout until H2 2023
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
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
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
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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.