Instagram announces changes for teen accounts, including making them private by default, restricting messages from “suspicious” adults, and limiting ads
Instagram has introduced protections for its teenage users to default young people into private accounts and make it harder for …
Samsung confirms it won't launch a new Galaxy Note at its Unpacked event on Aug. 11, instead focusing on new Galaxy Z phones and an S Pen designed for foldables
The company also promises ‘enhanced durability’ — Samsung isn't looking to have many surprises at its August 11th Unpacked event.
Nothing, launched by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, announces $99 Ear (1) wireless earbuds, available August 17 with gesture controls, ANC, and more
Nothing, the consumer tech startup led by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, has officially announced its Ear (1) true wireless earbuds.
Apple updates iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day flaw that was reportedly actively exploited, making it the 13th zero-day Apple has patched this year
Apple has released patches today for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day vulnerability that the company says has been exploited in the wild.
A look at ShotSpotter, which uses sensors to “detect gunshots”, as court filings suggest it frequently alters evidence at the request of police departments
Prosecutors in Chicago are being forced to withdraw evidence generated by the technology, which led to the police killing …
Facebook announces a new Metaverse product group, with plans to hire hundreds of staff, led by Instagram VP Vishal Shah, reporting to VR/AR VP Andrew Bosworth
The company plans to hire hundreds of new staffers for the group. — Facebook is all in on the Metaverse …
Intel says its Foundry Services will build chips for Qualcomm and AWS and lays out a roadmap to catch up with TSMC and Samsung by 2025
Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday its factories will start building Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) chips and laid out a roadmap to expand its new foundry business …
1Password raises $100M led by Accel at a $2B valuation, after raising $200M in 2019, and says it now has 90,000 business customers
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Password management platform 1Password has raised $100 million …
Cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and OKCoin are closing their subsidiaries in Beijing, as China expands its crack down; shares of Huobi's parent drop ~22%
The latest moves by Huobi and OKCoin follow the central government's actions against businesses related to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies BTCChina …
China issues regulations for food delivery platforms, mandating minimum wage, respect for worker rights, and more, leading to Meituan shares dropping by 14%+
- It extended losses after Beijing issued food platform curbs — Meituan is grappling with a broader antitrust investigation
Facebook is recalling ~4M foam face masks for Oculus Quest 2, after reports of irritation; Quest 2 goes on sale again Aug. 24 with improved 128GB base storage
Oculus Quest 2 sales are paused as Facebook adds a silicon cover to the boxes of every new headset, following reports of facial skin irritation with the original foam.
Tencent says it is temporarily suspending WeChat user registrations in China as it upgrades its systems to comply with new security regulations
Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat has temporarily suspended registration of new users in mainland China as it undergoes a technical upgrade …
Google issues a new Enterprise APIs policy, promising that APIs will remain available far into the future, aiming to move past a reputation for killing services
Google Cloud issued a promise Monday to current and potential customers that it's safe to build a business around its core technologies …
Element, a messaging app built on top of decentralized protocol Matrix, raises $30M Series B from Protocol Labs and others, bringing total raised to $48M
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey!
New York-based Bubble, which offers no-code tools to build web apps, raises $100M led by Insight Partners and says it has over 1M users globally
Bubble, a New York based startup that allows non-coders to design and create web applications, said on Tuesday it raised $100 million …
In its Q2 earnings report, Tesla says it suffered $23M in bitcoin-related impairments, after bitcoin dropped from $63K in April to under $40K now
- Tesla reported bitcoin-related impairments of $23 million in the second quarter as crypto prices plunged.
FCC challenges a bid won by SpaceX for $886M in rural broadband subsidies, concerned some of the spending may be wasteful, duplicative, or headed for other uses
- Company is among 197 winning bidders to get letters from FCC — Agency says it's cleaning up results from auction last year
A look at the risks posed by rising sea water levels at Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley campuses and questions over who pays to protect them
In the heart of Silicon Valley, the world's biggest tech companies are expanding their headquarters on the edges of San Francisco Bay. Tweets: @michaelwilsonds and @rickoshea Tweets: Michael Wilson / ...
DataRobot, which helps companies train and deploy ML models, raises $300M Series G at a $6.3B post-money valuation, up from $2.7B in November 2020
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — DataRobot, a startup creating an enterprise AI development platform …
Discord debuts threaded conversations, which auto-archive after 24 hours of inactivity and will roll out by Aug. 17, and a premium feature for private threads
After announcing that threads were on the way earlier this year and teasing the feature on Twitter, Discord is now introducing …
About 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard employees say the company's response to its recent lawsuit is “insulting”, in a letter to leadership
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FTX and Binance will curb highly leveraged cryptocurrency trading, a practice that can vastly multiply losses; FTX offered 101x leverage, now down to 20x
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Pinterest announces monetization tools for creators, including tagging products in Idea Pins to earn commissions, available to US and UK business accounts
Expect more encouragement to start shopping — Pinterest is going after the influencer market. The platform announced its first set …
Sources: DOJ is probing whether Tether execs committed bank fraud in its early stages; Tethers in circulation are worth ~$62B, underpin >50% of bitcoin trades
According to code found in the Oculus iPhone app, Facebook is exploring letting users synchronize Oculus workout data with Apple Health
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Fireblocks, which lets users store, transfer, and issue digital assets, raises $310M Series D led by Sequoia, Stripes, and Spark at a $2.2B valuation
Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled …
South Africa's state-owned port and rail company Transnet says a cyberattack five days ago continues to cause disruption at Cape Town and other major ports
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The Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the 30 biggest Hong Kong-listed tech companies, including Tencent and Alibaba, is down $551B+ since its February peak
Ex-Google employee recounts how Google abandoned a redesign attempt of Chrome on Android, which was similar to iOS 15's Safari, with the URL bar at the bottom
Abandoned Redesign of Mobile Chrome Circa 2016, With Goals Similar to Those of Mobile Safari 15 Ryne Hager / Android Police : Chrome Home's bottom address bar: Ahead of its time and intentionally left...
SensorTower: Clubhouse had 484K global installs from July 21 to 25, up 17% from the previous five days, after moving from invite-only to general availability
Just a few days after ditching its invite-only status, the audio chat app had fewer than 500,000 new downloads. Tweets: @pardesoteric , @wired , and @caitlin__kelly Tweets: Arielle Pardes / @pardesote...
Q&A with Erin Saltman of Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, backed by Facebook and others, on redefining extremism, working with members, and more
PsiQuantum, which aims to build a commercial quantum computing machine with 1M qubits, raises $450M Series D at $3.15B valuation, bringing total raised to $665M
Palo Alto, Calif., startup says its approach of using photons as quantum bits will lead to reliable calculations without errors
As part of its expanded outreach to US churches, Facebook is offering subscription tools for exclusive content and donation tools during live streams
iCapital Network, which makes tools to help financial advisers invest client money in PE, raises $400M at a ~$4B valuation
Firm helps channel investor funds into private-equity investments — iCapital Network Inc. raised $440 million in a funding round that values the upstart investing platform at around $4 billion.
Profile of Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian, an Oracle veteran who oversees 37,000 employees and has focused on improving Google's sales teams
if he sticks around long enough. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Nico Grant / @nicoagrant : My favorite tidbit—some Google employees were shocked and confused upon Kurian's appointment, but he won them ...
Blaize, which custom-designs AI edge chips with a new graph streaming architecture, raises $71M Series D, bringing its total raised to $155M
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Blaize, a company developing AI edge computing platforms for automotive …
Pendo, which helps businesses gather behavioral analytics on how customers use their apps, raises $150M led by B Capital at a $2.6B valuation and eyes an IPO
- Silver Lake Waterman joins round as new Pendo investor — Analytics software firm's CEO says IPO to be considered Tweets: @pendoio Tweets: Pendo.Io / @pendoio : To our investors, existing and new:...
Wiliot, which is developing IoT chips powered by ambient radio frequencies, raises $200M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 as it plans an SaaS pivot
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Cloudflare announces Project Pangea, an initiative to offer its suite of network services to local underserved communities for free
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South Africa-based Yoco, which offers offline and online payment solutions for SMEs, raises $83M Series C led by Dragoneer, bringing total raised to $107M
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $185M Series D led by Icon Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $1.35B valuation, amid the global ransomware boom
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Box rolls out Box Sign, which lets users electronically sign contracts and request signatures, following its $55M acquisition of SignRequest earlier this year
London-based Sedna, a service that analyzes emails and chats to perform actions mentioned within them, raises $34M Series B led by Insight Partners
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Indonesia-based grocery delivery app HappyFresh raises $65M Series D led by Naver Financial Corporation and Gafina B.V.
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Covariant, which builds AI-powered industrial robots, raises $80M Series C led by Index Ventures, following a $40M Series B in May 2020
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Nium, a Singapore-based B2B payments company, raises $200M Series D at a $1B+ valuation led by Riverwood Capital, with Temasek, Visa, and others participating
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Medallia, which offers customer experience management tools, says PE firm Thoma Bravo will take the company private for $6.4B, after going public in 2019
ActiveFence, whose tech proactively detects disinformation and other malicious content, raises $100M in a combined Series A and Series B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Germany-based Aleph Alpha, which aims to build AI models for text and vision like GPT-3, raises $27M Series A co-led by Earlybird VC, Lakestar, and UVC Partners
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Teamflow, which provides 2D virtual offices to promote informal collaboration among remote staff, raises $35M Series B at a $225M valuation led by Coatue
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.