Instagram introduces anti-hate speech tools to let users limit comments and requests on popular posts, following abuse towards England soccer players
Instagram has introduced new features called Limits and Hidden Words designed to reduce hate and abuse on trending posts, the company — announced.
Group behind Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol used for DeFi applications, says a hacker has stolen $611M; one researcher blames the attack on a crypto flaw
Quick Take — Cross-chain protocol Poly Network has been hacked for $611 million. — The team behind the protocol …
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip3 with a 120Hz, 6.7-inch internal display, plus a 1.9-inch panel, and Snapdragon 888, starting at $999, shipping August 27
One of the first thoughts around foldable smartphones is a high price tag, but that tune is changing.
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Fold3 with a 120Hz, 7.6-inch primary screen, S Pen support, and IPX8 water resistance, shipping August 27 for $1,799
The flagship foldable now has a 120Hz cover screen — It's August, and today is Samsung's latest big Unpacked event.
The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network has now returned over $256M in USDC, BTCB, SHIBA, and others, after saying they were “ready to surrender”
Quick Take — Poly Network attacker has started returning the funds that were stolen in the largest DeFi hack to date.
Facebook says it has removed a network of accounts from Russia linked to a UK marketing firm that pushed anti-vaccine content using Planet of the Apes memes
Facebook (FB.O) said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed …
Samsung announces Galaxy Watch4, starting at $249, and Galaxy Watch4 Classic, starting at $349, both with “Wear OS Powered by Samsung”, shipping August 27
Samsung and Google's smartwatch collaboration is here — Today we're getting our first look at the fruits …
Samsung announces $150 Galaxy Buds 2 with active noise cancellation and a similar design to the Galaxy Buds Pro, available August 27
The latest Samsung true-wireless earbuds are essentially mini versions of the more expensive Galaxy Buds Pro. … Samsung's Galaxy Buds 2 earbuds …
Court docs: Apple settles its 2019 lawsuit against Corellium over Corellium's “virtualized” iPhone business; Corellium says it still sells virtual iOS devices
Apple accused Corellium of violating its copyrights with virtual iPhones used for security research
A look at the multi-year effort by English soccer organizations to push Facebook to crack down on hate speech against players, intensifying during Euro 2020
For more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
Source: the NSA awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10B to AWS; Microsoft has filed a bid protest with the GAO in response
Much of the NSA's most prized intelligence data may be moving to the cloud. — The National Security Agency has awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth …
Internal iOS 15 code and animations show Apple will let users link AirPods to the Find My network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location
Apple has announced multiple new features for AirPods users with iOS 15, which includes Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro and true Find My support for the first time.
Microsoft fixes 44 vulnerabilities, including seven flaws that are classified as critical and three zero-day flaws, with one actively exploited in the wild
Today is Microsoft's August 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 44 flaws …
WhatsApp will let users move their chat history, including photos and voice notes, between iOS and Android devices, starting with new Galaxy models
WhatsApp is finally addressing one of the biggest problems with its — chat histories: the inability to carry them over when you switch platforms.
How Samsung managed to waterproof the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3, primarily using Armor Aluminum, tape, and goo, while adding S Pen support
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
Hands-on with Galaxy Watch4 with Wear OS: small aesthetic updates over Watch3, hardware is improved, and Wear OS feels like Samsung's outgoing Tizen OS
With today's introduction of the Galaxy Watch4 … Taylor Kerns / Android Police : Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 is official, and it could be the most exciting thing to happen to Wear OS in years Brian Heater...
Coinbase reports $2.23B in Q2 revenue, vs $1.78B est., and net profit of $1.6B, up nearly 4,900% YoY, following volatile stretch of cryptocurrency trading
- In Q2, Coinbase brought in $2.23 billion of revenue vs. $1.78 billion expected by Refinitiv. — It also reported a profit per share of $6.42.
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 review: small, discreet design with wireless charging and good audio quality, but no auto-pause on removal and weak IPX2 water resistance
and so damn discreet. Stay tuned for @BeccaFarsace's video review coming soon. I owe her all the thanks for how well the Fold 3 / Flip 3 vid came out. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Microsoft will now require admin rights before Windows users can access the Point and Print feature, to mitigate a security flaw it has already tried to patch
BitMEX announces a $100M settlement with the CFTC and FinCEN over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and know-your-customer oversight systems
Crypto derivatives trading platform BitMEX announced Tuesday it had reached a settlement on civil charges with U.S. authorities.
Facebook says it is undertaking a “very meaningful pivot”, still in its infancy, to change how its ad tools work with a focus on privacy
A ‘very meaningful pivot’ is underway inside the world's largest social network — Facebook's massive business was built on its ability to track users across the internet.
Facebook open sources Time Card, its PCIe-based timekeeping tool that uses atomic clocks and navigation satellites to keep devices and data centers in sync
The social network giant gives away its hardware and software designs that can keep data centers humming efficiently. Source: Facebook Engineering .
NFTs blur the line between social and financial capital and dismissing them is akin to missing the importance of status while analyzing social networks
Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework — The DEAD followed me across Twitter all weekend. Tweets: @zoescaman , @jihoz_axie , and @jessewldn Tweets: Zoe Scaman / @z...
OpenAI debuts a private beta for Codex, an API for turning natural language into code of one of over a dozen coding languages; Codex powers GitHub's Copilot
Watch now. — OpenAI today released OpenAI Codex, its AI system that translates natural language into code, through an API in private beta.
Senate sends $1T infrastructure bill to the House after a 69-30 vote; the bill contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax provision critics see as too broad
Coinbase amends claims on its website that USDC is backed 1:1 by USD, after Circle disclosed in July that commercial paper and other assets back USDC
- Some assets of second-largest stablecoin carry default risk — Coinbase as late as this month claimed coin is backed by cash
Amazon opens its $1.5B, 600-acre air hub in northern Kentucky, capable of handling 100 planes and 200 flights per day, as it ramps up delivery speeds
- Amazon on Wednesday debuted its $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky. — The hub will serve as the central nerve … Source: About Amazon .
Research shows semiconductor chip lead times slipped to 20.2 weeks in July, up by eight days over June, which was already the longest wait time since 2017
The amount of time it's taking for chip-starved companies to get orders filled has stretched to more than 20 weeks …
YouTube launches protections for kids: default private uploads, turning off autoplay, and adding “take a break” and “bedtime” reminders by default
In a statement, China signals sweeping regulation of its tech industry will last until at least 2025 to ensure the “healthy development” of new business models
China signaled its push to regulate sweeping parts of the economy, which has jolted markets, will be deep and sustained over the next five years.
TCL, which has long been the flagbearer of Roku TVs, launches new TVs with Google TV, saying it wants to give consumers more choice and isn't abandoning Roku
NortonLifeLock says that it will merge with Avast in a cash and stock deal worth between $8.1B and $8.6B
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Xiaomi announces the Mix 4 smartphone with a bezel-less design and an under-display selfie camera, launching in China for ~$770
including its under-display camera Samuel Martinez / Pocketnow : Xiaomi Mix 4 announced with under display camera, Snapdragon 888+
Venmo will let credit cardholders automatically buy cryptocurrency with the cash back they earn and says there will be no associated transaction fees
Unity reports Q2 revenue of $273.6M, up 48% YoY, and says it will acquire remote desktop and streaming company Parsec for ~$320M
TJ Denzer / Shacknews :
Zomato reports revenue of $113.4M, up ~3x YoY, and a net loss of $48M for the quarter that ended in June, in its first quarterly earnings report since its IPO
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Source: Zomato Blog .
Helium, a P2P 5G wireless network startup, raises $111M in an a16z-led token sale, says it has 116K+ wireless hotspots in 11K cities with 500K more back-ordered
Singapore-headquartered Parcel Perform, which offers shipping logistics tools to e-commerce companies, raises $20M Series A led by Cambridge Capital
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
In its first post-IPO results, Deliveroo says its pre-tax loss narrowed to £104.8M in H1 2021 as revenue rose 82% YoY to £922.5M; MAUs rose 81% YoY to 7.8M
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :
Web Summit, Europe's largest tech conference, will return as an in-person event in Lisbon in November, after being held virtually last year
Reuters : Tweets: @websummit , @paddycosgrave , and @rustybrick Tweets: Web Summit / @websummit : “We couldn't be more excited to return in-person. Seeing people safely connecting in-person again, an...
Sources: FTC is reviewing Uber's partnership with delivery startup Gopuff and purchase of alcohol delivery firm Drizly on anti-competitive grounds
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Doxel, which uses computer vision to track progress on construction sites, raises $40M Series B led by Insight Partners
Doxel, which has developed software that uses computer vision to help track and monitor progress on construction job sites, announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. Thanks: ...
How Parallel Wireless, a New Hampshire-based Open RAN vendor, is leading the charge to turn African mobile operators away from China's Huawei and ZTE
Abubakar Idris / Rest of World : Tweets: @yinkawrites , @nicdawes , @yinkawrites , and @restofworld Tweets: Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites : The race to build Africa's 5G networks is entangled in a U.S...
Reify Health, which makes cloud-based tools for clinical trial research, raises $220M Series C led by Coatue Management at a $2.2B valuation
Predictive sales startup People.ai raises $100M from Mubadala Investment and Akkadian Ventures at a $1.1B valuation, up from $400M in 2019
Bloomberg :
Houston-based Cart.com, which provides tools to scale e-commerce businesses, raises $98M Series B, bringing its total raised to $143M
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Doximity, a networking service for doctors, reports Q1 revenue of $72.7M, up 100% YoY, and net income of $26.3M in its first earnings report as a public company
@levynews reports. 👇 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jerry, a car ownership “super app” and insurance comparison service with ~1M US users, raises $75M Series C at a $450M valuation, following a $28M raise in May
Nanox, which digitizes traditional X-rays, has agreed to acquire Zebra Medical Vision, which makes AI-based tools for radiologists, in a deal valued up to $200M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Upgrade, a digital bank focusing on personal loans and credit cards, raises $105M led by Koch Disruptive Technologies at a $3.3B valuation
Katherine Chiglinsky / Bloomberg :
Pave, whose software analyzes HR data to help companies close pay and equity gaps, raises $46M Series B led by YC Continuity at a $400M post-money valuation
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Seoul-based Deepbrain AI, maker of customer-facing AI-powered virtual avatars, raises $44M Series B led by Korea Development Bank at a valuation of $180M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
LaunchDarkly, a feature management service for developers with IBM and Atlassian among its 2k+ customers, raises $200M Series D at a $3B post-money valuation
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.