Nvidia says part of its April keynote was led by a virtual replica of CEO Jensen Huang, created by scanning Huang and then training an AI to mimic his gestures
Nvidia pulled off a stunt to promote and showcase its latest technology by digitizing its CEO Jensen Huang in a conference keynote.
Sources: Apple employees have sent 800+ Slack messages on an internal channel debating the company's plans to scan US iPhones, iPads, and computers for CSAM
A backlash over Apple's move to scan U.S. customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking …
UK's CMA says it has provisionally found that Facebook's Giphy acquisition could negatively impact competition, such as by denying competitors access to GIFs
The merger of social media giant Facebook and Giphy, the largest provider of GIFs, has run into a roadblock from the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Craig Federighi says introducing two similar features, iMessage protections for children and CSAM scanning of iCloud photos, at the same time caused confusion
Facing criticism about eroding privacy on the iPhone, Apple's Craig Federighi says new tools aimed at best ensuring privacy while fighting illegal images
Disney+ beats Q3 subscriber estimates, reaching 116M subscribers vs. 114.5M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 14.9M, Hulu grew 21% YoY to 42.8M
Disney's streaming service is seeing improved growth, after initially seeing slower numbers of subscriber additions in Q2 as Covid lockdowns and mask mandates came to an end.
A look at community NFT projects like Pudgy Penguins, which have become a new kind of financial and social status symbol on the internet
Is this what the metaverse looks like? — Earlier this week, I got attacked by penguins. — Not real ones, mind you.
Circle announces intention to become a bank, fully regulated by Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC, which could make USDC a de facto central bank digital currency
Crypto giant Circle has announced its intention to become a bank, fully regulated by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the FDIC.
Poly Network offers a $500K “bug bounty” to the hacker who returned $340M+ in assets and placed the rest in a wallet jointly controlled by the hacker and Poly
Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday …
Head of Twitter India is moving to the US as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations amid continued tensions between Twitter and the Indian government
Manish Maheshwari, the head of Twitter India, has taken a new role at the company and is relocating to the U.S. …
Reddit raises $410M+ led by Fidelity Investments at a $10B+ valuation, up from $6B six months ago when it raised $250M; the new round could reach ~$700M
and certainly Instagram. Kanyi Maqubela / @km : I remember some people side-eyeing us for participating in this @Reddit round in 2013. https://redditblog.com/... Welp :) https://www.theverge.com/... @...
How soccer industry database Transfermarkt arrives at its highly influential player valuations, even as its data is crowdsourced from volunteers and staff
Soccer takes the player valuations posted on the website Transfermarkt extremely seriously. It has never really stopped to ask where they come from. Tweets: @footballcliches , @scott_e_page , @venkat...
Thousands of marginalized streamers implore Twitch to counter “hate raids”, where groups of malicious users fill a streamer's chat with targeted abuse
in which trolls use fake accounts to overwhelm chat with slurs—has hit a boiling point. my story on @rekitraven and the many other streamers demanding that #twitchdobetter: https://www.washingtonpost....
Facebook delays its office reopenings in the US until January 2022; Facebook originally hoped for 50% office capacity by September and 100% by October
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Lionel Messi's new contract with Paris St Germain includes a “large number” of crypto $PSG Fan Tokens from Socios.com, which let holders vote on minor decisions
and gets some PSG tokens as part of the deal. Read more here: https://coinmarketcap.com/... #CoinMarketCap #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Dogecoin #Altcoin #DeFi @reuterssports : Soccer s...
Airbnb reports Q2 revenue of $1.34B, up nearly 300% YoY, with Gross Booking Value of $13.4B, up 320% YoY, and net loss of $68M, down 88% YoY
The travel rebound is upon us and Airbnb is leading the way. Paul R. La Monica / WRAL TechWire : Airbnb's warning: Delta variant means future bookings will be ‘more volatile’ Duncan Riley / SiliconANG...
Divvy Homes, which buys homes on behalf of renters and helps them become owners, raises $200M at a $2B valuation, co-led by Tiger Global and Caffeinated Capital
- San Francisco company seeks to enable renters to own homes — Caffeinated Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, GIC also invested
TikTok details upcoming protections for users aged 13 to 17, including turning in-app messaging off by default and changes to notifications
@arielfoxjohnson @margarethmcgill @sarafischer #KidsPrivacy https://twitter.com/... @ultraviolet : “I'm glad that companies are taking steps in the right direction to increase privacy protections for ...
Google says it banned location data company SafeGraph in early June, meaning apps using SafeGuard location SDK had to remove it
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In an internal memo, Amazon drops guidelines that claimed ownership rights to video games made by staff after work hours, following criticism from developers
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In response to internal calls for reform, Alibaba says it will form a committee of five female execs to handle workplace sexual harassment and related issues
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Researchers say algorithms like NarxCare, which are used to identify a patient's risk of misusing opioids, may be actually worsening the US opioid crisis
and it's destroying lives. https://www.wired.com/... Dr. Darren Abbey / @thebiologistisn : Machine learning without validation is at best useless and will actively harm people when it is used to guide...
Internal docs: Amazon plans to monitor keyboard strokes and mouse movements of customer service staff to stop rogue workers or hackers accessing customer data
The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network has now returned over $342M in USDC, BTCB, SHIBA, and others, after saying they were “ready to surrender”
Equity management software company Carta raises $500M Series G led by Silver Lake at a valuation of $7.4B
Carta raised a $500M Series G, valuing the company at $7.4B. The round was led by Silver Lake. Of our eight rounds of capital raised, this was the largest and also the simplest. Tweets: @cartainc Tw...
Illustrators say Corporate Memphis, an art aesthetic synonymous with tech marketing, has stuck around because execs continue to overlook the value of their work
Hirsh Chitkara / Protocol : Tweets: @drewharwell , @kobi_lacroix , @ranimolla , @meganmorrone , @nullthread , and @nick_stevens_gr Tweets: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : “The human figures are ethnica...
DoorDash reports Q2 revenue of $1.24B, up 83% YoY, total orders of 345M, up 69% YoY, net loss of $102M, and says fee caps in cities like NY and LA cost it $26M
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Ualá, which offers a finance management app in Argentina, raises $350 Series D led by SoftBank Latin America Fund and Tencent, at a $2.45B valuation
The dollars keep flowing into Latin America. — Today, Argentine personal finance management app Ualá announced …
As Substack expands abroad, writers say it needs local payment options and customer service in other languages; some worry about legal support in hostile states
Foxconn reports Q2 profit of $1.07B, up 30% YoY, on revenue of $48.5B, up 20% YoY, due to strong demand from Apple and other clients
Apple's biggest partner issues warning Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Supplier Foxconn Reports Strong Quarterly Profit Ahead of iPhone 13 Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Foxconn hints at iP...
XtalPi, which uses AI for drug discovery and development, raises $400M Series D led by OrbiMed and RRJ, at a valuation of over $2B
Twitter rolls out a web and app redesign, implementing its first proprietary font, called Chirp, high-contrast black and white follow and unfollow buttons, more
Innovusion Holdings, which develops lidar systems, raises $66M Series B plus round, bringing its total raised to $180M
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Agora, a materials management platform for building contractors, raises $33M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to about $45M
A look at efforts to shape federal rules for companies disclosing cyberattacks, with a group representing Alphabet and Amazon pushing for a 72-hour window
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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.