Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with them for almost six months
Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining … Source: The Coinbase Blog .
Twitter says it is testing edge-to-edge pictures and videos in tweets on iOS to better support visual and text-based conversations
An Instagram-like focus on visuals — Twitter has announced that it's testing edge-to-edge media in tweets on iOS, creating a more full-screen …
Twitter has begun testing a “remove this follower” tool on the web that will let users remove followers without blocking them and without their knowledge
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Apple announces a “California Streaming” virtual event on September 14 at 10am PT, where new iPhones and Apple Watches are expected
Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater …
Australia's High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia's biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …
Lenovo unveils the 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and 16-inch Slim 7 Pro laptops, powered by AMD, both expected by October and priced from $1,290
The IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and Slim 7 Pro are two premium ultra-portable laptops — IdeaPad laptops have long been overshadowed by ThinkPads and Yogas …
Microsoft says it has acquired in-browser video editing software startup Clipchamp, which had 17M registered users across 390K+ companies as of July
- Microsoft is buying Clipchamp, whose video-editing app has over 17 million registered users. — The deal comes weeks after Adobe … Source: Microsoft 365 Blog .
PayPal to acquire Japan-based Paidy, a buy now, pay later service, for $2.7B in cash; PayPal expects the deal to be completed by December
Aims to boost Japan business with new cross-border e-commerce payment services — NEW YORK — U.S. payment company PayPal Holdings on Wednesday announced … Source: PR Newswire .
Amazon says it is bringing its cashierless “Just Walk Out” tech to two Whole Foods stores, set to open in 2022 in DC and California
- Amazon is launching its cashierless technology at two Whole Foods stores that are scheduled to open next year. Source: About Amazon .
Google announces Workspace updates, including spaces for collaboration, Meet calling within Gmail, and 27" and 65" video calling devices by Logitech and Avocor
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Google today announced a series … Source: Google Cloud Blog .
Bitcoin fell 17%+ to ~$43K before rising to $47K as El Salvador adopts it as legal tender, where high demand led to the Chivo wallet being temporarily unplugged
The price of cryptocurrencies plunged and crypto trading was delayed on Tuesday, a day in which El Salvador ran into snags …
President of El Salvador says the country bought 550+ bitcoins on Monday, as the law making bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador goes into effect
even if only as a reserve asset—as its design massively incentivizes early adoption. Latecomers may regret hesitating https://twitter.com/... @binance : Welcome to #Bitcoin, El Salvador. https://twitt...
How three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship in October 2020 to start a libertarian crypto utopia, only to have their plans collapse months later
Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia.
Researchers: a network of China-linked social media accounts unsuccessfully tried to draw Americans to protest anti-Asian racism, similar to Russia's efforts
Campaign is first known instance of China-linked actors fomenting real-world U.S. protest; 'They're copying the Kremlin's playbook' Source: FireEye .
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office confirms it bought NSO's Pegasus spyware in 2019 and used it in operations on terrorism and organized crime since March
Sources have confirmed media reports that federal criminal police purchased and used the controversial Israeli surveillance spyware despite lawyers' objections.
Microsoft launches Microsoft Start, a personalized news product via MicrosoftStart.com, Windows integrations, new mobile apps, and its Edge browser new tab page
Microsoft today is introducing its own personalized news reading experience called Microsoft Start, available as both a website and mobile app …Source:Windows Experience Blog.
CrowdStrike says REvil's infrastructure and website is accessible on the dark web after it went offline in July
- Group's ‘Happy Blog’ shames companies with stolen data — Site and REvil infrastructure is accessible on dark web — The infamous criminal ransomware group behind …
Eden Network, which helps protect transactions on the Ethereum network, raises $17.4M seed led by Multicoin Capital
Quick Take — Eden Network has raised $17.4 million in a seed funding round. — The network plans to strengthen its infrastructure and grow its adoption further. Source: Eden Network .
UK-based car insurance startup Marshmallow, which uses a wide array of algorithms to measure insurance risk, raises $85M Series B at a $1.25B valuation
Marshmallow — a U.K.-based car insurance provider that has made a name for itself in the market by providing a new approach …
Investigation finds Facebook has over 1,000 contractors moderating private WhatsApp messages and images that were reported by users
SingleStore, which offers an SQL-based service to help enterprises use data from disparate silos, raises $80M Series F, sources say at a $940M valuation
Organizations are swimming in data these days, and so solutions to help manage and use that data in more efficient ways will continue to see a lot of attention and business.
Excerpt from a book by Microsoft President Brad Smith and his chief of staff, Carol Ann Browne, on Microsoft's response to the SolarWinds attack
While the KGB may have collapsed with the Soviet Union in 1991, its long shadow still quietly serves its homeland through new 21st-century digital forms … Tweets: @780thc and @vasujakkal . Thanks: @ks...
Sources: Elliott Management has taken a 10%+ stake in Citrix Systems, worth around $1.3B, and will push to boost Citrix's lagging stock price
Activist hedge fund wants the software company to take steps to boost its valuation — Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp …
HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022
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Shutterstock acquires Seattle-based online photo editing service PicMonkey for $110M in cash
Publicly-traded photography giant Shutterstock has acquired PicMonkey, a Seattle startup founded nine years ago that provides online photo editing and graphic design tools.
Ford announces it has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer
Michael Wayland / CNBC :
Egyptian microfinance lending and payments service MNT-Halan raises $120M, as investors say it has 4M+ customers in Egypt and disbursed over $1.7B in loans
Patrick Werr / Reuters :
An overview of disparate federal and state data privacy laws in the US, where no singular GDPR-like federal law covers the privacy of all types of data
Thorin Klosowski / New York Times :
Microsoft warns of an actively abused zero-day that exploits a vulnerability in IE's browser engine to target Office applications; patch slated for next week
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
Nearly eight months into his term, Biden has yet to pick new leaders at the FCC and NTIA, delaying action on key agenda items, like reinstating net neutrality
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post : Tweets: @cendemtech , @viacristiano , @masspirates , @robpegoraro , @digiphile , and @karlbode Tweets: @cendemtech : “'The commission can't really move forward on t...
Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company plans to spend up to $95B on two new chip-making facilities in Europe
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Ray-Ban and Facebook's VP of AR and VR Andrew Bosworth appear to be teasing smartglasses with a point-of-view recording feature that could be announced Thursday
Jamie Feltham / UploadVR : Source: @boztank .
Survey: 93.9% of US consumers with Apple Pay activated on their iPhones do not use it to buy items in stores, seven years after Apple launched the service
Crypto exchange FTX lands an endorsement deal with NBA star Stephen Curry, who has 15M+ Twitter followers, joining football stars Tom Brady and Trevor Lawrence
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ProtonMail is under fire for disclosing a French activist's IP address to Swiss authorities; ProtonMail had claimed to only log IPs in “extreme criminal cases”
Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99
Todd Spangler / Variety :
UnitQ, which helps companies improve product quality by using AI to analyze user reports, raises $30M Series B led by Accel
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Colombia- and Brazil-based Addi, which offers buy now, pay later tools, raises $75M Series B extension, taking the round to $140M
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Sources: ByteDance plans to borrow up to $5B in a syndicated loan to refinance debt and pay for overseas expansion, as an IPO appears unlikely this year
Juro Osawa / The Information :
Chinese investors and VCs, who helped fuel India's tech ecosystem, lose out in India's tech IPO boom after having to cash out early amid geopolitical tensions
https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : “No good entrepreneur will consider Shunwei over a Sequoia.” Faced with political barriers, Chinese investors are cashing out of Indian tech. @nilChristopher...
UiPath reports Q2 revenue of $195.5M, up 40% YoY, ARR of $726.5M, up 60% YoY, and a loss of $100M; stock down 6%+
Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch :
Aviatrix, which provides multi-cloud native networking tools, raises $200M led by TCV at a $2B valuation, up from $700M seven months ago
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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