Initial benchmarks show iPhone 13's A15 chip offers a roughly 15% improvement for GPU performance and 10%-18% improvement for CPU performance over A14
Earlier today, we reported on a Geekbench Metal result for the iPhone 13 Pro showing an approximately 55% graphics performance improvement compared to the iPhone 12 Pro.
Apple's iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are the first to support dual eSIM, expanding on support for eSIM and regular SIM in previous iPhones
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac :
While critics liken iPhone 13 to an iterative “12S” update, the branding shows Apple has adjusted to the current smartphone market, where big overhauls are rare
Smartphones have been so successful that it's possible … Casey Newton / Platformer : Apple's uncanny iPhone event Sami Fathi / MacRumors : iPhone 13 Still Doesn't Display Battery Percentage in the Sta...
Apple, in a first, reported no CPU gains for the A15, likely because of the engineer exodus to companies like Nuvia and Rivos
everything we know Michael Simon / Macworld : The rumor mill got a lot wrong about Apple's iPhone 13 event Tweets: Dylan Patel / @dylan522p : A15 is a 7.6% ST increase with 8% clock increase. CPU arch...
After being sued by the state of California, Activision Blizzard is sued by a group representing employees, alleging it tried to prevent them from organizing
Organized by CODE-CWA, the suit claims Activision Blizzard engaged in coercive and intimidating behavior
Senator Markey and Reps. Castor and Trahan wrote to Facebook calling on it to abandon its plans to launch an Instagram app for kids in light of WSJ's report
Democrats call on the company to abandon Instagram for kids — Two top lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee's panel … Source: Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts .
FTC says Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft made 819 unreported acquisition deals of $1M+, including for patents and acquihires, from 2010 to 2019
- Report shows hundreds of deals by tech giants went unchecked — Antitrust enforcers must close loopholes, FTC Chair Khan says Source: Federal Trade Commission .
Alphabet's Project Taara, which uses light beams to deliver internet, says it transmitted nearly 700TB of data across the Congo River over 20 days
The 20Gbps Free Space Optical Communications tech for Project Taara was originally part of Project Loon — In January, Google's parent company … Source: The X Blog .
FTC asks health apps, such as those tracking fitness or menstrual cycles, to notify consumers of data breaches as per the 2009 Health Breach Notification Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 Wednesday that a decade-old rule on health data breaches applies to apps … Source: Federal Trade Commission .
Joe Biden announces a new Indo-Pacific security partnership with Australia and the UK to share tech in areas like AI, cybersecurity, and quantum technologies
President Joe Biden just announced a new working group with Britain and Australia to share advanced technologies …
Brooklyn-based Genius, a music-annotating startup that provides context for lyrics, sells its assets for $80M, less than the total funding it raised
The sale price is less than the total funding raised. — Music-annotating startup Genius Media Group Inc., a site that drew attention …
China's biggest movie star, Zhao Wei, who had 86M Weibo followers, was erased from China's internet on August 26, amid a clampdown on its entertainment industry
Zhao Wei was the Reese Witherspoon of China, then she was censored by the Communist Party amid a clampdown of the country's entertainment industry Tweets: @xinwenfan , @jerrydunleavy , @jchengwsj , @j...
Sources: China's crypto mining crackdown has expanded to focus on colleges, research institutions, and data centers, as fears over its winter power supply grow
- Governments are checking for illegal mining in labs, colleges — Power-shortage concerns among reasons behind inspections
Discord raises $500M led by Dragoneer, Fidelity, and others, source says at a ~$15B post-money valuation, more than double its valuation from last year
- Discord raised $500 million, led by Dragoneer Investment Group — Startup turned down $12 billion offer from Microsoft
Avalanche Foundation, whose AVAX token is up 65% over the past week, raises $230M led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital
- Cryptocurrency AVAX jumps 65% in past week to top 20 rankings — Polychain, Three Arrows Capital led the investment purchase
Goldman Sachs is acquiring buy now, pay later fintech GreenSky for about $2.24B, in an all-stock deal
- Goldman Sachs is acquiring fintech lender GreenSky for $2.24 billion as the investment bank pushes further into consumer finance. — The all-stock deal for GreenSky … Source: Goldman Sachs .
A look at CouchSurfing.com, which is now headed by Palantir alum Patrick Dugan, as it abandoned its always-free ethos at the start of the pandemic
Back in spring 2011 — the end of black truffle season, before the climbing roses bloomed — the Couchsurfers gathered at the Palazzo Massarucci … Tweets: @markyarm , @inputmag , @joshuatopolsky , @alas...
NFT marketplace OpenSea acknowledges that its head of product, Nate Chastain, purchased NFTs he knew were going to be displayed prominently
On Wednesday the crypto marketplace … Will Feuer / New York Post : Mark Cuban-backed NFT marketplace admits insider trading incident Justina Lee / Bloomberg : Insider Scandal Shakes Up the Booming Wor...
Microsoft will now let users access accounts without a password by using Microsoft Authenticator, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code
Online education giant Byju's acquires Tynker, which offers courses on coding, sources say for around $200M in cash and stock
- India edtech giant paying for acquisition in cash and stock — Byju's has cut nine acquisitions this year as it expands site
Oppo cuts around 20% of its staff in key software and device teams after merging operations with affiliate OnePlus
- Oppo has merged operations with OnePlus and cut key divisions — The scale-back is China industry's first major consolidation — Smartphone maker Oppo …
Google's Grace Hopper transatlantic communications cable, measuring 4,350 miles and operational in 2022, has reached Bude in the UK and Bilbao in Spain
UN rights chief calls for a moratorium on sale and use of AI tech that threatens human rights, including facial recognition, until safeguards are put in place
Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News :
Sources: US firm Accuvant, now part of Optiv, sold iPhone hacking tool Karma to the UAE for $1.3M in 2016; the tool has been used against hundreds of targets
Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review :
CodeSignal, which automates technical assessments to reduce recruitment bias, raises $50M Series C led by Index Ventures, bringing its total raised to $87.5M
In less than a year after raising $25 million in Series B funding, technical assessment company CodeSignal announced a $50 million …
Brazil's Senate and Supreme Court nullify rules issued by President Bolsonaro banning social networks from removing content that breaks their policies
Jack Nicas / New York Times :
Elodie Games, which makes cross-play, co-op games that run on PCs, mobile devices, and consoles, raises $32.5M Series A led by Galaxy Interactive and a16z
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Elodie Games has raised $32.5 million …
WhatsApp launches its first test of a public directory for businesses within the app, starting in São Paulo
this is what utility based building looks like, for those who operate on WhatsApp daily this is SUPER USEFUL now I don't have to leave the app to search for a business WA number, and yes WA becoming t...
French startup Skello, which develops a SaaS tool that lets companies manage their work schedules, raises €40M led by Partech
French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company.
Deutsche Bank survey: Walmart+, Walmart's Amazon Prime rival, has grown to ~32M US subscribers since its 2020 launch, and ~86% of them have Amazon Prime also
Melissa Repko / CNBC : Tweets: @brianroemmele , @melissa_repko , and @ccheddarberk Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : I was speaking at a Confrence call in 2014 on the elasticity of consumer m...
Melio, a B2B payments startup for small businesses, raises $250M Series D led by Thrive Capital and General Catalyst at a $4B valuation, up 3x from January
Reuters : Source: Finextra .
Facebook says it will use the same tactics that it uses to remove bot networks to target real-user accounts engaging in tactics like mass reporting
Facebook (FB.O) is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities … Tweets: @eculliford Tweets: Elizabeth Culliford / @e...
As China expands its crackdown, Tencent loses its place among the world's 10 largest companies by market value, leaving no Chinese companies on the list
- Firm's value has shrunk $388 billion amid tech crackdown — Chinese stocks drop off league table for first time since 2017 Tweets: @byron_wan and @carnage4life Tweets: Byron Wan / @byron_wan : At ...
Irish data commissioner launches GDPR probe into TikTok's handling of children's data and the transfer of user information to China
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times : Source: Data Protection Commission .
Adobe says it will launch a payment service via PayPal for Adobe Commerce by the end of the year, adding native payments to customers' digital storefronts
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
London-based Form3, which provides cloud-based payments tools to banks and fintechs, raises $160M Series C led by Goldman Sachs, bringing total funding to $220M
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu :
Research: Didi's average daily users for August fell to 10.9M, from 15.6M in June, after its NYSE IPO triggered a fierce backlash by Chinese regulators
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times : Tweets: @michaelxpettis Tweets: Michael Pettis / @michaelxpettis : Didi's many competitors are spending heavily to expand their shares of the ride-hailing market as ...
Rebellion Defense, the Eric Schmidt-backed developer of AI defense tech, raises $150M led by Insight and Venrock at a $1B pre-money valuation
Dan Primack / Axios :
Apna, whose networking app lets blue collar workers upskill and find jobs, raises $100M Series C led by Tiger Global, becoming India's youngest unicorn
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Fantasy sports startup Sleeper, which has expanded into esports and has 3M+ users, raises $40M at a $400M valuation led by a16z
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg :
Engineering and consultancy firm Thoughtworks close up nearly 40% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at ~$9B, after raising roughly $773M in its IPO
Bloomberg :
StrongDM, which builds tools to manage servers, databases, and other infrastructure, raises $54M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $77M
Deep Vision, which develops AI accelerator chips and software for edge computing workloads, raises $35M Series B led by Tiger Global
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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