A possible retail listing of Surface Pro 8 with a 13" 120Hz display, narrow bezels, and two Thunderbolt ports leaks ahead of Microsoft's event on September 22
Microsoft is holding a Surface hardware event on Wednesday — Microsoft is preparing to launch a new Surface Pro 8 model next week …
ByteDance says Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, will limit users under 14-years-old to 40 minutes per day, between 6am and 10pm, in China
Douyin's youth mode will limit kids under 14 to 40 minutes a day — The Chinese version of the popular short video app TikTok, known as Douyin …
Kuo: an iPhone SE with 5G is coming in H1'22; a cheaper 6.7″ iPhone and two high-end models with a punch-hole display and a 48MP wide camera will come in H2'22
Following last week's release of the iPhone 13 lineup, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with new expectations for what to expect from the iPhone 14.
Europol, alongside Italian and Spanish police, arrest 106 people accused of working for the Italian Mafia and laundering over €10M made through cybercrimes
European police accused several people of SIM swapping, phishing, and hacking in support of Italian organized crime. Source: Europol .
Amazon leaks updated Kindle Paperwhite devices with larger 6.8-inch displays in two variants: 8GB for $149 CAD and 32GB for $209.99 CAD, both with 17 LEDs
Amazon is going to be releasing a new Kindle Paperwhite in the next few days. The E-Reader will have a 6.8 inch screen and will come …
In a live Q&A, Epik's CEO Rob Monster was talked into taking down a site that doxxed journalists and admitted the controversial web host was breached last week
Rob Monster sparred with journalist and hackers and even asked Jesus to rebuke the demons in the room.
Kuo revises forecast and says an under-display Touch ID for iPhone will not arrive until H2'2023 and a foldable iPhone is not expected until 2024
José Adorno / 9to5Mac :
Roku announces $50 Streaming Stick 4K and $70 Streaming Stick 4K+, which adds a Voice Remote Pro, and Roku OS 10.5 with improved voice support
Weeks after Amazon introduced an updated Fire TV lineup that included, for the first time, its own TVs, Roku today is announcing its own competitive products … Source: Roku Newsroom .
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Beloved Growth Team Ha...
In-depth iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 review: many quality-of-life updates, especially to core apps, but few bold new features and no big iPad productivity leaps
In my career as an iOS reviewer, I don't think I've ever seen a response as universally positive and enthusiastic as the general public's reception of iOS 14 last year.
Filing: Twitter agrees to pay $809.5M to resolve claims from 2016 that it provided misleading engagement information to investors
Twitter disclosed a binding agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, under which the social network will pay $809.5 million to resolve claims it provided misleading engagement info to investors. So...
Australia-based Airwallex, which helps businesses manage cross-border payments, raises $200M Series E at a $4B valuation, bringing total funding to $700M
Business, now more than ever before, is going digital, and today a startup that's building a vertically integrated solution …
NTSB head says Tesla shouldn't roll out its Full Self-Driving update with the city-driving tool before addressing safety deficiencies
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal :
As bitcoin falls to ~$43K, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says the country “bought the dip” and acquired 150 more BTC, taking its total holding to 700
Country Now Holds 700 BTC Livemint : El Salvador buys 150 bitcoins on dips as BTC drops by nearly $4,000 Shaurya Malwa / CryptoSlate : El Salvador buys 150 more Bitcoin as BTC falls to $45,000 Erhan K...
Analysis of the products announced during Apple's California Streaming event, the carrier and upgrade outlook, and possible responses from competitors
Avi Greengart / Techsponential : Tweets: @greengart Tweets: Avi Greengart / @greengart : Who was waiting for 3100 words on Apple's new products, upgrade outlook, and competitive response? My report i...
Data integration startup Fivetran raises $565M Series D led by a16z at a $5.6B valuation and acquires enterprise data company HVR for $700M in cash and stock
- Fivetran acquires HVR and raised $565 million for data tech — Fivetran customers include Square, DocuSign, Forever 21
Sources: as regulatory scrutiny increases, Didi Global President Jean Liu says she intends to step down and expects China to eventually take control of Didi
Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) co-founder and President Jean Liu has told some close associates that she intends to step down …
Indian startup FloBiz, a mobile billing app for small and medium businesses, raises $31M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India
FloBiz, a mobile billing app for businessmen like distributors, wholesalers, traders and retailers, has scooped up $31 million in its Series B round led by Sequoia Capital India …
Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools
A look at Nahoft, an Iran-focused text encryption tool for Android that can turn up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a jumble of random words
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @wilderko , @mnureddin , @dgtlcatacombs , and @lilyhnewman Tweets: @wilderko : When governments ban traditional encryption, steganography comes next. Nahoft uses enc...
A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard
Raspberry Pi Foundation, which develops the Raspberry Pi, raises $45M at a ~$500M valuation as sales rose to a record 7.1M units in 2020
Ben Woods / Telegraph :
Jerusalem-based Lightricks, which makes 11 subscription photo and editing apps, including Facetune, raises $130M Series D at a $1.8B valuation
Ricky Ben-David / The Times of Israel :
French cloud services provider OVHcloud says it plans to launch an IPO, raising up to €400M, sources say at a valuation of more than €4B
Wall Street Journal :
Indian used-car marketplace Cars24 raises $450M, made up of $340M Series F and $110M in debt, at a $1.84B valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Facebook India appoints former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as head of public policy, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year since Ankhi Das quit
The Economic Times :
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market
A look at US “finfluencers”, creators partnering with fintechs to promote investment products, as App Annie says hours spent on finance apps are up 90% YoY
more than junior bankers with $100,000 starting salaries https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “Hours spent on finance apps up 90% in the U.S. compared with the previous year, wh...
Experts say current cuffless methods for measuring blood pressure, like the tech found in Samsung Galaxy Watch, can only reliably track relative changes
Nicole Wetsman / The Verge : Tweets: @berci and @spjuraschek Tweets: @berci : #Smartwatch-measured blood pressure #tech is not ready just yet. “Measuring blood pressure is much harder than tracking h...
As hedge funds ramp up private market investments, a look at Coatue Management, a hedge fund started by ex-Tiger Global employees that manages $50B+ in assets
Akash Bajwa / Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants : Tweets: @hkanji and @akashbajwa96 Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : Tiger's view is that there's a $5tn market opportunity for private tech compani...
The Epic v. Apple ruling shows gaming apps account for ~70% of App Store revenue; in Q3 2017, <0.5% of Apple accounts made up 53.7% of all App Store billings
Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo :
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.