Apple iPhone 13 Pro review: incredible cameras, improved battery, and high refresh display, but front camera is average, no USB-C, and Cinematic Mode is limited
The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max are phones designed for people who care about the details. The improvements over last year's iPhones …
Google says it will buy St. John's Terminal, a 1.3M square foot office building it is leasing on Manhattan's West Side, for $2.1B in Q1 2022
Manhattan deal is priciest sale of a U.S. office building since pandemic began — Google said it is buying a Manhattan office building for $2.1 billion … Source: The Keyword .
iPhone 13 review: excellent cameras and battery life, more base storage, but front camera is unchanged, refresh rate is standard, and iPhone 12 cases don't fit
So are bigger cameras — What, really, do you want out of a new phone? — Assuming you're starting with a good foundation …
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
incremental releases! Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : 4/ At the same time, Jobs (and much of the Mac team, particularly people like Scott Forstall and years later Craig Federighi) delivered releases of t...
Review of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which are now available: focus modes are great, Safari update is an acquired taste, and iOS' Dark Sky-style Weather is excellent
Apple's latest updates lay good groundwork, but don't add many big new features — iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are strange updates.
Sources: Apple is working with UCLA and Biogen to identify depression, cognitive decline, and other issues using sensor data, such as typing behavior and sleep
Company is working with UCLA, Biogen to see if sensitive data like facial expressions, typing metrics could signal mental-health concerns
Paris-based Sorare, a soccer-focused NFT trading platform, raises $680M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $4.3B valuation
Quick Take — The fundraise values the Paris-based NFT startup at $4.3 billion. — It comes off a period of rapid growth for Sorare, which now boasts 600,000 registered users. Source: Sorare .
Amazon introduces three new Kindle Paperwhites: $140 Paperwhite with 6.8" display and USB-C, $190 Signature Edition with 32GB of storage, and $160 Kids Edition
- Amazon on Tuesday announced three new versions of its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, including the Paperwhite, Paperwhite Kids Edition and Paperwhite Signature Edition.
Slack announces Clips, short video voicemail messages for channels, rolling out today for paid accounts, changes to Connect, GovSlack, and more
Slack is getting video voicemails — Slack is launching its new clips feature today, allowing coworkers to record video messages that exist in Slack channels.
What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event tomorrow: Surface Duo 2, Surface Book 4 with a tethered display, Surface Pro 8, refreshed Surface Pro X, and more
Get ready for all the new Surface hardware to help usher in the launch of Windows 11. — Alerts
Treasury Department sanctions cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants
- The U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday it will sanction a cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged role in laundering ransoms for cyberattacks. Source: U.S. Department … .
Netflix launches a free plan in Kenya with a quarter of the content from its paid plans, available only on Android phones
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc on Monday began offering a free mobile plan with about one-quarter of its TV shows and movies in Kenya, a strategy aimed … Source: About Netflix .
As TSMC pledges to reach net zero emissions by 2050, a look at how the semiconductor industry is tackling its huge carbon footprint and resource consumption
As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print — he semiconductor industry has a problem.
Survey: 47% of US Facebook users regularly get news on the platform, down from 54% in 2020; 29% of US TikTok users regularly get news from the app, up from 22%
More than half of Twitter user get news on the site regularly — To better examine the ways Americans get news in a digital age …
HP announces refreshed consumer devices, including Spectre x360 16" 2-in-1 for $1,639+, Envy 34" 5K all-in-one desktop for $1,999+, and Tablet PC 11" for $499+
The consumer PC refresh accounts for Windows 11 and a heavy dose of hybrid work features. — HP is revamping its consumer lineup … Source: HP Newsroom .
Sources: the SEC has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard, including how it handled employees' allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination
Agency has issued subpoena to videogame company and several executives including CEO Bobby Kotick
Researcher finds data on 106M international visitors to Thailand, including passport numbers and travel records dating back a decade, were exposed on a database
An unsecured database containing international travel records dating back 10 years was left exposed on the web.
Netflix releases Eden Unearthed, a free VR game for Oculus Quest that appears to be related to a Netflix anime series
Netflix has released a VR game called Eden Unearthed on App Lab for Oculus Quest, available now for free. — The release has come as a surprise, with very little … Source: Oculus .
BitClout creator raises $200M for “Decentralized Social”, a blockchain project with social tools such as profiles, from a16z, Sequoia, Coinbase, and others
Quick Take — BitClout's creator has revealed his identity today. He is Nader Al-Naji, the founder of the stablecoin startup Basis that shut down in 2018.
Report finds global internet freedom has declined for the 11th consecutive year including in the US, tech giants clashed with governments over data, and more
In the high-stakes battle between states and technology companies, the rights of internet users have become the main casualties.
Following WSJ's investigation series, Facebook says it has spent over $13B on safety and security since the 2016 election and 40K employees work on these issues
- Company now has more than 40,000 safety and security employees — Facebook responds after critical series of newspaper stories Source: About Facebook .
Analysis: Facebook appears to be adding code to interfere with automated data collection of News Feed posts by researchers, such as NYU's Ad Observatory
The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform Tweets: @themarkup , @joeosborne , @jared_w_smith ...
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
Kuo: an iPhone SE with 5G is coming in H1 2022; a cheaper 6.7" iPhone and two high-end models with a punch-hole display and 48MP wide camera are due in H2 2022
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PayPal updates its app to include more services, such as direct deposits, crypto tools, peer-to-peer payments, and a digital wallet
PayPal has been talking about its “super app” plans for some time, having recently told investors its upcoming digital wallet and payments app had been given a go for launch.
Fitbit Charge 5 review: lightweight design, bright color screen, and long battery life, but no physical buttons, screen feels too small, and UI can be confusing
The hardware is nice, but no physical button is a big step back — Fitbit's newest fitness tracker, the Charge 5, might be the biggest change to the Charge line yet.
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
Yogita Khatri / The Block : Source: @nayibbukele .
Europol, alongside Italian and Spanish police, arrest 106 people accused of working for the Italian Mafia and laundering over €10M made through cybercrimes
Coinbase quietly updates its blog to say it is tabling the launch of Lend, a product intended to pay users interest for lending out tokens, after SEC pressure
a product where you give a corporation money and it can do pretty much whatever it wants with it and even adjust the interest rate in its discretion—was never really the hill to die on ; DeFi presents...
DoorDash will now deliver alcoholic beverages to customers in 20 US states and DC, Canada, and Australia
Alexandra Garrett / CNET : Source: DoorDash Source: DoorDash : DoorDash Expands Marketplace Offering with Alcohol On-Demand
Amazon announces its next hardware and services event will be on September 28 at 9am PT
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Analysis: Amazon has doubled sponsored product ads at the top of some search results, from two or three to as many as six
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Supply chain visibility company Project44 acquires Convey, a last-mile delivery startup that had raised $25.7M, for $255M
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Filing: Twitter agrees to pay $809.5M to resolve claims from 2016 that it provided misleading engagement information to investors
Russian telecom giant Rostelecom says it sinkholed part of the Meris DDoS botnet, the world's largest; researchers say the botnet is tied to Windows malware
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record : Tweets: @campuscodi Tweets: Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : Scoop: Rostelecom said it sinkholed part of Meris, the DDoS botnet that broke DDoS records twice this summer...
Cloud identity management provider Saviynt raises $130M led by HPS Investment Partners and PNC Bank, bringing its total raised to $170M
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As the SEC mulls a ban on payment for order flow, a look at some alternative revenue streams for commission-free trading apps like Robinhood
Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tendexcapital and @wsjheard Tweets: Tendex / @tendexcapital : In addition to payment for orderflow (i.e. selling orders to HFT), many retail brokers also ...
London-based TrueLayer, which lets fintech apps connect with customers' bank accounts, raises $130M led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ post-money valuation
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Sources: Didi co-founder and president Jean Liu says she plans to step down and expects China's government will take control of the company; stock down 6%+
Amsterdam-based Recharge, which offers digital vouchers for big brands like Apple and Xbox, raises $35M Series B and says it has over 3M customers
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Gaana, India's leading music streaming service, has seen low paid sub growth; India's audio streaming market is 38% ad-supported, below only China and Venezuela
Amit Gurbaxani / Billboard : Tweets: @billboard See also Mediagazer Tweets: @billboard : Gaana's new CEO wants the Indian streaming platform to focus on boosting subscription income in a country stil...
A beta version of Robinhood's iOS app shows code and a waitlist page related to an unannounced cryptocurrency wallet feature
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Tech stocks drop amid broader market selloff, similar to Sept. 2020's slump; Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, and Microsoft lost $500B+ in value since Sept. 7
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ClickHouse, which provides an online analytical processing database management system, raises $50M Series A led by Index Ventures and Benchmark
FinSMEs : Source: Business Wire Source: Business Wire : ClickHouse, Inc. Announces Incorporation, Along With $50M In Series A Funding
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.
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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.