Apple says it is working to fix an issue that is preventing iPhone 13 Pro from running animations in third-party apps at 120Hz and limiting them to 60Hz
One of the biggest new features exclusive to the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max this year is the inclusion of high-refresh rate displays, or what Apple calls “ProMotion.” Source: Apple Developer ...
Apple says it will fix a bug preventing some iPhone 13 users from using the Unlock with Apple Watch feature, in an upcoming software update
Apple today said an issue preventing some iPhone 13 users from using the Unlock with Apple Watch feature will be fixed in an upcoming software update.
Survey of ~5,000 gig workers across 15 countries: over 60% say they are financially satisfied but most want out of the job within a year
A survey of nearly 5,000 gig workers in 15 countries compares the experience of platform work worldwide. — Platforms were supposed to set workers free.
US DOJ allows Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to return to China in a deferred prosecution agreement as part of which Wanzhou admitted to some wrongdoing
hours after the U.S. agreed to free a Huawei executive https://www.wsj.com/... Michael McFaul / @mcfaul : You're revealing your nerdy (and that's a compliment @stanford) ways to suggest that “a Quad m...
A viral TikTok video from July caused many young women to use Prolific, a survey website for scientists, skewing the demographic data for thousands of studies
Thousands of scientific studies had to toss out weeks of data because of a 56-second TikTok video by a teenager.
GoodRx debuts GoodRx Health site for providing answers to the most googled health questions, as it looks to become more than a price comparison tool for pills
Cheap prescription-drugs platform GoodRx is getting into the content business. The company is debuting GoodRx Health …
Facebook's history of comparing itself to older, widely accepted tools like chairs and cars shows how its leaders deploy analogies to downplay criticism
The social media giant keeps comparing itself to other, less controversial technologies. Historians aren't buying it. Tweets: @karaswisher , @epro , @brad262run , @sts_news , @tiffanycli , and @willo...
Nomad Health, an online health care jobs marketplace, raises $63M in equity and debt led by Adams Street Partners, source says at a $260M valuation
- Digital marketplace aims to help job market disrputed by Covid — Adams Street Partners leads equity and debt financing
How Toast, founded in Boston with a $500K investment from Endeca's Steve Papa after VCs shunned it, became a $30B business, in part by avoiding the Bay Area
- Toast's first backer, Steve Papa, invested in the company because no venture capital firm would write the initial check. Tweets: @jordannovet , @strngwys , @luoshengpeng , @arbuge , @jamespchuck , @...
Source: Google Cloud Platform to slash its revenue share from 20% to 3% for third-party software on its cloud marketplace, matching Microsoft's cut
- Google is matching Microsoft's revenue share terms for purchases of third-party software through cloud marketplaces.
Jeremy Liew, Bijan Sabet, and Roger Ehrenberg stepping back from active roles at their firms reflects a broader generational shift in the VC industry
many of whom announced this week. Really feels like a ‘changing of the guard moment’ for the venture community. Austen Allred / @austen : Is there an overarching reason why so many VCs are stepping do...
Meru Health, a provider of online mental health services, raises $30M Series B in equity and $8M in debt, and claims it saw about 700% revenue growth in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been devastating on many levels. But if there's any silver lining in the global crisis …
How TikTok's auto-generation tools helped popularize subtitles in the app, as creators compete for the estimated 75% of users who leave their phones on mute
TikTok creator Alyssa McKay has perfected a persona people love to hate: a Regina George-esque rich girl whose bouncy raps are packed … Tweets: @latimes , @iamahmedkhalifa , @_b_contreras_ , @jeffberc...
Production crew union says Apple claimed less than 20M TV+ subscribers in the US and Canada as of July 1, allowing Apple to pay workers lower rates
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The social media industry needs its own version of journalism's firewall to shield safety, moderation, and enforcement decisions from execs focused on growth
Government regulation will never fix everything wrong with online discourse. The industry needs to develop professional norms—just as journalism once did. Tweets: @condenast See also Mediagazer Tweet...
Twitter is seeking feedback for two potential new features, “Filter” and “Limit”, both of which will hide offensive or harmful replies
and people who might create that content — away from your replies. These are early ideas, so we'd love your feedback 👀🧵👇 https://twitter.com/... @mariedenee : This is curious and I'm wondering how thi...
Shenzen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots for use in airports, restaurants, supermarkets, and hospitals, raises $155M Series C
Stairwell, which scans companies' data to detect if they are currently compromised or were in the past, raises $20M Series A led by Sequoia and Accel
Carly Page / TechCrunch :
A look at episodic story services like Amazon's Kindle Vella; Apptopia says combined IAP revenue of top 7 services grew 50% YoY to $12M/month in May and July
Todd Bishop / GeekWire : Thanks: @taylor_soper
Financial software maker Clearwater Analytics closed up 41% in its NYSE debut, giving it a market cap of $5.9B, after raising $540M in an IPO
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Documents show Clearview AI subpoenaed internal docs and correspondence from advocacy groups and civil society coalitions that first exposed its activities
Alexandra S. Levine / Politico : Tweets: @awinston Tweets: Ali Winston / @awinston : How unsurprising that a Peter Thiel-backed company is using Peter Thiel's legal tactics https://www.politico.com/....
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.