Apple says a virtual event, titled “Unleashed”, will be held on October 18 at 10am PT, where new MacBook Pros with M1X are expected
Apple today announced that it will be holding a special event on Monday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Activision announces the Ricochet anti-cheating system for Call of Duty: Warzone, which uses a PC kernel-level driver and ML to examine player behavior
Activision is cracking down on Call of Duty cheaters — Activision and Raven Software are finally cracking down on cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone. Source: Activision Support .
Facebook details Ego4D, an AI research project in partnership with 13 universities to improve egocentric perception with potential to improve AI assistants
AI tools that could one day appear in Facebook's AR glasses — Facebook is pouring a lot of time and money into augmented reality … Source: About Facebook .
A bipartisan Senate bill, unveiled Thursday, would ban internet platforms from favoring their own products or services, known as self-preferencing
Bipartisan legislation set to be unveiled in the Senate Thursday aims to stop tech companies from favoring their own products
Twitter begins testing ads in replies on Android and iOS globally, placed after the first, third, or eighth reply to a tweet
Just kidding, it's a bad place — I don't know about you, but I sometimes feel like Twitter is overloaded with ads in my feed. Source: @boo .
Microsoft is shuttering the Chinese version of LinkedIn and replacing it with a job board; sources say China told LinkedIn in March to better regulate content
LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years Source: Official LinkedIn Blog .
TSMC says it will build its first plant in Japan, focusing on 22nm and 28nm chips, starting construction in 2022 and operations in 2024
Taiwan titan warns of softening smartphone and PC demand amid supply chain chaos — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
HTC announces $499 Vive Flow, a VR headset that requires an external battery and uses an Android phone as a wireless controller, available in November
After years of focusing on business-oriented virtual reality, HTC is launching a $499 entertainment-focused headset called the Vive Flow in November …
In Q2 2021, Apple captured 75% of the overall handset market operating profit and 40% of revenue despite accounting for only 13% of global smartphone shipments
The dynamics of the top global handset OEMs keep changing from a shipment point of view, as we saw with Xiaomi becoming …
Investigation finds Amazon places its own brands above competitors, even those with higher ratings and more sales, despite telling Congress otherwise
Above Better-Rated Products — The online giant gives a leg up to hundreds of house brand and exclusive products that most people don't know are connected to Amazon
Samsung announces its Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 event will be held virtually on October 20 at 7am PT
UK judge rules in favor of a woman who claimed her neighbor's Ring doorbell breached her privacy, potentially paving the way for similar lawsuits
- A judge ruled that a doctor's neighbour's Ring smart doorbell cameras breached her privacy in landmark case
Facebook says it is expanding its “less political” News Feed test to 75 new countries, for a total of more than 80
Facebook is slowly expanding its effort to weed out political content from News Feed. The company is now testing its “less political” feed in 75 new countries, Facebook said in an update. Source: Abo...
FTC notifies 700+ companies, including AT&T and Hulu, that they could face penalties of up to $43,792 per violation for using deceptive reviews
The FTC sent a notice to hundreds of companies, including AT&T, Dunkin' Donuts, Hulu, and Macy's. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) … Source: Federal Trade Commission .
Analysis of 80M ransomware samples: Israel and South Korea are the most affected countries; GandCrab was the most active ransomware gang since the start of 2020
Israel has submitted the largest amount of ransomware samples since the start of 2020, according to a study. Source: The Keyword and VirusTotal .
London-based TradingView, which offers social networking and data analysis tools for financial markets, raises $298M at a $3B valuation led by Tiger Global
Financial information platform and social network TradingView Inc. raised $298 million at a $3 billion valuation in a funding round led …
Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp, who works as its chief design and creative officer, steps down to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom
- Sharp has run Pinterest design and product teams since 2011 — Company is still dealing with discrimination accusations — Pinterest Inc. co-founder Evan Sharp …
Research: China's bitcoin hashrate share fell from 44% to 0% between May and July, as the US rose from 17% in April to 35% in August and Kazakhstan rose to 18%
The United States has taken the leading position in Bitcoin mining …
Facebook says it now counts activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures to help protect them and will remove sexual content targeting celebrities
Todd Spangler / Variety : Source: About Facebook .
Google rolls out continuous scrolling for English-language mobile search results in the US
Google announced today it's changing the way search works on mobile devices, initially in the U.S. Now, when you reach the bottom of a set of search results on your phone, you won't have to tap to go ...
London-based point of sale provider SumUp acquires Fivestars, which offers loyalty, marketing, payments, and other services to small merchants, for $317M
SumUp, a European-based competitor to Square, PayPal/iZettle and others that provide mobile-powered card readers and other sales technology …
Sources: Apple will likely cut its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by 10M units, due to shortage of Broadcom and Texas Instruments parts
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TikTok now lets LIVE creators mute specific viewers for up to an entire livestream, and says it removed 81M+ videos that violated its TOS in Q2
As it looks to evolve the use of its live-streaming option into eCommerce, as part of its broader monetization push, TikTok is adding … Source: TikTok .
Tala, which provides mobile-first financial services in emerging markets, raises a $145M Series E led by Upstart, source says at an $800M+ valuation
Tala, an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding.
Facebook sets some internal message boards to private, including discussions on platform safety and election integrity, limiting which employees have access
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US court filing details how fraudsters used AI to clone a UAE company director's voice to steal $35M in early 2020
AI voice cloning is used in a huge heist in the U.A.E, according to Dubai investigators, amidst warnings about cybercriminal use of the new technology. Tweets: @iblametom , @lorenzofb , @racheltobac ,...
Stripe begins hiring a crypto team to “build the future of Web3 payments”, three years after ending bitcoin support
An overview of possible Section 230 reforms and why each proposed change might as well be an outright repeal, given each one's practical effect
Up to 70% of Instacart couriers in the US and Canada could walk off the job this weekend, demanding at least a 10% default tip, commissions, and pay by order
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Israel-based ironSource, which provides user acquisition tech for app devs, to acquire mobile advertising and app monetization company Tapjoy for $400M
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Groove, which provides customer service software for SMBs, raises a $45M Series B led by Viking Global, bringing its total raised to $57M
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GitLab raises $801M after pricing its IPO at $77 per share, above its $66 to $69 range, giving it a market valuation of $11B
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Facebook names Nicola Mendelsohn as VP of its global ad business, succeeding Carolyn Everson, who departed earlier this year; Mendelsohn was VP for EMEA
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Microsoft agrees to commission an independent human rights review of its law enforcement and government contracts, in response to a shareholder proposal
Oregon-based Dutchie, which provides payment tools for cannabis dispensaries, raises a $350M Series D at a $3.75B valuation, bringing total funding to $603M
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Short-form video app Clash, which bought Byte in January, relaunches as a place for creators to monetize their top fans from bigger platforms like TikTok
When the Trump administration announced it would ban TikTok in the U.S., a number of alternative short-form video apps began to flourish … Tweets: @justiacom and @sevensevensix Tweets: @justiacom : Wh...
Juni, a neobank catering to e-commerce and online marketing companies, extends its Series A to $73M
and no, it's not Klarna
Mindbody acquires ClassPass, a subscription-based fitness marketplace recently valued at $1B, in an all-stock deal and raises $500M led by Sixth Street
Payment processing and automation company AvidXchange closed flat in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at ~$4.9B, after raising $660M in an IPO
and what's ahead Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online : Mastercard-Backed AvidXchange Raises $660 Million in IPO Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily : AvidXchange IPO Near $5 Billion Valuation For Sof...
Matik, which offers businesses data-driven and automated tools for making personalized PowerPoint presentations for customers, raises $20M Series A led by a16z
Tel Aviv-based Karma, which offers AI-powered online shopping tools to save money, raises a $25M Series A led by Target Global
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Berlin-based Mayd, which aims to deliver medication from small pharmacies in under 30 minutes, raises a €15M seed from 468 Capital and others
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GRIN, which helps brands manage influencer marketing campaigns, raises a $110M Series B led by Lone Pine Capital
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Beacon, which helps users build custom trading and risk management apps, raises a $56M Series C led by Warburg Pincus
Ohi, which offers e-commerce product delivery in under 20 minutes in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and LA, raises a $19M Series A led by Palm Drive Capital
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Outschool, a marketplace for online after-school classes, raises a $110M Series D at a $3B valuation, up from $1.3B in April
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