Valve quietly updates Steam's rules to ban games “built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs”
Your move, Epic Games Store — Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won't be allowed on Steam … Source: Steamworks Documentation .
Janneke Parrish, a leader of the #AppleToo movement, says she was fired for deleting files off her work devices before handing them over for an investigation
Kellen Browning / New York Times :
Internal docs: Instagram spent the majority of its global annual marketing budget since 2018 targeting teenagers, as it worries about losing its user “pipeline”
The app, hailed as Facebook's growth engine, has privately wrestled with retaining and engaging teenagers, according to internal documents.
A joint advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and EPA reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year in Nevada, Maine, and California
Ransomware gangs have silently hit three US water and wastewater treatment facilities this year, in 2021, the US government … Source: CISA .
Some doctors in the US and other countries say TikTok videos about Tourette syndrome may be contributing to a rise in cases of teen girls with physical tics
When teens started turning up in doctors' offices with sudden, severe physical tics, specialists suspected social media …
Gurman: a Mac developer says new MacBook Pro chips named M1 Pro and M1 Max appeared in app logs; MagSafe charging will return to MacBook Pros
A little more than 24 hours until Apple's much-awaited launch of redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, new evidence has emerged suggesting …
Internal document: Netflix estimates Squid Game will create almost $900M in value for the company; 87M viewers finished the series in the first 23 days
More than 130 million people have watched the Korean show — Netflix estimates that its latest megahit, “Squid Game,” …
Interview with Michael Dell on his new book Play Nice but Win, battling Carl Icahn before taking Dell private in 2013, his friendship with Steve Jobs, and more
From starting a PC business in his college dorm room to fighting over control of his company, Dell's new memoir dives into entrepreneurship.
Analysis: Apple Search Ads now account for 58% of iOS app installs from an ad click, up from 17% a year ago; Apple to earn $5B from its ads business in FY 2021
iPhone maker's share of mobile app advertising market has tripled in six months — Apple's advertising business has more than tripled …
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering building an open source Bitcoin miner, using custom silicon, for individuals and businesses
Square Inc (SQ.N) Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon …
Netflix fires a leader of the trans employee resource group who was organizing a walkout, for allegedly leaking metrics related to the Dave Chappelle special
The company suspects they leaked metrics about the Dave Chappelle special to the press — Netflix has fired a leader …
A look at YouTube's in-house creator partnerships team, which has over 1,000 employees across 45 countries offering advice and guidance to about 12,000 creators
The site has spent more than a decade building an in-house agency for digital superstars, drawing ad sales, sponsorships and other revenue
A look at Raya, a secretive subscription-based social network with a rigorous user selection process and a rigid code of silence for accepted members
The app has created a space free of the problems that plague the rest of the Web, but only by leaving almost everybody out. Tweets: @michaelluo , @kari_paul , @dlippman , @chaykak , @newyorker , @simo...
MagSafe wireless charging continues to underwhelm a year after its release, due to Apple's lack of foresight and a limited ecosystem
Sean Hollister / The Verge :
Analysis: median CEO pay of US tech startups that went public in 2020 was $21.9M; seven of the 10 best-paid CEOs of US public companies were from such startups
Startup creators once tended to take little or no remuneration as CEOs. Now, some are getting giant stock awards … Tweets: @jason , @josheidelson , @baileycarlin , @wsjtech , @r_wall , @coryweinberg ...
Convex, which provides software for the commercial services industry, raises a $39M Series B, bringing its total raised to $60M
Moscow introduces Face Pay in its metro system, which Russia says is the world's first mass-scale facial recognition payment system, across 240 stations
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian :
A look at US Cyber Games, jointly founded in April by the US government, academia, and the private sector to find and train candidates for cybersecurity careers
Noah Smith / Washington Post : Tweets: @jamrootz58 and @vildehaya Tweets: Dane Brown / @jamrootz58 : It warms my heart that the talent on our @USCyberGames team is already getting recognition. We hop...
Profile of Edwin Robbe, who hacked the Netherlands' largest telecom KPN as a teenager and cost the company €3M, before being found dead in South Korea
Huib Modderkolk / The Guardian :
ResQ, a SaaS startup that lets restaurants manage and pay for repairs and maintenance through its service provider marketplace, raises a $39M Series A
Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit : Source: ResQ .
South Korea's largest travel booking app Yanolja buys a 70% stake in Interpark, a publicly listed South Korean e-commerce company, for about $250M
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
AiDash, which lets power utilities and energy companies monitor infrastructure using satellite imagery and AI, raises a $27M Series B led by G2 Venture Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Source: Business Wire .
Expensify files for an IPO, and reports net income of $15M on revenue of $65M in H1 2021, up from $3.5M on revenue of $41M in H1 2020
Crystal Tse / Bloomberg :
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.