What to expect from Apple's Unleashed event on Monday: 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with mini-LED, AirPods 3, redesigned Mac mini, and macOS Monterey launch
Apple's first fall event of 2021 focused on the iPhone and the Apple Watch, but the second, set to be held on Monday, October 18, is expected to be Mac-centric.
Internal documents: Facebook's AI has minimal success enforcing its rules against problematic content, including removing an estimated 3%-5% of hate speech
AI has only minimal success in removing hate speech, violent images and other problem content, according to internal company reports
A Mac developer says new MacBook Pro chips named M1 Pro and M1 Max appeared in app logs; sources: MacBook Pros will regain MagSafe and may lose the Touch Bar
what we know Jon Fingas / Engadget : Apple's new MacBook Pro chips may be called the M1 Pro and M1 Max Ali Salman / Wccftech : App Log Details New ‘M1 Pro’ and ‘M1 Max’ Chip Names for Apple's Redesign...
Five US House Judiciary committee members write to Amazon accusing executives of either misleading Congress or lying about promoting its brands above rivals
Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top executives … Source: House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee .
NYSE says ProShares will launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Bitcoin futures, giving investors exposure without having to hold bitcoin directly
An exchange-traded fund tied to the cryptocurrency is set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone for the industry.
Sources: two Microsoft execs, including Brad Smith, told Bill Gates in 2008 that emails with a midlevel female employee were inappropriate; Gates agreed to stop
Top lawyer, HR chief informed some Microsoft directors they told billionaire co-founder that his emails with female employee were inappropriate
What to expect from Google's Pixel event on Tuesday: Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro with Tensor custom SOC, improved cameras, bigger batteries, and more colors
Will there be any surprises at Google's event next week? Here's what we know so far. — Alerts — If you've been holding …
In an SEC filing, Sinclair confirms it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its channels on Sunday; Sinclair initially blamed technical issues
Sinclair formally confirmed the ransomware attack a day after this initial report in SEC documents. Original reporting below. Source: Business Wire .
Facebook disputes WSJ report, saying the prevalence of hate speech on the platform dropped by 50% over the past three years to about 0.05% of content viewed
The Wall Street Journal said in a new report that Facebook's AI is not consistently successful at removing objectionable content Source: About Facebook .
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
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NY AG sends cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms; improperly redacted documents suggest the recipients were Nexo and Celsius Network
On October 18, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms.
US Treasury Department report: in H1 2021, financial firms flagged ~$600M in suspected ransomware payments out of an estimated $5.2B in such payments
Financial firms flagged nearly $600 million in suspected ransomware payments; Treasury investigators identified billions more
Sources: China is considering asking Tencent, ByteDance, and other media companies to let rivals access and display their content in search results
- MIIT may ask Tencent to allow Baidu, others to search WeChat — If implemented, it could shake up the online advertising arena
Nine UK schools to start taking payments for lunches by scanning students' faces, claiming that the system speeds up queues and is more COVID-safe
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Deel, which provides tools for payroll, compliance, and other services to help remote hiring, raises a $425M Series D led by Coatue at a $5.5B valuation
As more people continue to work remotely, organizations globally have had to adjust — particularly when it comes to onboarding …
Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat will acquire British gambling software company Playtech for $3.7B
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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
Amazon says it plans to hire 150,000 seasonal staffers, around 50% more than in 2020, with an average $15/hour starting wage and up to $3,000 signing bonus
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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
Berlin-based mobile banking startup N26 raises a $900M Series E at a $9B valuation and says it has 7M clients in 25 countries
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eMarketer: Alibaba's share of China's ecommerce market fell to ~51% from ~78% in 2015, as users move from product searches to interactive experiences on rivals
and leaving Alibaba behind. @StephanieAYang @raffaelehuang https://www.wsj.com/... Doug Stephens / @retailprophet : The insight: E-commerce has shifted from being centralized and search driven to beco...
How the tech used to make giant, ultrahigh-precision mirrors and lenses for the James Webb Space Telescope was repurposed to develop displays for mobile devices
Fascinating from @mims https://www.wsj.com/... Leigh Drogen / @ldrogen : Invest in basic science, it always pays off for everyone https://twitter.com/... Tim Latimer / @timmlatimer : Behind every ma...
Russian IT services and security provider Softline Holding sets a price range of $7.50-$10.50 for its London and Moscow IPOs, valuing it at as much as $1.93B
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As Microsoft closes LinkedIn in China, its other services, such as Office 365, Azure, Bing, and Teams, remain; China represents <2% of Microsoft's global sales
all while navigating rising geopolitical obstacles. @aatilley @lizalinwsj https://www.wsj.com/... Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : @aatilley @lizalinwsj For Big Tech, “if you went into China hoping to se...
Sources: Uber and its Dubai-based Careem subsidiary are facing a combined tax bill of around $100M in Saudi Arabia, driven by a dispute over calculating VAT
Bloomberg : Tweets: @viviannereim Tweets: Vivian Nereim / @viviannereim : Scoop: Saudi Arabia has hit several technology firms, including Uber and Careem, with tax bills worth tens of millions of dol...
Q&A with Dave Limp, Amazon SVP of devices and services, on Astro robot, making money from Alexa, working with other parts of the Amazon empire, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Tweets: @justonwestern Tweets: Juston Western / @justonwestern : This is the most candidly I've seen Dave Limp speak publicly about how the Devices team runs. https://www.th...
Enpal, which uses AI and computer vision to help homeowners switch to solar energy, raises €150M from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, closing a €250M Series C
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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
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
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.